At two-thirty in the morning, in a certain area of Southern Philadelphia. The dark night scenery now sparkled with a bright orange hue as a building was being consumed by raging flames, rapidly raising the temperature that was once somewhat cold. Calls to Chenier went unanswered; Luo An’s brows furrowed tightly as he immediately stood up and moved quickly towards the direction while pressing the communicator to change the channel and asked: "Reesi, how are things on your end?" Reesi answered quickly: "The enemy seems fierce, their first wave of attack was intense, but after we repelled them once, their subsequent attacks were lackluster." Luo An nodded, it seemed his previous guess was correct; Reesi’s position was indeed surrounded by assassins, a feint by the organization, with Chenier’s location being their real breakout route. As he approached the burning building, the temperature continued to climb, Luo An switched the channel and commanded: "Winslow, Reesi, lead the SWAT team members to attack and apprehend the killers with all your might, move towards Chenier’s location!" Both replied in unison, and Luo An, leading his team of SWAT members, reached the location of the burning building. The building had six floors, and from the first to the fourth floor, there was thick smoke and flames everywhere. Several injured SWAT team members lay on the ground outside the building; Chenier was not among them. Luo An quickly brought people over to provide aid and asked: One SWAT member with a face covered in soot and minor injuries coughed a few times and replied: "That group of assassins lit the building’s natural gas." "Damn it!" For more chapters visıt novel(ꜰ)ire.net The SWAT members led by Luo An’s expressions changed as they cursed together, Luo An didn’t say much, took a deep breath, and to the astonishment of the SWAT members around him, he dashed towards the building’s entrance. "Group Leader Luo An?!" "Wait! Group Leader Luo An! I’m coming too!" Several SWAT team members yelled in shock, and two teammates also quickly followed, rushing into the fire. Using the "emotional perception" in his mind, Luo An pinpointedly located three conscious SWAT members and Chenier inside the building. Pointing out the injured SWAT members’ positions to two teammates using wet cloth fragments to cover their noses and mouths, Luo An took out [Swift Potion][Detox Potion] and [Aqualung Potion] and drank them. At this moment, the fire scene was filled with harmful substances such as carbon monoxide, cyanides, and nitrogen oxides; the [Aqualung Potion] allowed a person to go without breathing for a while, and the [Detox Potion] was just in case. Inside the room next to the stairwell on the second floor, smoke filled the air as Chenier and a SWAT member clutched wet cloth fragments over their mouths and noses. They tried to escape, but their legs were injured in the explosion, rendering them immobile. With the flames rising, more and more carbon monoxide filled the room, and Chenier became increasingly dizzy and nauseated. She understood this was a sign of carbon monoxide poisoning; her heart chilled as if falling into an ice cellar. She wanted to struggle but had no strength, and finally, her arm fell, the cloth covering her mouth and nose slowly dropped beside the SWAT member who had lost consciousness earlier than she did. Kicking open the collapsing door, Luo An leaped over the flames and into the room, grabbing Chenier in one arm and then picking up the SWAT member next to her, he turned quickly to evacuate towards the outside of the room. Right after Luo An ran out of the room, a loud noise erupted behind him. The ruins above the door collapsed, completely blocking off the room and the dust stirred up smeared Luo An’s face. "Cough cough cough..." Luo An, caught off guard and having inhaled a mouthful of dust, immediately started coughing uncontrollably, but suppressed the discomfort and continued to lead people towards the outside of the building. Outside the building, people were urgently treating two SWAT officers who had just dashed out from the fire scene, along with their teammate whom they had rescued. During the rescue, everyone’s faces were tense, their gazes fixed intently on the entrance of the building, with sweat breaking out on their foreheads, and their breaths involuntarily slowed down significantly. Suddenly, the flames at the entrance trembled violently, and a dark figure burst out from the fire, with the unconscious Chenier in his arms and a SWAT officer hoisted over his shoulder – it was Luo An. "Quick, put out the fire!" "Rescue them! Quick, rescue them!" Everyone outside the building, both shocked and excited, cried out in unison. A few people hurried forward to take over the bodies from Luo An, while others used clothes to rapidly beat out the flames on his body. After handing over Chenier and the SWAT officer, Luo An quickly stripped off his clothes that had caught fire. Apart from a small burn on his shoulder, he was largely unharmed. Feeling a bit fatigued, Luo An plonked down on the ground. As the SWAT officers busily treated the four including Chenier, their looks towards Luo An were filled with barely concealed admiration and reverence. Rushing into a fire to rescue people requires immense courage, and successfully evacuating them is almost like running a circle around death itself. Remembering the scene of running out from the fire while holding people, the SWAT officers were incredibly shaken. "Group Leader Luo An, here’s your water." A SWAT officer walked up to Luo An and handed him a bottle of unopened mineral water found nearby. Luo An casually took it and after expressing his thanks, took a small sip before asking: "Have you found out which direction those assassins broke through?" The SWAT officer nodded and replied solemnly: "When Group Leader Luo An was rescuing people just now, our team at the eastern side was attacked. It was those assassins; they stole several vehicles from passersby and began moving southeast." Luo An nodded, took a few deep breaths and stood up. Another SWAT officer suddenly came over, handing him an item while speaking seriously: "Group Leader Luo An, this is what Agent Chenier was clutching tightly while unconscious. She briefly woke up earlier and handed it over to us, but did not mention where she got it from." Taking the item passed by the SWAT officer, Luo An looked at the brand-new 7.62 x 51 mm NATO standard round for the M40 sniper rifle and a smile curled on his lips: "No worries, I recognize it." Luo An’s smile was sunny, his tone gentle, but the two SWAT officers’ throats bobbed, feeling a chill rush over them. Wiping the dust off his face, Luo An changed into a clean set of bulletproof vest and other equipment. After putting away the M40 sniper rifle round, he commanded: "Stay put for now, wait to rendezvous with Agent Winslow, Agent Reesi, and the others. After joining together, proceed southeast in unison to surround and arrest that group of assassins." The SWAT officer on the left seemed startled: "Group Leader Luo An, what about you?" With a "click" as he chambered a round in his handgun, Luo An’s mouth widened into a grin: "I will chase and intercept those assassins to buy you time." At this moment, those assassins had already fled a considerable distance. Leading the SWAT officers in pursuit would be too slow, and the distance between them would only grow larger. Moreover, the SWAT officers’ approach to action is more suited for direct confrontations with gangsters, drug valets, and serial killers. Assassins, with their agile minds and endless attack methods, often act as lone wolves with a variety of escape tactics, making the SWAT officers seem somewhat rigid when facing them. As for his own safety, Luo An was not worried. He wasn’t sure if he could defeat a group of assassins, but if he simply wanted to escape, the assassins definitely couldn’t stop him. With the plans simply laid out, Luo An watched as Chenier and the others were taken away by the ambulance, took a deep breath, then started the SUV and drove off into the distance. Meanwhile, on the highways of the Southern Delaware River, Philadelphia, several cars were engaged in a high-speed chase.