Martial Arts Livestreaming
Chapter 193 - 174 Escape

Chapter 193: Chapter 174 Escape

In fact, officials in Southern Country were also in a state of bewilderment; they had not expected a drug manufacturing incident to provoke such a strong reaction from Hua Country.

Aside from the Hua Country Embassy, the Hua Country Ministry of Foreign Affairs also got involved.

If Wu Li had only exposed the relevant evidence, Hua Country would not have been in a good position to intervene, as it was an internal matter of Southern Country. But now, Wu Li was right in the thick of it and could be in danger at any moment.

As a citizen of Hua Country, it was Hua Country’s responsibility to ensure his safety, which gave them a reason to get involved.

For Southern Country, however, the safety of Wu Li was secondary. The main issue was that the incident was being broadcast live, and it had already caused a huge stir in Hua Country. After realizing Wu Li’s influence there, Southern Country knew it would not be long before almost the entire Hua Country would be aware of the incident.

Once the whole of Hua Country knew, it would be hard for the people of Southern Country not to know, especially since Hu Shan was a well-known figure there. The title of "Number One Master of Southeast Asia" had once been a source of pride for many people in Southern Country, so such news was bound to be uncovered.

For Southern Country, especially for the Yuhe City police force, the response was now crucial, as it involved various issues, such as face-saving, and also affected the official hats of many people.

Hu Shan had offended quite a few people in Southern Country. For these individuals, this was a good opportunity, so various parties were now jockeying for position.

The phone of the Chief of Yuhe City Police Department was almost blown up; his every word and action were under great scrutiny. For him, handling this matter by the book was the best approach. Therefore, he immediately issued an order: seal off the Shaquan Dojo immediately, arrest everyone, and use all efforts to rescue Wu Li inside!

...

While pretending to look at his phone, Wu Li continued to live stream, having sat there for almost an hour.

Once he received a message from Chen Gang confirming that the police had been dispatched, Wu Li stood up. It was time for him to leave.

He casually walked forward, making his way to the front door, where the man sitting in front of the computer looked up at him.

Wu Li took out a cigarette and gestured, the other person nodded and stood up voluntarily to open the iron gate for Wu Li.

Stepping through the gate, Wu Li walked up the stairs to the first floor.

He looked left and right, breathed a sigh of relief, took off his gas mask, and glanced at the camera on his phone.

"Wow, it’s really Wu Li!"

"Thank goodness, he made it out!"

"Host, stay safe!"

...

The netizens finally saw Wu Li’s face and got excited.

Wu Li didn’t have time to greet everyone. He quickly went upstairs and returned to the previous room.

Inside, the Black Belt student Wu Li had knocked out earlier had come to. Upon entering the room, Wu Li heard the other’s panting breaths. Clearly, he had struggled desperately, but his hands and feet were tied and his joints dislocated, rendering him powerless. The more he struggled, the more painful it became.

Seeing Wu Li enter, the other turned his head to look, but unfortunately, it was too dark to see clearly.

"Mmm, Mmm!"

His mouth was sealed with several layers of tape, making only muffled noises.

"Holy shit, there’s someone in the room!"

"That scared the hell out of me!"

"It looks like they’re tied up, must be Wu Li’s handiwork."

"This is so thrilling!"

...

The netizens were once again agitated. Wu Li glanced around casually, leaned against the wall, and ignored the person tightly bound on the floor.

"The police have been dispatched, once they arrive, I’ll be able to leave," Wu Li typed in the comment section.

"That’s great!"

"Boss man!"

"Make sure you hide well, don’t get caught."

"How did you get in there, Wu Li?"

"Who is the person on the ground?"

...

The viewers in the live room were all commenting, while Wu Li replied with a message: "I need to keep an eye on what’s happening outside."

Then he opened the door, peeked out halfway, and looked in the direction of the hallway, hoping to see if Hu Shan would show up. It would be even better if he could capture Hu Shan on camera directly.

Meanwhile, on the third floor of this factory, Hu Shan was awakened by a message.

"78."

It was a text message with just a number, nothing else, but upon seeing this number, Hu Shan’s complexion changed drastically.

It was a pre-arranged code, meaning: "Escape!"

Although Hu Shan dared to manufacture drugs at the Shaquan Dojo, he had his assurances. Even after receiving such a message, he did not panic but immediately made a call, which went unanswered—the phone was switched off.

Hu Shan frowned, made another call, but it was still switched off.

Then Hu Shan received another text message, this time a complete sentence: "The police are on their way, escape quickly!"

Two successive messages from different people finally destroyed any wishful thinking Hu Shan might have harbored.

His face turned grim, unable to understand what was happening. Why was there no warning in advance?

Moreover, the message he received was "escape" rather than "clear out" or "evacuate."

That meant there was no room for turning back. Once the police arrived, he would undoubtedly be caught, which was why he was advised to flee.

After working hard for so many years, the idea of giving up everything in such a confusing manner filled Hu Shan with extreme indignation.

