Chapter 591: Hospital Hijacked!

Although Lin Yuan kept reminding.

But Mu Lingxue seemed not to care.

Before Lin Yuan could finish speaking...

On the other end of the phone, Mu Lingxue said, 'Lin Yuan, I have a case meeting to attend; let's talk later. I'm busy now, bye.'

Having said that, Mu Lingxue hung up the phone.

As a Criminal Detective Squadron Leader of the City Public Security Bureau, she was really busy.

In the office.

Lin Yuan looked at the hung-up phone and sighed helplessly.

But for some reason, his inner sense of unease lingered, refusing to dissipate...

Meanwhile, at the First People's Hospital of Hangchengshi...

Inside the emergency room.

Medical staff were pushing an emergency stretcher, urgently entering the operating room.

Lei Xiaotian, lying on the emergency stretcher, pretended to be weak and kept shouting in pain.

Lei Xiaotian was quickly pushed into the operating room...

The door of the operating room slowly closed.

Inside the operating room, it was isolated from the outside clamor.

This was already the core area of the hospital.

Lei Xiaotian, using the disguise of a 'seriously injured migrant worker,' smoothly passed through the layers of police cordons set up around the hospital's outskirts and public areas.

At this moment, the distance to the Intensive Care Unit where his son Lei Chen Zhou was held had shortened by another step.

"Quick, prepare the surgical instruments! The patient has a penetrating wound, with a steel pipe still lodged in the shoulder; it must be removed immediately to stop bleeding, otherwise there will be a threat to life!"

A chief surgeon wearing green surgical scrubs said solemnly.

The chief surgeon quickly walked to the side of the operating table.

The chief surgeon, while quickly washing and disinfecting his hands, gave low-voiced instructions to the nearby nurses and assistants to prepare for surgery.

Two nurses immediately sprang into action.

The nurses skillfully prepared the needed anesthesia, hemostatic cotton, surgical knives, and other instruments;

Another assistant stepped forward, intending to first connect Lei Xiaotian to the heart monitor.

The heart monitor, used to monitor vital signs, for preoperative preparation of the surgery.

Everyone's attention was focused on Lei Xiaotian's injury.

The people, utterly unaware of any abnormality.

In their eyes, Lei Xiaotian was merely a seriously injured migrant worker patient in urgent need of rescue.

Just as the assistant was about to attach the electrode pads to Lei Xiaotian's chest...

Lei Xiaotian, whose eyes had been tightly shut and whose face was deathly pale, suddenly flung his eyes open!

In Lei Xiaotian's gaze, there was no trace of pain or weakness left—only icy ruthlessness and a killing intent poised to strike!

At this moment, Lei Xiaotian was completely different from his previous miserable appearance!

"You…" the two nurses exclaimed, just about to speak...

But before the medical staff on site could react...

Lei Xiaotian instantly struck!

Lei Xiaotian, ignoring the excruciating pain from the steel pipe in his shoulder, sprang up from the operating table!

Lei Xiaotian's movements were lightning-fast; his right hand precisely grabbed the wrist of a nearby nurse!

He then twisted it!

Only a soft 'crack' was heard, and the nurse's wrist was forcibly dislocated!

The nurse was in so much pain that she didn't even have time to cry out before her vision went black and she fainted.

Seeing this, the chief surgeon and the other assistant were shocked pale!

The chief surgeon was just about to shout...

But Lei Xiaotian had already closed in.

Lei Xiaotian clenched his left hand into a fist, bringing a fierce gust of wind, and slammed it hard into the chief surgeon's abdomen;

At the same time, Lei Xiaotian swept his right leg sideways, precisely striking the assistant's knee joint!

"Bang!"

"Thud!"

Two muffled sounds rang out in succession!

The chief surgeon was bent over and curled up by the punch%…

Immediately, Lei Xiaotian followed up with a knife-hand strike… viciously chopping the chief surgeon's nape.

