"The high-level alarm is sounding, indicating that Chu Ling's time to take over the building is running out."

Gu Shen lay prone on the elevator car, maintaining a "silent" state, all movements frozen, because any slight movement would attract Chen Wu's attention.

The elevator slowly ascended.

Fortunately... Chen Wu did not notice his presence, and Chihuo successfully concealed Gu Shen.

This opponent, who was sincerely the only one worth paying attention to in the crow's mouth, was estimated to be at the peak of the eleventh level of the Deep Sea.

He was just a step away from being sealed.

Gu Shen was well aware of his own strength in a fight... his chances of winning were slim to none.

The probability of successfully escaping was close to zero.

In the face of absolute strength, any means or tricks were ineffective.

"Absolutely cannot be discovered."

Gu Shen held his breath, his movements frozen, but his mind was racing frantically... he didn't know if it was a coincidence that Chen Wu chose this elevator, but if it was just a coincidence, then he still had a chance.

When the elevator stopped, Chen Wu left.

He changed the car in the shaft, and as the elevator descended, he could escape... the skylight in the elevator shaft of the Nanwan Building had already been completely cleared.

But the only problem was time.

Once Deep Sea truly took over the building, he would have nowhere to hide.

Was there still enough time now?

"The elevator is still going up... it seems he chose the 39th floor..."

Gu Shen squinted, seeing Chen Wu's choice of elevator, his guess was once again confirmed, indeed, the most important secrets were stored on the top floor of the Nanwan Building.

Chen Wu was here to inspect it personally.

"Ding!"

The elevator arrived, and Chen Wu did not stop, he left directly, and when he arrived at the red and silver-covered glass door, the iris recognition system recognized his identity and the door opened slowly.

Seeing Chen Wu leave, the strong sense of oppression that had enveloped Gu Shen finally disappeared... this man had given him an unprecedented sense of crisis.

If Chen Wu had not left the elevator car, Gu Shen wouldn't have dared to move a finger.

He took a deep breath and jumped towards the other side in the darkness.

His body plummeted at high speed.

But the soft light of the ruler of truth enveloped Gu Shen, and a pair of smooth wings appeared on his back, spreading out in the narrow, dark elevator shaft, and Gu Shen landed gently on the top of the nearest elevator.

Chu Ling's reminder sounded in the darkness.

"My authorization is about to expire... it's 10 seconds away from Deep Sea taking over the building completely."

10 seconds?

At the moment Gu Shen jumped out, Chu Ling arranged for the adjacent elevator to rise to meet him, and after landing, the elevator began to descend.

"It's too late."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and lightly flicked the cable with two fingers.

Enveloped in Chihuo.

The burnt smell instantly spread, and the cable was burned through.

At the moment the first cable broke, the elevator made a muffled sound in the shaft. This elevator was equipped with twelve steel suspension cables, and the breaking of one had no effect.

"Help me deactivate the safety clamp system."

Gu Shen spoke softly, and before the words had even fallen, the radiant light of the ruler of truth had already enveloped his palm. He grasped the remaining steel cable with force, and countless sparks splattered in the darkness.

By the time this elevator was descending normally... Deep Sea had already taken over the building. Even if the skylight in the shaft was cleared, it would still be able to detect the abnormal descent of the elevator. In the current situation, special measures had to be taken.

"Are you ready to burn through the cable?" Chu Ling was surprised at Gu Shen's decisiveness.

This plan was not even something she had thought of.

From a height of over a hundred meters, the time of free fall from this height was just over three seconds.

With only ten seconds of authorization left, this was the fastest way to leave the building.

There should be guards on the first floor.

But these guards were most likely normal people... using Chihuo to hypnotize them would only take an instant. As long as Chen Wu did not notice Gu Shen's actions in the elevator shaft, then escaping the building with this plan would be enough time!

"Boom!"

All twelve safety cables broke!

The alloy car, weighing two thousand kilograms, slid down the dark shaft like a metal block thrown off a cliff. Gu Shen stepped on the alloy roof, and at the first moment of the fall, he was ready to pounce out.

"With your current physical strength, you can't withstand this pressure..."

Chu Ling's voice was somewhat anxious.

"Trust me, deactivate the safety clamp."

Gu Shen took a deep breath, and the radiant light of the ruler of truth appeared, wrapping around his calves in layers of silver light. Due to the lifting of the alloy roof, a strong wind rushed into the elevator car, and he could feel the immense pressure.

...

...

The thirty-ninth floor.

Chen Wu looked around, silently staring at Ye Ningqiu's office... everything here was quiet.

There were no traces of tampering.

The surveillance display also showed nothing out of the ordinary.

But Chen Wu felt something strange in his heart, it was the intuition of a Transcendent, and it was extremely accurate. He felt that someone had been here.

