Chapter 27: A-Level AA-Level

The room was silent. Two guests, both wearing pale yellow bathrobes, lay motionless on their sides on the sofa, backs to the door, apparently dozing.

The instant Lin Qing and Zhao Jiayi stepped into the room—

"Bro!"

With a sudden roar, the two guests lying on the sofa almost simultaneously flipped over and leaped up in one bound!

One snatched the ashtray from the table and hurled it over, while the other grabbed a teacup still half-full of tea and threw it with all his might as well!

"Hmph."

In that instant, time seemed to slow to a crawl.

The digital clock on the wall appeared frozen at 23:14:27.

Lin Qing stared expressionlessly at the ashtray slowly flying toward him and the teacup scattering droplets of water, and even found a spare glance for Zhao Jiayi beside him.

She didn't seem to have reacted yet—her expression hadn't even begun to change. She just stared blankly.

From the moment the two guests rose and threw, to the teacup and ashtray flying over, was at most a fraction of a second. An ordinary person wouldn't have had time to react; getting smashed to death on the spot would have been perfectly normal.

But Lin Qing, who had been prepared, activated his battle technique in an instant, and the two men's movements became far, far too slow.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Qing's hand moved like a phantom. With astonishing speed he snatched the bathrobe hanging on the coat rack beside him, then, meeting the incoming ashtray and teacup, gave a casual flick. The thick bathrobe swept both high-speed projectiles up into its folds.

At the same time, his other hand had already gripped the sidearm at his waist.

As the bathrobe, wrapped around the ashtray and teacup, was flung aside, the two guests who had sprung up and charged forward came into view.

Both men were lean and wiry, and their features bore a slight resemblance.

The one closest to him had murder written all over his face; a bald scar was visible on his buzz-cut scalp. Now he was kicking off the sofa with tremendous force, launching himself into a vicious flying knee strike straight at Lin Qing!

The other, farther away, was charging toward Zhao Jiayi.

The speed of their movements, the swiftness of their reactions, and the battle-hardened killing intent they radiated clearly marked them as no ordinary men!

Time flowed slowly on.

The digital clock on the wall was still stuck at 23:14:27.

In that instant, Lin Qing had already taken in the full situation. With one hand on the grip of his sidearm, he drew it outward.

The long silver barrel of the Taurus Raging Bull M500 was already aimed at the man flying in with a knee strike.

Then his fingertip squeezed the trigger!

"BANG!!"

Amid the astonishing gunshot, a flash of fire burst from the muzzle. The bullet, carrying tremendous kinetic energy, blasted out of the chamber and in an instant struck the knee of the man flying straight at him!

"Pfft!"

A spray of blood burst forth.

The bullet, whose kinetic energy was more than double that of a Desert Eagle, instantly blasted a horrifying bloody hole through the man's kneecap.

The man's body, now no longer a threat, was still flying forward on inertia, but Lin Qing moved so fast that he immediately followed up with a kick, sending the man rocketing back even faster.

Even in a contest of raw strength, he far surpassed an ordinary person by several times over!

And all of this had happened in the span of a mere fraction of a second.

At the same time, the other man had already reached Zhao Jiayi and was about to make his move.

Lin Qing had no time to fire a second shot, but his movements could still keep up. Just as he was about to slap him across, he heard a crackling sound and pulled his arm back.

At some unknown point, Zhao Jiayi had already had her stun baton ready. Like a startled reflex, she shoved the stun baton forward with her eyes shut.

It just happened to press right into the body of the man who had already charged up to her.

The man clearly hadn't expected this and had no time to dodge. Accompanied by blue electric light, he was actually dropped on the spot by the stun baton in Zhao Jiayi's hand.

"Ah!"

Zhao Jiayi screamed, then jabbed the fallen man twice more with the stun baton, only stopping once he was unconscious.

Lin Qing also drew his stun baton, swiftly vaulted over the sofa, and tased the man who had been shot and fallen for several seconds, to keep him from struggling any further.

【Order Level +0.2】

【Order Level +0.2】

A green prompt appeared before his eyes. With the threat these two posed to him gone, the Order Level had also recovered to 0.8.

Only then did Lin Qing put away his stun baton and holster his sidearm.

This gun's power was pretty impressive. Though the recoil was a bit strong, once he activated his battle technique, using it one-handed was more than enough.

"These two…"

Lin Qing looked again at the two men on the floor, a trace of killing intent rising in his heart.

These two had attacked without a word and clearly didn't dare be investigated—obviously there was something off about them. And being so vicious, they could basically be confirmed as fugitives.

Last time, that fugitive's brain had been fried by his stun baton and he'd become a vegetable on the spot, which was equivalent to removing a dangerous element from the living environment, so feedback had come immediately, and the Order Level had risen an extra 0.2.

