Those who travel back in time

Chapter 18 Deceiving the Heavens

The security team of the Qilin Group is arguably the best in Jiangxin City, but they have a fatal flaw: they don't have guns.

Even the best kung fu master is afraid of a kitchen knife, let alone firearms.

The moment the gun was fired, the security guards were caught off guard, allowing the man in the blue suit to break through the encirclement in a very short time.

"A gun?" Li Qilin's brows furrowed and his pupils contracted, but he quickly regained his composure and issued the order: "Everyone, attention! The target is armed! Abandon any frontal interception, let him go! Technicians, get all the cameras in the parking lot and around the building. I need to know which direction he goes after he leaves, and what his license plate number is! Security personnel, go to the parking lot immediately and be prepared to follow him. Remember, your task is only to follow and report, not to intercept him."

After making the arrangements, Li Qilin was about to call the police when Chen Qing spoke up: "Give me a car, I'll intercept them."

"you?"

"I was able to storm up to you and almost kill you all by myself. Believe me, it's just a gun, I can handle it."

"Take him to the parking lot," Li Qilin said to his female assistant.

The female assistant then led Chen Qing, swiped her employee ID to open the elevator, and the two went inside.

She huddled pitifully in a corner of the elevator, not daring to look at Chen Qing, much less daring to say a word.

As soon as I exited the parking lot, a black Volkswagen Touareg was already waiting there. On the surface, these vehicles looked ordinary, but under the hood was a powerfully tuned engine, and the cabin was equipped with professional communication and tracking equipment.

The man in a suit and tie with slicked-back hair leaned against the car. After seeing Chen Qing, he casually said "Get in" and opened the car door.

Chen Qing, however, took the lead and got into the driver's seat.

"Do you even know what the license plate is before you robbed it?" The man with the slicked-back hair slapped the car in anger.

"You can tell me in the car, or we can waste some more time arguing about who should drive," Chen Qing said as she started fastening her seatbelt.

"I must have had the worst luck to run into you today," the slick-haired man cursed, before finally getting into the passenger seat.

While fastening his seatbelt, Chen Qing reached out and took the earphone out of his ear, putting it in her own ear.

"You!" The man with the slicked-back hair glared at Chen Qing.

"It's my turn to drive now." Chen Qing stepped on the gas, and with a roar, the Touareg shot off like an arrow.

At first, Big Back Hair was indignant that Chen Qing had stolen the car, but once the chase started, he realized that the car was much faster in the other person's hands than in his own.

Even though this car was the last to depart, it overtook all other vehicles and was the first to catch up with the fleeing car in the blue suit, forcing it to stop.

"Stay in the car," Chen Qing said to the man with the slicked-back hair, and then unbuckled his seatbelt.

"You really want to go?" the slick-haired man shouted. "Are you crazy! He has a gun!"

Chen Qing pushed open the car door and strode towards the man in the blue suit.

"Don't come any closer! I'll shoot if you do!" The man in the blue suit pointed the dark muzzle of his gun at Chen Qing again.

Chen Qing moved, running rapidly towards the man in the blue suit in a zigzag pattern. His speed was astonishing. The man in the blue suit kept trying to move his arm to aim at Chen Qing, but before he could aim, Chen Qing's body had already changed position.

The speed at which the man in the blue suit aimed was actually slower than the speed at which Chen Qing changed direction!

"Really? That's too exaggerated!" The slick-haired guy in the car stared in astonishment, his mouth agape.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Qing was in front of the man in the blue suit, and with a wave of his hand, he snatched the gun from him.

"Who, who are you?" The man in the blue suit asked, his face filled with disbelief.

He felt he would never forget the scene of the other person rushing in front of him under the gun.

"A fake gun?" Chen Qing realized it was a fake as soon as he got his hands on it.

"So many people, fooled by a toy gun." The man in the blue suit chuckled.

Chen Qing snatched the briefcase from the other man, opened it, and his expression changed immediately, because there was no serum inside. He grabbed the collar of the blue suit and asked, "Where's the serum?!"

"Serve? What serum?"

"The serum you stole from the Kirin Group."

"I only stole some drug formulas. What is serum?" The man in the blue suit seemed to know nothing about serum.

"Damn it, a diversionary tactic!" Chen Qing pressed his earpiece and asked Li Qilin, "Has the blockade of the Qilin Building been lifted?"

"Not yet. Did you manage to win her over?"

"We caught up with him, but we were tricked. He wasn't there to steal the serum. Someone else is stealing it. If you haven't lifted the lockdown yet, they should still be in the Qilin Building."

"I will immediately reinvestigate and find the person."

"Are you sure no one else is leaving the building?"

"The surveillance cameras at each exit have been watching, and apart from that lawyer and you security personnel who chased after them, there wasn't a single person... Wait!" Li Qilin paused here, then his rapidly typing keyboard and even more serious voice came through the earpiece: "Immediately compare the facial information of all security personnel leaving the building with the internal database! Hurry!"

A moment later, the technician replied: "Mr. Li, the comparison is complete! Facial recognition failed for five people; the system displays 'No such person found'!"

"Just as I thought!" Li Qilin could be clearly heard slamming his hand on the table through the earpiece. "They disguised themselves as security personnel and slipped out into the pursuit team!"

Chen Qing's heart sank immediately.

Once the serum leaves the building, it's like a stone sinking into the sea.

He made his decision almost without hesitation—to go back.

He was a lone survivor from the apocalypse, finding it difficult to move an inch in this era. Li Qilin, a billionaire, possessed resources and connections far beyond his comprehension. To retrieve the serum, relying on Li Qilin's power was the only option.

On the way back to the Qilin Building, Chen Qing asked the man in the blue suit, who turned out to be a corporate spy who was posing as a lawyer in order to steal the secret formula for a drug.

The simultaneous theft of the formula and the serum was something Chen Qing would never believe was a coincidence. Even if the man in the blue suit didn't steal the serum, he must have been involved with that group of people.

With a little intimidation, the man in the blue suit spilled the beans, revealing that someone had hired him to steal trade secrets that day.

Even carrying a fake gun just in case was the employer's suggestion.

Chen Qing questioned the employer again, but the employer was very cautious. The whole transaction was like a secret agent operation. The man in the blue suit didn't even know if the other party was male or female.

"Don't move!" As soon as Chen Qing returned to the Qilin Building, he was surrounded by police, with several guns pointed at him at the same time.

"Li Qilin, the serum must be retrieved; it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of others." Chen Qing calmly raised his hands, looking at the situation before him, and then looked at Li Qilin.

"You should worry about yourself first." Li Qilin was about to leave when he inadvertently glanced at Chen Qing's arm. As he raised his arm, the sleeve slipped down, revealing a wound on his right forearm that looked like two rows of teeth marks.