The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 578 - 542: Citywide Pursuit

A loud noise shattered the silence of the Capital City in the dead of night.

Qiao Yuxian, who had gone to bed early, was startled awake by the sound.

Gu Yanjing held her close, woke up immediately, patted her head, covered her eyes with his hand, and turned on the bedside lamp.

Qiao Yuxian pulled his hand down, sat up, looked out the window and said, "What’s going on? This noise... did something explode?"

Gu Yanjing sat up with her, but before he could speak, Qiao Yuxian’s phone suddenly rang.

Qiao Yuxian immediately looked at her phone.

An unknown number.

So late...

She quickly answered the call.

The voice on the other end was Chen Xi’s, and it was noisy over there, with small explosions heard. She spoke quickly, her voice trembling, trying her best to make her words clear: "Qiao Yuxian, it’s Chen Xi. The explosion is at the unfinished building in the southern suburbs. There’s a pharmaceutical lab underground. Gu Yao is about to find me and take me away. You can track this phone, I’ll try to keep it with me. But it might be discovered. You’ll need to verify the location yourself."

After saying this, Chen Xi hung up.

As soon as Qiao Yuxian heard the explosion location, she got out of bed and went to the dressing room.

Gu Yanjing followed her closely, almost acting at the same time.

The two quickly changed clothes and headed out.

After hanging up, Qiao Yuxian repeated Chen Xi’s words.

Gu Yanjing was calling someone, asking those nearby to go over first.

Qiao Yuxian also called for people in the Nine Emperor Hall group.

Anyone in the Capital City, anyone close, should go first.

Liu Zhou and Yuan Wei were still on D Continent.

Yu Heng was in the Capital City, but a bit far away.

Qin Xia was at the nearest hospital to all of them.

So when the explosion happened, Qin Xia received the message before knowing where it was.

She stood up to find her clothes.

Chu Zhengran was calling to ask where the incident occurred, watching her hurry to the wardrobe. His gaze followed her, "What’s going on?"

"The unfinished building in the southern suburbs," Qin Xia said, flipping sportswear, back to Chu Zhengran, taking off her pajamas directly.

Chu Zhengran’s pupils suddenly shrank, his mind went blank.

Qin Xia put on underwear, quickly donned sportswear, casually tied up her hair, then grabbed a gun from the wardrobe, tucked it behind as she headed out.

During the time Chu Zhengran was injured, she feared someone might harm him, so the gun had always been kept in the wardrobe, never taken out.

Heading out, Qin Xia said, "I’m going to handle something. Give me a car key."

"I’ll go with you." Chu Zhengran got up, but hesitated.

Qin Xia looked at him.

Chu Zhengran frowned slightly, walked to the bedside table, handed her a car key: "I’ll have someone go with you."

"No need." Qin Xia took the car key, squeezed his fingers, "Too many people would be burdensome. Gu Yanjing’s side already sent someone, I’m just going to check it out."

Chu Zhengran didn’t argue further. His condition would surely be a hindrance: "Stay safe."

"Don’t worry."

Qin Xia squeezed his fingers and directly left the ward.

Although Qin Xia didn’t take anyone with her.

Chu Zhengran wasn’t reassured and still sent people over.

The explosion was so loud that most people in the Capital City were awake, paying attention to the event.

The first to arrive at the explosion site were firefighters.

The area was intended for development but was abandoned halfway. Surrounding weeds.

The underground pharmaceutical factory exploded, breaking through the surface, and the fire spread.

Firefighters urgently fought the flames, handling dangerous chemicals.

Fortunately, there were no residents nearby.

When the Gu Family and Qin Xia arrived, the fire was being controlled.

But aside from firefighters, there were no suspicious people.

Especially Gu Yao and Chen Xi’s figures.

Apparently, they fled before the firefighters arrived.

Qin Xia immediately reported this to Qiao Yuxian.

Qiao Yuxian’s tracking stopped two kilometers from the explosion site.

Chen Xi’s phone was quickly discovered.

Qiao Yuxian told Qin Xia where the phone was located.

Qin Xia quickly deduced their possible escape route based on the phone’s location.

Took the Gu Family and Chu Family to pursue.

Meanwhile, Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian pursued a route, using the phone location as a point to obscure their escape route, chasing from another direction.

Gu Yanjing also contacted people to set roadblocks at key points in the Capital City, intercepting vehicles.

In over an hour.

The roadblocks intercepted six cars, expending a lot of manpower.

But none of these cars were the ones they were looking for.

Gu Yanjing drove, Qiao Yuxian sat in the passenger seat, laptop on her lap, continuously trying to find them.

Attempting to locate them through the phone Chen Xi provided.

Lin Huai Shu was also looking with his team.

Lu Mengyi and Lu Muyao were splitting up, leading people to search.

Yu Heng also brought people to search.

They were all connected through calls.

"Soon we’ll have turned the Capital City upside down," Lin Huai Shu said, "Are they hiding?"

"Very likely," Yu Heng replied, "Those six cars at the roadblocks were misleading us, creating trouble, diverting our attention, covering Gu Yao’s escape."

"What’s the chance they secretly left?" Qin Xia asked.

"Small, but possible," Lu Mengyi said, "After all, Gu Yao is someone who can disappear without a trace. He might sneak through a checkpoint unnoticed."

"What do we do now?" Lu Muyao said, "If he can sneak through and isn’t spotted, we’d have no clue where he went. If he hasn’t left, hiding in such a huge city... how do we find him? We can’t search every house."

"Is Gu Yao really that skilled?" Lin Huai Shu said, "Is there someone or some force helping him that we don’t know or haven’t noticed? It makes us seem incompetent."

"Jin City." Qiao Yuxian suddenly interrupted them, "They’re on the highway to Jin City."

Gu Yanjing immediately turned the car toward the highway entrance.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, then Lu Mengyi said, "Are you sure?"

"Positive," Qiao Yuxian confirmed.

Everyone drove their cars toward the highway entrance from different directions.

"Is he going to find Gu Linhai?" Lu Muyao said.

"The nearest port to the Capital City is in Jin City," Gu Yanjing, who had been silent, said.

"He wants to escape overseas by sea!" Lin Huai Shu exclaimed.

Gu Yanjing contacted people in Jin City to be on guard at the port.

Qiao Yuxian watched the moving red dot on the computer screen.

Based on the discarded phone’s information, she researched a lot, analyzed vast data at rapid speed, eventually finding a tiny clue.

This tiny clue finally led to Gu Yao.

There was luck involved.

Chen Xi picked up a phone from somewhere and called her, which also had a slight connection to Gu Yao...