Chapter 147 A Five-Minute Battle

"That's just sophistry." Ning Shuyin blushed with anger at his twisted logic.

Zhou Zhiheng's gaze swept mercilessly over the romantic arrangement of the room, and he gently tapped the top of her head with his index finger.

"You seem to have a lot of free time. Instead of playing these childish games, you should think more about how to create more value."

“But this is my private time,” Ning Shuyin said discontentedly. “I don’t want my best friend’s romantic night to be spent in an empty luxury hotel room.”

Zhou Zhiheng's original businessman's aura suddenly weakened a little.

"A good friend?" he repeated softly.

He seemed to be trying to understand this feeling, but he couldn't quite picture it. He had never had any friends growing up.

"Fine, since you did it for your good friend, then you've done a good job. I'll find someone to restore these decorations for you."

Ning Shuyin noticed that his attitude was a bit strange. But the biggest problem now was not restoring the room.

"Su Qianqian and Professor Gu Lei have both gone missing. Did you take them away?" Ning Shuyin asked.

"They've most likely already gone to the presidential suite in the villa next door. If you want to see it, I can take you to the security department to check the surveillance footage."

He gestured with his chin, indicating that she should follow him.

"Come with me."

Ning Shuyin walked behind him with her head down, but suddenly felt a warmth on her wrist.

His palm was warm and strong. Ning Shuyin tried to break free but failed, so she simply let him lead her away.

The two men came downstairs; their suits were similar in color, and from a distance they looked like colleagues from the same company.

I had just reached the door of the suite.

A beep sounded as the device unlocked.

Zhou Zhiheng reacted extremely quickly.

The moment the door lock clicked softly, he gently pulled Ning Shuyin behind him.

The two hid behind a display cabinet in the living room.

He has ordered this floor to be cleared out.

Moreover, he confirmed that the front desk had issued only two room cards for this room, one in his possession and the other in Ning Shuyin's.

There should be no third person present now.

The door was pushed open and then quickly closed. Three figures dressed in black combat suits and wearing masked armor appeared in the doorway.

"Bang!"

A bullet grazed their shadows and struck the spot where the two had just been standing.

"Gu Lei, come out!"

Hearing the attacker call out "Gu Lei," Ning Shuyin was startled. The threat against Gu Lei was no longer limited to the academic realm.

"Hmph, a bunch of blind people." Zhou Zhiheng's disdainful voice came from above her head.

Ning Shuyin's perception spread out, and she had figured out the three people's positions and weapon configurations.

“It’s not a high-energy weapon. There’s mechanical energy activity in its body; it’s probably a cyborg,” she said.

Zhou Zhiheng pulled a thin blade from his waist: "To send three cyborgs to deal with an unarmed scholar, you're giving him too much credit."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he appeared like a phantom.

The schemes of those behind the scenes were indeed ingenious, but they misjudged one thing.

The man and woman in the room were not Gu Lei and Su Qianqian, but an SSS-level powerhouse and a navigator with combat abilities.

Zhou Zhiheng's movements were incredibly fast, and sparks flew as the thin blade in his hand clashed with the mechanical arms of the two cyborgs.

“He’s not blue-haired! He’s not our target.” The attackers had realized something was wrong.

But they were already trapped.

"The one on the right, the energy core is located in its left chest." Ning Shuyin kept reporting the location to Zhou Zhiheng, which was enough to suppress the opponent's offensive.

Zhou Zhiheng spun around and thrust his thin blade into the heart of the cyborg.

The cyborg in the lead was more powerful.

His fist slammed towards Zhou Zhiheng's face. Taking advantage of the moment when Zhou Zhiheng dodged, Ning Shuyin reached out and grabbed his shoulder for leverage, then leaped up and delivered a flying kick.

"boom!"

The leader's shoulder joint was unmodified, and when he was kicked, there was a cracking sound of bones breaking.

He landed heavily on the bar behind him.

The crystal bar was smashed and collapsed, with glasses and bottles clattering all over the floor.

"Well done!" Zhou Zhiheng's eyes flashed with approval.

As he spoke, the thin blade in his hand stabbed out with a backhand thrust.

"Pfft!"

The blade tip struck the last cyborg in the side, severing his energy pathways.

The cyborg's body stiffened, its limbs drooped limply, and it collapsed to the ground.

In less than five minutes, the suite returned to silence, with only his and Ning Shuyin's slightly rapid breathing remaining.

At this moment, Amanda's computer, which was waiting on the rooftop helipad, issued an alarm.

But she discovered that her boss had blocked her communications.

After a moment's thought, she directly connected to the hotel manager's holographic call:

"I've detected a sudden increase in the chairman's temperature and heart rate. Has anything happened at the hotel? I need to check on the boss's safety."

“Ms. Amanda,” the general manager stammered, “the boss is in the penthouse suite. He requested that the area be cleared out, so we can’t go up there. We can only monitor the equipment and energy flow in the room.”

"Get to the point," Amanda interrupted coldly.

“The situation might be a bit intense,” the hotel general manager said, sending over a data file. “Take a look for yourself.”

Two seconds later, Amanda scanned the data on the personal terminal, her expression becoming complex.

The suite was subjected to continuous, high-frequency impact vibrations over a period of 5 minutes, causing the bar counter in the room to collapse.

The suite's interior lighting system was malfunctioning and short-circuited after switching between passionate flames and psychedelic water waves nine times.

The suite contains energy release from excessive use of mechanical equipment.

The general manager, noticing Amanda's serious expression, asked, "Ms. Amanda, isn't the chairman a bit too agitated? Should we...?"

Amanda's gaze lingered on the word "5 minutes" in disbelief for a moment.

Her thoughts had already been racing through countless places.

Considering that the boss had never been alone with a woman in the past, the initial data might be reasonable. However, considering the boss's combat strength as an SSS-level ability user and his young age, she felt that this data was theoretically unreasonable.

Within two or three seconds, super worker Amanda had mentally reviewed the list of experts from A-Star Medical Institution and well-known psychologists before speaking: "The Chairman's personal expenses will be fully included in Zhou's entertainment budget."

"Yes, yes!" The general manager nodded repeatedly.

Amanda continued, "Prepare a spare high-end suit for the chairman, plus a women's dress in Ms. Ning's size. Also prepare two servings of highly concentrated energy drinks and have them wait at the elevator. Do not knock on the door unless summoned."

——

Inside the penthouse suite, the crisis has been averted.

Three cyborgs lay on the ground, completely devoid of vital signs.

Ning Shuyin crouched down and checked the condition of the three attackers.

“The energy cores of these people have been implanted in vital physiological areas. The only way to subdue the mechanical beings is to destroy their cores, which is tantamount to a fatal blow,” she said.

This can only mean that these were not ordinary attackers, but true suicide bombers.

“I’ll get someone to clean up the mess,” Zhou Zhiheng said as he walked up to Ning Shuyin and wiped a drop of wine from her cheek. “Looks like your friend’s boyfriend can really cause trouble.”

"This isn't the time to talk about that. Could you please help me find out where Professor Gu Lei and Su Qianqian went?" Ning Shuyin asked, looking up.

Zhou Zhiheng's eyes showed reluctance, but he nodded after being looked at by Ning Shuyin for a few seconds.

"Hmph, fine."

His tone was unfriendly, but he still managed to get through to the hotel's general manager.

"Send a small team to the penthouse suite to clean up the trash. Also, check the hotel's security footage to confirm Professor Gu Lei and Su Qianqian's location, immediately."