Chapter 1399: Disaster at Heavenly Sea
At 2:06 a.m. on January 4, a pitch-black sedan left the Huhai elevated highway behind with a sonic boom and raced along Hujiang Road beneath the stars.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
The phone on the passenger seat kept dialing the same number over and over, its irritating beeps filling the late-night silence, but no one ever answered.
"Fuck!"
Quan Liang, his hair streaked with gray, slammed a hand against the steering wheel. He was already hurtling along, but it still wasn't fast enough. He stomped on the accelerator again.
The black steel beast let out a piercing shriek in the night, streaking beneath the dark sky as it charged toward the end of the road.
Quan Liang had weathered countless storms in his life, yet now his face was twisted with urgency, an endless stream of curses spilling from his mouth. The speedometer's desperately climbing needle showed just how frantic he was.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
Just then, the phone abruptly stopped dialing and began ringing with an incoming call.
The strange, abnormal occurrence made Quan Liang's hands tremble as he fought to control the car. He didn't answer. Instead, his expression grew even darker.
Clearly, this wasn't the first time it had happened.
On the passenger seat, the constantly vibrating phone displayed the name "Cheng Ming."
The white letters of "Cheng Ming" kept flashing against the black screen in the dead of night. The piercing ringtone sounded like his shrill screams, fraying Quan Liang's nerves.
"Why won't you fucking die!"
Unable to bear it any longer, Quan Liang snatched up the phone and hurled it out the window. He sped away, quickly disappearing at the end of the road.
The phone fell onto a patch of dead grass. A corner of its screen shattered, cracks