Stuck in a Chinese novel

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It was currently nighttime in the Shannau City. Even the city infested with crime and disorder met the stillness of night at one point. The stillness of night enveloped the Shannau city in a serene and profound calm.

Even the criminals were nowhere to be seen. The shopping districts were closed, and even the nighttime activities were quiet at 3 am at night or in the morning. The air was cool and crisp, carrying a faint whisper of the day\'s lingering warmth.

Even the people challenged by destiny found a hole to sleep in under the starry sky. The stars glimmered in the vast, dark sky, undisturbed by the bustle of daytime activities.

But even on this dark night, there were a few creatures of the night that broke the deep, almost tangible silence of the night. Some occasional rustle of leaves helped those creatures disturbing the stillness of night.

In this quiet and desolate city, time seemed to slow down due to the silence, and the city felt hushed and reflective, inviting a sense of peace even to the city that was literally known for its crimes. The night, brought peace to the city that even the people of the world themselves couldn\'t.

However, one person in this deep night had other plans. He planned to disturb the night more than those harmless creatures of the night could. The person, who planned to set the city on fire, let it see the destruction never seen before.

"Are you sure about this, boss?" Li Wei asked as she parked the car on the sidewalk. In their view, they could see the Quan family villa, a place that held bad memories for her. She wanted nothing more than to burn it to the ground and she knew Wei Jun could do it. However, he had no reason to.

She didn\'t want him to get hurt while doing this. And with what he had planned, the matter wouldn\'t just be limited to the Quan family. Wei Jun would be making the entire Shannau city his enemy.

Wei Jun smiled and said, "Sure as I can be." In the end, to him, Li Wei\'s revenge was just an excuse. His blood boiled, to destroy and conquer. It was in his blood and he was just using this city to vent his addiction.

He waited. It wasn\'t time yet. The explosives were set to go off at exactly 4:00. There was still some time left before that. Before that, he needed his newly appointed subordinate, a potential subordinate, to carry out her part.

Wei Jun knew that by now, almost all of the warehouse owners must have been alerted of the situation and heading over there. The Quan family was no exception but no one of their family would be heading out today. The reason was the girl in a ponytail with a cat mask, walking slowly toward Wei Jun\'s car.

She was carrying a few bags in her hands of dark blue color, dragging them along with her. Whatever was in those bags, might not have been in good condition after the drag across the side path.

She didn\'t stop in front of the car but headed to the back. Opening the back compartment, she placed the bags in the back of the car on top of each other. After that, she came to the front and entered the back seat of the car.

"Everyone?" Wei Jun asked the cat girl who took off her mask and revealed herself to be Hui Ying.

"There were four cultivators. All at the Qi gathering realm and dealing with them was easy thanks to the elixirs you provided. All the sons of Nie Quan are dead, and Nie Quan is in the back." Hui Ying kept her report short and to the point.

Wei Jun nodded and took out his phone. The hotel he had stayed in had something that met his requirements. A helipad. The caller ID of the person Wei Jun was contacting was none other than Lin Ruan who wasn\'t happy being called at that time of the night.

"Do you know what time it is?" She asked. Wei Jun didn\'t reply to that but instead said, "Tell them to get ready now."

Wei Jun\'s watch read the time to be 3:30 at the moment. The prepared helicopters were fueled and ready to take off. All Wei Jun needed was a little more time. Something, Li Wei needed to see herself.

Although Wei Jun had decided to leave Shannau city for now, for his future return, he made sure to leave as many holes in the city as he could. And while those holes were being created, Wei Jun would be in the air, traveling to Yuan Yin City.

"Haaa… I will tell them to be ready." Lin Ruan sighed and hung up the phone. The agreed time of departure was 4:15. It took about seven minutes to get to the hotel after the detonation, and Wei Jun would have exactly eight minutes to board and get out of the city\'s radius before the authorities of the city picked him up.

4:18 am. That was the time when Wei Jun needed to be out of the city. Still, he was confident he would make it out of the city by then. Even if he didn\'t, he was sure nothing would happen to him.

All that was left to do now, was wait. They waited and waited while the clock inched closer to 4:00 am slowly, minute by minute. When it was 3:59, Wei Jun spoke, "Keep your eyes peeled. That moment won\'t come again."

Li Wei turned to look at the villa of the Quan family. The place that had a lot of bad memories for her, some good ones but the bad ones were too much, she just wanted to see that damn building down on the ground, while everyone in it just burned.

And then, the inevitable time came. The clock struck four.

Boooommmm!!!

In that calm and still night, the sudden eruption of who knew how many explosions shattered the peaceful silence of the night with ferocious intensity. The once serene and beautiful starry sky was now lit up with bursts of fiery light, transforming the darkness into a beautiful but destructive display of reds, oranges, and yellows.

The ground trembled, shaking the car in which the party was, Wei Jun slowly closed his eyes and reveled in the trembles of the earth, feeling the destructiveness inside of them.

The people who were peacefully sleeping in their homes were taken by surprise. Some were taken by shock while for some, it sounded like the judgment day had arrived. The deafening booms and sharp cracks echoed through the air, overwhelming their senses.

The peace and calm were replaced by a disastrous cacophony of sound and light, creating a scene that was in stark contrast to the usual quiet of the night. The air was filled with the smell of smoke and burning, while the tranquility of the night was devastated by the relentless barrage of explosions.

And finally, the building before them collapsed. The people inside it didn\'t even know what their sin was, or for which of their sins were they being punished. They simply burned due to the ambition of someone. The revenge of someone didn\'t matter. It was just a side effect of the ambitious person who quietly watched everything burn.

The entire scene ended in two minutes. The clock struck 4:03 when Wei Jun said, "Time to leave." Since Li Wei was transferred to the passenger seat upon arriving, Wei Jun began their quiet drive to the hotel. Of course, under the loud panic of the people on the streets that delayed their journey by a few minutes. It was around 4:13 that they arrived at the parking lot.

Wei Jun left the SUV, picked up the sacks with the help of Hui Ying, and placed them in the lift that was set to go to the roof of the hotel.

When the lift closed, another explosion occurred in the parking lot, blowing the SUV beyond recognition, and removing all evidence and traces of anyone being in the car.

Wei Jun turned to look at Li Wei who was quiet all the way over there. She hadn\'t said a word and she was staying quiet even now too. At exactly 4:15, they arrived at the roof where two helicopters were ready to take off.

The rotor blades of the helicopters were swinging at full speed and Wei Jun simply needed to get in one of them for them to take off. The bodyguards were already aboard. Li Wei, Hui Ying, and the sacks were the last to go.

Wei Jun was the last person to board and when he did, the door to the roof burst open, and a man in his mid-thirties appeared from it. The helicopters had already taken off and created a visible distance between them and the building when the man ran in their direction and jumped at them.

His jump and the power he emitted through that jump left the hard concrete of the helipad unrecognizable. From the look of it, he would succeed in catching up to the helicopter in the back, the one in which Wei Jun was.

Wei Jun calmly kept his eyes on the man as he inched all the more closer.

"BOSS!" Li Wei yelled at which, Wei Jun opened the helicopter door on the side and effortlessly picked up one of the sacks. He didn\'t know which one was Nie Quan in but that didn\'t matter right now. He threw the sack at the incoming man which hit him squarely in the face, halting his jump.

The man went down along with the sack. Wei Jun kept his eyes on the man, but with the distance between them, Wei Jun couldn\'t confirm his state. What he could confirm was that the man stood up even after that fall. Wei Jun smiled and closed the door. They had safely made it out of the city. The events in the city were now unrelated to them.