Chapter 669

But if someone else, like him, wanted to lurk within to obtain something, only then would it be possible to steal the documents.

Not being allowed to leave the factory for three years was indeed a punishment measure that could be called despair-inducing.

Those people holding guns gave them five minutes to discuss; once the discussion time ended, even if it wasn't one of them who stole the documents, they would still have to push out someone to take the fall.

A faint bad premonition suddenly arose in Ning Chen's heart.

Sure enough, as soon as the time ended, someone fixed their gaze on him.

After Ning Chen sensed this gaze, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"It's him!" That person pointed at Ning Chen and said with solemn assurance, "He only arrived yesterday; we have all been here for over half a month. We certainly wouldn't make such a low-level mistake as stealing documents."

Everyone looked at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen's mind quickly thought things through, then he stepped forward and said to those few holding guns: "I have no need to steal the documents, do I? Although I am new, I also know not to break the rules. Yesterday I just saw you execute someone by gunshot; I am very afraid of death."

Those people's gazes, filled with either suspicion or scrutiny, fell on Ning Chen. Ning Chen showed not the slightest guilt, explaining openly.

At first glance, there seemed indeed to be no suspicious points about him, but those workers, in order to be freed sooner, had no choice but to turn the spearhead solely onto Ning Chen.

After all, Ning Chen staying here was indeed the biggest suspect at the moment.

Those holding guns seemed to be pondering, but looking at Ning Chen's face, they suddenly realized something.

"You are not one of us!" he said. "You are not even from Cangbei!"

Ning Chen paused, thinking darkly that things were bad.

"Take him out and execute him by gunshot!" that person commanded loudly. "I didn't notice at first, but he is not a citizen of our country. Besides him, who else would have the need to take the documents away?"

Ning Chen's eyes sharpened: "There are hundreds of people here; there are plenty who could steal the documents."

But they were unwilling to listen to Ning Chen's explanation. Looking at them, Ning Chen understood that he need not speak further at this time; these people only believed the results they had determined.

Ning Chen looked at the people approaching him, knowing their actions in his heart. Sure enough, five ferocious-looking people rushed straight at Ning Chen, looking at him viciously, and immediately grabbed his arm to drag him outward.

Ning Chen, unguarded, was knocked off balance by the pushing and dragging of the few. He straightened his body and shook off their restraints. Seeing Ning Chen act thus, the few reached out and pushed him a few times, while simultaneously saying: "Move quickly!"

Ning Chen pressed his lips together and, without resisting, walked outward with the few. He was brought to an open area where no people were seen.

The five people brought Ning Chen to this place and then questioned: "Where exactly did you hide the documents? Did you leak them out?!" Speaking thus, the gun in their hand pointed at Ning Chen.

That top-secret document was extremely crucial; what they feared was not the loss of the document but the fear of it being leaked. Once it spread beyond their territory, it would be extremely dangerous.

Hearing their words, Ning Chen immediately understood what had happened and replied: "I do not know what you are talking about, and I did not steal, nor even touch, that so-called document."

Ning Chen looked calmly at the handgun in front of him; he also knew why he was suspected so. As a newcomer, important documents were found missing immediately upon his arrival; only thus did they so confidently identify Ning Chen and question him so.

Hearing his current defense, the few laughed coldly. "Do you think we will believe you?" they retorted, then asked again: "Who is behind you? Did you leak the documents out?!" Yes, the most urgent problem for them now was whether the documents had been leaked.

The matter of the documents was important; if it was not resolved, you would not be able to explain to your superiors. I will give you one more chance: where exactly are the documents? Did you hand them over to the person behind you?" The current location of the documents was very important; if the documents were not in Ning Chen's hands but had already been handed to his superior, then everything would not be so easy to handle.

Ning Chen looked coldly at the grotesque expressions on the few faces, knowing that explaining further in this manner would not be believed, and he did not want to open his mouth again. He turned and wanted to return to the factory.

The few were about to ask again, but seeing Ning Chen walk away without looking back, they instantly became angry with shame and fired a shot at his shoulder.

Ning Chen felt a force shooting toward him from behind and immediately knew the person behind had fired. His expression sharpened, and he swiftly dodged to the side, avoiding the bullet's shot.

The bullet passed through Ning Chen's hair and shot into the wall. At the same time, Ning Chen rushed straight at the few, kicked one person in the chest with a foot, knocked the gun from their hand and seized it, then punched another person in the face.

Then, before he could react, Ning Chen grabbed the hand wanting to fire, twisted it violently. The sound of bones breaking rang out, and the gun fell to the ground.

