[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city":3,"chapter-the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-chapter-227":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Face-Slapping King in the City",{"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},1767585,2341,"Chapter 227 - 227 227 Dry Fourth Update","the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-chapter-227",227,"\u003Cp>227: Chapter 227 Dry (Fourth Update) 227: Chapter 227 Dry (Fourth Update) Under normal circumstances, if anyone dared to blatantly say “I despise you” in front of Zhang Fan, he would’ve definitely thrown a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now, Zhang Fan was secretly thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haha, he actually had the chance to flaunt his connections for once, and it was in front of the special police force captain, Hua Ling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his dad’s figure, if one were to describe it with a curse word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freaking awesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at his dad, Zhang Fan turned back and asked Hua Ling, “What do we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling’s gaze also became serious, “Go upstairs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if they start shooting?” Zhang Fan’s expression became anxious, “Xiaoyuan and Ye Xuan, the two girls, are still in their hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t know the enemy’s position, and snipers won’t fire without confirming the safety of the hostages,” Hua Ling said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Position?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan’s eyes narrowed, and then he sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A position, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have Telepathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred meters distance, one-meter-thick walls, these can’t stop me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Zhang Fan activated his Telepathy, looking upwards intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nineteenth floor, thankfully within a hundred meters range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Zhang Fan spotted two people standing by the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he looked further inside, his cold sweat began to pour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are there so many hostages!” Zhang Fan was shocked, “Over thirty people crouching on the floor in the lobby of the nineteenth floor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan’s face showed urgency, “Why can’t I see Xiaoyuan and Ye Xuan, the two girls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Xuan is not here either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan abandoned the lobby and looked further inside, but after seeing through three walls, his Perspective could no longer penetrate any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, the one-meter limit of Perspective is cumulative!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is no good, I totally can’t see Xiaoyuan and Ye Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have to go upstairs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move!” commanded Hua Ling, leading the group toward the interior of the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just then, gunfire suddenly rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang bang bang bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m telling you, if one person goes upstairs, I’ll kill one, and if ten people go upstairs, I’ll kill ten,” a voice from upstairs shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling and her team instantly changed color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling and her team retreated, looking up toward the floors above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many hostages?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over thirty in the lobby, unknown in other areas,” a sniper asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Circle around the building!” Hua Ling ordered, and they immediately retreated, heading to the right side of the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang bang bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Hua Ling and her team arrived underneath the building, the gunfire started again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop trying, there are people on all sides; we can see you, don’t think we’re blind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, these bastards,” Hua Ling cursed as she retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopping mall was a very regular rectangle, and furthermore, there was absolutely no cover around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone on the upper floors could clearly see everything below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do we do?” Hua Ling was also getting anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan’s eyes flickered, “Parking garage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling and her team’s eyes also lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, the parking garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the parking garage, those people wouldn’t be able to see them, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Structure plan,” Hua Ling demanded, and the team huddled behind to study the entire mall’s layout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, why are there no stairways?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All elevators?” Hua Ling was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a large shopping mall, there were no staircases to the floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan rolled his eyes, “Does anyone still take the stairs these days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The electrical switch has been sabotaged, it’s impossible to take the elevator,” one person said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break the elevator door, climb up,” Zhang Fan ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, grab the tools and go,” Hua Ling said, and immediately a group of people carrying tools headed towards the garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Zhang Fan and his team arrived at the elevator doors in the garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pry the door open!” Hua Ling commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After prying the door open and seeing the steel cables, Zhang Fan immediately took the lead and started climbing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling and the rest followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, are we done yet?” Hua Ling said, panting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan spoke in a low voice, “The elevator is out of power, we can only use the stairs to go up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone is blocking the stairway entrance, we have no way of getting in,” he explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do they have that many people?” Hua Ling asked hesitantly after a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Better safe than sorry,” Zhang Fan said, looking up before adding, “We need to climb at least to the twentieth floor and then make our way down through a window.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, the twentieth floor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s almost a hundred meters, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because this is the second basement level, it’s definitely a hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is going to be difficult,” Hua Ling swallowed hard and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In shopping malls, the height of one floor is roughly five meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climbing a hundred meters would certainly spell doom if one were to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they were special police, their usual training for climbing buildings was only up to thirty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan ignored Hua Ling and said straightforwardly, “Give me the crowbar, I’ll go up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grinding his teeth, Hua Ling then said to the people behind him, “You guys climb up from here, Zhang Fan and I will go up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few behind nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the time to show off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew their limits – at most forty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any higher would be too much for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff huff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan’s breath grew laboured; his hands were already blistered from the climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel cables are not like soft ropes; when you’re tired, you can’t just step on them for a rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to just hug the steel rope tightly and catch your breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you make it?” Zhang Fan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Ling was exasperated, “Damn it, I have to climb even if it’s beyond my abilities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, how many floors up are we?” Hua Ling asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifteenth floor!” Zhang Fan responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep going, I can still hold on,” Hua Ling said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Zhang Fan slowly continue climbing upwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, pry the door,” Zhang Fan said, holding the crowbar and inserting it into the elevator’s crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, Zhang Fan and Hua Ling were lying on the ground, gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I owe you one this time, damn, I didn’t expect prying a door inside the elevator to be so difficult,” Hua Ling said with lingering fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After resting for a while, Zhang Fan whispered, “Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, there are people in the hallway, we can’t get up,” Hua Ling felt a wave of fear upon hearing the voice through the earpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good thing they had listened to Zhang Fan’s advice; otherwise, they would have had no way to proceed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan’s eyes were ice cold, staring down at the floor below intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just one floor in between, Perspective was no stress at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?” Hua Ling asked confusedly, seeing Zhang Fan intently staring at the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan ignored the question and began to move around the twentieth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a deep anxiety in his heart; the key now was to find Ye Xuan and Zhang Xiaoyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn’t feel at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Fan saw Ye Xuan and Zhang Xiaoyuan in one of the rooms, he breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than twenty people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the more than twenty fully armed individuals, Zhang Fan was also infuriated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where did all these people come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fan directed as he tied the rope to the steel frame and then embraced the rope, slowly descending downwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twentieth floor, God, how did they get up there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhang Fan’s body dangling in mid-air, the group of police officers on the ground all tensed up.\u003C\u002Fp>",1311,"2026-06-08T10:03:05.886Z",1,"novelbin.me","26010b4556f2f6aca2260f7d06c0612738b14edec0b57a68e81c418b38c67693","the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-chapter-279","the-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-chapter-278",1920,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-face-slapping-king-in-the-city-cover.jpg"]