Please Maintain Elegance When Jumping Off the Building

It's bad enough that they showed up now, of all times, when I'm trying to escape. This is going to kill me.

Xu Jiang couldn't help but stop his steps and turn to look at the battlefield.

Boom boom boom!

Continuous explosions rang out. The research lab was now a mess, engulfed in flames.

"Bring out the heavy firepower, heavy firepower!!!" Seeing the bracelet snatched away, the Black Tiger Gang's higher-ups couldn't sit still any longer. They roared, demanding heavy firepower for an assault.

Two 3-meter tall heavy-duty mechs came charging in, crushing the floor beneath them, their heavy weapons unleashing a barrage on the battlefield.

The powerful attacks made Baozi's energy shield begin to waver. He shouted at Xu Jiang, "Hurry and retreat! What are you waiting for?"

"I have something I must retrieve! Close your eyes." Xu Jiang went against the flow, charging towards the location indicated by the sensor.

There weren't many machines capable of summoning generals. Since he'd found one, he couldn't miss this opportunity. Moreover, the item wasn't far from him, so he could try.

He took out the small iron rod from his embrace and kissed it by his mouth. "It's up to you! My precious! Go!"

With Xu Jiang's current strength, it was unrealistic for him to charge through an army and emerge seven times. His trump card was only the flashbang in his embrace.

To make Sparkles work harder, Xu Jiang gave her a little bit of a stimulus.

Startled by the sudden kiss, Sparkles froze for a full two seconds. It wasn't until she landed on the ground and bounced a few times that she suddenly reacted.

"Ah!! He kissed me! How can General do this! Sob sob sob~~"

A scream, accompanied by a terrifying white light, shot up into the sky. The entire floor was enveloped in the white light. The brightness shot out from the windows, illuminating the entire base.

Only Xu Jiang's teammates believed his words and reacted immediately. Most of the enemies, however, were blinded by the light.

Unaffected, Xu Jiang immediately slid to a corpse and frantically patted its body, searching for a weapon that could summon a general.

This is the downside of the General's Order. Even with a hint, it only provides a general area. After all this searching, he found nothing?

"What the hell! Did you hide it in your crotch? How am I supposed to find it!"

Xu Jiang was going crazy. He had searched the person's entire body, but none of the weapons could summon a general.

It couldn't be the grenade in his hand with its safety pin pulled but not detonated, could it?

"???"

"How are you? Did you find it?" Sha Tu, taking advantage of the gap in the flashbang, quickly killed his opponent and ran to Xu Jiang's side to check the situation.

"Found it. Let's retreat." Grabbing the dud grenade, he retreated with Sha Tu.

[Congratulations, general summoned successfully.]

That's right, the weapon he used to summon a general was a dud grenade with its safety pin pulled but not detonated.

Although he didn't know what its use was, he didn't have time to study it now. He quickly rushed to the edge of the hole and looked down.

Ying Xiaoxiao had already jumped to the ground with Xiao Zhen. She was currently holding the fort, wielding her long spear and killing everyone she saw.

But this was the third floor! Looking at the height, it was nearly 20 meters!

What happened to the harmonious and loving Team 17? They were teaching him to jump off buildings on his first day?

Behind him, Baozi had entered his final berserk state, frantically firing energy blasts and blowing the battlefield to pieces, blocking the pursuers' path.

Sha Tu walked up to Xu Jiang and encouraged him, "Jumping off buildings isn't scary. As long as you stay calm and elegant, this height is very simple."

After speaking, he adjusted his crooked tie, fearing dust might fall on it. He stepped forward and jumped off with a smile.

"Holy crap... hiss... calm, calm, be elegant!" Xu Jiang took a deep breath, gave a friendly gesture to the pursuers behind him, and cursed, "Your grandpa is so beautiful."

After saying that, he also jumped down.

Bang!

A pit was formed in the grass at the bottom of the building. Fortunately, Qianji provided cushioning, so he wouldn't be missing limbs, just a bit of numbness in his legs.

Fortunately, the battlefield had been mostly cleared by Ying Xiaoxiao. Xu Jiang quickly caught up, and the five of them began to flee.

Behind them, the Black Tiger Gang members had mobilized their entire force.

Hoverbikes followed closely, and combat helicopters took to the sky, surrounding and attacking them.

But once they escaped the base, it would be their territory.

Ying Xiaoxiao suddenly turned and struck the ground with her spear. Three bolts of furious purple lightning shot up into the sky, filling the air with thunder and lightning, sweeping across the heavens and earth.

When the dust settled, the five figures were no longer on the street.

"Search for them! Break down doors house by house! You must find them!!"

Powerless roars echoed through the streets. Tonight, the Black Tiger Gang was destined to become a laughingstock.

As for Xu Jiang and the others, they were currently navigating through complex secret passages.

"Xiao Hei, is it this way?"

[Yes, climb out from this cellar opening and enter the house on the right.]

"The house, we've arrived, but this is a dead end!"

"Did you see a cabinet? Push it open, there's a secret passage."

A commanding voice came through the earpiece.

Their business van was definitely unusable; they could only escape their pursuers through the secret passage.

Just then, Xiao Hei, a member of their team, came online and, stationed at the base, guided them, allowing them to quickly break free from the Black Tiger Gang's range.

But the problem was...

"This Comrade Xiao Hei, is he one of our team members?" Xu Jiang looked at Ying Xiaoxiao.

"Yeah! Haven't I introduced him to you?" Ying Xiaoxiao, having disengaged from the fight, returned to her warm and sunny disposition, like an older sister. "Including you, there are six of us on the team. Xiao Hei is our logistics personnel."

"...You never mentioned him, and we didn't see him when we were having dinner earlier?"

"I was on vacation today, out buying things. Hello! Xu Jiang, welcome to Team 17."

A young man's voice came through the earpiece.

All the way here, Xiao Hei's tone had been very normal.

There was none of Baozi's incessant chatter, none of Sha Tu's strange elegance, nor Xiao Zhen's cold, dazed cuteness.

At every intersection, at every choice, he was concise and to the point, giving the impression of being very capable, just like a normal person.

To encounter a normal person in the bizarre department that was Team 17, Xu Jiang felt quite touched.

He decided that after they returned, he would have a good chat with him and inquire about the situation with Team 17.

For now, however, they needed to deal with the bracelet.

Arriving at a safe house, Sha Tu took the bracelet and began examining it.

The once cheerfully bouncing Happy Bracelet was now silent. Its golden surface looked dull and gray, completely devoid of vitality.

"In this condition, I'm afraid the Security Bureau won't accept it," Sha Tu said with regret, shaking his head.

The material of the bracelet was secondary; its most valuable aspect was the rune power extracted by Qianji.

Alien runes were themselves a source of energy, like a supernatural power circuit. The existence of the runes made the bracelet powerful.

Now that Qianji had extracted most of it, only some basic patterns carved on the surface remained.

Ying Xiaoxiao said with displeasure, "Those people from the Security Bureau clearly didn't provide enough intelligence on purpose, almost putting us in danger. We didn't get the living bracelet, but we should at least get a deposit for the dead one."

She didn't care about anything else now. After working all night, if they didn't get paid when delivering the goods later, there might be another commotion.

At this moment, Xu Jiang also walked over and took a look at the bracelet.

A smile, both elegant and wicked, appeared on his lips as he said, "I have an idea."