Chapter 1 The Charm Value of Four

Li Ang only had four points of charm, completely unable to calm the rabbit down through soothing, and the cat eye's hallucinatory effects were also ineffective on it.

Fortunately, Liu Wudai was sitting next to him. She stroked the rabbit's back a few times, calming it down.

After testing, the two found that although the rabbit couldn't speak, it could understand human language, with an intelligence level roughly equivalent to a 4-5 year old human child.

It could recall as far back as half a year ago when it was first installed in the car. The memories in between were quite vague, but it had some impression of Liu Wudai, so it was willing to accept her instructions.

Its texture was still hard plastic, without a heartbeat, pulse, or blood flow. However, if the base spring was removed, it could move freely, and its mobility corresponded to its size.

After Li Ang asked it to do a split, a backflip, rap, and the moonwalk, it showed a blank expression, as if saying, "Are you trying to make things difficult for this little white rabbit?"

This ability is basically equivalent to creating life, although only for 10 minutes, after which it will end.

Li Ang pondered, ending the Art of Reanimating Inanimate Objects. The plastic rabbit remained in its previous pose, lying motionless on the ground.

If the object I use the skill on is a figurine or a doll-like humanoid object, will it be able to speak?

If it's a Gundam model, can it fly and attack with its miniature Zanbato and funnels? But probably not, otherwise this skill wouldn't be of rare quality at this stage.

Thoughts swirled in Li Ang's mind, but his face remained expressionless. He nodded to Liu Wudai and put the rabbit back.

Unbeknownst to them, the traffic gradually became congested, and there were more pedestrians on the road, checking their phones as they walked in the opposite direction of the car.

"It seems like the road ahead is closed."

Liu Wudai glanced at the traffic light ahead and took out her phone to check the news and map. She found that just a few minutes ago, the Yin City government had sent several messages to Yin City residents, all stating that the underground pipelines in the city center urgently needed repair, requiring road closures. Residents within the repair area were asked to leave their homes and go elsewhere under the guidance of official personnel, and other residents were advised not to enter the repair area.

On Weibo, there were also many messages about the Yin City underground pipeline leak, with high trending topics, mostly praying for peace and questioning why underground pipelines, chemical plants, and gas stations in various places have been having problems so frequently recently.

"The fourth barrier contraction range includes the repair area."

Liu Wudai lowered her voice and said softly, "The very center of the repair area is the Qianhua Road area."

Li Ang narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "They must have found something again."

"They" naturally referred to the Special Affairs Bureau.

At this time, under the direction of official personnel, the vehicles at the front of the traffic began to turn around, bypassing the repair area to find other routes.

*Beep beep*

The sound of countless mobile phones vibrating rang out on the entire street. Countless people picked up their phones and found several new text messages from the Yin City government.

The text messages were very concise, basically updating the repair warning again, notifying residents that the underground pipeline repair situation was critical, the repair area had been expanded again, and the road closure area occupied a small half of the Yin City center. All residents within the repair area must seize the time to evacuate in an orderly manner and go to safe places such as underground parking lots and subway stations for shelter.

In an instant, the clamor of pedestrians on the street suddenly increased, and passers-by looked somewhat flustered.

The traffic also became more agitated, and drivers honked their horns, urging the vehicles in front to move forward quickly.

Li Ang's expression hardened. He pressed the car window button and stuck his head out of the window, looking at the traffic light ahead.

At that intersection, official personnel had cleared a passage and put up striped fences.

In the fences on both sides, a convoy of a dozen dark green heavy trucks covered with opaque tarpaulins drove through the intersection, followed by a team of fully armed armored vehicles with gunports.

This formation directly shocked the people on the roadside into silence. Only after the convoy had completely passed did the noise on the roadside suddenly increase again, and the pedestrians quickened their pace in the opposite direction.

"The situation is deteriorating faster than we thought."

Liu Wudai took a deep breath. She was almost certain that something big had gone wrong on Qianhua Road. And this regular mission, whose execution range included the Qianhua Road area, was definitely related to the changes there.

*Buzz*

Li Ang's temporary phone also started vibrating. He adjusted the angle, took out his phone, and saw that it was a WeChat call from Wang Congshan.

Li Ang hung up the WeChat call in a hidden place and sent a message, "What's wrong?"

Wang Congshan typed very quickly, "Did you see the text message? Where are you now? You're not in the city center, are you?"

"No, I'm out shopping." Li Ang typed, "Are you still at home?"

Wang Congshan's residential area was some distance away from Qianhua Road and was not within the repair area designated by the official text messages.

In other words, her home was safe.

"Yeah. My dad just got orders and went out to maintain order."

"What about your cousin? Is she with you?"

"Why are you asking that?" Wang Congshan sent a confused black man emoji. "My cousin went out earlier. She called back just now and asked my mom to drive with her parents to the subway station on Lianshang Road, saying it's pretty safe there."

"Good."

Li Ang felt relieved. Since Wei Linglan had asked her family to take refuge at the Lianshang Road subway station, it proved that the place was under the protection of the Special Affairs Bureau. Maybe it was even a base for the Mobile Task Force or something.

"We've arrived and are entering the subway station."

Wang Congshan sent a tongue-sticking-out emoji and typed, "Where are you now, Little Li?"

"Sitting in another woman's car, in the passenger seat."

Li Ang typed, "She comes from a famous family, is extremely wealthy, has a supermodel-like figure, fair skin and beautiful appearance, a doctorate degree, and speaks eloquently with profound knowledge. And she has a certain degree of affection for me. She even gave me millions of pocket money before, telling me to spend it as I please."

"Hehe." Wang Congshan rolled her eyes. "How many dishes did you have? You're this drunk."

Li Ang typed with heartfelt pain, "Fine, don't believe me. By the way, don't leave the subway station with your mom and them. I think this underground pipeline repair is pretty important..."

"Okay, okay, being all mysterious all day long." Wang Congshan still wanted to type more questions, but her mother told her to get out of the car and get closer to the entrance. She could only send Li Ang a "Talk later" and went into the subway station with her family.

Ending the chat, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief and put his phone back in his pocket.

Liu Wudai had not spoken the whole time, nor had she used any tricks to peek at Li Ang's phone screen—doing so would only make her teammate want to kill her directly.

Her gaze remained focused on the convoy of armored vehicles heading towards Qianhua Road.

The situation was worse than imagined. What exactly happened on Qianhua Road?

Wan Jia Xiong Meng