Rescuing the Villainous Boss with a Little Dirty Master

Tonight, a light is still on in one of the offices in the military headquarters building.

In his office, Xie Yimian frowned as he looked at the documents covering the screen. He moved the images on the screen, piecing together the details, his fingertips pausing on the night Ji Liang was arrested by the operations department. Since that night, everything concerning Ji Liang had been completely sealed off, including his residence, which had been constantly guarded. Min Xinghe's several attempts to inquire about the situation had been thwarted.

Xie Yimian had a gut feeling that something was wrong. Not only Ji Liang, but Min Xinghe was also acting strangely. Xie Yimian had been working by his side for a long time, and the current Min Xinghe was too impatient, eager to suppress Ji Liang and eager to consolidate the entire military.

"What's the rush?"

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"Mr. Min has been inquiring about your recent situation from time to time lately."

In the monitoring room of the operations base, Lan sat opposite Ji Liang, arms crossed, leaning back comfortably in her chair.

Ji Liang's eyelids drooped, his gaze fixed on a corner of the table, giving Lan no reaction. But even in the monitoring room, he still stood up straight, maintaining the posture of a soldier.

"General Ji, the Operations Department will be going to destroy the research institute in two days." Seeing that he was still unwilling to speak, Lan stood up and threw out a sentence, then turned to leave. Just as the door closed again, a cold voice entered Ji Liang's ears, "I only told Emperor Sangge about this."

The monitoring room returned to silence. After a long while, Ji Liang stood up and walked to the small window of the monitoring room. He watched the moonlight streaming through the window, raised his hand to catch it, and stared at his palm in a daze.

The sun of Sakanan has finally set.

Two days later, in the early morning, the aircraft that had been hovering over the research institute for several days gradually revealed itself, surrounding the entire building. Information transmitted by thermal sensors and infrared detectors gave Lan a clear understanding of the building's situation. Due to the continuous signal interference over the past few days, Ji Yan's group of robots were still safe, but they were being held in a centralized custody and were currently in the observation room on the second basement floor.

"Jingxin, we can begin."

Upon hearing Lan's voice, Liang Jingxin turned the jammer frequency to its maximum, and the originally brightly lit research institute was suddenly shrouded in darkness.

The head of security turned on his personal terminal to notify the institute, but found that the signal couldn't be connected. Sensing something was wrong, he quickly sent people to check the equipment room and another team to search the area around the institute.

Liang Jingxin and Qin Yaoming each led twenty men to lie in wait outside. The institute's guards were subdued one by one as soon as they approached the gate.

Qin Yaoming hurriedly led his men into the research institute. The darkness might be a distraction for others, but it was their best cover. Following the map given to them by Jiang Heng, the group descended to the second basement level, where they were met with a blinding white light.

The group instinctively squinted, their sense of danger prompting Qin Yaoming to immediately shout, "Retreat!" The instant they retreated down the stairs, artillery fire concentrated in their direction, causing the ground and walls to tremble. Had the research institute not been made of special materials, the firepower would have collapsed the entire building.

"The boss was right, that damn empire."

Qin Yaoming, with his back against the wall, felt the tremor behind him. His eyes were fierce. He made a gesture to both sides, sending ten people back to prevent them from being blocked on the stairs.

Listening intently to the sounds in the corridor, they knew the enemy's reload time was almost up when the noise subsided. A series of subtle clicking sounds followed, and the next second, firepower dozens of times stronger than theirs retaliated.

Screams erupted down the corridor; the situation changed in an instant. Under heavy firepower, no one could withstand a single round.

The entire research institute shook, and Liang Jingxin and the others, who had just entered the institute through the ventilation ducts, covered their ears.

"Damn, Qin Yaoming is this fierce right from the start?"

Knowing the situation was spiraling out of control, Liang Jingxin sent Jiang Ying with a small team to investigate. The rest of the team split into two groups and headed towards the observation room.

