"This...this is too outrageous!" Lin Chen shook his head helplessly as he looked at the news. He had only intended to bring Liu Tiantian back to visit Wang Nanshan and Liu Xinxin, and to take the college entrance examination at the same time. How did it turn into a rumor that they were getting married?

The next day, a huge crowd had already gathered outside a college entrance examination site in Haizhou City. Microphones, cameras, flashlights... all sorts of equipment were there. Parents who had brought their children to take the exam were furious to see the crowd blocking the entrance.

"What are you people doing here, causing trouble when our child is taking the college entrance exam?!" one parent shouted angrily.

This time, the parents were more united than ever before, working together to push the gossip paparazzi and self-media far away. Those who make a living off trending topics naturally wouldn't give up easily, so they struggled to push back in, trying to grab a good spot.

However, at that moment, the police appeared. They set up a cordon, separating everyone outside, including parents and the media. To maintain silence, the police even turned off their sirens.

Students entered the examination hall in an orderly fashion through this newly opened passage. Meanwhile, the paparazzi and social media users, despite their arduous journey to the examination site, found that the person they were waiting for never appeared.

Time ticked by, the exam was about to begin, and the exam hall doors were about to close. But where were Lin Chen and Liu Tiantian?

Just then, some reporters' phones suddenly rang. "Something's happened at the train station..." came an urgent voice from the other end. This news shocked everyone. Had Lin Chen and Liu Tiantian encountered some trouble at the train station?

...

These past two days, Lin Chen has been incredibly busy, his mind a jumbled mess. He had thought the news storm in Lu Tiancheng had gradually subsided, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, having been pulled out of the limelight.

However, things didn't go as planned. As soon as he returned to Haizhou, he found himself once again the target of gossip paparazzi and social media, even more so than when he was in Lutiancheng.

Sitting in the car, Lin Chen's gaze drifted aimlessly through the window, scanning the street scene outside. The scene of last year's college entrance exam was still vivid in his mind; in the blink of an eye, a year had passed, and he was about to embark on the journey of the college entrance exam again. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions—a sense of melancholy and helplessness.

Just then, a commotion caught Lin Chen's attention. He looked up and saw a surge of people coming from the direction of the train station. Many were running in panic, some covered in blood, their faces filled with terror. Lin Chen's heart tightened, and he immediately said to the driver, "Stop the car!"

The driver had clearly noticed this, but remembering that Lin Chen still had to take the college entrance exam, a troubled look appeared on his face: "Brother, you..."

However, when he saw Lin Chen's determined gaze, he obediently stopped the car. Lin Chen quickly got out of the car, instructed the driver to protect Liu Tiantian, and then strode towards the train station.

Stepping into the train station hall, Lin Chen was shocked by the scene before him. The once orderly hall was now in chaos, with people screaming and running as if the end of the world had arrived. Shops were packed with people seeking refuge, while the shopkeepers stood bravely outside, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

Lin Chen activated his perception ability and instantly locked onto the location of the incident. Without hesitation, he ran in that direction, with only one thought in his mind: this was another accident caused by him, and he had a responsibility to quell the chaos as soon as possible.

When he arrived at the scene, he saw five hooded thugs wielding machetes, hacking and slashing indiscriminately through the crowd. Their actions were ferocious and cruel, as if they intended to kill everyone!

A middle-aged policeman bravely stood at the forefront, trying to prevent the tragedy from happening. However, his marksmanship was clearly inaccurate, and several shots failed to inflict any real harm on the assailant.

As the middle-aged policeman ran out of bullets, the thugs brazenly closed in on him. The policeman's face turned pale, a flicker of fear in his eyes. He tried to back away, but the thugs were already inches away. Their machetes gleamed coldly as they swung down fiercely towards his head.

At that critical moment, Lin Chen's stick struck the thug's wrist with perfect accuracy. A sharp pain caused the thug to involuntarily release his grip on the machete, and the gleaming blade clattered to the ground.

Lin Chen moved with the speed of a cheetah, instantly rushing to the front of the criminal. The middle-aged policeman thought he was doomed and was filled with despair, but he did not expect that this sudden turn of events would save his life.

However, the crisis was not over. The thug closest to the middle-aged policeman had a ferocious expression and piercing eyes.

"That's the kid! He actually came!"

He glared at Lin Chen, then glanced at the machete lying on the ground not far away, attempting to pick it up again to continue his brutality. Seeing this, the middle-aged policeman almost instinctively crawled towards the knife, wanting to snatch it away first, or at least kick it far away so the assailant couldn't easily obtain it.

But the assailant reacted faster than the middle-aged policeman. He quickly picked up his machete, glaring at the officer with a look that seemed to devour him. However, to the officer's surprise, the assailant didn't swing the machete at him again. Instead, he turned and ran off in another direction, his expression even more ferocious and brutal.

The middle-aged policeman looked in the direction the assailant had run and saw Lin Chen organizing the evacuation of innocent people. Beside him stood a group of elementary school students in matching uniforms!

Seeing the thug's fierce appearance, the middle-aged policeman felt a chill. He knew without a doubt that the person who had just saved him was this young man—and he was now evacuating the children to prevent them from being harmed by the thug.

"Run! Danger!" the middle-aged policeman shouted anxiously, trying to warn Lin Chen to escape. However, his mouth dropped open in shock as soon as he finished speaking.

Although these thugs seemed to be wielding their machetes haphazardly and without any real strategy, Lin Chen could discern some skill in their movements. These individuals were clearly different from ordinary people; they had received training and their physical abilities far surpassed those of the average person.

Such an enemy is using innocent elementary school students as bait; Lin Chen will show no mercy!

As the thug swung his machete at him, Lin Chen simply and deftly dodged it with a slight sidestep. The thug's knife continued its slash due to inertia, and just then, Lin Chen's fist struck the thug's wrist with lightning speed!

With a crisp "crack," the assailant's wrist instantly deformed, and the machete slipped from his hand.