Originally, all of Han Fei's speculations were just that - speculations.
He couldn't even be sure if Xu Mo had actually escaped from the building.
But after hearing Chen Ke's words, all his guesses fell into place.
Xu Mo had run away.
He had used the fire department's aerial ladder truck to bypass the first floor and escape.
Since Xu Mo had already slipped away, there was no point in continuing to guard the building.
Realizing this, Han Fei said to Chen Ke on the phone, "Call off the team. Xu Mo has escaped. He was brought down to the ground by the fire truck's aerial ladder."
He then hung up, thanked the firefighters, and turned to leave, returning to the entrance of Building 1.
He signaled for the police officers to leave the area.
"This operation can still be considered somewhat successful," Shen Manyi consoled herself. "Although we didn't catch Xu Mo, we at least caught the fugitive before he did, preventing him from getting there first."
Han Fei could only smile bitterly.
That may be true, but he still felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.
The duck that was nearly cooked had flown away!
They had the opportunity to catch Xu Mo along with the fugitive.
He blamed himself severely.
When he heard the sound of the rescue vehicle, he should have realized that Xu Mo might pull off something like this!
If he had thought of Xu Mo's plan to escape in this manner at that moment, they would probably have caught him by now.
...
In the live streaming room, viewers were completely won over by Xu Mo's audacious move of escaping with the help of a fire.
"666666 He just escaped like that? It's like a dream!"
"This move... it's shocking enough to stun your mother for a whole year. How is this even possible?"
"I had even considered the possibility of Xu Mo growing wings and flying out of the building, but I never thought he'd call the fire department to rescue him!"
"How the hell did Xu Mo come up with this method?"
"It's too outrageous, too damn outrageous!"
"Firefighters: Are you being polite? A criminal escaping with our help??"
"..."
Xu Mo ran quickly for a while, and after seeing that no one was chasing him, he peeled off the human skin mask on his face.
He patted the dust off his clothes.
Then he took out his phone and sent a text message to Song Yixue, asking her to clean up after him and compensate the family whose apartment he had burned.
It's worth noting that to artificially create a fire with a large amount of smoke, Xu Mo had gathered clothes, curtains, towels, mats, and even pulled out the foam from the sofa in apartment 706 on the seventh floor. He then bundled all these easily smoke-producing items together and burned them on the balcony.
Of course, before setting the fire, Xu Mo had carefully cleared the balcony, removing all flammable items except for the clothes. This was to prevent the fire from spreading.
After all, burning just clothes and such was enough.
As long as it attracted the fire department, that was sufficient.
Not long after sending the message, Xu Mo received a reply from Song Yixue: "No need to remind me, I've already arranged for someone to discuss compensation with that family."
In fact, even if Xu Mo hadn't mentioned it, Song Yixue knew she had to clean up after him.
Xu Mo was the challenger in the show, and she was the executive producer.
During the broadcast of the show, any damage caused by Xu Mo to others would naturally be compensated by her.
...
Xu Mo had left the car he drove in the parking space opposite Building 1 in the residential complex.
Since the police officers were gathered at the entrance of Building 1, just a few dozen meters from where he had parked, Xu Mo simply abandoned the car.
He didn't want to risk getting caught for the sake of a car.
After all, if he were caught, it wouldn't be fun anymore.
Of course, not having a car wasn't really an issue for Xu Mo; he could always find a way to get another one!
Xu Mo went to the roadside.
There were no parking spaces on either side of the road.
And there were no illegally parked cars either.
With no ready-made cars available, he had no choice but to try and flag one down.
However, none of the passing cars seemed willing to pay any attention to Xu Mo.
Even though they saw him waving by the roadside, no one stopped, pretending they hadn't seen anything.
After more than a minute, a taxi stopped, noticing Xu Mo standing by the roadside waving his hand.
Xu Mo immediately went forward, opened the taxi door, and got in.
"Where to?" the Taxi Driver asked.
"Grain Road Street."
"Alright, fasten your seatbelt, we're off."
Xu Mo didn't say anything and started playing with his phone instead.
He had originally planned to hijack a car and drive it himself.
But now he had changed his mind.
Taking a taxi wasn't bad either; at least he didn't have to drive himself.
...
This driver was a chatterbox.
He felt uncomfortable if he wasn't talking for even a moment.
So he started making small talk with Xu Mo.
"Young man, from your accent, you're not a local, are you?"
Xu Mo lifted his eyelids slightly and replied, "No, I'm not local."
"What brings you here then? Tourism?"
"Business trip."
"Oh, I see," the driver nodded.
The topic he had just found had already died!
As a chatterbox, what he couldn't stand most was an awkward silence.
How could he go on without anyone to talk to?
So, the driver decided to try a different approach.
"Business trips are great. I envy people like you whose work requires traveling. Mainly because you get to visit and see other cities during business trips, which is quite nice. Do you travel often for work? Oh, it's the weekend today, do you work on weekends too?"
Xu Mo thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I travel frequently, all over the country. I work on weekends too, no days off all year round."
"No days off?" The driver's eyes widened as if he had heard something incredible, with an expression of disbelief. "You work 365 days a year? Even I, as a taxi driver, get to rest occasionally. What do you do? That sounds incredibly busy."
"Wanted criminal," Xu Mo said with a smile.
Taxi Driver: "???"
I asked what you do, and you tell me you're a wanted criminal!?
Come to think of it, wanted criminals do indeed have to 'travel' all over the country, and they don't get days off.
But who would believe that?
Would a wanted criminal actually admit to being one?
Certainly not!
So, the driver assumed Xu Mo was just joking.
"You're quite humorous."
The next second, Xu Mo pulled out a gun.
He waved it in front of the driver.
"I really am a wanted criminal. From now on, you're being kidnapped."
Originally, Xu Mo hadn't wanted to chat much with this driver.
He just wanted the driver to take him to his destination, and then he would get off to catch the next fugitive.
But since the conversation had led to this point and the atmosphere had been set,
he felt it necessary to satisfy the driver's curiosity!
As for the kidnapping,
it was also a spur-of-the-moment decision by Xu Mo.
It was just a convenient thing to do.
Having a taxi as his personal vehicle wasn't bad either!
At least he wouldn't have to keep taking taxis, right?
Taxi Driver: "????"
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