But these two hadn't yet completely lost their ability to cause harm, nor had they been caught, so no Order Level change from environmental stabilization had appeared yet.

However…

It was only a fleeting thought for Lin Qing; he didn't act on it.

With the opponents already incapable of resistance, the Patrol Bureau couldn't just kill them outright.

Besides, he didn't need to kill. As long as he handed these two over to the police, it would still count as removing dangerous elements, and Order Level feedback would come soon enough.

Moreover… if he dug deeper, he might be able to make his living circle even more stable, and the Order Level would rise even more.

His stratum had risen now, and his living circle had expanded. Once these two were caught, perhaps the Order Level could break through to Level 1?

Thinking of this, Lin Qing dismissed the thought of killing them outright.

He turned to look at Zhao Jiayi again, studying her with a slightly odd expression, and said, "You actually managed to react and use the stun baton just now?"

Zhao Jiayi was stunned for a moment, then said softly, "Captain, this is my first mission, so I was a bit nervous and kept holding onto the stun baton the whole time."

"Is that so?"

Lin Qing looked her over once more and said with a hint of depth, "Then your luck is truly quite good."

He always felt there was something off about Zhao Jiayi.

The movements of the two lying on the ground were clearly abnormal, comparable to the fugitive Jiang Chengwu he had encountered before.

They must have already reached the first limit of the human body, and possessed explosive power that was extremely strong, with attacks that were also extremely ruthless.

Boom! Crack!

It was one thing for him to easily take down the opponent with his strength, but Zhao Jiayi moved so slowly, yet she actually managed to stun the opponent with the stun baton?

That was a bit ridiculous.

However, although it was a coincidence, it was indeed possible for it to happen.

If it really was a coincidence, then it could only be attributed to her luck being too good.

Moreover, although he was somewhat suspicious, for some reason, his subconscious felt that what she said was true, and it seemed he should believe her.

His intuition told him that she must be lucky...

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said, "Run identification on these two; they definitely have issues."

Those who dare not be verified by the patrol almost always have problems.

"Me? Alright then..."

Zhao Jiayi, looking a bit timid, picked up her phone and began performing facial recognition and fingerprint recognition on the two unconscious men.

At this moment, Team Leader Han and others also arrived, following the sound of gunshots.

"What's wrong?"

Team Leader Han moved with swift steps and was the first to arrive.

"Nothing." Lin Qing glanced at the two lying on the ground and said, "These two attacked us; since they dare not be investigated, they definitely have problems."

At this time, Qin Qin also arrived, and Team Leader Han immediately said to her, "Help check them together."

As expected, both of them were wearing bionic fingerprint covers; their real fingerprints had been ground off, their facial features did not match, and their irises had clearly undergone artificial iris implantation.

Just like the fugitive Jiang Chengwu Lin Qing had caught the first time.

Only DNA identification could be performed; the results would take twenty minutes.

"They're even wearing fingerprint covers? Over ninety percent of those with this characteristic are fugitives, and judging by the callus locations and scars on their bodies, they are clearly black-market boxers."

Team Leader Han made this judgment.

"Such a coincidence? Why do all the fugitives in Lin'an City have black-market boxing backgrounds?"

Amidst his surprise, Lin Qing was even more shocked by the luck of this newcomer, Zhao Jiayi.

It was simply more ridiculous than his own.

On his first mission, he had only caught one fugitive, and that was on the territory of the Blue Scarf Gang, which was already problematic.

This newcomer, casually checking a bathhouse, with everyone treating it like a game, actually managed to find two fugitives?

If it was a coincidence, then the luck was a bit too good.

Even though he felt subconsciously that Zhao Jiayi was right and sensed she was trustworthy, it was just a feeling; from a rational perspective, he still thought it was a bit too coincidental.

However, Lin Qing didn't mind; bringing him merit was more important.

Anyway, the Order Level hadn't changed at all.

"Team Leader Lin, confirmed!"

At this moment, after comparing the database, Qin Qin finally confirmed the identities of the two men.

Lin Qing walked over to take a look and couldn't help but reveal a look of delight.

"Liao Xinjie, Liao Xinying?"

These two were biological brothers, and both had escaped from the domestic first-class security prison 'Fengcheng Prison' in May 2118.

Both had blood on their hands and had participated in several major criminal cases.

"A few years ago, it seems these domestic prisons holding vicious criminals were all attacked by unknown forces..."

While Lin Qing was puzzled by this point, he also saw the wanted notice level and bounty amount issued by the Public Security Bureau for these two, which made him even more delighted.

The older brother, Liao Xinjie, had an A-level wanted notice, with a bounty of 120,000.

The younger brother, Liao Xinying, had an AA-level wanted notice, with a bounty as high as 400,000!

(End of this chapter)