0p0 Chapter 24 The Stairwell Dilemma
Chapter 24 The Stairwell Dilemma
Rumble!
Early in the morning, a Hummer military vehicle painted in camouflage sped up on the road outside the residential area and drove directly into the area.
These are people Jiang Mutao sent to their deaths.
Inside the vehicle were four special forces soldiers in plainclothes, each holding a two-inch ID photo of a beautiful, pretty, and lovely young woman—Qin Xi.
Jiang Mutao discovered everything about Qin Xi's past. Apart from her outstanding appearance, she was an ordinary woman from childhood to adulthood.
Three years ago, when this young woman was pregnant, her husband suddenly disappeared, and she eventually gave birth to a daughter.
The connection with the Jiang family began three months ago by chance when the woman was encountered by her son at the hospital. Her son secretly set his sights on her.
A month ago, this young woman went insane after her daughter was kidnapped by the Bai family of Mianbei Kingdom. Her son, Jiang Mingyu, was once again tempted to take her daughter away quickly and decisively, so he came to snatch her away.
This was the trigger for the Jiang family tragedy.
However, Jiang Mutao thoroughly investigated all the information about Qin Xi's family and found no connection between them and any powerful figures, let alone any martial artists.
Who on earth dared to kill his son and father, and wipe out hundreds of people in his Jiang family manor?
Only by capturing Qin Xi can we get to the bottom of this.
The Hummer military vehicle drove directly into the residential area.
Four plainclothes special forces soldiers, all with buzz cuts and tall stature, scanned their surroundings with vigilance. The four men went straight upstairs towards the Qin family of five.
As Jiang Mutao requested, as long as they brought the woman in the photo back to the Jiang family, this simple task would be completed, and each of them would receive a reward of ten million.
However, they dared not let their guard down. They knew very well that earning ten million was definitely not so easy.
There's no such thing as gold falling from the sky.
They were very vigilant, constantly scanning their surroundings. The four of them cautiously and cautiously made their way into the lobby of the residential building.
They then quickly went upstairs.
Yun Chen noticed this scene immediately.
He didn't care whether the rest of the Jiang family came to seek revenge or not; if they didn't know what was good for them, they would only be courting their own destruction!
Too lazy to do it himself, he simply formed a hand seal, flicked his finger, and set up a bewildering array in the corridor.
He's in a good mood today and doesn't want to kill anyone.
It's that simple.
The four of them went upstairs, but it was as if they had encountered a ghost wall, and they were trapped in a vicious cycle, unable to get out of the stairwell. They had clearly reached the fifth floor, but when they went up one more floor, they were back on the second floor. And going down from the second floor was not to the first floor, but to the fifth floor.
This was extremely strange. The four of them immediately sensed something was wrong, their expressions turned pale, and they quickly split into two groups. Two went upstairs and two went downstairs, only to meet on the same floor.
"wrong!!"
The four people's expressions changed drastically!
Is this a real case of being lost in a maze, or just a bewildering illusion?
At that moment, they looked at the door of the neighboring house, and then someone, without hesitation, suddenly leaped forward and kicked out with great force, trying to break open the door.
boom!
As a result, with a crack, the man's leg bone broke, as if he had kicked a steel plate. He screamed in agony and collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg.
Everyone frowned, feeling a chill in their hearts.
boom!
Then, they tried to break down the door with their Iron Mountain Lean, but it was all in vain. The door was as solid as a rock, and no matter how hard they tried to break it, they could not budge it.
Then, the group rushed upstairs and tried to open all eight doors from the second to the fifth floor, but none of them could be opened.
Is anyone there?!
A special forces soldier shouted, his voice echoing throughout the entire corridor, and the echoes came from both above and below.
A sense of horror gradually settled over everyone.
This is unheard of!
Even walkie-talkies, cell phones, and all electronic devices lost their signals. It was truly bizarre. At this moment, it was as if they had entered another dimension, completely cut off from the outside world.
One of them drew a gun from his waist and fired several shots at a door. The bullets bounced back as if they had hit metal, striking the men's bodies and causing them to scream in pain.
"what!"
All four men were shot and suffered injuries of varying degrees, but fortunately, none of the wounds were fatal, and the bleeding was quickly stopped.
The maze has a hallucinogenic effect, causing them to experience various hallucinations, which can be described as mental torture.
And so they stayed in the stairwell for a day and a night, feeling as if decades had passed, and their mental state became extremely poor.
Finally, they somehow walked out of the building and came outside the community, where they finally saw the sky.
The four men looked haggard, their eyes lifeless, and they were completely dazed. They couldn't remember why they had come here. They simply got into the car on a whim, started the engine, and drove away shakily.
Furthermore, after the four of them left, they were never heard from again.
Jiang Mutao has completely lost contact with us.
He knew this wasn't as simple as it seemed.
All members of the Jiang family, both domestic and international, have returned.
These people were all Jiang Mutao's brothers and sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces, daughters and sons-in-law, totaling fifty or sixty people, all of whom were local tycoons.
Everyone was filled with grief and anger, crying out and vowing to take revenge and make the murderer pay a heavy price.
The Jiang family has connections everywhere. After a few days, their spies quickly uncovered clues and saw that Qin Xi's child had returned to her side, along with a strange man.
After observing for several days, Qin Xi only went out once.
After the Jiang family learned of this news, they did some analysis.
Someone speculated, "Could it be that this woman's husband, who disappeared three years ago, has returned?"
These words suddenly awakened everyone.
"I've heard that in the martial arts world, they often select exceptionally talented young people from the secular world to cultivate. Could it be that Qin Xi's man disappeared because she was accidentally chosen and became a martial artist?"
The Jiang family is a prominent business family with abundant information channels. Their knowledge far exceeds what ordinary people can imagine, and the martial arts world is no secret to them at all.
Everyone suddenly realized.
"Yes, that explains everything."
"That explains it clearly. Qin Xi's daughter was clearly sent to the Bai family in Mianbei Kingdom, so how could she possibly come back!"
Someone was looking at the photos on their phone, taken by their informants and sent back. They were astonishing. The photos showed a woman with an incredibly beautiful back view, holding a child in her arms. The child's face was clearly visible; it was none other than the abducted Yao Yao.
The person's name was Jiang Musha, and he was extremely shocked.
He knew very well that the little girl was sent out of Kunming and across the border by his own men.
Otherwise, the border checkpoints of the Xia Kingdom would be so strict that unless one is truly powerful, ordinary people would have no chance of accidentally crossing the border.
"Qin Xi's husband, who disappeared three years ago, is named Yun Chen."
Jiang Mutao immediately looked up all the information about Yun Chen before he disappeared. His age was 24, he was an outstanding employee of Jiang's Longhua Technology Co., Ltd., and he was married to Qin Xi. The two were childhood sweethearts and got married after graduating from university.
They practically dug up all my personal information.
During the three years this person disappeared, there was no information about him at all, as if he had vanished into thin air, leaving no record of his spending.
The Jiang family members guessed that this person could only be in this situation if he had entered the martial arts world and secluded himself to cultivate.
They eventually proved this to be true.
Someone found the cell phone video from that night, and upon closer inspection, the person standing in the sky had a very blurry facial outline, but it roughly matched the person in the ID photo.
They then concluded that the murderer was Yun Chen.