Ambush and Ballistics

Xiao Ying had seen Qing Chen's information; Zheng Yuandong had even personally reviewed all the clues for him, so he knew very well what Qing Chen had done.

Have the men who wiped out all the criminals at Laojun Mountain now chosen an easier path?

What makes him, Xiao Ying, think he can dream of building a future with his own hands...?

However, Xiao Ying still had doubts in her heart. Could it be that she was overthinking things, and that Qing Chen was not actually that kind of person?

Qing Chen looked up at the rearview mirror and his gaze met that of Xiao Ying.

Then the two of them simultaneously looked away, pretending not to know each other.

"Please drive carefully, thank you," Qing Chen said to Xiao Ying.

"Okay, got it," Xiao Ying replied.

In the past, Qing Chen didn't feel anything when he saw Xiao Ying crash the car, but now that he was sitting in the car himself, it was a different story.

In the back seat of the car, Li Changqing smiled and looked at Qing Chen: "You should have seen the sniper rifle in the trunk just now. I will fully support your desire to practice with sniper rifles. I'll give you the man, let alone a sniper rifle."

Xiao Ying finally realized, well, it really was the kind of relationship he had imagined...

Li Changqing moved slightly closer to Qing Chen in the back seat, but Qing Chen quietly moved to the door.

If Li Changqing gets any closer, Qing Chen will have to jump out of the car.

"Where are we going?" he changed the subject.

"Let me take you to join in the fun," Li Changqing said with a smile. "Tonight, several gangs in City No. 18 are planning to join forces to wipe out the Heng Society."

"Why are these gangs attacking Heng Society?" Qing Chen asked.

"Heng Society has expanded too fast in recent years. Li Dongze has squeezed out other gangs with his hard power after being promoted to A-level, leaving them with almost no room to survive," Li Changqing patiently explained. "In fact, the gangs that took action tonight were fighting with their backs against the wall. If they don't join forces to resist Heng Society, the entire underground world of City No. 18 will probably fall to Heng Society in two years, and they will all have to pack their bags and leave."

"Huh, if Li Dongze is an A-level, would these gangs dare to make a move?" In Qing Chen's memory, the highest level of other gang members was only D-Class or C-Class. Why would these people go looking for Li Dongze to die?

Li Changqing smiled and said, "The fact that the student demonstrations have entered the Upper Third District has angered some bigwigs. Li Dongze played a significant role in this, as it has touched upon some fundamental interests. Some bigwigs don't care about dirty deeds happening under their wing; after all, too much purity leaves no room for fish. But if there is any sign of resistance, it must be extinguished."

"So, the fact that several major gangs joined forces was your conglomerate's doing. No wonder those gangs had the confidence to take action against Li Dongze," Qing Chen said.

Moreover, he realized that what brought disaster to Heng Society was not its control over the entire underground world of City No. 18.

Rather, it was Li Dongze who participated in the student protests, thus crossing the red line of the conglomerate.

Qing Chen looked at Li Changqing: "So, you came out tonight also to besiege Heng Society?"

"Of course not. Li Dongze is my seventh brother's man. I have no interest in dealing with him at the moment," Li Changqing shook his head. "Tonight, the people dealing with Li Dongze are the First Branch of the Li family and the Qing Clan Fourth Branch. As for us, we have people to deal with."

Qing Chen was taken aback. He had thought Li Changqing was after Heng Society, but it turned out not to be.

How could he then take the opportunity to arrest the people from Hesheng Society? Qing Chen was still waiting for Liu Dezhu to bring out the Forbidden Item ACE-011!

Before releasing him, he might have thought that if he really couldn't save Liu Dezhu, then so be it...

Now that Yi needs to use Liu Dezhu to transport the Forbidden Item ACE-011 "Conquer by Virtue", Qing Chen must seriously think of a way.

"Don't you usually ride in hovercars? Why did you switch to an off-road vehicle this time?" Qing Chen asked.

"Although the airborne vehicles fly very fast and don't have to worry about traffic jams, they are far less reliable than ground vehicles in dangerous environments," Li Changqing said with a smile. "If they are interfered with by special weapons in the air and fall from the sky, even if the vehicle is bulletproof, the people inside will still die."

The Old Liu in the passenger seat thought to himself that he had never seen his boss so patient with anyone before, explaining so much.

The convoy sped out of the Banshan Manor.

But just as they entered the Fourth District, a huge long-trailer truck suddenly rushed out from the street corner ahead, completely blocking the intersection.

Behind them, another truck blocked the convoy, effectively sealing it off from the street. In just over ten seconds, the area was forcibly cordoned off.

Tall buildings line both sides of the road, and it's hard to even see the end of them when you look up.

The next second, all the nearby lights went out, and even the holographic neon whale that had been swimming in the sky went dark.

Outside this street is the vibrant nightlife of Fourth District; inside, it's dark and somber.

"They came prepared, Xiao Ying, stop the car," Old Liu frowned, quickly reacting with his walkie-talkie in hand. "Vehicles behind, slow down, level one alert!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a muffled bang came from the window of vehicle number 2.

