Of course, Zhou Xuan didn't reveal the real reason. His only worry was that once inside, the three murderers would probably be within a 50-meter radius. But if they weren't together and their distance exceeded the range of his icy aura, that would be troublesome. Each of them had a gun in their hand. Although he could convert and devour everything into molecules, he had never tested firing bullets before. Bullets were that fast; it seemed impossible. This was something Zhou Xuan wasn't sure about.
Thinking about this, Zhou Xuan wondered if he should really find an opportunity to try it out after this incident, to see if his ice energy could deal with the fired bullets, and whether the ice energy could transform and devour them at high speeds. But at least for now, Zhou Xuan didn't dare to try, and he had no confidence whatsoever.
Wei Haihe nodded and said seriously to Zhou Xuan, "I don't have time to verify whether your plan will work right now. I only want to emphasize one thing: you must ensure the safety of the hostages!"
Although Wei Haihe had met Zhou Xuan once, it was when his grandfather was seriously ill and he was with his three brothers, Wei Haifeng and Wei Haifeng, at the military hospital. So much time had passed that Wei Haihe could no longer remember Zhou Xuan's appearance. If his name hadn't been mentioned, he wouldn't have known him, let alone now. He thought Zhou Xuan was also a special police officer under Fu Yuanshan.
After a hurried preparation, the communications staff notified the three people outside the building to enter after the murderer on the third floor. Zhou Xuan, Li Chengzhi, and Fei Lin were then taken to the third floor by elevator.
At this point, the police began evacuating everyone from the building except those on the third floor. The large building was deserted and eerily quiet, which in itself created a particularly tense atmosphere.
In the elevator, Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin were very nervous, which was evident from their expressions. However, they felt strange about Zhou Xuan, this unfamiliar young man. First, they had never seen him before, and second, Zhou Xuan's expression was indifferent, showing no sign of nervousness or worry at all, which surprised Lee Sung-sik.
Because Fu Yuanshan had instructed them that all their actions were subject to Zhou Xuan's orders, Li Chengzhi felt a mixture of bewilderment and jealousy towards Zhou Xuan. It was an inexplicable feeling, but at this crucial moment, he had no time to think about it further.
Zhou Xuan reached out and pressed the button for number three. The elevator doors slowly closed and then rose. Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin became increasingly nervous. Fei Lin, being a girl, still felt a little shaky as she gripped the upright canvas stretcher frame.
Mother Xuan had already gathered all her ice energy and smiled slightly at Feline, saying, "Don't be nervous, don't worry, everything will be alright!"
After the elevator stopped on the third floor, the doors opened and Zhou Xuan stepped out first, followed by Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin, who were carrying stretchers.
Without hesitation, Zhou Xuan unleashed his icy energy. Since he didn't know the location of the thugs, he could only spread the icy energy out in a 360-degree arc. In this way, the icy energy could only reach a maximum distance of 50 meters.
As soon as the icy aura was released, Zhou Xuan immediately detected that more than 20 female jewelry store saleswomen were squatting on the ground in a panic more than 30 meters to his right. Three meters in front of these saleswomen, there was a masked thug holding a pistol. The other two thugs were not within the range of the icy aura.
Zhou Xuan couldn't pinpoint the location of the other two thugs, so he didn't dare to move. Since they weren't within the range of the icy aura, he wasn't confident he could subdue them.
Standing at the elevator exit, Zhou Xuan shouted, "The three of us got off the elevator and came over!"
Zhou Xuan gave the order, and then a man's voice boomed from the right side of the sales hall: "To the right, walk slowly with your hands above your head!"
Zhou Xuan raised his hands above his head and said, "I am the police representative negotiating with you. Behind me are a male and a female medical worker. Come and carry the injured person. The medical worker is carrying a stretcher!"
As Zhou Xuan spoke, he walked over, followed slowly by Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin carrying the canvas stretcher. Since Zhou Xuan had spoken in front, the two of them had to be careful because they were carrying the stretcher and didn't have their hands raised above their heads.
Zhou Shi walked more than ten meters to the right, when suddenly the ice energy detected an armed robber more than forty meters to the right front, near the window on the pedestrian staircase. This robber was not in the main hall of the store, but in a separate area.
There were no windows in the lobby, so the thugs needed to find a place with a window to figure out what was going on outside. The only place with windows was on the staircase, with a small window about two feet wide on each floor.
Because the distance between the pedestrian staircase and where Zhou Xuan was standing was about forty meters, even though there was a wall in between, Zhou Xuan still managed to measure it. At this moment, Zhou Xuan obtained the location of the third thug!
This thug was the one strapped with explosives. He was about 40 meters to the left and front of Zhou Xuan's direction, where there was a circular glass counter. The thug was holding a pistol and threatening three middle-aged men, who were probably the store manager or someone in management.
Ten meters in front of Zhou Xuan were more than twenty female saleswomen, and the armed robber in front of them was pointing his gun at Zhou Xuan and his two companions.
Zhou Xuan led the way, followed by Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin carrying the canvas stretcher. They slowly walked to within five meters of the female saleswomen who were squatting on the ground. The thug shouted, "Stop! Put the stretcher down and put your hands above your heads!" Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin put the stretcher down and then stood side by side with Zhou Xuan, raising their hands.