"Ah!"

He let out an angry roar and kicked the wall in front of him.

Bang!

Wu Li on the second floor heard the noise and was startled, his body tensed, ready to retreat back to his room at any moment.

A while later, the light suddenly came on in a room at the far end of the second-floor corridor, on the left.

Wu Li immediately retracted his body into the room, leaving a crack in the door, his eye peering out at the other side.

The door of the far-left room opened, and a person came out, quickly running to the stairway, then went upstairs.

On the third floor, after venting with a kick, Hu Shan quickly calmed down. He wouldn’t have come this far if he were someone easily swayed by emotions.

He turned and entered the room, went to the adjacent bedroom, and opened a hidden compartment on the wall, revealing a large safe inside.

Hu Shan swiftly opened the safe. The bottom layer contained some files, several bags, a few USB drives, two handguns, and two flashlights, while the upper layers were filled with cash, all in US dollars.

He grabbed a black bag from the safe and began to fill it with items.

Shortly after, there was a knock on the door.

"Master?"

It was Ruan Changheng, Hu Shan’s only confidant; if they were to flee, Hu Shan would certainly take him along.

Hu Shan got up to open the door, then turned around to go back to the bedroom.

"Come help."

"Master, what’s going on?"

With a grave expression, Ruan Changheng walked over to Hu Shan’s side. He had just received a call from Hu Shan telling him to come up immediately, without any explanation. Upon arrival, he found Hu Shan packing as if ready to flee.

"Something’s gone wrong, the police are on their way."

As he spoke, Hu Shan handed a bag to Ruan Changheng, signaling him to fill it with money.

Startled, Ruan Changheng asked, "How could this happen?"

A murderous aura surfaced between Hu Shan’s brows as he backhandedly slapped Ruan Changheng across the face.

"Quit the bullshit and pack!"

With Ruan Changheng’s skills, he could have easily dodged the slap, but he dared not. Nor did he dare to ask any further; he could feel the explosive volcano that Hu Shan had become at his side.

So Ruan Changheng picked up the bag and began to stash money into it.

The money and bags were clearly prepared in advance, exactly four bags that fit all of the money from the safe.

"Let’s go!"

Hu Shan threw a handgun and a flashlight to Ruan Changheng, then took two full bags and walked out; Ruan Changheng followed with the other two bags.

On the second floor, Wu Li kept his gaze fixed on the direction of the stairs, hearing a series of urgent footsteps.

Soon, a figure appeared in the corridor ahead. It was Hu Shan, followed by a man wearing an eye mask.

Both were carrying what looked like heavy black bags and hurriedly went downstairs.

Wu Li held up his phone the whole time and managed to capture the side of their faces.

"Who is that?"

"I don’t know, they were too quick."

"Seems like Hu Shan."

"Hu Shan? He looks like he’s about to flee; did he get a tip-off?"

"Wow, I feel like there’s more to this than meets the eye."

...

Not just the netizens, but Wu Li felt in over his head—the police had only just deployed, and here was Hu Shan, racing down the stairs with his possessions, clearly tipped off.

Wu Li silently congratulated himself for having the wit to start a livestream; otherwise, he might have ended up empty-handed, his risks taken in vain.

Carefully, Wu Li left his room and came to the railing, looking down.

Hu Shan and Ruan Changheng arrived at the ground floor factory area, heading straight across with flashlights in hand illuminating the way.

The ground floor across also housed many rooms. Hu Shan and Ruan Changheng approached one, opened the door, went inside, and closed it behind them.

Wu Li waited on the upper floor for a moment and noticed that the faint light coming from that room had disappeared.

"Are they planning to flee?"

"Definitely fleeing, look at those bags—they must be filled with cash."

"When will the police arrive?"

"So frustrating; are they going to let them get away?"

...

While the netizens were still discussing, Wu Li took action. With a flip, he jumped down from the second floor, landing firmly, then ran towards the room that Hu Shan and Ruan Changheng had disappeared into.

Arriving outside the door, Wu Li listened for any noise inside. Finding it silent, he turned the doorknob—it wasn’t locked.

He opened the door and went inside, turning on his phone’s light, quickly scanning the room. It appeared to be a storage room for records, with several metal racks full of folders covered in dust, clearly untouched for a long time.

The room wasn’t large, and Wu Li soon finished a lap without finding any exit; Hu Shan and Ruan Changheng had vanished into thin air.

Thinking for a moment, Wu Li began to push the metal racks filled with documents, and sure enough, one of them in the middle wouldn’t budge.

His eyes gleamed, and with a hard shove, after changing directions several times, he finally pushed the metal rack aside, revealing a dark passageway below.

Shining his phone down, Wu Li saw water below and could hear the sound of flowing water.

It was a sewer.

Indeed, Hu Shan had received an early warning and had prepared an escape route, now ready to flee with his accomplice.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Wu Li leaped down into the darkness.

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