Qing Chen suddenly looked out the car window and saw that on Li Changqing's side, a palm-sized crack had appeared on the bulletproof glass of the window, like a spider web.

"Sniper!" Old Liu's eyebrows furrowed as he spoke into the walkie-talkie, "Xiao Gong, send out the drone to locate the sniper. We can only get out of the car after we've taken care of him! Quick, you have one minute to find the sniper!"

At this point, the best strategy for the convoy is to get out of the vehicles and move to a different location; otherwise, they will only become targets in the vehicles.

Although the vehicle was bulletproof, there were definitely quite a few enemies who ambushed Li Changqing this time, and it was only a matter of time before they blew the vehicle open.

But if they want to move, the first thing they need to do is find a sniper, otherwise, every time someone gets out of the vehicle, someone else will die.

Xiao Gong's voice came through the walkie-talkie. "Sixth Brother, the buildings on both sides are too tall, with over a thousand windows. One minute definitely won't be enough! This is a residential area; there are people in every room. Even the life detection system won't be able to identify which one is the sniper!"

The Old Liu said fiercely, "There are countless assassins hiding in this building. If we don't leave the vehicle within a minute, we'll be surrounded here."

He knew it would be difficult to find the sniper among those thousands of windows, but he had to find him no matter how difficult it was.

At that moment, everyone anxiously looked out the window.

Li Changqing suddenly saw Qing Chen move to his side inside the car, peering over him to carefully examine the bullet marks on the car window.

The woman sat stiffly in the back seat, her body language far less unrestrained than her words. She smelled Qing Chen's scent and wondered what he was doing.

Soon, Qing Chen stood up and calmly said, "Sixth Brother, have the drone search the area above 11 o'clock, at an altitude of 351 to 359 meters."

Everyone in the car held their breath. Li Changqing stared blankly at Qing Chen, thinking to himself, "You were able to determine the sniper's location just by glancing at the bullet marks on the car window?"

Qing Chen said, "Everything leaves a trace, and clues will speak for themselves. The bullet holes and spiderwebs on this glass window are irregular. Shots fired from different directions will leave different cracks. I was just observing the clues and trying to reconstruct the trajectory of the bullets."

Old Liu recalled the scene of Qing Chen "familiarizing himself with firearms" in the venue, and immediately passed the message to Xiao Gong without hesitation.

As they were talking, the trunk of car number 6 opened, and more than a dozen "Border" drones soared into the sky, emitting a series of buzzing sounds.

When the snipers upstairs realized that the drones were heading straight for them, they had no choice but to shoot them down one by one.

Xiao Gong said, "Correct location, the enemy sniper has been exposed."

The Old Liu looked at Qing Chen, pondering a question: Qing Chen judges bullet trajectories so accurately, if this young man were to become a sniper one day, would other snipers have any chance of survival if they encountered him on the battlefield?

Once the enemy sniper fires a shot, their location will be pinpointed. Qing Chen's ability to calculate bullet trajectories is enough to see through the enemy's layers of camouflage and uncover the truth.

Just then, someone threw several grenades out of one of the windows.

Strangely, the grenade's fuse seemed to be very short, and it exploded in mid-air.

The grenade explodes not with fire, but with lightning.

"EMP grenade!" Xiao Gong exclaimed in the communication channel.

EMP grenades primarily cause electromagnetic pulse damage. They are no longer designed for human beings, but rather for any device containing electronic components.

This item is standard equipment of the Federation Group Army, and each EMP grenade is engraved with a serial number, making it a strictly controlled military device.

The other side probably didn't use it at first because they didn't want to reveal their identities, but now that the sniper's position has been exposed, they have no choice but to use it.

In an instant, all the drones that were flying toward the sniper were destroyed and fell to the ground.

Several grenades landed next to the convoy, instantly destroying communication channels and vehicle equipment, rendering all seven off-road vehicles scrap metal and unable to start.

The Old Liu narrowed his eyes. "Knowing the boss's itinerary in advance and ambushing him here means there's a mole within the Li family. The fact that they even used EMP grenades indicates that a small federal army unit has infiltrated City No. 18."

Li Changqing sat calmly in the car. "These are not troops incorporated by the Li family. I just confirmed this afternoon. All the troops that the Li family can mobilize are still stationed in their original locations and have not been moved."

Qing Chen looked at Li Changqing: "Besides people within the Li family, who else wants to kill you?"

Li Changqing smiled and said, "There are too many to list: Kashima, Kamishiro, the Kei family, and the Chen family."

"So many?" Qing Chen asked in confusion.

The Old Liu explained, "When the boss consolidated his power in City No. 1, he offended too many people. Among them, Kashima and Kamishiro were completely driven out of City No. 1. Their hatred was the greatest, and their motives were also the strongest. The boss is the most central figure in the Li family's pro-war faction against Kamishiro and Kashima."

Thank you to bankerzhi and SAYBYESAYHI for becoming new allies of this book. May all the bosses make a fortune and never have uninterrupted water or electricity at home!

There will be another chapter tonight.