Chapter 25: Total Annihilation

"Not good... toxic... cover... your nose."

Sensing something was wrong, Jiang Xiaoya hurriedly covered her nose and shouted to warn the others.

The tomb robber in front of her raised his AK, and hearing her warning, his eyes twitched silently before his body slowly collapsed to the ground.

Immediately after finishing her sentence, Jiang Xiaoya fell backward, completely losing consciousness.

Miraculously, the bullet comments in the live stream went silent all at once.

The netizens who had been eagerly and excitedly anticipating what Jiang Xiaoya might find to blow their minds were collectively silenced.

The netizens who had just been criticizing them for being too excited and accusing the production team of faking and hype were also silenced.

At the Licheng Police Station at the foot of the mountain, where they were staring at the live stream on their phones, the criminal investigation team led by Qin Tianfeng was also collectively silent.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, the live stream comments slowly woke up.

【I considered every possibility, but I never thought "Stupid Sister" could cause a total wipeout.】

【The show's contestants: Good news, they died on the spot and returned safely; Bad news, they died again.】

【Stupid Sister: Don't point an AK at me; when I get ruthless, I'll even kill myself!】

【I warned you guys not to let Stupid Sister look for things, but you wouldn't listen. Tomb Robbers: We listened, we're listening, we're being good, please let us go.】

【Good news: Didn't encounter the killer; Bad news: Encountered tomb robbers. Good news: Didn't step on a rocket; Bad news: Encountered toxic substances. Jiang Xiaoya: Fine, fine, fine, someone has to die, right?】

【Jiang Xiaoya: It's okay, whatever can't kill me will die with me!!】

Qin Tianfeng shoved the phone back into the other man's hands and asked where the ambulance was.

"It's on the way."

As soon as they learned about the situation in the live stream, the police cars and ambulances had been dispatched simultaneously.

Qin Tianfeng nodded, wasted no more words, and sprinted forward with large strides.

The others followed closely behind.

Unlike the banter online, the faces of the criminal investigation team were solemn.

With so many lives at stake, involving an ancient tomb and firearms, if this wasn't handled correctly, not just all of Licheng, but people outside of Licheng would suffer the consequences.

Qin Tianfeng's group quickly found the spot where Jiang Xiaoya and the others had fallen and rapidly located the entrance to the tunnel. They began rushing into the tunnel in groups, aiming to reach the ancient tomb as quickly as possible.

When they arrived, they saw exactly what was happening: a large number of people collapsed on the scene. Qin Tianfeng and his team exchanged glances, stepped forward, and carefully crouched down to check if they were still breathing.

Qin Tianfeng approached the leader of the tomb robbers. He first handcuffed the man before reaching out a finger toward his nose. Seeing that he was still breathing, he let out a sigh of relief.

However, before he could finish exhaling, two sharp screams rang out.

"Ah!"

"AH!!!"

The entire team, including Qin Tianfeng, had just finished quickly handcuffing the others. Hearing the screams, they all half-crouched and stood up, drawing their weapons and aiming them collectively at the source of the screams.

The screen froze again.

Jiang Xiaoya looked up at the person above her. The moment after screaming her throat raw, she used one hand to twist the person around beneath her, while simultaneously clutching her collar with an indignant expression, looking as if she had almost been molested.

The second scream came from the police officer she was pinning down, who was crying out from the intense pain of being twisted.

Qin Tianfeng: "..."

The rest of the criminal investigation team: "..."

The netizens in the live stream: "..."

【This... is really hard to comment on.】

【She's actually detaining a criminal investigator. Stupid Sister, you're turning the world upside down.】

【Wait, how did she suddenly wake up?】

【Are you kidding? Our Stupid Sister is hard to kill.】

【Her record of arm-wrestling the King of Hell is verifiable!!!】

【Our Stupid Sister is the woman even the King of Hell can't have.】

Some people were shocked by Jiang Xiaoya's combat skills.

【A core member of the criminal investigation team was just so casually taken down?】

【Has she trained before? She seems to have some skills.】

【When she crit the killer the other day, I wanted to say it—she definitely has training.】

【If those people hadn't been holding weapons just now, she wouldn't have backed down.】

【Holy crap, the more I watch, the more interesting it gets.】

【Is she a "judge"? She's becoming more and more like a judge.】

Qin Tianfeng lowered his weapon.

The others looked at each other, their movements a beat too slow.

Qin Tianfeng swept a glance at them, making everyone break into a cold sweat as they hurriedly lowered their guns.

With a dark expression, Qin Tianfeng walked up to Jiang Xiaoya.

Jiang Xiaoya seemed to only just notice Qin Tianfeng's presence. Her eyes widened as she complained, "Captain, help! He's trying to molest me!"

Qin Tianfeng: "..."

The officer on the ground: "..."

*Molest you, my ass!*

Looking at his colleague, who was being pinned to the ground like a pig waiting for slaughter, Qin Tianfeng took a deep breath and said in a calm tone, "He is my colleague. Let go!"

Heaven knows how humiliating it was to say those words.

"Oh?!"

Jiang Xiaoya was quite cooperative. She let go of the man on the ground, and in the next instant, her expression shifted as she helped him up.

"Brother, are you okay? We're on the same side. I'm so sorry, I used too much force just now. Did I hurt you?"

Qin Tianfeng: "..."

The officer, being supported by her and being pulled backward by his chest, was almost at the point of shouting: *Don't come any closer!*

The netizens in the live stream went crazy with laughter again.

A woman capable of making criminal investigators tremble had finally appeared.

Qin Tianfeng had someone connect with the medical staff. Knowing they were already outside, he instructed a colleague to bring them in.

After speaking, he turned back to look at Jiang Xiaoya, his gaze darkening slightly. "How did you know there were traps here? And how did you suddenly wake up? Did you know all along there were traps and toxic mist? You didn't inhale any!"

As soon as Qin Tianfeng finished speaking, everyone on the scene felt their hair stand on end. Their pupils constricted, and they stared at Jiang Xiaoya with wary, alert eyes.

The netizens in the live stream had the same reaction; the comments stopped instantly.

Someone had finally asked this sensitive question.

It had finally come to this stage.

Everyone held their breath. Just when they thought Qin Tianfeng's next move would be to reach for handcuffs to arrest Jiang Xiaoya...

Jiang Xiaoya seemed to freeze for a moment, her gaze filled with confusion. "I don't know. If I knew there were traps and toxic mist, would I be standing right in the wind tunnel, for fuck's sake?"

It's not like she's crazy.

Qin Tianfeng: "..."

Why did every conversation with Jiang Xiaoya feel like an insult to his intelligence? And it was an ambiguous insult—he couldn't tell if Jiang Xiaoya was insulting his intelligence, or if he was merely humiliating himself.

The netizens in the live stream: "..."

*Sigh, all that tension for nothing.*

For the rest of the process, Qin Tianfeng said nothing.

They were busy, and Jiang Xiaoya wasn't idle either; she was poking around the eastern part of the ancient tomb.

After seeing off the last group of people, Qin Tianfeng turned back to see Jiang Xiaoya still groping around. He spoke with a cold face, "Stop looking. You won't find anything. Wait for the Bureau of Cultural Relics to..."

His words cut off abruptly.

(End of Chapter)