In a luxurious villa in Jinjiawan, Lexin County, Han Lang and his team from the Special Investigation Bureau, under the cover of night, quietly approached Jin Chunfeng's supernatural ability base and surrounded it without a sound.
However, from a distance, only a few people were seen lazily patrolling the courtyard, seemingly accustomed to these uneventful nights.
This made Han Lang and his team suspicious.
"Huh? Why are there only a few of these rotten eggs? Not enough for us to go around. Little Sir, do you think this is a trap?"
Ma Long's question caused Han Lang and Tang Qin to frown.
They couldn't figure it out either.
The Gou family's supernatural ability base, for instance, had guards posted every five steps and sentries every ten steps, with extremely tight security.
Yet Jin Chunfeng, whose economic strength far surpassed the Gou family's, had such easily breakable defenses in his base.
Wasn't this too much of a child's play?
With doubt, Han Lang replied gravely.
"We must not underestimate them, Brother Ma! Perhaps Jin Chunfeng believes that overly strict security in such a remote mountain village would attract more attention and be detrimental to concealment?"
Tang Qin also nodded in agreement. "Han Lang is right! Although it looks vulnerable here, who's to say those high-level supernatural ability users aren't hidden inside? We still need to be cautious!"
Upon hearing this, everyone expressed their agreement.
Even when hunting a rabbit, one must use full strength!
"So what do we do now? Charge in directly?" Ma Long asked again.
Han Lang thought for a moment. "There's no other way for now! It's a dragon's den and a tiger's lair; we have to brave it to find out!"
After speaking, he turned to Tang Geng and said again, "Tang Geng! How about you and I take the lead, bring the brothers, and charge up?"
In terms of strength, only Han Lang and Tang Geng had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
With the two of them leading, if any uncontrollable situation arose, it wouldn't cause everyone to lose their composure.
Therefore, Tang Geng did not hesitate and immediately replied.
"Let's go!"
With a "swish."
The two of them leaped up in sync, and the next second, their figures landed steadily in the center of the courtyard.
The few guards also instantly noticed the anomaly.
While charging fiercely towards the two, they yelled loudly.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
With a few "whoosh" sounds, Han Lang's controlled golden needles and Tang Geng's controlled flying sword, in just two breaths, completely dealt with these guards.
At the same time,
Dozens of members of the Special Investigation Bureau, following closely behind Han Lang and the other two, led by Tang Qin and others, swarmed forward, standing solemnly at the villa's entrance, staring at the well-prepared interior.
Not long after,
Figures moved within the villa.
The supernatural ability users, alerted by the alarm, poured out one after another and clashed with the investigation bureau personnel.
The great battle was imminent!
About ten minutes later.
The entire villa courtyard was littered with the corpses of thirty to forty supernatural ability users lying in disarray.
And inside the villa, no other supernatural ability users emerged.
This inevitably caused everyone to feel suspicious again.
"This... is it over?" Ma Long was the first to voice his doubt.
Among the supernatural ability users killed, almost all were the lowest-tier B and C-class ability users.
They were no match for anyone in the group.
Where had all the high-level supernatural ability users gone?
Where were the S-class? The mutated D-class?
Even at the very least, there should have been an A-class supernatural ability user in charge, right?
This left everyone completely bewildered, and they all looked at Han Lang with confusion.
Han Lang was also completely clueless at this moment.
The construction of Jin Chunfeng's supernatural ability base was much earlier than the Gou family's. How could its strength be so weak, with only dozens of B and C-class supernatural ability users?
Where was Dr. Sim? Where were those two A and D-class foreign supernatural ability users?
As he stood there in a daze, Tang Geng cautiously suggested.
"How about you and I go in and take a look again?"
Han Lang glanced at Tang Geng and nodded firmly. He immediately controlled three golden needles in front of him and led the way inside.
Tang Geng held his precious sword and followed closely behind.
The rest of the group took up their positions, maintaining a serious guard.
Twenty minutes later...
Han Lang and Tang Geng walked out with furrowed brows.
Tang Qin and the others immediately surrounded them and asked.
"How was it?"
Han Lang shook his head slightly. "Apart from some researchers, we didn't find any trace of other supernatural ability users."
Tang Geng added, "And we thoroughly checked every corner, and didn't find any other exits. This means escape is basically impossible!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked and filled with disbelief.
"How is that possible? Then where is Dr. Sim? Where is the D-class supernatural ability user?"
Facing this question, Han Lang and Tang Geng were at a loss for words for a moment.
The strength of Jin Chunfeng's supernatural ability base was indeed completely beyond their expectations.
"Perhaps..." Han Lang said thoughtfully, "they weren't here in the first place?"
"Not here?" Everyone was even more confused.
"If not here, then where? Could they have already fled the country?"
Han Lang remained silent, staring blankly at everyone.
Tang Qin reacted the fastest. She immediately asked, "You mean... they have other hiding places in Lecheng?"
Everyone was jolted by this remark and began to discuss.
Ma Long said, "Then where would this hiding place be? In the entire Lecheng, who else would have the capability to shelter a few people like Jin Chunfeng?"
Han Kang said, "In the entire Lecheng, apart from the Four Great Families, there should be no one stronger than Jin Chunfeng. Excluding the Tang and Cao families, it's possible it could be the Wang family and the Tian family!"
Tang Haoran negated, "The Tian family has always been low-key, and they have no connection with Jin Chunfeng. If we must choose between these two families, I think it can only be the Wang family. After all, they have unclear relationships with both the Gou family and Jin Chunfeng. And up to now, I haven't fully figured out his background. This alone is very suspicious!"
Tang Qin questioned, "However, we currently have no clues whatsoever about the Wang family being involved with supernatural ability users. Isn't such blind speculation too unrigorous?"
Ma Long retorted, "Then how else can we explain it? In the entire Lecheng, besides the Wang family, who else has the strength to hide Dr. Sim and make it so that your Tang family, the foremost of the Four Great Families, cannot find any clues?"
...
Seeing everyone get into an endless debate, Han Lang waved his hands repeatedly to stop them, saying.
"Alright! Tang Qin is right. Without any clues, guessing wildly here is useless. The only way forward is to use the enmity between my Han family and the Wang family to pressure Wang Shan again and see if they reveal any flaws. Also..."
As Han Lang said this, he turned to Tang Qin.
"Tang Qin! How is the operation of the Lecheng Municipal Public Security Department going? Have they arrested Jin Chunfeng? Can we also try to find a new breakthrough from him?"
Reminded by Han Lang, Tang Qin finally remembered the dual-line operation tonight.
She quickly took out her phone and called the Director of the Lecheng Municipal Public Security Department.
After a few brief words, she hung up the phone and happily told everyone.
"All operations in Lecheng have been smooth. All forces belonging to Jin Chunfeng have been dismantled by the police. Jin Chunfeng himself has also been arrested!"
Upon hearing this news, everyone's spirits were lifted.
Han Lang couldn't help but exclaim.
"Excellent! With these tumors removed, Lecheng can finally be clear and bright! Without further ado, Tang Qin, please arrange for the brothers to clean up the battlefield, and let's hurry back to Lecheng to meet Jin Chunfeng!"
Tang Qin also quickly nodded, arranged for more than a dozen Special Investigation Bureau members to handle the aftermath here, and then, along with Han Lang and the others, embarked on the journey back to Lecheng.