The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1279: Chapter 491: Kill Bill

This sudden and fierce tremor made Zhou Wang truly feel the entire building shake. Many dishes and wine glasses fell off the tables during the vibrations, and several decorative vases in the corners of the banquet hall also toppled over, with the sound of shattering continuously ringing in the ears.

Although the commotion quickly subsided, the entire banquet hall was already in chaos. People like Guo Wangshan, who were accustomed to turbulent situations, managed to remain calm, but many ordinary people were in a state of panic.

”What was that sound?”

”Was it an earthquake just now, or something else...”

Gao Xing emerged from somewhere and stood by Zhou Wang’s side. After Zhou Wang steadied himself, he held the slightly frightened Lin Ran, frowning as he looked at Gao Xing.

Gao Xing shook his head slightly, then pressed his earpiece to lowly inquire of Xiao Wang.

”There’s been an explosion in the stairwell, causing a collapse. Xiao Wang is investigating the cause.”

Quickly, Gao Xing reported briefly.

”Collapse in the stairwell? Combine that with the elevator malfunction...”

Zhou Wang froze for a moment, then his expression immediately turned serious.

Having experienced this before, Zhou Wang was now sensitive to such matters, no longer assuming these incidents were distant from him. Instantly, he thought of a very bad scenario.

Gao Xing clearly thought of it too, but he didn’t act rashly. He merely stood silently, which alone reassured Zhou Wang greatly.

This indicated that, at least visibly, Gao Xing hadn’t discovered any immediate threats.

At this moment, some disturbance occurred near the entrance, with guests loudly shouting something, seeming to cause some chaos, and more people surged towards the door, only to quickly retreat.

”Brother Dog, the elevator can’t be used, and the hallway is on fire. Some people are trying to leave but find it’s impossible...”

Old Ruan, having just returned from the restroom, hurried over, shouting aloud.

Old Ruan’s voice drew more people’s attention; some hurried to check the situation, others pulled out their phones intending to call the police, but some directly gathered around Zhou Wang.

Apart from Xu Wenqian, Jiang Qingkui, and others by his side, figures like Guo Wangshan, Nie Xiaoyun, Qiu Zeyu’s mother Mrs. Lin—these important individuals—all walked over with solemn expressions. Xia Xiwei also came over with her sister Yan Baiqiu, and amidst the celebrities, Mr. Ren and Shen Teng also drew close.

With the insight and experience of this group, even if they couldn’t yet grasp the situation, they more or less sensed something was amiss.

”My driver is still downstairs; he says everything is normal down there, except all elevators are out of service...”

As soon as Guo Wangshan found Zhou Wang, he spoke directly.

”Isn’t that abnormal?”

Nie Xiaoyun furrowed her brows and said, ”For no reason, how could the elevators malfunction? And that sound earlier—it sounded very much like an explosion... This is an office building; there’s no gas or chemical raw materials here, so how could there be an explosion accident?”

When Nie Xiaoyun mentioned ”chemical raw materials,” she paused, evidently recalling some distant memories, glancing subtly at Zhou Wang from the corner of her eye.

”There shouldn’t be chemical raw materials, but the explosion happened downstairs, where the kitchen for this banquet is located. There might be some fuel there but not much, and the explosion happened in the hallway, where there should be nothing...”

Zhou Wang explained briefly. Hearing this information, everyone’s expressions grew even more grave.

This all seemed to strongly indicate that the explosion accident in the stairwell between the 55th and 56th floors was not accidental.

”In normal office buildings, besides regular hallways, there would typically be one or two emergency staircases, maybe...”

Jiang Qingkui glanced at Lin Ran, who was still clinging to Zhou Wang’s arm. As Lin Ran reluctantly let go of Zhou Wang, she simultaneously spoke.

Yet before Jiang Qingkui’s voice could finish, several muffled ”boom” sounds echoed again, causing the entire floor to shake violently once more.

Amidst the cries of alarm and chaos, Ding Yi, supporting Nie Xiaoyun, exhaled, ”Alright, it looks like there’s no need to think anymore...”

”Call the police immediately!”

Guo Wangshan turned to instruct his assistant, ”Directly contact Director Li...”

”It’s Xiao Wang!”

Xu Wenqian, shrinking beside Zhou Wang, raised her head to see someone running over, quickly reminding Zhou Wang in a low voice.

Zhou Wang also saw Xiao Wang coming from the entrance, but before Xiao Wang could reach him, Zhou Wang’s phone suddenly rang.

Ring ring ring!

Against the chaotic backdrop, a phone ringing ordinarily wouldn’t be so urgent, but at this moment it sounded inexplicably pressing. Zhou Wang took out his phone for a look, with surprise flashing briefly in his eyes, he then pressed the answer key.

”Mr. Zhou, it’s me, Lin Feng...”

”Captain Lin, hello, is there something you need?”

Calling Zhou Wang was Tyrant Security’s elite captain Lin Feng, who had formerly dealt with Zhou Wang at the BSK Magic City Store. Back then, he had arranged for Xiao Wang and others to stay and protect Zhou Wang.

Later, Zhou Wang had entrusted him to investigate some matters, including the whereabouts of the missing Gao Xuelan.

”Mr. Zhou, the thing you asked me to investigate... the downfall of the Guo family... it’s clear... please be very careful... I’ve already... I’m coming...”

Lin Feng’s tone sounded urgent, but his words were intermittent, mixed with considerable noise, making it difficult for Zhou Wang to understand what he was saying.

”What are you saying? Your connection is bad... did you find out the truth about the Guo family’s downfall?”

Zhou Wang pursued with several questions, but Lin Feng’s tone remained unclear. Just as he was about to say more, the call already turned into a ”busy tone.”