Chapter 177
Chapter 177
On Xia Guofeng’s end, they hurriedly drove to the New World Residential Community.
With the traffic police assisting them, the Intelligence Department’s vehicles had an unobstructed path the entire way.
They arrived at the precisely located address.
The group entered the stairwell. Once everyone was in position, the residential community’s property management uncle stepped forward and knocked on the door of Unit 1102 in Building 7.
Knock, knock, knock-
“Is the homeowner Wang Zhiyong in? Property maintenance!”
The person inside dawdled for a long time and never answered.
Knock, knock, knock!!
“Homeowner Wang Zhiyong, are you home? Property maintenance!”
After another ten seconds or so, the person inside finally shouted slowly, “Coming! Stop knocking, you’re annoying as hell!”
With a click, the door to Unit 1102 opened.
All the security personnel moved at the same time, rushing forward and subduing the man in a few quick blows.
Wang Zhiyong hadn’t even had time to change out of the flip-flops on his feet before the guards brought by the Intelligence Department pinned him to the floor on the spot.
“Let go of me! Who the hell are you people?!” Wang Zhiyong’s neck flushed red as he roared in fury.
Meanwhile, Xia Guofeng led several people inside, weapons gripped tightly in their hands, and charged into that stinking, windowless Dark Room piled high with instant noodle containers.
…
Inside the Live Streaming Room.
The value on Jiang Li’s Energy Bracelet was dropping far too sharply.
Under the bracelet’s control, her bodily functions were rapidly deteriorating.
“Jie, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare us!” Liang Chen supported Jiang Li, her face full of anxiety.
The viewers in the livestream, seeing that Jiang Li seemed to have suddenly fallen ill, kept firing off comments full of suspicion.
-“What the hell is this? Wasn’t she so capable earlier? Now she’s suddenly delicate?”
-“I swear, lady, do you have to be this fragile?”
-“Uh, they’re about to clear this stage. What is this girl doing??”
-“Is she sick or something? Is she faking it?”
Although a small number of people in the Live Streaming Room suggested that “Jiang Li might be afraid of heights,” their comments were quickly drowned out by the crowd’s incomprehension.
However, after Jiang Li’s Energy Bracelet detected the flood of negative comments, her mental strength and physical strength began plummeting even faster.
Her original energy value of 5,000 had already fallen below 3,000. Now, it was dropping toward 2,000.
The entire situation had become an unsolvable vicious cycle.
The more negative public opinion became, the weaker Jiang Li’s energy grew.
The weaker Jiang Li’s energy grew, the more intensely public opinion condemned her.
The Intelligence Department’s internal Mute Order for the Live Streaming Room had already failed.
A dedicated communications officer was responsible for explaining the Energy Bracelet’s operating mechanism to the netizens.
But every message the communications officer sent was filtered out by the banned keywords the hacker had set up.
The whole incident had unfolded in just ten short seconds.
The Intelligence Department’s communications officer had no time to make any other preparations.
And in the Live Streaming Room, beneath the Ferris wheel, four or five staff members had already gotten into position and were climbing toward Cabin No. 01, where Jiang Li was.
Liang Chen was so anxious she burst into tears on the spot.
“Jie, what are we supposed to do?” Liang Chen raised a hand and wiped away her tears. “If you don’t jump out now, those people are going to catch us.”
“Jie, if you die, Da Yao and I are finished too! You have to pull yourself together. We need you, Jie!”
Jiang Li’s wrist warmed.
The Energy Bracelet she was wearing suddenly fluctuated.
One second later, it immediately rose by 500.
“Wait,” Jiang Li interrupted Liang Chen softly. “Say what you just said again.”
Liang Chen froze for a moment. Thinking Jiang Li hadn’t heard her clearly, she repeated herself in a daze.
“I said, you have to pull yourself together! Da Yao and I both need you!”
Jiang Li’s wrist warmed again.
This time, her energy value rose by 200-less than before.
But it was still far beyond the level of influence the netizens in the Live Streaming Room had on her.
Jiang Li’s eyes brightened for an instant.
The way to break the Energy Bracelet… It seemed she had found it.
The direction of public opinion among the people of Huaguo toward Jiang Li would affect her energy to varying degrees.
But the hostages trapped inside the amusement park-Liang Chen and Da Yao-were also from Huaguo!
And they were much closer to Jiang Li.
Their words had an even greater effect on Jiang Li’s energy!
Jiang Li quickly said, “Do you know how to encourage someone? Come on, encourage me. Da Yao, you too.”
Liang Chen and Zhao Siyao exchanged a look, completely confused.
Although they didn’t understand what Jiang Li was trying to do, they still followed her instructions.
Liang Chen racked her brain for ages.
Looking down at the group of Spider Man who had already climbed twenty meters up, she only grew more and more anxious.
The more anxious she became, the more panicked she was, and the less she could squeeze out any words of encouragement.
“You can do it, you can do it! Sister Jiang, Sister Jiang, you’re the best! Sister Jiang, you’re the hope of our whole village! You have to get better soon!”
Zhao Siyao chimed in, “Sister Jiang, I’ll spam 666 for you. I’ll… cheer you on. I’ve watched your streams for a long time, and you’re really amazing.”
Listening to the two of them force out these awkward compliments, Jiang Li couldn’t help the corners of her mouth twitching twice.
These two girls were pretty great.
Aside from being a little bad with words, they were kindhearted through and through.
Fortunately, thanks to Liang Chen and Zhao Siyao’s efforts, the energy value on the bracelet finally stopped dropping.
“Thank you,” Jiang Li said. She turned her head to glance at the Little Yellow Bee Safety Balloon below, then looked at the Spider Man who had already climbed to forty meters. She analyzed the situation and said, “I probably won’t make it in time. I can’t put any strength into my legs. If I jump down, I’ll definitely fall into the gap in the middle and die.
But the two of you can be a little braver. Use the safety balloon to escape from here first.
Most likely, I’ll be dragged back into the illusion and have to clear it all over again.
Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to me.
The balloon is about to drift away. You two go first.”
According to Liang Chen and Zhao Siyao’s method of encouragement, at most, they could only keep her “energy value from dropping.”
But if she wanted to recover to 5,000 in a short time, that was honestly still a little difficult.
“Sister, what’s going on with you exactly? If Chenchen and I can help with anything, just tell us,” Zhao Siyao said, looking at Jiang Li seriously.
Jiang Li was brief and to the point. “I’m being affected by Aberration Power. I need some positive voices.”
Zhao Siyao bit her lip. “Would those compliment streamers from short videos work?”
“They should. Anything positive probably works,” Jiang Li replied.
Zhao Siyao clenched her fists and struggled internally for three seconds.
“I-I can actually help you… But you two aren’t allowed to laugh at me.”
Liang Chen said, “Hm?”
Jiang Li said, “Huh?”
Then, under Liang Chen and Jiang Li’s astonished gazes, Zhao Siyao threw caution to the wind.
Her face flushed bright red as she pulled a notebook out of her schoolbag.
Immediately afterward, she started playing a rhythmic background track she had downloaded on her phone.
“Sister, then… listen carefully.”