Chapter 514: The Invisible Hand

Chapter 514: The Invisible Hand (Update 2)

Inside a residence.

Xiao Yu stands before a bomb!

This bomb hardly looks attractive.

It’s nothing more than a plastic container rigged with a crude ignition device.

What do you make of twenty kilograms of glycerol?

Sure, ordinary dinitroglycerin and mononitroglycerin aren’t nearly as dangerous.

But how about the kind of nitroglycerin everyone talks about?

Can you imagine what happens when it explodes?

Its blast would be powerful enough to obliterate an entire apartment building!

Unless you’re a professional chemist, you wouldn’t grasp the intricacies of extracting nitroglycerin.

Not even special forces would stand a chance.

And yet, Black Dog managed to pull it off.

With nothing more than soap, some distilled water, cleaning agents, and sodium carbonate, he produced a full twenty kilograms of nitroglycerin!

Xiao Yu marvels at the outcome.

He recalls how his chemistry teacher once banned students from gaming online, saying that anyone spending all day in an internet cafe was nothing but a lost soul.

He wonders what that teacher would say if he saw this scene.

Surely, he’d be on his knees in disbelief!

After personally defusing the bomb, Xiao Yu lets out a relieved sigh before sinking into deep contemplation.

He has managed to banish all negative emotions from his mind.

With his clear 493-step thought process and meticulous reasoning, a flood of ideas races through his brain…

First, someone wants to kill him!

Second, the bomb was meant for him!

Third, someone is remotely directing a hit on him!

Fourth, his adversaries anticipated that if he couldn’t track down Black Dog, he’d turn to local thugs for information—setting a trap to wipe him and every member of Group Nine out!

Fifth, from the border raid to mercenaries laying out deception and even leading him to P City for capture, every move was part of their design!

“What a terrifyingly calculated scheme! If our wits falter even slightly… it’s all over,” Xiao Yu mutters.

A shiver of fear runs through him, and he realizes he narrowly danced with death.

Had he not detected the trap in time,

he and Group Nine would have long been dining with the King of Hell!

In this life or the next.

Xiao Yu never underestimates a criminal.

Especially when some criminals have an IQ that’s downright frightening.

(chdj) Xiao Yu, too, feels the pressure and stays cautious.

Is having armor enough to be invincible?

Are monsters immune?

Can gods not be killed?

Don’t mess around!

There are far too many terrifying forces in this world.

They dare to pit mortal strength against immortals and deities!

For instance,

Xiao Yu is endowed with countless system abilities and skills.

Call him a superhero—what’s wrong with that?

Yet despite his overwhelming power, he still gets hurt.

Sometimes a single misstep is enough for an ordinary person to take him down!

Just like that hitman case last year.

Xiao Yu once encountered a fool known as Big King.

But this fool had an incredibly sharp mind.

He could operate like a human computer,

calculating scenarios that appeared to be mere ‘accidents.’

His body was just that of a regular man,

yet his abilities rivaled those of deities.

Even Xiao Yu nearly got outsmarted to death by him.

Do you still dare to underestimate ordinary people and common criminals?

Who can guarantee a second Big King won’t emerge among the villains?

And now, Xiao Yu has uncovered a particularly chilling truth:

A high-IQ individual is out to kill him.

And he almost succeeded!

“My mindset is all wrong!”

Xiao Yu mutters, “How long has it been since I faced an opponent like this?”

All his fear stems from a lack of firepower.

Being outsmarted boils down to not having enough brains.

“Since you struck first…”

Xiao Yu grins silently and retorts, “So it’s my turn now?”

He’s never one to take a beating without fighting back.

And he never holds a grudge.

After all, he prefers to beat his enemies right down to their very dog-brains.

Who would even remember a grudge after that?

…

Two border-crossing mercenaries have successfully captured their target.

A young couple is currently under interrogation.

The local thug who had been guiding Xiao Yu has been arrested.

As for that ‘Landlord’… his whereabouts remain unknown!

In the meeting room of the P City Bureau, now temporarily commandeered by National Security,

two veteran Criminal Police officers stand before Xiao Yu.

“An Zhiyao, Male, 32, from P City. Unemployed, single…”

One officer carefully reports the details of the ‘Landlord.’

Being overly cautious won’t do any good.

Xiao Yu and Group Nine’s combat and operational prowess are simply terrifying.

Most ordinary people might never even encounter special forces in their lifetime.

To these officers, Xiao Yu and the members of Group Nine are the embodiment of special forces!

But unfortunately, they’ve got it all wrong.

Zhao Long from the Special Forces once remarked about Xiao Yu,

that even the local thug could take on an entire squad single-handedly.

If that were the case,

Group leader Zhou Lie of Group Nine once said,

imagine a leader

commanding nine members who are even more elite than special forces.

What kind of combat power would that unleash?

Terrifying, right?

No, they were nearly encircled!

Xiao Yu can feel the burning fury of his nine teammates.

Frankly, if Group Nine were deployed on a battlefield,

they’d turn into killing machines—a veritable meat grinder.

Yet no matter how strong they are, it doesn’t mean they’re invincible.

Sometimes, the outcome of a battle is decided not by sheer force, but by strategy.

If strength alone could ensure victory, what use would commanders be?

“Is that all?” Xiao Yu fixes his gaze on the two officers.

“The suspect is still within the city limits,” one officer replies.

“Alright, carry on,” Xiao Yu nods with a smile.

Once the two officers leave, his expression darkens.

It goes without saying that the ‘Landlord’ has already fled.

Was he the architect of this entire incident?

It likely wasn’t him.

Xiao Yu deduces that the ‘Landlord’ was merely a pawn.

Even if captured, he wouldn’t reveal anything of importance.

The true mastermind behind this incident is probably an external force.

Their target remains the one who took down that mercenary squad last year.

Wait a minute… Xiao Yu suddenly springs to his feet.

Was Zhou Lie also a participant back then?

“Damn!”

Xiao Yu bolts out of the meeting room, shouting, “Back to the border post!”

Everyone dashes out of the P City Bureau, quickly boarding vehicles and racing toward the border post.

In the car, Xiao Yu lowers his head in deep thought.

Do they really have the gall to enter a military zone and commit murder?

The answer is a resounding yes.

They do!