If he believed his intuition, then he needed to... suspect Deep Sea.

Chen Wu fell silent for a second.

Between Deep Sea and his intuition... he chose to believe the latter.

He did not believe that the power outage at Nanwan Building, the cut-off of the elevator surveillance, and everything else were just coincidences.

The traces of human activity here were too obvious...At that moment, a faint "click" sound came from afar.

It was a slight noise, but to Chen Wu's ears, it was like thunder. His expression instantly turned grave as he dashed to the elevator shaft like lightning. In the next moment, the alloy steel plate was flung away, and the young man in flip-flops lightly leaped up, his coffee cup held steady in his hand without spilling a drop, as he effortlessly landed on top of the elevator car.

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He saw the brilliant arc light in the dark shaft, like fireworks, and the section of the elevator car plummeting down.

All the surveillance cameras in the shaft had been destroyed.

So that's how it is... hiding here.

Chen Wu looked down expressionlessly.

He lifted his foot.

And stomped down.

...

...

The moment Chen Wu disappeared from the surveillance on the thirty-ninth floor, Chu Ling sounded the alarm.

"Chen Wu is on the move!"

Gu Shen's expression was extremely ugly.

He couldn't understand how this guy had detected them... Wasn't he a bit too sensitive?

He had carefully arranged the items on the thirty-ninth floor and even used blazing fire to erase any psychic traces. If Chen Wu didn't have the ability to detect the blazing fire, then logically, he shouldn't have been able to find any clues on the thirty-ninth floor.

Unfortunately, there are always some people in this world who don't work with evidence.

They rely on intuition.

Gu Shen, bathed in light, looked up at the dark end where the arc light had vanished. The elevator car, suspended at the thirty-ninth floor, seemed to be crushed by an immense force, and in an instant, all twelve steel cables snapped.

The speed was incredibly fast!

Gu Shen felt a chilling sensation as if he was being chased by a meteor. Countless arc lights fell through the darkness, as if in the next moment, these streams of light would engulf him!

But then came a "thud"!

The sound resonated like a grand bell within the narrow walls of the shaft, painfully vibrating the eardrums.

In her last act of authority, Chu Ling manipulated the system to activate the safety clamps inside the elevator shaft.

"It's too late—"

That was the only thought in Gu Shen's mind.

The safety clamp caught the section of the elevator where Chen Wu was.

But it was only for an instant. The next moment, the man standing on top of the car, without any visible effort, seemed to exert a slight force with his feet, and the safety clamp that had firmly caught the elevator shattered instantly.

The sound of thunder roared with the wind as Chen Wu descended with the elevator, arriving first despite starting later. Both sections of the elevator crashed to the ground floor almost simultaneously, leaving the two security guards in the lobby in shock. They had only heard two loud bangs, one after the other.

The elevator doors hadn't even opened.

Then a voice rang out.

"...Move!"

The elevator was kicked and shattered upon impact, the entire car was forcefully ejected upon landing, like a soccer ball falling from a great height. The man in flip-flops leaped out just before hitting the ground, sweeping across.

Countless fragments scattered.

The twisted and broken elevator doors struggled to open halfway, revealing Chen Wu standing amidst the steel debris, his coffee cup slightly spilled, but his expression was somewhat gloomy.

The elevator was empty.

At that moment, Chen Wu heard the sound of a connection in his ear.

"Beep."

"Deep Sea has successfully connected, officially taking over Nanwan Tower."

Hearing this sound—

Chen Wu's hand, which had been calmly holding the disposable coffee cup, suddenly clenched, slowly crushing the cup into a ring of waste paper.

He then realized he had been deceived. If the current voice meant that Deep Sea had successfully connected... then who had taken over the tower before?

Had all the previous arrangements been a mockery of him?

The key point was, he had indeed been played around by the other party.

From beginning to end, he hadn't even seen what the intruder looked like... he didn't even know where that person had escaped to.

"Deep Sea, investigate the extraordinary intruder currently in Nanwan Tower."

Chen Wu's voice was a bit hoarse as he returned to the elevator, quietly waiting for Deep Sea's reply.

In the brief silence.

He reflected on all the meticulously planned events.

Behind the other party was likely an extremely efficient team, with a strong ability to hack data. The moment Nanwan Tower requested access to Deep Sea, the intruder's team took advantage of the situation to connect... This was the only reason he could think of for the surveillance to show no anomalies.

But it didn't matter.

Now the tower was back under his control.

The game of cat and mouse had just officially begun.

"Scanning... Please wait."

Chen Wu patiently waited for a few seconds, ready to go back up and chase again. This time, no matter what method the other party used, they wouldn't escape his pursuit.

Chen Wu's fingers hovered over the elevator button.

Finally, Deep Sea responded.

"Nanwan Tower, scanning complete... No intruders detected."