Chapter 1 The Dragon City Rises

Inside the Supervision Committee compound, Su Tianyu had just finished his phone call when Lin You strode over. "Someone will take you to the Municipal Assembly Hall now. The leaders there will question you. You must answer truthfully and without any concealment. Otherwise, if your identity and position are suspected, it will be very troublesome."

"Yes," Su Tianyu nodded.

"I heard Lao Yu say before that you wanted to be a civil servant, to enter the system." Lin You said in a low voice to Su Tianyu, "Sometimes, risk is accompanied by opportunity. Do you understand what I mean?"

Gou Liuzi was stunned for a moment. "Understood, leader!"

"Someone, send him away, quickly!" Lin You waved his hand and shouted, "Bring him back within forty minutes."

"Yes!" The anti-terrorism squad immediately took Su Tianyu to the car.

...

Inside the command and operations center of the Municipal Assembly Hall.

Mayor Li Mingsheng, the commander of the Dragon City Garrison Corps, the chairman of the Supervisory Committee, and a dozen core members of the garrison's special operations team and the anti-terrorism squad were holding an emergency meeting.

"Urban anti-terrorism is your primary responsibility. I don't want to hear any talk about difficulties now, nor do I want to hear you talk about hardships." The commander of the garrison corps frowned, pointing to the map on the table and asking, "I just want to know now, if we forcefully rescue the hostages, what plans can you come up with?!"

A captain from the garrison's special operations squadron looked down at the structural diagram of the banquet hall building and spoke first, "Leaders, this building is not tall, and it is located deep inside the Supervision Committee compound. Moreover, the bandits are numerous. If we choose to attack head-on, the airborne helicopters will not be able to hide completely. It is impossible for us to land silently on the roof. And I have looked at the possible entry points at the front and back doors. These locations are at least two hundred meters away from the hijacked building. In other words, the probability of our people being discovered as soon as they move is one hundred percent."

The leaders frowned as they listened.

"There are many bandits and many hostages. If one operation goes wrong, someone will be executed." The captain of the special operations squadron continued with a frown, "The bandits killed people as soon as they came up, and their intention is very clear. They just want to show that they are not afraid of making things big, so we cannot be lucky. The rescue operation can only be done once, and if it fails, it will definitely anger the bandits. At that time, their execution target may be upgraded, including the main leaders of the Supervision Committee, who will be in danger."

"Damn it!" Li Mingsheng said, holding the table with both hands, his mentality exploding, "So, you can't come up with a win-win solution, can you?"

"I have thought of a way. There will be risks, but if we choose to attack forcefully, this should be the most stable plan." The captain pointed to the building and continued, "I have looked at the building structure. The ventilation system here is very advanced. Each floor has air exhaust and intake vents. Therefore, if we use a chemical anesthetic gas that can quickly spread from different points, we might have a chance."

Hearing this, the garrison commander immediately asked loudly, "What is the probability?!"

The captain looked up at him, "Reporting to the commander, there is a precedent for this breakthrough plan."

"What precedent?" Li Mingsheng asked.

"The theater hostage-taking incident before the Era." The captain quickly retrieved the data and projected it onto the big screen. "At that time, the Chen faction's armed forces hijacked hostages to force the opposing forces to withdraw their troops. There were more than 800 people, similar to the extreme attack we are encountering this time. In the end, they also chose to forcefully rescue them, but it also led to the deaths of more than 100 hostages."

Hearing the final number, Li Mingsheng's heart was also pounding.

"The risk of using chemical anesthetic gas is very high, and hostages may inhale too much and die." The captain continued to add, "But this is also effective against the bandits. As long as we can control the people on the periphery and in the lobby on the first floor in a short period of time, we can break in."

Li Mingsheng crossed his arms and pondered for a long time. Then, he turned his head and asked the garrison commander, who had been cursing, "Lao Wen, what do you think?"

Lao Wen immediately replied, "You are the chief administrative officer, the local boss. My job is to cooperate with you. You make the decision."

Fucking hell!

Li Mingsheng cursed inwardly before gritting his teeth and saying, "They kill people every once in a while. The situation won't get better if we talk, and we don't have any initiative. I've decided, we'll attack forcefully. You guys improve the plan details."

"Yes!" The captain nodded.

While everyone was discussing, a secretary quickly walked in and said, "Leaders, the hostage who came out of the banquet is here."

"Call him up," Li Mingsheng replied.

After speaking, the secretary went out to pick up the person, and Li Mingsheng also connected to Lin You's phone, "Speak!"

"Mayor, I have met the hostage who went to the Municipal Assembly Hall a few times. He has aspirations in his career..." Lin You very sensibly introduced Su Tianyu's situation.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

Su Tianyu sat in a chair, looked up at the dozen or so leaders standing in front of him, and introduced the situation inside the banquet hall in a low voice.

Next to him, after the captain of the special operations squadron finished recording what Su Tianyu said, he immediately told him, "In a while, we will cut open your oral mucosa and implant a very small chip in your flesh. This chip has positioning and anti-detection functions. After you go back in a while, try to communicate with the bandits, go to their main defense points, command points, and main hostage detention locations, and stay for more than one minute at each location. In this way, we can capture the distribution of forces in the building and the target location..."

Hearing this, Su Tianyu didn't care who was present and immediately refused, "This... this is absolutely impossible. I can't carry this chip into the building!"

The captain frowned at him, "You must carry this chip, otherwise we won't understand the situation inside, and we won't be able to take action."

"If I carry it and it gets found, I will be executed immediately." Su Tianyu frowned and shouted, "I don't want to die!"

Su Tianyu's concerns were not without reason. He was not naive enough to think that Zhao Weihu would show mercy to him in such a big matter just because they had met twice. Once the matter of carrying the chip was exposed, he would definitely die.

The captain looked at him and said in a low voice, "You are a citizen of Dragon City, and you have an obligation..."

"Don't give me that crap! I'm a citizen, and I don't want to die either!"

While the two were talking, Li Mingsheng walked over and patted Su Tianyu on the shoulder, "Xiao Su, right? Lin You called me and introduced your situation. I guarantee you that as long as you are willing to cooperate with the special operations team, no matter what the result... I personally guarantee you a civil service position! As long as your grades pass, all departments in Dragon City will definitely hire you!!"

...

Near the Old Triangle Port.

Bai Hongbo stood in the Expeditionary Army Square, looking at the thirty-meter-high statue of Qin Shanghuang, and asked in a low voice, "Damn it, Gou Liuzi was also hijacked?!"