Inside the aircraft above the research institute, Lan looked at the messages coming from the personal terminal, his brows furrowing. He ordered his men to keep a close watch on the rooftop exit, waiting for any fish that slipped through the net.

The researchers in the lounge and laboratory were startled by the commotion. In their panic, some tried to escape and met the eyes of the guards at the door who were wearing night vision goggles.

"The director wants everyone to stay inside."

The man looked at the gun barrel pointed at him, his throat tightened, and he stepped back.

As soon as the door closed again, the guard tightened his grip on his gun, his eyes darting nervously left and right, fearing a sudden attack. In the instant he turned his head, a tranquilizer dart flew towards him, plunging deep into his neck. A muffled groan escaped his lips, and the man collapsed to the ground.

After the guards on this floor were dealt with, Jiang Ying took out a megaphone and announced, "Everyone in the rest room, come out. This floor will be blown up in five minutes."

The specially designed loudspeaker had extremely strong penetrating power, and everyone in the lounge heard what was said. They rushed out in a hurry, and when they saw the light at the end of the corridor, they ran towards it. Some of them even tripped over the guards lying on the ground, staggered a couple of steps, but moved even faster.

Jiang Ying turned on the thermal sensor on her night vision goggles and scanned the people running down the corridor one by one. Once she made sure everyone on this floor had come out, she quickly directed them to head to the first floor.

After the rest area was completely checked, Jiang Ying sent a message to Liang Jingxin and Lan.

"We didn't find Li Tianming and the others in the lounge."

"Go around to the second basement level to support Qin Yaoming."

Upon seeing the latest instructions and looking at the dot on the map belonging to Qin Yaoming, Jiang Ying found the shortest route and planned a surprise attack.

On the second basement level, under heavy firepower, Qin Yaoming and his group were locked in a stalemate with the guards surrounding them. The closer they got to the observation room, the more difficult it became to advance. Both sides were now concealed in an empty laboratory, their heavy breathing rising and falling in unison.

These guards died one after another, and another kept appearing; no one knew exactly how many people were lying in ambush on this floor. Just then, Qin Yaoming received a message from Jiang Ying on his personal terminal. He grinned maliciously and quickly typed several directions into the terminal as a reply.

He retracted his personal terminal and launched another attack to draw the enemy's attention. Five minutes later, a huge explosion came from ahead, accompanied by panicked screams. Qin Yaoming immediately led his men to rush forward and, together with Jiang Ying's men, subdued the guards lying in ambush.

Looking at the huge hole blasted into the wall, Qin Yaoming sighed again, thankful that the research institute was made of special materials.

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The sound of an explosion came from the video, startling Ji Liang so much that his eyes widened suddenly. Seeing that the explosion was orchestrated by the Operations Department, his anxiety gradually subsided. Wen Lin stood to the side, observing his entire reaction.

"General Ji, I wonder if Captain Lan told you that the Operations Department's operation today was classified." She raised her chin and tapped the split-screen display on the screen, her tone sarcastic. "Look how well prepared the research institute is. If Captain Lan hadn't laid in advance, they probably would have suffered heavy casualties as soon as they broke into the institute."

"What do you mean?"

Ji Liang suddenly turned to look at Wen Lin, his brows furrowed tightly.

"The walls of the second basement level of the research institute are densely packed with bombs; these guards are just bait."

Mentioning this, Wen Lin's gaze grew even colder. If it weren't for their boss's precautions that rendered the bombs useless, their operations department would probably have been disbanded tonight. It was also thanks to Jiang Heng's new material developed from the fragments of the Shadow Beast that their aircraft were able to remain hidden near the research institute.

Upon hearing that the research institute had planted a bomb beforehand, Ji Liang's breath caught in his throat for a moment. Recalling Lan's last words to him, he slumped back in his chair, his spirit seemingly drained away in an instant.

"I will tell you everything I know."

Wen Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief; the other person was finally willing to talk. If it were someone else with a problem here, she would have already given them an injection, and then they wouldn't have had time to explain themselves.