48 Hours a Day

Chapter 1020: You Will Know Soon

Zhang Heng’s words caused the staff to grit her teeth in anger.

But she had to admit that what Zhang Heng said was the truth. The special operations team’s only goal tonight was to bring the package back to the first floor. To achieve this goal, they were even willing to sacrifice their lives. This was indeed a very noble idea.

However, she did not expect that this belief would one day be turned into a weapon against her. Zhang Heng made it clear that he had no intention to bring her back to the first floor. He also told her that she would die here tonight. Hence, he asked her to hand over the package.

What frustrated her even more, was that she found that she had no reason to refuse Zhang Heng’s offer. After holding back a long time, she finally asked, “After I pass the package to you, are you sure you can get past the federal police’s blockade?”

“This problem doesn’t concern you,” Zhang Heng replied casually.

She was rendered speechless, but she had no intention to give up. “Promise me that you will deliver the goods to Mr. G.”

By this time, she had softened up. And Zhang Heng felt that she was begging him.

He, however, shook his head. “I won’t guarantee anything. Okay, time’s almost up. Give me the package.”

At this time, the flames had already spread to the rooftops. The thick smoke that came with the fire almost surrounded the entire Four Continents Hotel. This greatly frustrated the last special operations team member. After all, they had paid a huge price and sacrificed countless allies to get to where they were now. They were only one step away from completing the task, but in the end, everything that they had done was in vain. She was also unhappy that Zhang Heng was the one to reap what they sowed. To her, he was someone selfish and without belief. Logically speaking, she had to hand over the package to Zhang Heng. However, she still had not made any move.

And Zhang Heng seemed to have figured out what she was thinking. He then raised her eyebrows and said unceremoniously, “Do you really think you guys lasted until now because of those so-called lofty ideals? Without me, every single one of you would’ve been wiped out at the station.”

After hearing what Zhang Heng said, she lost all her strength like a deflated balloon. This was perhaps the thing that bothered her. They had been working hard from the beginning to the end, and they were not afraid of death. But, unfortunately, their effort did not help much in this matter. As Zhang Heng said, the entire emergency response team was killed by him singlehandedly. The special operations team could not do anything about them.

They outnumbered the five members of the emergency response team at the station, yet still failed to defeat them. Eventually, they were being forced to flee into the hotel. If Zhang Heng had not arrived in time, Shengtang Morgan Group might have taken possession of the package.

The last special operations team member did not say a word about it. Instead, she climbed up the water tower, grabbed a finger-sized metal rod from the top, and placed it in Zhang Heng’s hand.

This surprised Zhang Heng a little.”This is it?”

“It seems you know what’s in the package. The memory encoder’s core is only this big. However, its internal structure is quite sophisticated. As of now, there is only one company capable of producing it. You will need to use it with a piece of certain equipment. Fortunately, the equipment is not that hard to manufacture.”

“It seems you guys have spent a long time preparing for this.”

Zhang Heng accepted the finger-sized metal rod and put it in his backpack without inspecting it.

He was not worried that she would give him a fake. As Zhang Heng said, the fire had spread to the rooftop, and it was the end of the journey for her. If she did not hand over the memory encoder to Zhang Heng, it would most probably be destroyed in this fire.

For those determined to change New Shanghai 0297, the entire plan would fall apart if the memory encoder turned to ashes. Unfortunately, this was a price they could not afford to pay.

After handing over the memory encoder to Zhang Heng, she seemed relieved. She knew that she had done everything she could tonight, and as for whether Zhang Heng would give the memory encoder to Mr. G or what deals he would strike with him, those things were no longer under her control.

After she came to her senses, the pressure on her shoulders was lifted. She looked at Zhang Heng again. “You have got what you want. How do you plan to leave this hotel?”

“You will know soon.”

Zhang Heng then took out a gas mask he acquired from the emergency response team from his backpack. He then tossed it to the special operations team member and said calmly, “I told you that I wouldn’t bring you with me, but you and your people have helped me preserve the memory encoder until now. The emergency response team did not even get to lay their fingers on it. Consider this gas mask as a gift from me to you. However, the fire is now out of control. Even if you have this gas mask with you, your chances of surviving are no more than 20%. So, I wish you good luck.”

After Zhang Heng finished, he took off his oxygen mask.

And the special operations team member saw a scene she would never forget. She witnessed a pair of black wings suddenly stretching out from Zhang Heng’s back.

When she first saw it, the special operations team member thought that the poisonous smoke caused her to hallucinate. But the next moment, she realized that the pair of wings did exist, and they were made of shadows. They looked as if they’d been created by some very realistic projection technology. However, when she wanted to take a closer look, Zhang Heng had moved the pair of black wings behind him. After that, he jumped off the roof and flew into the thick smoke.

She did not expect Zhang Heng, who seemed extremely sensible, would make such a suicidal move. And she was shocked to her core, especially when she thought that the memory encoder was still with him.

So, she rushed to the side of the rooftop with the risk of inhaling the poisonous smoke. She then looked down. However, the entire Four Continents Hotel was now surrounded by thick smoke and she couldn’t see a single thing. After sticking out her head for a few seconds, she started coughing violently. In the end, she had to step back, pick up the gas mask on the ground, and put it on.

On the other side, Zhang Heng had already flown a great distance in the thick smoke. In order to avoid being spotted by the federal police downstairs, he deliberately flew higher. Protected by an oxygen mask made with the Infinite Building Block, he also had the Filter Lens that allowed him to navigate accurately in the thick smoke.

Finally, Zhang Heng left Hour Continents Hotel secretly without anyone knowing. Twelve seconds later, the Shadow Wings on Zhang Heng’s back disappeared, causing him to land on the roof of the office building next door.