Ling Chen crawled forward more than ten meters along the ventilation duct, opened the top cover, and then jumped down, entering the bathroom on the fifty-ninth floor. Luckily, there wasn’t a single person in the bathroom. Ling Chen gasped for breath and squatted in a stall for now, praying that the security personnel wouldn’t find him here.

He took out his phone and called Hu Fei, asking, "Fatty, are you guys safe?"

"We’ve already withdrawn from the Yingtai Group building, how about you? Where are you?"

"I’m in the bathroom on the fifty-ninth floor. No one’s found me yet, but I don’t know how long I can hide. They’re looking for me."

"What should we do then?" Hu Fei sounded worried, "The Yingtai Group is surrounded by police, and a few more trucks just arrived, all security personnel. The entire building is tightly guarded; we can’t get in."

"Alright." Ling Chen sighed helplessly and said, "Since that’s the case, you guys should protect yourselves first and don’t expose yourselves for now."

"What about you?"

"I’ll find a way to escape myself." As he said this, Ling Chen seemed to recall something and said, "Right! Fatty, there’s another very important matter."

"What is it?"

"We all fell into Zhu Hong’s ambush today, and I think something’s fishy."

"Fishy?" Hu Fei asked puzzled, "What’s fishy about it? Isn’t it normal? You posed as reporters to infiltrate the Yingtai Group building, and got found out when your identity was exposed. What’s strange about that?"

"No." Ling Chen said, "There’s something suspicious; the ambush we encountered inside the building didn’t seem hastily set up, but rather prepared in advance."

"Is that so?" Hu Fei was surprised and asked, "Could it be that Zhu Hong knew beforehand we would come?"

"It’s very possible. Fatty, look into it carefully and see if anyone internally leaked information. If that person truly exists, then you all could be in danger."

"Got it, take care of yourself. We can’t help you right now; you have to rely on yourself."

Ling Chen exhaled slowly after hanging up the phone. He pushed the bathroom door open a crack and peeked outside. The fifty-ninth floor was too unsafe; he had to find a way to leave. As he pondered, sudden hurried footsteps came from outside the bathroom.

Ling Chen’s heart sank; he quickly closed the bathroom door. Listening as the footsteps outside gradually receded, only then did his heart that was in his throat slowly settle down.

This place can’t be stayed in for long; the security personnel outside will search here sooner or later. Thinking of this, Ling Chen looked up at the ventilation duct above. That place was a no-go; Zhu Hong definitely had people searching for him in there.

After some thought, Ling Chen came out from the bathroom and went straight to the window. Looking out through the window bars, the vehicles and pedestrians on the ground looked like ants. Taking a deep breath, Ling Chen grimaced and, without hesitation, climbed out the window.

Standing outside the fifty-ninth-floor window, the cold wind hit Ling Chen in waves. He didn’t dare be careless, grasping the protruding parts of the wall firmly with both hands, slowly moving his body downward. Even though Ling Chen was at such a height, he felt a bit panicky; a careless fall would definitely turn him into a puddle of flesh.

Luckily, the height was high enough; the security personnel and police spread around the building didn’t notice Ling Chen’s presence. A few minutes later, Ling Chen had slowly climbed down to the fifty-seventh floor.

At this moment, every floor of the Yingtai Group building had security personnel searching; Ling Chen didn’t dare enter rashly and could only continue climbing down along the wall.

"Useless, a bunch of useless people." In the building’s security room, Zhu Hong yelled at his subordinates, "Over a hundred people can’t find one guy; what are you all doing?" After venting his anger, Zhu Hong turned to a man and said, "Get in touch with Mr. Seland, ask him to send more people over. Ling Chen definitely is hiding in this building; I don’t care what method you use, even if you have to look through every inch, find him."

"Yes, Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Hong was truly furious; despite cornering Ling Chen, he had still escaped. Now, Ling Chen’s helpers had all fled, leaving him alone in the building. Such a good opportunity must be seized; it’d be troublesome to try killing Ling Chen later.

In an instant, half an hour passed, and CEO Seland of Yingtai Group had deployed more than sixty additional security personnel from the security company to search. Besides that, all exits of the building were sealed. Unless Ling Chen grew wings, he couldn’t possibly escape this building.

At this moment, Ling Chen had already climbed down the façade to over thirty floors. Having climbed more than twenty floors, Ling Chen’s strength was nearly exhausted, fearing that he might not grip tightly enough and be blown down by the wind.

What?

Just then, Ling Chen, who was climbing down, suddenly halted and peered through the window inside. It seemed to be a laboratory floor filled with equipment and instruments. Moreover, Ling Chen saw several square vessels through the window, inside which seemingly lay people.

Seeing no one in the lab, Ling Chen hesitated a moment, then decided to open the window and attempt entry. However, this floor was entirely laboratories, with very thorough protection measures; inside the window was a protective barrier formed of thick metal bars. Ling Chen grabbed one of the bars, pushing inward with force.

Nevertheless, after climbing the wall, his strength was almost depleted. Even with his last ounce of energy, he couldn’t force open the barrier.

What to do! Ling Chen scratched his head, his mind racing for a solution.

However, at this moment, the sound of helicopter rotors reached from above. Ling Chen turned to look, only to see a helicopter circling the building, flying towards his direction.

Oh no!

Ling Chen turned pale, realizing his position was too exposed, the helicopter crew would surely spot him. Just as this thought hit him, the helicopter’s cabin opened fire, a machine gun spewing bullets, shattering the windows around Ling Chen in an instant. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Damn!

Ling Chen cursed; it seemed this time he was dead for sure, with nowhere to hide.

As he was thinking, a loud bang suddenly came from beside him. Ling Chen glanced over to see the bullet had torn the protective barrier inside the window. A golden opportunity! Ling Chen’s heart leaped for joy, feeling there was indeed a way out. Without further thought, Ling Chen climbed through the damaged window.

"What? Found Ling Chen? Where is he?"

In the security room, hearing the pilot’s report, Zhu Hong immediately jumped up from his chair.