Chapter 651 [(*^▽^*)]
As the explosion occurred, a large ball of fire tumbled out of the window, accompanied by billowing black smoke rising into the air.
Even though it was night, the billowing dust in the sky was still clearly visible.
Flames shot into the sky, and in just two or three seconds, the entire building was engulfed in flames. Of course, the explosion not only brought a fire, but also destroyed the building. The residential building collapsed and became a pile of ruins, with scorching flames still leaping high above the ruins.
Just then...
"System notification: At midnight on the seventh day, there are eleven participants remaining."
It was exactly midnight on the seventh day.
Despite their best efforts to prevent it yesterday, these special NPCs still managed to kill ten participants. Originally there were twenty-one, but now only eleven remain, five of whom are here.
After hearing the system notification, they closed their invalid rule card; it was already midnight.
Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were wearing casual clothes instead of pajamas, precisely to prevent such unexpected situations from occurring.
Soon a crowd gathered around, whispering amongst themselves. While watching the spectacle and talking, they were also extremely wary of those around them.
After Lin Leyou and his group of five reunited, they quickly moved away, pretending to have come from afar to watch the excitement. They even stood at a considerable distance, while many other onlookers were standing closer to them.
Soon after, people in firefighter uniforms and police uniforms appeared.
Lin Leyou's gaze was now fixed on Jiang Changdong and Qiu Baiyu, who had also turned and run away, their expressions quite grim.
What's going on?
They weren't discovered, so why did they look so grim?
Xue Rui: "They've run far away, and they look a bit off."
Tang Anzhi asked, "What exactly happened?"
Lin Leyou looked at Xue Rui, "Something's following you, you can't escape."
He then looked at Tang Anzhi and the other two, briefly explained what had just happened, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "I just felt that I should go and cause them trouble. After all, it was just downstairs downstairs, and it would seem too easy for them to do nothing."
He then added, "But the way they looked at me just now was a bit off. Do you know why?"
Tang Anzhi chuckled and gestured for them to come closer. "The grenades you had the puppet throw will only explode indoors and won't affect the outside. But the bomb he prepared is the real culprit that destroyed this building. So the person who prepared that bomb has violated the ninth of the Ten Rules."
Lin Leyou suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Article 9 is to maintain the cleanliness of the city's environment at all times and in all places, but now the entire building has been blown into ruins, and there is also this towering fire and smoke. The surrounding greenery has also been damaged, and even the nearby residential buildings have been blackened by smoke."
"So, they have to keep the rule invalidation card active until they clean all this up?"
Tang Anzhi nodded with a smile, "Yes, it seems they won't be able to cause us any trouble for the time being."
Lin Leyou, "Can they have a whole day to use the invalid card?"
Tang Anzhi said, "Even if we don't have an estimate, we can find another way. In any case, special NPCs definitely have some secret methods that we don't know about."
Lin Leyou: "That makes sense."
After Jiang Changdong and his wife left, they went to find Zhang Xing and followed him back to his house. Of course, Yi Nanfeng was also there, and Hu Yu also went with them.
The authorities quickly discovered that the explosion originated from the floor where Jiang Changdong and his wife lived, so they immediately identified Jiang Changdong and Qiu Baiyu as the suspects. There were no other residents on the same floor.
So, a few minutes later, Lin Leyou and his friends found the wanted posters for the two people on their mobile phones. That was pretty fast. Weren't they afraid of making a mistake?
Tang Anzhi said, "If no bodies are found inside, then from the officials' perspective, these two people are hiding and fleeing to avoid punishment. It's only right to issue arrest warrants. Besides, this is a dungeon, so this is normal."
Lin Leyou said, "Now they not only have to constantly activate the rule invalidation card, but they also have to hide from everyone in the city, because there's a bounty here."
Tang Anzhi said, "The bounties are all in the form of money. Only those who have completed the tenth rule of the ten rules will consider the bounty. Others who have not yet completed the tenth rule will prioritize this."
Lin Leyou, "What do you think about me reporting Jiang Changdong and Qiu Baiyu?"
Tang Anzhi said, "Let's just forget about it. Even if we report them, it won't do any good. They'll just run away the moment they see them. The police in this instance can't catch them at all."
Lin Leyou: "Alright then, in that case, let's not waste any more time."
Just then, they overheard a conversation nearby.
"They started so early? I remember when the explosion happened, it wasn't even midnight yet?"
