CHAPTER 786: CHAPTER 791 CHASING LIN GUODONG

No good, I need to find a straight road.

Ling Chen thought to himself. They were currently located on the outer ring of East Sea City, where the roads were twisty and numerous. Although he was driving, being on a winding road was too time-consuming. In contrast, Ji Gang was sprinting straight, making it easy for him to catch up.

After driving a few more kilometers, Ling Chen checked the road ahead and frowned. There was a traffic jam!

He had to get through the intersection ahead to enter the highway. Once on the straight road, even with Ji Gang’s impressive skills, he wouldn’t be able to catch up. But the highway entrance was blocked, and it looked like it might take over ten minutes to clear. Staying put meant Ji Gang would catch up eventually.

With that thought, Ling Chen swiftly backed the taxi out to avoid getting trapped by the cars behind.

As soon as the taxi squeezed out of the congested traffic, Ling Chen saw Ji Gang’s figure appearing not far away.

Ling Chen shifted gears and stepped on the accelerator; the taxi shot forward, leaving Ji Gang far behind. But after driving not much further, another bend appeared.

Damn!

Ling Chen cursed silently. This wouldn’t work; he had to figure out a way to shake off Ji Gang.

Just then, his cell phone rang. It was Hu Fei calling, probably to ask about the progress on Ling Chen’s end.

As soon as the call connected, Hu Fei’s voice came through: "Hey! Ling Chen, have you caught Lin Guodong?"

"We caught him, but that old bastard Ji Gang showed up."

"What?" Hu Fei asked in surprise. "What are you going to do?"

"How would I know what to do? Stop asking so many questions, I’ll figure out how to shake off Ji Gang." Hanging up the phone, Ling Chen looked back at the road ahead searching for routes.

However, just at that moment, someone suddenly jumped down from a bridge overhead—it was Ji Gang.

At this moment, Ji Gang landed just five meters away from the taxi, and Ling Chen hardly had time to react. Before the taxi could stop, Ji Gang leapt forward directly onto the taxi’s roof.

Seeing this, Ling Chen remarked inwardly that this was bad news, and immediately drove the taxi at full speed. Then, turning at the intersection ahead, Ling Chen stepped on the accelerator, using his heel on the brake to make the taxi drift perfectly around the corner.

With the inertia from the body drift, Ling Chen tried to shake Ji Gang off the roof.

But his plan was too naive. A master of the Heavenly List wasn’t so easy to deal with.

No matter how Ling Chen tried to control the swaying of the car, Ji Gang remained untroubled atop, clinging to the roof as if glued there.

Bang!

Suddenly, a loud noise reached Ling Chen’s ears. He looked up only to see a fist punching through the roof, heading straight for his head.

In that split second, Ling Chen quickly tilted his head to the side, narrowly avoiding Ji Gang’s fist.

With the punch missing, Ji Gang stretched out both hands and forcibly pried open the taxi’s metal roof. Seeing Ji Gang’s grim old face appearing through the crack overhead, Ling Chen became frantic.

If he let Ji Gang get inside from the top, he was done for.

"Ling Chen, I advise you to stop the car and quit your futile resistance."

Hearing Lin Guodong’s voice coming from the back seat, Ling Chen furrowed his brows, rapidly contemplating his next move.

At this moment, the taxi reached a downhill section of the road, where there were few vehicles ahead and the road was very spacious.

Ling Chen glanced twice and immediately had an idea. He put the car in neutral and let the taxi coast down the slope. Then, he unbuckled his seatbelt, crawled from the driver’s seat to the back seat, and flung the rear door open.

Seeing Ling Chen’s actions, Lin Guodong had an ominous premonition and urgently shouted, "Ling Chen, what are you doing?"

Ling Chen didn’t say a word and couldn’t be bothered with Lin Guodong, he simply pushed his upper body out of the car door.

"Lin, consider yourself lucky this time, I won’t let you off next time." After saying that, Ling Chen kicked Lin Guodong off the speeding taxi.

Propelled by inertia, Lin Guodong who was kicked off the car rolled continuously on the ground, tumbling over ten meters before coming to a stop, quietly lying there with scratches all over his body and face, bloodied.

"Old Man Ji, I’ve returned your man to you, hurry up and get lost!" Ling Chen shouted towards the roof of the car.

Ji Gang huffed coldly, showing no intention of leaving, continuing to pry the car’s roof metal.

"Old Man Ji, if you don’t leave now, Lin is going to die."

"I can kill you just as well."

Bang! Bang!

Just as Ji Gang finished speaking, a series of collision noises came from behind the taxi.

Turning their heads, they saw several sedans and vans had rear-ended each other, causing a chain of collisions. Vehicles behind couldn’t avoid in time and crashed into each other.

Probably because the vehicles ahead swerved to avoid Lin Guodong lying on the ground, changing lanes, while the vehicles behind had their view blocked, so they didn’t see Lin Guodong in time. By the time they reacted, it was too late; they had to slam on their emergency brakes, leading to the pile-up.

As more and more vehicles crashed together, the stopped vehicles in front were slowly pushed forward by the impact from behind, their tires about to roll over Lin Guodong’s head.

Seeing this, Ji Gang didn’t dare delay any longer, he quickly jumped down from the roof, rushed to where Lin Guodong was, and rescued him from under the tires.

Seizing this opportunity, Ling Chen had already fled far away driving the taxi.

Since a driver had died, Ling Chen worried that getting investigated would be too troublesome, so he parked the taxi outside a nearby police station and quietly slipped away.

Before leaving, he noted down the taxi driver’s identity information, planning to have Hu Fei give some compensation to the driver’s family later. After all, the driver had died because of him, and it was only right and reasonable for him to take responsibility.

Back at the research base.

Hearing that Ling Chen had returned, Hu Fei and Qiu Yong and others hurried over, wanting to witness Lin Guodong’s true face.

Seeing Ling Chen enter alone, empty-handed, Hu Fei couldn’t help asking, "Where’s that bastard Lin, didn’t you capture him?"

Ling Chen shook his head, his face showing helplessness as he said, "Don’t mention it, that old scoundrel Ji Gang rescued him."

"It’s okay." Qiu Yong patted Ling Chen on the shoulder, comforting him, "It’s great that you managed to escape safely from Ji Gang’s hands."

"Ah, it’s a pity, missing this opportunity, I don’t know when we’ll encounter him again." Hu Fei sighed.

"Fatty, don’t worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Saying this, Ling Chen took out a cell phone from his pocket and tossed it to Hu Fei.