At the same time, Ning Chen attacked the other three, lifting his foot to kick their wrists, kicking all the guns far away, while simultaneously punching them several times.

Ning Chen took the gun in his hand and struck the two people groaning in pain on the ground, then quickly fired at the other three. After the few were completely dealt with, Ning Chen wiped the blood on his body slightly, dropped the gun in his hand, and returned to the factory without looking back.

People coming and going in the factory saw the blood on Ning Chen's body, looked at him in surprise once, then went back to their respective work without approaching to ask; for such events, they were no longer surprised.

Ning Chen pressed his lips and said nothing. Just as he was preparing to work, several shouts and huge noises suddenly came. He turned his head to look at that place and saw a group of people carrying guns rushing toward him. Their fierce momentum scared many people inside the factory.

Ning Chen silently stopped his work and spoke: "I have already explained; the documents in the factory were not stolen by me. Find the real person who stole the documents first, then talk to me."

Ning Chen had no intention of talking with them, but just as he wanted to leave, several people walked out from the crowd and blocked his path, mocking: "You say it wasn't you, so it wasn't you? No one has ever touched the documents before, but now you are the only newcomer entering the factory, and the documents have mysteriously disappeared. If it wasn't you, who else would it be?"

"Do you know how important that document is to the factory? If you leak it, everyone's situation will become dangerous, and you won't live past today! It must be you who stole it, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't have disappeared for no reason."

Hearing their words one after another, Ning Chen calmly stopped, turned around, curled the corner of his lips, and mocked: "Disappeared for no reason? What can this prove? Insufficient evidence yet questioning me without cause; what is this?"

541. No need to endure anymore.

Ning Chen spoke lightly, not at all afraid of the clamoring voices of the crowd. But as soon as he said this, it exploded into even more voices: "If not you, then who? I won't waste words with you. Who is behind you? And the documents, were they leaked out by you?"

Ning Chen was surrounded in the middle of the crowd, listening calmly to the constant words questioning him. Many people were extremely angry because of Ning Chen stealing the documents, thus targeting him.

Ning Chen stood among them and let them question him. He had already defended himself, but they did not believe him. Since that was the case, there was no need to waste breath responding to these people.

Ning Chen's attitude also made them very ashamed and angry. One person's gun was already pressed against his forehead, slowly pulling the trigger, wanting to shoot and kill Ning Chen.

Ning Chen had already sensed his movement. His hand grasped the person's wrist and twisted. Following that was a piercing scream. At the very moment it rang in his ear, Ning Chen's brow furrowed slightly.

That person bent his body, clutching his arm in great pain. A low roar rang out with the movement. Ning Chen snatched the gun from his hand, raised it, and pressed the trigger against that person. Looking coldly at the terrified expression on his face, blood splattered out, spraying in all directions.

Ning Chen silently wiped the blood splattered on his face clean, then suddenly turned and shot and killed several more people. These few actions caused a commotion in the crowd. Their faces were filled with anger as they looked at Ning Chen, wanting to kill him but daring not to fire, so they could only glare at him in angry shame.

A person suddenly pushed through the crowd, rushed out from the middle, raised the gun in his hand, and fired fiercely at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen quickly dodged away. The person who fired, seeing his companion die, became even more angry in his heart but dared not fire again, so he could only roar: "You stole the factory's documents, and now you have killed people in the factory. You will definitely be killed. You dare to steal something as important as the documents!"

Ning Chen paid no attention to that person. His hand raised again; the bullet pierced through his brow, leaving only a red trace of blood.

Ning Chen's movements were clean and crisp. The bullet could only just graze his clothing, not even touching his skin.

The power-holders holding guns in their hands looked at Ning Chen. Although they wanted to kill him immensely, Ning Chen's strength could not be underestimated. More than a dozen people holding guns ganged up on him yet could not hurt Ning Chen even a bit. While this gave them a sense of frustration, they also began to regret it.

Now that they had thoroughly angered Ning Chen, those people simply decided to break the pot and give up: "You have angered us; the entire Cangbei will be your enemy! Unless you kneel and crawl to our front to kowtow three loud times, from today on, do not think you can live peacefully!"

The person speaking was named Gada, the person with the most power in the entire factory. He single-handedly ran this factory and found partners, turning this factory from a workshop at the beginning into the large factory it is now.

Naturally, during his time in power, his hands were stained with countless blood, and the number of people he killed was incalculable. It could be said that more than half the people in this factory were forcibly captured by him from various places.