The chief surgeon's pupils contracted, and he fainted on the spot;

The assistant's knees gave way, and he collapsed to the ground…

Before he could even get up to stop, Lei Xiaotian grabbed him by the collar and slammed him heavily to the ground!

The assistant, too, was knocked unconscious.

In just a few short seconds, the several medical staff in the operating room were all knocked out by Lei Xiaotian.

Lei Xiaotian took a breath.

The wound on his shoulder bled again due to the violent movement just now, staining his blue work clothes red.

But Lei Xiaotian didn't care at all.

He swept his icy gaze over the unconscious medical staff on the ground, confirming that no one could interfere with his actions anymore, then slowly straightened up.

Lei Xiaotian wasted no time, his gaze falling on the steel pipe stuck in his shoulder.

Lei Xiaotian's eyes showed no hesitation.

He reached out with his left hand, firmly pressing down on the flesh around the steel pipe.

Lei Xiaotian gripped the end of the steel pipe with his right hand.

He took a deep breath, then exerted force and yanked it outward!

Screech—!

The piercing scraping sound……accompanied by the sound of blood gushing forth, rang out together!

Warm‑scented blood……instantly surged wildly from the wound where Lei Xiaotian had been pierced!

Blood spattered everywhere on the operating table and floor, staining a large area red.

Such excruciating pain……was enough to make an ordinary person wish for death.

But Lei Xiaotian merely clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

He made not a sound.

Lei Xiaotian's bean‑sized sweat droplets rolled down his cheeks; he stubbornly let out no cry of pain, his gaze still sharp as a blade.

With a "clang", Lei Xiaotian casually threw the extracted steel pipe to the side.

Immediately afterward, he quickly pulled out the pre‑prepared hemostatic cotton and bandage from the inner pocket of his work clothes.

Lei Xiaotian pressed down on the bleeding wound, staunching the blood with a swift, decisive motion.

In a moment, he tightly wrapped the bandage around his shoulder.

Lei Xiaotian tightly bandaged the wound, temporarily staunching the blood flow.

After treating the wound, Lei Xiaotian ignored the waves of pain from his shoulder and swiftly scanned the entire operating room.

Soon, Lei Xiaotian locked onto the ventilation duct opening in the corner of the ceiling.

This was the concealed route he had selected while planning last night.

The ventilation ducts connect all areas of the hospital, making them the best path to the Intensive Care Unit.

Lei Xiaotian leapt up in one bound, launching himself into midair.

Lei Xiaotian raised his hand and gave a strong twist; the old cover on the ventilation duct popped off with a sound.

Revealing a dark, narrow duct entrance.

Lei Xiaotian bent over to check the duct's diameter, confirming he could crawl through.

Lei Xiaotian hesitated not at all and crawled in……

He also didn't forget to replace the cover before entering, wiping away his traces.

After entering the ventilation duct, Lei Xiaotian crawled forward on all fours.

The duct was filled with dust and spiderwebs, the space so narrow he could barely move.

The taste of rust and dust made Lei Xiaotian's throat itch.

His shoulder wound……was continually pulled and strained by the crawling motion.

The intense pain came in waves like a tide.

But Lei Xiaotian didn't care at all.

He had one thing on his mind: to find his son's ward as quickly as possible.

Lei Xiaotian crawled silently, trying not to make any sound that would reveal his presence……

He crawled along the ventilation duct, passing above one room after another.

Below, at times came the chatter of medical staff, at times the cough of patients.

Every sound made Lei Xiaotian's nerves tense instantly.

Lei Xiaotian slowed his movements, carefully discerning, confirming there was no danger……before continuing forward.

Lei Xiaotian firmly kept in mind the hospital map he had memorized the night before.

He constantly adjusted his direction according to the duct's course……

Lei Xiaotian precisely avoided the key passages guarded by police above……

Lei Xiaotian gradually approached the Intensive Care Unit area.

After an unknown amount of crawling, the air inside the duct grew increasingly stale.

