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: "????"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
