Chapter 544: Episode 540: The Irked Ling Chen

Ling Chen sighed inwardly, having spent so much effort and still unable to escape. The defenses of this base were too solid; there were no holes to exploit.

Forget it!

At this point, all he could do was a desperate attempt.

Not just him; everyone else felt the same.

At that moment, in the control room, Louis watched the people displayed on the surveillance screen, a cold smile hooking at the corner of his mouth.

"Send someone over now, arrest them all. Anyone who dares to resist, kill without mercy."

"Yes!"

A staff member responded and was about to relay Louis’s command.

But at that moment, Liu Xiyao, who had been standing to one side, suddenly charged at a security guard with his back turned to her. Before he could react, she snatched a pistol from his holster and aimed it at the people present.

Seeing Liu Xiyao’s actions, Louis coldly said, "Miss Liu, what are you doing? Put down your gun right now."

"Sorry, Louis, I can’t do that," Liu Xiyao said, then suddenly swung the gun around and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out, and the bullet went straight into the control room’s server.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several successive shots hammered home, destroying the control room’s mainframe and servers, sparks flying. Computer screens instantly turned blue and lost all images.

A staff member urgently said, "Mr. Louis, the system has crashed."

Louis’s face darkened as he glared at the gun-wielding Liu Xiyao and commanded coldly, "Miss Liu, you’d better put down your gun now, or don’t blame me for not being courteous."

As he finished, Louis drew his pistol, aiming it at Liu Xiyao’s forehead. If Liu Xiyao dared to shoot again, he would not hesitate to pull the trigger.

Facing the dark muzzle, Liu Xiyao didn’t resist and obediently dropped the pistol she held.

"Take her away, lock her in a cell first, and wait for Mr. Lin to come back and deal with her."

Escorted by two security guards, Liu Xiyao left the control room without a word. She had done what she could; whether Ling Chen and the others could escape was now up to their luck.

Meanwhile, Ling Chen and the others trapped behind the thousand-jin gate were prepared for a desperate fight. However, minutes passed without seeing anyone, and instead, the heavy gate behind them opened.

Without time to think, the group immediately ran towards the outside.

They encountered no danger until they reached the tunnel entrance; it seemed as though all the tunnel’s devices had stopped.

Regardless, it was at least good news for them.

"The plane’s over there; you guys go ahead, we’ll cover the rear," the man in the suit said.

Ling Chen nodded and quickly followed the other two men towards the small Boeing plane. Once on board, one man hurried to the cockpit and notified the pilot to prepare for takeoff.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ling Chen sat by the window, watching the men and women cover their retreat. After dealing with more than a dozen pursuers, they finally boarded the plane. At the same time, the plane’s speed surged, leaving the security personnel who rushed out of the tunnel far behind. As the plane’s nose lifted, its body swiftly climbed, and soon the aircraft entered the clouds.

Safe at last, Ling Chen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, finally allowing himself to relax.

However, the thought of Liu Xiyao, still trapped in the base, made it impossible for him to feel happy. He had promised to take her with him when leaving, but in the end, he hadn’t kept his promise.

Thinking of the events that had just transpired, Ling Chen suspected Liu Xiyao might have been involved. Otherwise, why would the thousand-jin gate open without reason? Moreover, with so many heavy weapons set up outside the base, all of which failed to fire, it was evident someone was helping them from the shadows to escape.

While mulling it over, Ling Chen looked at the two men sitting opposite him and asked, "What about those two; where did they go?"

"Mr. Tang? He’s resting inside."

"Isn’t it time you told me your identities now?"

"We are members of the Secret Society."

"The Secret Society?" Ling Chen’s expression darkened as he stood up abruptly, saying coldly, "Is it you guys? Good, I was just about to settle the score with you."

"Mr. Ling, please calm down. It’s not what you think it is."

"Are you saying the Secret Society didn’t betray me?"

One of the men explained, "Mr. Ling, you might have misunderstood. We never thought of betraying you. The reason we did this was solely to coordinate with our plan."

"Plan? What plan?"

"It’s like this." The man spoke patiently, "We knew all along about the two secret bases of the God Organization, but since the bases’ locations are highly confidential, we had no way of finding out. We came up with this plan to use you as bait to discover the base’s location. You and Little Hua; you’re both part of the plan."

Hearing this, He Ziyun suddenly raised his head and asked word by word, "Little Hua was taken by you?"

"Yes... We didn’t tell you because we feared you might leak the information and alert the God Organization. Knowing Little Hua’s importance to the God Organization, we used her to negotiate, to pique their interest. According to the plan we originally set, we intended to use Little Hua to trade for you. This way, your safety would be assured."

"What about Little Hua?" Ling Chen frowned and asked, "According to your plan, are you going to hand Little Hua over to the God Organization?"

"This..." The man hesitated for a moment before saying, "We had two approaches. We demanded to go to this secret base to carry out the trade. If the God Organization didn’t agree, then we planned to hand over Little Hua as agreed upon and get you back. You’re a former agent with rich experience. As long as you’ve been to that secret base, you should be able to identify its approximate location, which helps us find it. As for Little Hua, the God Organization values her, so she won’t be at risk for her life in the short term; we have plenty of opportunities to rescue her."

"On the other hand, if the God Organization agreed to our demands, then there’s no need to hand over Little Hua to them since we would already know the location of the secret base. If you hadn’t caused such a commotion in the base, we wouldn’t have exposed ourselves so easily. According to the plan, after today’s meeting, we would leave first, then notify the Secret Society’s field agents to strike at the secret base, getting you all out."

Ling Chen sneered, "You people of the Secret Society are really something, keeping us all in the dark."

In a grave tone, the man said, "Mr. Ling, we did this to deal a heavy blow to the God Organization; we hope you can understand."

"Sorry! I am a layman; I understand but I’m not pleased. What do you think of me, that I can be used at your will?"

"Mr. Ling, no, listen to me..."

"Shut up!" Ling Chen interrupted coldly.