Chapter 278 - 274: Major Disturbance at the Jiang Family 1

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Chapter 278: Chapter 274: Major Disturbance at the Jiang Family 1 Several kilometers away from the Jiang Family, Ling Chen made his final checks atop a high-rise building. Communication devices, weapons, smoke grenades—all were ready. Walking to the edge of the rooftop, he looked down at the flowing cars below and those pedestrians who seemed as insignificant as ants, Ling Chen took a deep breath. After checking the wind direction, he no longer hesitated and leaped down from the building. Plummeting from over two hundred meters in the air, Ling Chen quickly descended in free fall, his speed increasing. Suddenly, he spread his arms and legs wide, and his body, which had been falling, soared upwards and swiftly glided through the air. Upon closer inspection, there was a piece of thin fabric like cicada wings stretched between his arms and body, as well as between his legs. Wingsuit! He had asked Tang Yuan to call the military district to borrow this equipment. The wingsuit, also known as a flying squirrel suit, is a special garment made from metal frameworks and high-tech nylon fibers. By simply wearing it and spreading one’s arms and legs, one can glide through the air like a bat. After gliding for several kilometers in the air, Ling Chen began to descend. The brightly-lit Jiang Family residence soon appeared in his goggles. "Old Tang, I’ll reach the destination in one minute." "Roger that!" Upon receiving the signal, Tang Yuan immediately spit out the chewed grass in his mouth, stood up from his crouch, and from the backpack beside him took out a modified crossbow rifle, holding it level on his forearm. Aiming at the target, he gently pulled the trigger, and the Crossbow Arrow ’swooshed’ through the air, soaring over the three-meter-tall fence, and fell to the ground. Then, the smoke grenades attached to the Crossbow Arrows automatically popped open, and thick smoke rapidly spread outwards, filling the air. Five consecutive Crossbow Arrows were shot, and the northeastern corner of the Jiang Family was nearly engulfed in smoke. "Tang Yuan, it’s done!" After ending the call, Tang Yuan threw down the crossbow and lifted the black cloth that had been covering the grass. Instantly, a quadcopter appeared before him. To avoid detection, he had coated the surface of the drone in black. Controlling the remote controller, the drone ascended slowly. Meanwhile, a real-time image appeared on the screen of the controller—it was the view from the drone, which, under the cover of smoke, moved swiftly toward the target. At that moment, Ling Chen, gliding in the sky, suddenly pulled the ripcord, and his parachute behind him sprang open. Passing through the smoke, he skillfully controlled the parachute and landed silently on the roof of a three-story villa. "Old Tang, I’m here." As soon as his words fell, a buzzing sound approached, and the drone flew over his head, landing beside him. Hanging from the bottom of the drone was a black backpack. Since the wingsuit couldn’t support too much weight, he could only smuggle in equipment he needed through this method. Removing the backpack, he slung it over his shoulder and whispered through his earpiece, "Package received, you can pull out now." "Take care of yourself," Tang Yuan warned. Standing on the villa’s rooftop, Ling Chen surveyed his surroundings, the corners of his mouth slightly lifting. His plan had worked. The Jiang Family assumed that he would try to sneak in from outside the fence, so they assigned most of the security personnel to the perimeter, leaving the interior understaffed. At a glance, there were only about ten security guards patrolling the roads. After observing for a while, Ling Chen leaped from the rooftop, directly onto a tree beside the villa, grabbing onto a sturdy branch. He swung his body back and forth, using the inertia to leap again, reaching another tree. Using this subtle approach, he moved quickly over the heads of the security personnel. At this moment, the night sky was dim, a swath of dark cloud obscuring the bright moonlight. However, the Jiang Family had installed street lamps along the roads which did not hinder his movements. After a while, Ling Chen suddenly noticed that there was a wall surrounding the entire southwestern corner of the Jiang Family. Furthermore, the wall was covered with Iron Thorns, with a surveillance device every meter on top of the wall, and an electric net laid over the wall. Although no security personnel were present around the wall, Ling Chen, relying on his years of intuition and experience, felt that this place was heavily guarded, perhaps even more so than the other defenses of the Jiang Family. Standing on a tree branch, his body was level with the top of the wall. His gaze passed over the wall into the inside, seeing nothing but dense branches and darkness beyond. "What kind of place is this?" He muttered to himself and immediately cast aside the doubts in his mind. His main mission was to rescue someone; he had no time to think about other things. The Jiang Family estate was vast, with luxurious villas seen everywhere. Ling Chen unfolded a blueprint of the Jiang Family’s buildings, his brow furrowing slightly. He knew that Nanrong Wanqing was within the Jiang Family, but he didn’t know the exact location. Searching blindly like this, he would not know how much time he would waste. With that thought, he immediately had an idea. Peering through the foliage, Ling Chen watched a security guard holding a walkie-talkie passing by underneath. Seeing this, he hung upside down from the branch, his body slowly descending. As the security personnel walked below him, he struck like lightning, quickly grasping the man’s neck. Before the guard could react, Ling Chen powerfully twisted, forcibly dragging the security guard up into the tree. "You..." The security guard’s pupils dilated with a mixture of shock and fury as he looked at Ling Chen, about to call for help, but before he could speak, a glint of cold steel flashed in front of his eyes, pressing against his neck. "Keep your mouth shut if you don’t want to die!" Ling Chen commanded coldly. "What... what do you want?" The guard felt the cold blade on his throat, swallowed hard, and asked tremulously. "Where is Nanrong Wanqing being held?" Ling Chen cut straight to the point, dispensing with any superfluous conversation. "She’s in the master’s house." "Where is that?" The security guard quickly pointed in one direction, frankly responding, "That Siheyuan over there." Ling Chen nodded, a slight smile on his face as he patted the guard’s shoulder, "Congratulations, you’ve just saved your own life." With those words, he put away his dagger and, with a swift chop of his hand, knocked the man unconscious. Now that he knew Nanrong Wanqing’s whereabouts, Ling Chen immediately identified the exact location of the Siheyuan on the architectural blueprint. Without delay, he picked up the pace, circumventing the patrolling security personnel, and rapidly approached the Siheyuan. Security room. Jiang Yu listened to the reports of the staff, his eyes narrowing, muttering to himself, "Not a single shadow spotted, what are they up to?" "Mr. Jiang, shall we pull the men back?"

Chapter 278 - 274: Major Disturbance at the Jiang Family 1

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