Zhou Xuan had already located the positions of the three thugs, but he wasn't confident he could disarm them within that range. The two thugs on the left and the one on the stairs were more than 45 meters away. Although he could detect them, he couldn't guarantee he could neutralize them.
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Volume 1, Chapter 268: The Fake Negotiator
Zhou Xuan, unsure of the risks, dared not act rashly. He first focused on freezing a line of ice, secretly dealing with the thug carrying the explosives. This thug was the most dangerous, and any mishap would pose the greatest threat.
The robber in front of him brandished his pistol and shouted, "You three, take off your coats, turn around, and hurry up!"
Zhou Shi said to Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin, "Take it off!" After saying that, he took off his coat first, and when he turned around, he pulled up his trouser legs to expose his calves. This made the thug quite satisfied.
Then Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin also took off their outer garments, stood in place and turned around once, and it was basically clear that they were not carrying any weapons.
The thug whistled to the right, and the other robber, who was strapped with explosives, came out of the store. When they were a few meters away, Zhou Xuan took the opportunity to secretly use his ice energy to convert and absorb the fuse, explosives, and bullet in the pistol. In that instant, the thug became a person who was strapped with toy explosives and holding a toy pistol!
Once Zhou Xuan had solved this biggest problem, he immediately turned the icy energy back and transformed it to devour the ammunition in the gun of the thug in front of him. Then he moved the icy energy to the stairs and transformed the ammunition in the gun of the last thug.
In this way, the three thugs became paper tigers. They looked fierce on the surface, but their weapons were completely useless!
Since this was the first time Zhou Xuan had encountered something like this in China, he didn't dare to be careless. So, instead of using his ice energy to simultaneously convert and devour the opponent's weapons as usual, he focused on dealing with them one by one. This way, he completely converted and devoured the bullets in the guns of the three thugs.
Moreover, Zhou Xuan did not convert or absorb the bullets. From the surface, these weapons looked the same as before, without any change. It was impossible to tell from the outside. This was exactly the result Zhou Xuan wanted. If he had changed the appearance of these things, it would have attracted the attention of the police afterward. But by only converting the gunpowder inside the bullets, it was impossible to tell from the outside. Zhou Xuan paid special attention to the explosives on the other criminal's body. He converted the fuses and electronic ignition wires. To be safe, Zhou Xuan converted and absorbed all the explosives. At this point, even if you burned them or used other explosives to detonate them, these explosives would not be able to detonate and would become completely useless.
Lee Sung-sik saw a girl lying about four or five meters to his right, wearing a sales clerk's uniform, covered in blood, with a lot of blood on the ground, and she was making faint groans. He immediately said, "Let's give her some first aid."
The thug didn't object. He pointed his gun at Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin, watching them open the first-aid kits and take out the medicines inside.
Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin are criminal police officers, and they have all learned basic first aid knowledge. They performed the first aid procedures quite well, and the criminal did not notice anything unusual.
Zhou Dong felt much more at ease at this point. The major problem was over, and there was no rush to have Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin take action. Besides, the injured saleswoman was seriously injured and had lost too much blood, so her condition was critical.
While Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin were bandaging the female shop assistant, Zhou Xuan used his icy energy to transform and absorb the bullet inside her body, and then healed her injuries to some extent. Healing injuries consumed a lot of his icy energy, and Zhou Xuan still had to deal with several thugs, so he only healed the female shop assistant's injuries to the point that they were no longer in danger of death before stopping.
After Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin finished bandaging the female shop assistant's wounds, they said calmly, "Are you done? You can start now!"
The thug in front didn't think much of what Zhou Xuan said. He assumed Zhou Xuan was telling the two men to carry the stretcher and take the injured shop assistant out, and then it would be their turn to negotiate with Zhou Xuan. Li Chengzhi and Fei Lin were both taken aback!
This guy did nothing, just stood there in a daze for a while, and then told the two of them to make a move, to point at the dark muzzle of the thug's gun. Make a move? Make a move? Making a move is suicide!
Zhou Xuan understood their thoughts and didn't blame them. If it weren't for his ice-energy ability, no one would have made a move under these circumstances. Anyone who did would be a fool or a pig!
Smiling, Zhou Xuan looked around and spotted a fire extinguisher near a pillar on his left. Without thinking, he walked over and picked it up. The thug was visibly stunned, then brandished his pistol and shouted, "What are you doing? What do you want?" Zhou Xuan, holding the fire extinguisher, laughed and said, "What do you think? I'll fight you to the death, what else can I do?"
The thug paused for a moment, then chuckled, thinking to himself, "Is this guy crazy? Is he really a negotiation expert sent by the police? Are experts that stupid?"
Zhou Xuan ignored the assailant's pistol and charged straight at him.
Lee Sung-sik and Fei Lin were stunned. Was this person crazy?
Without further hesitation, the thug fired a few shots with his pistol. It was just a few soft tapping sounds, and almost everyone present could hear the firing pin in the pistol making a tapping sound. But strangely, no bullets came out of the muzzle!