What happened that night was terrifying.

Representatives of the Forest Group went to Sijitian for a meeting, and when they returned at dawn, they found that their families were gone.

In addition, three more corpses were found in the residential area. They were all employees of the Forest Group, but they all had one thing in common: they lived alone and had no family. All three were killed with a single, swift blow. The law enforcement team, together with the police department, began a thorough investigation into the case, but they found no clues. There were no signs of illegal entry into the house, nor did they encounter any resistance. They seemed to have voluntarily followed the kidnappers, got into a large vehicle, and were all taken away, their whereabouts unknown.

The captain of the enforcement team and officers from the police department were conducting an investigation in a room.

"This has blown up..."

"I've already reported this to my superiors. We don't have enough manpower, and it's too dangerous to go there."

The police officer, smoking a cigarette, glanced at the renowned law enforcement captain and asked, "Are you sure they were taken to the old industrial area?"

"Witnesses claimed to have seen a homeless man knocking on the door of this house, and then picking up the two people in the house, a mother and daughter, and putting them in his car. They did not resist. The car and their clothes did not look like law-abiding citizens in the inner district. They must be from the outer district. To put it bluntly, the way this group did things was extremely crude. It was not difficult to identify them."

"In that case, we really don't have enough people. What did the higher-ups say?"

"The higher-ups are taking this very seriously. Lord Meng plans to mobilize the trauma attack team to cooperate with our law enforcement team in searching the old industrial area. If necessary, they can open fire, killing first and reporting later. There is only one purpose: to rescue the families of the workers' representatives."

Da da da—

He had barely finished speaking!

Like a roaring dragon in the sky, the group quickly stepped out of the house and looked up. Several dark, giant shadows were flying in from the sky at an extremely fast speed. Each of them had a propeller on its head that was spinning rapidly. Red warning lights and searchlights shone down, illuminating the bodies and faces of the law enforcement captain and the police inspector.

The giant shadow paused in mid-air, then hovered there before slowly descending. Several fully armed black-clad warriors leaped down from it. The leader stepped forward, removed his helmet with one hand, revealing a resolute, chiseled face, and said, "The team is in position and ready to depart at any time."

The three armies met here.

The law enforcement team and police officers all came out, looking up at the giant shadow that kept flying over their heads, their faces excited and their expressions thrilled.

"It's the trauma attack team!"

"They're here!"

"That person is Li Qinglong! The leader of the trauma attack team!"

The enforcement captain walked up to him with a smile and shook his hand, saying, "My name is Ning Dong, hello Team Leader Li."

The police officer next to him then extended his hand to shake hands with Li Qinglong: "Hello, I am Wang Pengcheng, the police team leader."

"Has the matter been investigated thoroughly?" Li Qinglong nodded and asked.

Ning Dong smiled and said, "Just as you said, we can set off at any time. However, this time, Team Leader Li needs to be careful. The hostages are all family members of the Sen faction's employee representatives. Lord Meng personally instructed that they must be brought back alive."

Li Qinglong nodded, looked around, and said, "Shall we set off then?"

"good!"

Three teams—police, law enforcement, and an attack group—coordinated by air and ground forces, followed by several aircraft, heading towards the outskirts of the old industrial area, towards that lawless zone.

In a dark corner unseen by them, witnessing the aircraft streak across the night sky and the large force heading towards the old industrial area with the air of an impending sweep, Qin Che, crouching on the rooftop draped in a black cloak, narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Helicopters..."

This was something Qin Che hadn't expected.

The No. 1 wall has such formidable military power. Look at those helicopters, they're even equipped with small-caliber cannons and missile launchers. It seems the old industrial area is going to suffer tonight...

However, it has little to do with him personally.

For the past two days, Qin Che has been monitoring Zhou Jie's gang. His plan is actually quite simple, but it's not a fixed routine that can be planned in advance. He mainly observes Zhou Jie and his group's actions and adapts accordingly, because the main objective remains unchanged.

Qin Che could not possibly trust such a mercenary organization; in fact, from the day he hired them, he had already decided to use them as bait.

However, it seems that Zhou Jie and his group did not disappoint him. Apart from their lack of meticulousness and caution in their actions, they did manage to get things done. In comparison, if Zhou Jie and his group had just rushed in to confront Meng Jingyuan head-on, Qin Che would have had a headache for a while, because it would have been more troublesome to deal with afterwards.

"Judging from this, the one named Huquan should be an expert-level hypnotic manipulator, and that skinny cat... should also be an expert-level sensory manipulator. They retreated before the people from Wall One met up, and they should be on their way now... Not bad, it was worth all the money I spent."

Qin Che smiled slightly and disappeared silently into the night wind.

...

Inside an office building.

Meng Jingyuan sat hunched over his desk under the lamplight, restless.

It was already daylight; three hours had passed since the family representative was kidnapped.

The boss went to the group to attend the board meeting, which should have been the day to retaliate, but none of the employee representatives who had just returned from Siji Tian were there. Everything was planned, but they were all kidnapped by those damn bastards from the other district...

No one could have predicted that this would happen.

This has led to Meng Jingyuan facing immense pressure.

"Lord Meng, we just received word that Deng Xian has launched the first attack, accusing the Master of using improper means to bypass procedures and manipulate local government offices, engaging in factionalism and causing relations between many local government offices and the No. 1 Wall to freeze, affecting the overall situation of the group's control and the foundation of our grain trade."

"How is the master?" Meng Jingyuan asked.

"The master...neither admitted nor denied it; he didn't say a word."

Meng Jingyuan's expression was one of surprise and uncertainty, but then he nodded, feeling slightly relieved.

"What are your orders, sir?"

"Yes, the master sent me to tell you to stay here and not move, to wait for the rabbit to come to you. Everything will be resolved before noon."

Meng Jingyuan was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "That's all?"

That's all.

Meng Jingyuan paced back and forth, saying, "Let me wait for the rabbit to run into the tree stump... wait for the rabbit to run into the tree stump..."

He walked to the window and suddenly saw a mirror-like reflective ray flash past his eyes.

Meng Jingyuan frowned and looked at the building opposite. Before he could see anything clearly, he suddenly heard the voice of an unfamiliar man!

"This is the Trauma Prevention Team. We have formed a joint operation with the police riot squad. Lord Meng, please do not wander around. Stay where you are. I repeat, if you want to live, please stay where you are!"

Meng Jingyuan's expression instantly turned to one of surprise and uncertainty, and four words immediately flashed through his mind—

Catch a turtle in a jar!