Chapter 3476: Death Without Mercy!

The people reveling in the seaside bar had no idea that danger was approaching.

The first to be killed were the island security guards on duty near the dock; the Maldives consists of independent islands, and tourists are generally wealthy, so there were basically no security issues or dangers, and these guards were very lax and had no weapons at all.

After the black-clad men landed on the island, these few guards hadn't even come to their senses before being turned into sieves by assault rifles equipped with silencers.

Afterwards, these people, in a very professional formation, split into three groups at the dock, with one group each on the left and right wings, and two groups in the middle.

At this time, most people on the island were in the bar, some staff were on duty in the administrative building, and some staff on compensatory rest were resting, but they had no idea what was happening outside.

Outside the seaside bar, there were about ten or more bodyguards, half of whom were Bernard Arnault's bodyguards, and the other half were Tavana's bodyguards.

Among these bodyguards, some were martial arts practitioners, some were battle-hardened mercenaries, but they all shared one obvious trait: they had long been detached from real combat.

The security arrangements of wealthy people in daily life are always top-notch, and bodyguards are often the last line of defense, so generally, even if there is some trouble, it never reaches the point where bodyguards need to act.

On the contrary, these bodyguards, having enjoyed lavish lifestyles by the side of the rich, have become swollen with pride, their reactions dulled, and their combat capabilities greatly diminished.

So these people stood guard at the door, yet they noticed nothing abnormal.

However, in high-stakes situations, the window of opportunity for the opponent is often just a moment; seize it and there is still vitality, miss it and there is only a dead end.

While these bodyguards were still chatting and laughing, the black-clad men drew ever closer, until they were within rifle range.

At this moment, the black-clad men in the center stopped advancing, while those on the left and right wings continued to flank; upon reaching their designated firing positions, the black-clad men on both wings suddenly opened fire!

The reason for having the left and right wings fire was that they feared frontal fire would cause bullets to penetrate the target and continue into the bar, where the surroundings are all glass windows; once the windows were shattered, it would inevitably draw attention from those inside.

But firing from the left and right wings completely avoided this risk; their bullets instantly pierced these bodyguards, and since the trajectory came from the sides, when these bodyguards fell, the people inside the bar still noticed nothing.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen did not rush to the bar immediately, but instead, based on the communication knowledge Lang Hongjun had popularized for him, directly used spiritual energy to sever the power supply to the island's signal tower.

The Maldives is an archipelago nation, with each island at varying distances from the capital; the vast majority of islands are self-sufficient, for example, electricity uses diesel and solar power generation, paired with energy storage equipment, so there is no need to lay cables from the capital; the entire Maldives has no freshwater resources, so here the islands' freshwater relies on seawater desalination technology; in fact, the capital itself is like a township and lacks the capacity to supply water and electricity to the surrounding islands.

As for communications and networking, for high-end islands like White Horse Island, they have their own satellite base stations, capable of providing communication and network services to the entire island.

The simplest way to isolate this island from the world is to directly cut off the power supply to its base station here.

Ye Chen's motive differs from that of these black-clad men; they want to create a big incident, which is exactly what he dreads most.

Given White Horse Island's geographical location and features, if things really blew up and the government dispatched troops, such a large-scale armed assault would inevitably make international news, by which time neither he nor his family could escape.

Even if he could escape, the government would then check entry and exit information and island landing records, and would know that people were missing from the island; following the normal procedure for missing foreign tourists, they would certainly notify the embassy, and the situation would then become serious.

Therefore, before intervening, Ye Chen must ensure that no information from the island leaks out.

After ensuring there were no carrier signals or WiFi signals on the island, Ye Chen immediately rushed toward the bar.

Outside the bar door, after silently eliminating all the bodyguards, the leader of the black-clad men said in a cold voice: "Following the original plan, take control of the bar; four teams, follow me inside!"

The team leader of the four teams immediately asked him: "Boss, can we fire indiscriminately after we go in?"

"Of course not!" the leader of the black-clad men shouted sternly: "Tonight there are many big shots, even my favorite singer Tavana is here; if we just killed them all, that would be a huge loss!"

After saying that, he let out a cold laugh and continued: "Tonight, we have a chance to achieve four kills with one arrow, provided we must control the rhythm and control the scene! After we go in later, we will immediately bring everyone inside under control; if we encounter resistance posing a lethal threat, you may shoot to eliminate the threat; besides that, no one may fire on those inside without my order, understood?!"

"Understood!"

All the black-clad men nodded immediately.

At this moment, Tavana had finished singing her last song inside the bar.

The atmosphere in the bar was excellent; everyone, having had a few drinks, was more relaxed than usual, and many were already jumping up to dance while holding their wine glasses; even Xiao Changkun and Ma Lan followed a few foreign couples, twisting a few steps, very happy.

Tavana knew that her impromptu small-scale performance this time had already been widely followed online, and thinking that Ye Chen would surely have heard of it, she was also in a very good mood.

Bernard Arnault need not be mentioned; having freeloaded on one of Tavana's performances, it had greatly boosted the fame of the White Horse Hotel.

Just as everyone was immersed in this joyful night, someone suddenly spoke up: "Oh no, why is there no internet? I'm still live-streaming! There are over 100,000 viewers watching!"

Others who were also live-streaming saw the prompt on their phones and exclaimed in surprise: "Really no WiFi network! Even the carrier's communication network is gone!"

Bernard Arnault heard the commotion around him, hurriedly picked up his phone to check, and indeed found no signal at all; he immediately became somewhat angry and questioned the White Horse Island general manager beside him: "What's going on? Why did the network suddenly cut out at this time?! Do you know how many people are watching our live stream online?!"

The general manager also broke out in a cold sweat from nervousness, quickly saying: "Mr. Arnault, please wait a moment; I'll go have them check right away; it might be an equipment issue, and I'll have the engineering team fix it as fast as possible!"

Bernard Arnault snorted coldly: "Hurry up! If you waste too much time, you can just resign!"

The general manager nodded frantically and was about to head out; just as he was about to leave the door, a team of black-clad men suddenly filed in!

The leader of the black-clad men swept his assault rifle across the ceiling chandelier, sending fragments clattering down in all directions, frightening all the guests into startled cries as they scrambled to hide, heads in hands.

At this moment, the black-clad man swept his gun again and said in a cold voice: "Everyone immediately raise your hands and squat down, or else, death without mercy!"