Chapter Ninety: Every Second Counts

After hanging up, Chu Feng called General Gao again and asked him to find a way to bring in a civilian passenger jet first. If that truly was impossible, then they would let the Demon Dragon go and bring him down in the air.

“Demon Dragon, I have already reported your demand to the higher-ups. They are discussing it now. You will need to wait a little longer.”

After ending his call with General Gao, Chu Feng came over to calm the Demon Dragon down, hoping to keep him from doing anything rash.

“I won’t wait for very long. If you still have no answer for me within twenty minutes, then don’t blame me for being rude.”

The Demon Dragon knew perfectly well that Chu Feng was stalling, so he set the limit at twenty minutes and gave him no room to maneuver.

Meanwhile, in Shanghai City, the police had already mobilized every available force to search for the devices the Demon Dragon had mentioned. Police cars were racing back and forth through the streets of the city.

Ten minutes later, the police found the devices the Demon Dragon had spoken of. After seeing them, the bomb disposal experts discovered that they could not be disarmed at all. At the very least, with their current technology, there was no way to defuse them.

The police immediately reported the situation upward. They also took several photos of the devices and sent them to the person in charge, asking what should be done next.

After reading the report from his subordinates, the official in charge felt the matter was deeply troublesome. He had not expected that even the bomb disposal experts would be helpless this time.

He hurriedly forwarded all the photos of the bombs to Chu Feng and explained the situation to him in detail.

Chu Feng looked at the photos that had been sent over, then passed them all on to Xiao Hei. Right now, he was slowly chatting with the Demon Dragon.

Ring, ring, ring. Chu Feng’s phone suddenly rang. Seeing that it was Xiao Hei calling, he quickly went into the corridor to answer.

“I have a method that might keep those bombs from exploding for the time being, but it needs to be tested. I can’t guarantee one hundred percent success.”

After studying the photos Chu Feng had sent for a long while, Xiao Hei finally reached a conclusion. Inside the bomb was a tiny chip with a red light flashing on it, and that light was used to receive signals.

If the police could use a signal jammer to interfere with transmission first, then the bombs might not explode.

There was another possibility as well: if the signal transmission were interrupted, the bombs would explode immediately. It was a gamble, and the choice now depended on what Chu Feng decided to do.

“I need to report this to the higher-ups first. I can’t make that decision on my own,” Chu Feng said, feeling a headache coming on. This time the Demon Dragon had made a mess of things on too large a scale. If they handled it carelessly, then by tomorrow Shanghai City would be front-page news all over the country.

If there were any casualties, public panic would follow, and such an incident would also affect the stability of the nation.

Chu Feng called General Gao directly and explained everything here in detail, including the matter of the bombs. The final decision would have to be made by the higher authorities.

The city government of Shanghai had already been informed. As soon as the news reached them, the municipal Party secretary was briefed, and the matter was also reported to the provincial public security department.

By now, even Tang Chuan, the top official in East Sea Province, knew about it. He ordered the provincial public security chief, Gao Yong, to rush to the scene at once.

Time was ticking away, second by second. Thirteen minutes had already passed since the Demon Dragon’s twenty-minute deadline, leaving them with only seven minutes remaining.

At that point, an official from the provincial Party committee suggested placing the bombs onto a helicopter and flying them out over the sea.

Once they reached open water, they could use the signal jammer to interfere with the transmission to the bombs. If the bombs did explode, it would happen over the sea and not hurt anyone. At worst, they would lose a helicopter.

After careful discussion, Tang Chuan agreed to the proposal and immediately borrowed an aging helicopter that was about to be retired from the armed police.

The public security bureau placed all the bombs onto the helicopter. The person flying it this time was an old special police officer who was on the verge of retirement.

He had volunteered for the assignment himself. As he put it, he was retiring soon anyway and would have no more chance to touch a helicopter. If the bombs were really going to explode, then let them fly one last time.

The eastern side of Shanghai City faced the sea. The old special police officer flew the helicopter to the designated location. After arriving, he landed it on a tiny island.

The island was very small, only about three kilometers across, but it was just large enough to accommodate a helicopter.

After landing safely, he plunged straight into the sea, where special police officers were already coming to pick him up on motorboats.

Once they had gone a safe distance away, one of the special police officers used a remote control to activate the signal jammer left on the helicopter.

A few seconds later, they saw a burst of flame rise suddenly from the island, and a deafening explosion rang out in their ears.

Seeing the explosion, the old special police officer was shaken to the core. Thankfully he had run fast; otherwise, he would have ended up just like that helicopter.

“The time’s up. Have you made your decision? Are you going to let me detonate the bombs on my body, or are you going to prepare a plane for me?”

When the Demon Dragon saw that the twenty minutes were up, impatience had already appeared on his face.

“I can tell you one thing first: the bombs you hid in the city have already been detonated. You don’t have much leverage left now.”

After seeing the message on his phone, Chu Feng finally felt a wave of relief. Then he told the Demon Dragon the news.

The moment Chu Feng finished speaking, the Demon Dragon pulled a phone from his pocket. When he saw the content on the screen, a fury beyond words surged through him. He had never expected his carefully laid trap to be broken.

“Demon Dragon, you’ve lost most of your leverage now. At worst, I can have them pull back and order the snipers to kill you. Even if the bombs on both of you were to go off, it would only blow a crater in the ground. I can just compensate the hotel for its losses.”

By now, Chu Feng was no longer as wary of the Demon Dragon as before. He said this simply to provoke him, to make him show a flaw so that Chu Feng could move in and subdue him.

“You’re right. I do not have much leverage left now. But I can guarantee this: before I die, I will drag one of you down with me. If you don’t believe me, we can try it.”