"Wow, that's amazing. I always thought I'd do something naughty after I woke up in the morning, but I never expected someone to be even more amazing than me."
"What kind of person are you? Look over there!"
He then pointed in a direction, and everyone saw flames on a floor of a building in the distance; it was arson.
"Isn't it a bit too early to do these things now?"
"It's not early at all, we can start at midnight. Are you still planning to go back to sleep?"
The fire here has been extinguished, and some people are still clearing the ruins. However, because some things happened elsewhere, the people here only confirmed that the fire was out before they all left to go elsewhere.
It seems that the seventh day was truly a day of riots.
Lin Leyou glanced at Xue Rui, "You're still awake."
Xue Rui hadn't slept. "It's alright, a little longer won't make a difference."
Lin Leyou said, "No, you're coming back to sleep with me."
Xue Rui blinked. "Do I have to sleep?"
Lin Leyou: "Is there even a question? Today is the last day. If you don't rest now, what if you make a mistake if you stay up all night?"
Xue Rui couldn't argue with him, so she didn't object. If the house here was gone, there was another house in another neighborhood.
Tang Anzhi and the other two also came over, "Is there anywhere else we can rest?"
Lin Leyou: "Yes, come with me."
Feng Jia and Sheng Yang followed behind them. Since they didn't need to take action now, they had planned to wait until after 8 p.m. to make their move, so they were just sitting around doing nothing.
When they walked to the original night market street outside, they were surprised to see some food stalls still there. They were really dedicated to their work.
There were some, but the quantity was less than one-tenth of what it was on the first day. They looked sparse and pitiful. Lin Leyou bought some from each stall, intending to take them back to eat.
Xue Rui definitely wouldn't eat it, but Tang Anzhi and the other two bought a lot. Just as they were about to leave, they ran into the familiar aunt in red at the intersection.
The woman in red greeted them warmly upon seeing them, "Oh, it's you two young men! Are you here to buy something delicious?"
Lin Leyou nodded with a smile, "Yes, Auntie, we've come to buy food. Some friends are visiting, and we'll be going home to play games later."
The aunt waved her hand with a smile, "Since you want to play games, then you should go quickly and not waste time here."
Lin Leyou said, "Auntie, we'll be going now."
They all left quickly. The woman in red watched them walk away before turning and heading towards the night market street. But the moment she turned, the smile on her face vanished, replaced by a chilling coldness.
As she walked along the street, the few stall owners who had set up their stalls were all too afraid to make a sound. It wasn't until she reached the residential area that the atmosphere there began to return to normal.
The woman in red went to check on the building that had just been bombed. When she arrived, there was a security guard standing there whom Lin Leyou and the others had not seen before.
The security guard, dressed in a black uniform and standing at about 1.9 meters tall, exuded a strong sense of intimidation with just a glance.
The woman in red walked over and asked, "Do you know what happened? They actually caused trouble on my turf."
The security guard said, "The explosion occurred on the third floor, which destroyed the entire building. All the survivors have been rescued, but the remaining bodies are temporarily left inside unattended. There are also many other dangerous situations in other areas, so they can't come over."
The woman in red sighed, "It's the last day, always so busy. Once you find the culprit and have any news, remember to let me know."
Security guard: "Okay."
After the woman in red finished speaking, she left. The security guard continued his investigation, and the screen on his phone showed the surveillance footage of the area around the building.
Before the explosion, everything was quiet. He even saw some small animals, but it all happened so suddenly.
The residents on the third floor are a couple, and there is no one else on the other floors. However, there are other residents on the other floors, especially one family that had five people staying there today.
Surveillance footage showed they entered the building and didn't come out, but their bodies were not found, nor were they seen...
However, when the security guard checked the surveillance footage from other places, he found that they had appeared on a nearby night market street and had even chatted with the woman in red who had come to find him earlier.
Since that's the case, then this matter is definitely none of their business. Let's continue to hunt down Jiang Changdong and Qiu Baiyu.
The explosion occurred at their home, and there were no bodies; the people had vanished without a trace. This is the most suspicious thing; they must have been hidden away.
Moreover, through careful observation, one of the surveillance cameras captured two familiar figures after the explosion. Although it was only for a second, he was able to identify these two people as the ones he was looking for in that single second.
"Very good, they're still alive and escaped. That must be them."
Then he took a golden-gray mouse out of his pocket. The mouse was very cute, round and fluffy.
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