Chapter 1545 - 1535: Bomb

Chapter 1545: Chapter 1535: Bomb

"Alright, quit your damn whining, you can take whichever path you want. Keep arguing and Jiang Cheng and his crew will catch up, and no one will get away then," Mo Xiao said impatiently. "I’ll give you two guns, and here are some bullets. If they catch us, it’s a dead end, so we’d better go down fighting." Mo Xiao tossed two guns and some bullets to Ande before hurriedly running outside. Ande also sprinted off in the other direction.

After Jiang Cheng and Mu Xue’s group unlocked the secret door, they carefully made their way to the tunnel chamber, seeing the ground covered in mess — instant noodle cups, sunflower seeds, cigarette butts scattered everywhere. "Cough, cough. The smell of smoke is thick here; it seems they’ve just left. We need to catch up quickly, and maybe we can capture them all at once," Jiang Cheng said confidently.

Mu Xue said, "There’s a chance they’re carrying heavy weapons like Yan’s, for your safety, we need to request support from higher-ups now.

"By the time you call for backup, Mo Xiao would be long gone. Every one of them is like an old fox, once they get into the deep mountains, it’s like they blend into the soil. There’s no network coverage in these mountains, finding them would be incredibly difficult," Jiang Cheng blurted out.

"Just be careful, they must have guns on them! If necessary, just track them quietly; it’s not too late to capture them once we have backup, just don’t corner them and make them desperate," Mu Xue advised Jiang Cheng, still worried.

"Alright, alright, stop talking, I know what to do. Keep talking and you’ll really lose them," Jiang Cheng said, becoming impatient.

"There’s a hidden door here, they must have gone through it. Let’s chase," Jiang Cheng rushed to the front in a hurry. "Jiang Cheng, be careful, there might be traps," Mu Xue chased after Jiang Cheng desperately.

Suddenly, a system alert sounded in Jiang Cheng’s mind, "Alert, alert, dangerous explosives detected ahead." Jiang Cheng’s reflexes kicked in, he immediately stopped and shouted loudly, "Stop moving!"

"What’s wrong, did you find something?" Mu Xue caught up, panting, and promptly halted.

"There might be landmines ahead, be careful and don’t step on anything," Jiang Cheng said sternly.

"Everyone walk close to the walls, slow down, and stay safe," Mu Xue, having trained with the anti-Mo squad, was now using her skills appropriately.

The group dared not make a sound, the surrounding atmosphere became extremely quiet, yet the silence was filled with terror. Everyone cautiously crawled forward, the smoke from torches filling the tunnel air. "Beep beep beep," a rhythmic electronic sound echoed ever closer as they advanced. "Beep beep beep," the sound became clearer until Jiang Cheng and Mu Xue found it was an already activated time bomb.

Jiang Cheng and Mu Xue were at the forefront, the others closely followed. "Wait, those behind shouldn’t come closer, back away slowly and just bring me a laptop," Jiang Cheng, seeing the bomb device ahead, sweat streaming down his forehead, "Mu Xue, you back off too, this damn bomb has a thermal sensor system, too many people or huge changes in the environment could trigger it,"

"Wait, there’s also a glass tube, with a small ball inside, maybe a balance device, move slower," "What are you going to do?" Mu Xue’s heart jumped, she urgently asked. "Don’t worry, just give me a laptop, I’m confident I can defuse it."

The bomb was equipped with a remote control. Since it’s related to electronics, Jiang Cheng was convinced that with the system’s help, he could dismantle it.

"System, can you identify how to quickly defuse this bomb?" Jiang Cheng asked, to be safe, waking the system in his mind.

"Master, the bomb is detonated by a thermal sensor and remote timer system, first disrupt the remote timer system to control the time, then break the thermal sensor system and balance device, and the system’s voice explained every step to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng, after hearing the system’s answer, organized his thoughts in his mind and modeled the bomb defusing process in his brain. One mistake in this process could trigger the bomb and collapse the entire tunnel.

Jiang Cheng took out his phone, opened the phone system, and quickly inputted a string of code. His phone connected to the company’s computer mainframe. The computer then generated a dense array of code and sent it back to Jiang Cheng’s phone.

"Ha, disrupting the remote control is simple, I’ll use the dark web to permanently stop its operation," Jiang Cheng remembered how he disrupted Beijing’s electronic wireless devices and directly blacked out the wireless remote control. "Alright, first step complete. Now to disrupt the thermal sensor system," Jiang Cheng carefully observed the entire bomb device. "Sure enough, it’s as I thought; there’s a port here, must be the data transmission port for the bomb. This’ll be easy.

Jiang Cheng took the computer left by the criminal investigation team (Thanks, Zhao), connected the data transmission line to the port, then opened the computer, hands moving like shadows, inputting a series of codes. He then hit the enter key, sending the disruption command.

He watched the bomb device’s red light dim by half. "Haha, seems the sensor system has been taken over by me, the design isn’t that complete, a string of codes is enough to solve it." Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Now only the balance device remains, Jiang Cheng pondered repeatedly on how to destroy this balance device. "I’ve got it, wireless interference will disrupt this balance system." He said and acted, while the remote computer was still operational, Jiang Cheng quickly inputted another string of codes. The computer transferred data into the phone, the wireless equipment connected, and the red light on the bomb device flashed several times before extinguishing. "Done!" Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief assuredly.

"Mu Xue, you all can come now, the bomb has been defused," Jiang Cheng shouted to the companions behind.

"Jiang Cheng, you’re really something. Didn’t expect you to be a bomb expert," Mu Xue acknowledged Jiang Cheng’s skill further.

"Don’t forget, I’m all about technology, these electronics mean nothing, let’s hurry up and chase them, or they’ll be long gone," Jiang Cheng praised while remembering to capture Mo Xiao and Ande.

Just as he rose to chase, the system’s voice echoed in his mind again, "Alert, alert, explosive weapons detected ahead, alert, explosive weapons detected ahead."

"Damn it," Jiang Cheng mentally grumbled, "My dear system, can’t you just tell me how many bombs there are all at once? If I didn’t stop in time, I’d worry I’d end up dead because of you someday."

Jiang Cheng complained internally while also halting everyone. "Stop! There’s another bomb." The group’s recently relaxed mood tightened again. "Jiang Cheng, are you sure? I haven’t heard the timer bomb sound," Mu Xue said.

"Did I say timer bomb?" Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes. "I only said bomb, not timer bomb, could be a landmine or high-explosive grenades. Watch your step, follow my footprints," "Boss! Boss!" Suddenly, a middle-aged man’s voice called out, and upon closer listening, it was Mole.