Lei Xiaotian's forehead was covered in cold sweat, both from pain and from nervous sweat.

Just as Lei Xiaotian felt his arms about to give out, a low conversation came from below……

It was not the tone of medical staff, but carried a hint of vigilance and solemnity.

Lei Xiaotian's heart gave a warning?

It was the police!

The police's conversation?

Lei Xiaotian's heart leapt with joy, and he immediately stopped moving.

Lei Xiaotian carefully moved to the grille of the ventilation duct……

He gently pried open a gap and looked down……

At that glance, Lei Xiaotian happened to see the scene in the room below:

His son, Lei Chen Zhou, lay on the hospital bed!

Lei Chen Zhou's hands and feet……were firmly locked to the bed rails with heavy handcuffs and footcuffs.

Lei Chen Zhou's body……was filled with intravenous lines and monitoring equipment wires.

His son's face was as pale as paper, his chest weakly rising and falling, his breath hanging by a thread……

His son looked extremely weak.

Found him!

Lei Xiaotian's heart clenched violently, and intense sorrow and anger surged in his eyes!

Lei Xiaotian's nails dug deep into his palms, almost tearing the flesh.

I never expected his son to be so seriously injured!!

Lei Xiaotian suppressed the urge to rush down, his gaze quickly sweeping over the ward……

Only then did Lei Xiaotian notice that inside the ward below…… six police officers were stationed.

It was far more than the two or three he had anticipated.

All six officers wore uniforms, with walkie-talkies and standard-issue pistols on their belts.

Obviously, the six police officers were fully armed.

They were divided into two groups of three.

The six police officers stood respectively at both sides of the ward door and at the two ends of the hospital bed.

The six officers' vigilant gazes swept every corner of the ward.

In this ICU, security was tightened to the extreme.

Even a fly trying to enter the ward would hardly escape their eyes.

Lei Xiaotian's pupils contracted slightly, his heart secretly startled……

The police's defenses are actually this tight?

Lei Xiaotian slowly withdrew his gaze, retreating back into the ventilation duct.

Lei Xiaotian furrowed his brows. With six fully armed police officers stationed, rescuing his son would be somewhat difficult.

Lei Xiaotian pondered deeply in the narrow ventilation duct……

After a long pondering, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes……

Since a clever plan couldn't guarantee success, it'd be better to simply force a breakthrough!

Having made up his mind, Lei Xiaotian hesitated no longer, slowly raised his hand, and took out a uniformly green jade pendant from the inner pocket of his work clothes.

This jade pendant is the token of the Lei Hu Sect.

The jade pendant is hard in texture, its edges sharp, and it comes in handy right now.

He adjusted his posture, and through the gap in the vent grille, precisely locked onto the window on the opposite side of the ward.

Lei Xiaotian's arm slightly gathered strength.

The next second, Lei Xiaotian suddenly released his fingers!

The jade pendant in his hand shot out like a bullet leaving the barrel!

The jade pendant flew through the gap in the vent grille, rushing toward the ward's window.

"Bang!" a crisp impact sound rang out!

The jade pendant struck the window glass precisely, instantly causing a spider‑web‑like crack in the thick glass.

The jade pendant then bounced to the floor, making a 'ding‑dong' sound.

The six police officers inside the ward heard the abnormal noise, all startled, and instinctively turned their heads?

The officers' gazes all turned toward the window direction.

"What's going on?" one officer barked lowly,.

That officer gripped his pistol tightly and cautiously walked toward the window……

The remaining five also shifted their gaze……

The officers' attention…… was completely drawn to the shattered window and the jade pendant on the floor.

For a moment, no one noticed the ventilation duct in the ceiling.

Now is the time!

Lei Xiaotian seized this critical moment and exerted force! @

He braced his hands against both sides of the ventilation duct, and his body shot out like a coiled Liebao!

Lei Xiaotian jumped straight down from the vent grille!