Gada was accustomed to being in a high position, and when speaking to people, he carried a tone of commanding arrogance. Holding a new-style rifle in his hand, he spoke in a superior tone: "Think it over yourself."

Ning Chen stared at him, and after a long moment, let out a cold laugh.

His hand behind his back grabbed at empty space, took out a handgun from his storage bag; this was a privilege specially given to him by the system.

The handgun appeared out of thin air. Ning Chen suddenly raised his hand, the black muzzle of the gun aimed at Gada, and said indifferently: "No one can leave this factory. With just that gun in your hand, you still want to kill me? Dream on."

The moment he finished speaking, before the person opposite could even open their mouth, Ning Chen sprinted rapidly toward Gada's position, his speed so great it left afterimages. The spot where he had just stood held only air, while Ning Chen had already moved to Gada's back in three seconds, a displacement so swift it seemed like teleportation.

Within those three seconds, everyone present had not yet even reacted.

Ning Chen stood behind the factory's supreme ruler like a victor, looking down upon those below who held guns yet remained utterly powerless.

Ning Chen casually raised a hand, the gun muzzle pressed against Gada's temple, his index finger already on the trigger. He made no effort to lower his voice as he threatened, "If you wish to test having your head blown off by this shot of mine, by all means, let me kneel and beg you."

Gada shuddered all over; when the gun in Ning Chen's hand pressed against his temple, the chilling temperature radiating from the weapon made his entire body tremble involuntarily.

Although his hands were stained with countless blood, when a gun was pointed at his head, his knees still trembled unconsciously.

Gada's expression shifted slightly; with over three hundred people still standing beneath his feet, he naturally refused to admit defeat.

"... If you have the guts, just kill me. If you kill me, everyone in Cangbei will become your enemy. What you will face in the future is our mad retaliation and assault!" Gada forced his voice to sound steady, preventing it from wavering.

Ning Chen simply uttered a faint "Oh." The hand holding the gun suddenly withdrew from Gada's temple, and in an instant to the right, he pulled the trigger, eliminating someone who had just attempted to sneak up for a surprise attack.

That person died unclearly, falling backward onto the ground with eyes wide open, as if unwilling to accept it.

In those few short seconds, Gada had no time to react; although Ning Chen had not yet subdued him at that moment, he still failed to seize the golden opportunity to escape.

Ning Chen merely replied, "Do you think I fear your so-called retaliation and assault?"

Gada's expression suddenly shifted, for he vaguely realized something: "You, you want..."

Ning Chen simply raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling upon the faces of those standing behind him, making no denial: "It seems you guessed correctly. Let me think."

Fear of varying degrees appeared on the faces of those holding guns; everyone looked at Ning Chen. Some attempted to sneak attack, but a split second before they could pull their triggers, they were effortlessly killed by Ning Chen.

Now, no one inside the entire factory dared to challenge Ning Chen; after all, their leader's life remained in Ning Chen's hands. If Gada died, the entire factory would easily fall into a state of having no leader, and as for their fate, it would be extremely tragic.

"I have thought of it," Ning Chen spoke slowly amidst the silence of the entire factory. "It seems you enjoy killing innocents indiscriminately. How about I give you a chance to kill your fill today?"

Gada's face instantly turned as ugly as possible: "What do you intend to do...?"

"Very simple," Ning Chen said.

542. Mutual slaughter, role reversal

"You all have guns in your hands, right? Perfect. You can slaughter each other. Whoever is the last one standing, I will let go. Or, if your fraternal bonds are strong, you may also choose to commit suicide before I take action." Ning Chen said without expression.

The moment these words were spoken, no one dared to open their mouths again.

They all knew Ning Chen's words were no lie; Ning Chen not only had the leisure but also the capability.

Ning Chen's speed just now was such that they could not see clearly in the first instant; relying solely on such strength, no one dared to think he was lying.

Ning Chen looked at the crowd standing motionless like sculptures and smiled: "What, you don't want to move? Do you want me to take action?"

Those people finally began to move slowly. They did not believe Ning Chen would lie, so the hands holding their guns were now twitching with restless intent.

Ning Chen knew that what was needed most at this moment was to fan the flames. Although he had no intention of breaking through their psychological defenses one by one, he did not lack the leisure to say a few words to provoke them.

"Since that is the case, I will help you take action first." While speaking, Ning Chen shot and killed the person standing closest to him. His aim was precise; the bullet struck the center of that man's forehead, and soon he fell down dead with his eyes still open.