[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans":3,"chapter-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-323":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1297987,1723,"Chapter 323: Cha Cai, You’re Under Arrest","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-323",323,"\u003Cp>Chapter 323: Cha Cai, You’re Under Arrest\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, Lei Zhong's grip on Jiang Ci's wrist tightened abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong's voice was very low, swallowed by the background noise of gunfire and screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the microphone on Jiang Ci's body heard it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he gave no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply stared back at Lei Zhong in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, Lei Zhong's shock transformed into furious rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shoved Jiang Ci aside, roaring as he tried to rush toward the secret escape route he had operated for over a decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ci was faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun around and kicked, sending Lei Zhong stumbling, preventing him from getting anywhere near that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle! This way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's shout carried a feigned urgency as he grabbed Lei Zhong's arm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dragging him toward another exit of the banquet hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a direction that appeared more open, but led straight into a dead zone of the police encirclement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Click!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera on the crane, under Jiang Wen's command, began its five-minute-long tracking shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lens pursued the two figures fleeing through the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci pulled Lei Zhong along, weaving between overturned tables, chairs, and shattered plates and bowls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around, background actors played by military veterans were putting up their final resistance against the \"narcotics officers\" who had stormed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An explosion point detonated right beside Jiang Ci's feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of scorching heat mixed with flying dirt slammed hard against his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremendous force of the blast sent him sprawling forward, pulling Lei Zhong down with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After days of high-intensity filming, Jiang Ci's stamina was already depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fall made his vision go dark, his ragged gasps feeling like they were tearing his lungs apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lay on the ground, genuinely feeling the pain of his muscles and bones coming apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to his feet, helping up Lei Zhong, who had fallen harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle, hurry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His panting, his staggering steps, the black grime from smoke and fire smeared on his face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all became the perfect footnote for \"Jiang He's\" loyalty in protecting his master in his final moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two continued their desperate run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang He pretended to search for a way to break through, yet skillfully pushed Cha Cai deeper into that invisible net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They burst out of the banquet hall and entered the complex cluster of buildings within the stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them, a massive wooden beam loosened by the explosions came crashing straight down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong looked up while running and froze completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even have time to form the thought of dodging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that split second, a tremendous force slammed into him from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the last of his strength, he shoved Lei Zhong aside by one step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he himself, exhausted, couldn't get completely clear in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thud!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"beam\" scraped past his shoulder and smashed down, hitting his back hard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci grunted, his whole body pitching forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prop blood pack on his back burst open, crimson liquid seeping out, soaking through his thin shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the monitor, Yan Zheng, who had been responsible for following the script the whole time, dropped his pen with a clatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the figure on screen who had just \"taken the hit\" for the drug lord, he felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How ironic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How tragic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong, playing Cha Cai, scrambled up from the ground. He looked at Jiang He lying in the pool of blood,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then at the beam that had almost smashed his own skull, his murky eyes reddening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in this world might \"betray\" him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not this \"Ah He\" whom he had raised himself, whom he had just moments ago thought to suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment of being abandoned by all, it was this dog he had raised who had saved his life with his own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah He!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong let out a beast-like roar. He charged forward, hoisted Jiang Ci onto his shoulders, and began running forward like a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had completely entrusted his back to this young man who had bought his trust with his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera followed closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On screen, narcotics units swarmed in from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no superfluous movements, not a single word of persuasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tactical hand signals, precise shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drug dealers putting up a desperate last stand fell silently, one by one, under the accurate gunfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a movie gunfight filled with individual heroics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the state machinery, with thunderous force, mercilessly crushing and eradicating evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong, carrying Jiang Ci, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, charged left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he burst into a massive building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drug manufacturing factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set Jiang Ci down on the ground and turned to activate the backup power and defense systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he saw the scene ahead, he stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the far end of the factory was a man-made opening in the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the opening was a bottomless cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind howled in from the canyon, lifting his blood-stained hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him came the sound of approaching footsteps and the beams of tactical flashlights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, the cliff. Behind, the pursuers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly the third route Jiang Ci had marked on the map with his dagger, the one with a slim chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zhong looked at that pitch-black abyss and suddenly laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mad laugh, a laugh of utter despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heaven wants me dead! Heaven wants me dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed maniacally, pulling something from his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A palm-sized remote control with a red button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't anyone come closer!\" he roared at the approaching light beams behind him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've buried three hundred kilograms of explosives down there! You'll all be buried with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pursuing \"narcotics officers\" immediately stopped, seeking cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one on set moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a preset explosion point, due to a short circuit, detonated prematurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast point was too close to Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave sent his entire body flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crashed heavily to the ground, a sweet taste rising in his throat as a mouthful of blood surged up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone on set was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assistant Director Wang instinctively wanted to yell \"cut.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his hand was pressed down hard by Jiang Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Wen leaned over the monitor, eyes bloodshot,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hissing a few words through clenched teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't stop! Save this take!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci didn't stop either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting his teeth against the intense pain and ringing in his ears, he struggled to get up from the ground, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used this genuine, physiological disarray and pain\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to push Jiang He's current state toward ultimate realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the cliff's edge, Lei Zhong looked at Jiang Ci swaying as he stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The madness on his face faded slightly, replaced by a touch of tenderness fitting for a hero at the end of his road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his arms toward Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah He, come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci gasped for breath, taking step after step toward Lei Zhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped before Lei Zhong, but didn't step into that embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that hand was a black pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted the gun, its dark muzzle steadily aimed at the center of Lei Zhong's forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All expression froze on Lei Zhong's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the gun he had personally handed to the other not long ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>looking at that familiar, yet now utterly alien face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar of explosions, the howling canyon wind, all faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world was reduced to Jiang Ci's crystal-clear voice, no longer that of a subservient low-level dealer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but enunciated with perfect clarity, carrying an awe-inspiring righteousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am a police officer of the People's Republic of China, badge number 032855.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cha Cai, you are under arrest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","f0f150bbf654e4cb3c585af84dd3761882efd4114eeab58cc8a3dc5a045a64b5","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-324","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-322",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]