I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 238 - 165: New Instance: Bomb Disposal Expert

Great job on defusing it, the bomb didn't explode. Wearing that thing is just cumbersome.

Did it poorly, the bomb exploded, wearing it still leads to death, so why bother wearing it? After all, in the game, if you die you can just try again.

With this in mind, Li Xiang picked up the small toolbox and the car keys nearby, then turned around and walked out the door.

He headed straight to the parking lot and pressed the car key.

Biubiu~

A car flashed its hazard lights.

"Wow, they even replicated my car, system, you're impressive."

The car in front of him was exactly like the one Li Xiang owned, even down to the license plate numbers, except the prefix was changed to integrate the local plate name.

After getting into the car, Li Xiang took out his phone, navigated to Wanhua Square, and drove straight there.

Upon arriving at Wanhua Square, the area was already surrounded by crowds that had been evacuated, tightly packed, with some scattered pedestrians frantically running out of the square, fearing the bomb might explode and they become the protagonist in a blast scene.

The police cars on site formed a line, keeping the crowd at a safe distance.

Li Xiang, carrying a small toolbox and showing his work ID, squeezed through the crowd while shouting, "Make way, I'm the bomb disposal expert."

He blushed a bit while saying this, but the next second he felt at ease; after dying a few times and learning the bomb disposal skill, he could indeed call himself an expert.

Just as he squeezed in, someone familiar approached him, "Li Xiang, you're finally here. The bomb squad is ready. This is a timed bomb set to go off in ten minutes. Because of its peculiar placement, the bomb squad can't safely remove it with a robot. If it explodes, this building, which cost two billion to construct, will have to be demolished, causing huge losses. We had no choice but to wait for you."

Li Xiang followed him into the square, clearly he was there to fetch him.

"Where's your bomb suit?"

The person looked around and, seeing Li Xiang only carrying a small toolbox, immediately asked.

"Didn't bring it."

"Forgot it? Wear mine then, there's no time to go back for it."

He said as he started to pull him to get a bomb suit.

"No need, it's easier this way."

Li Xiang didn't follow him to get it; he purposely didn't bring it, as wearing that thing is heavy and tiring, serving no real purpose.

"It's really you, Li Xiang, the confidence of a bomb disposal expert is just soaring."

The person assumed Li Xiang's refusal to wear the bomb suit was due to his confidence in his own skills and admired him greatly.

Who else in the bomb disposal field has such composure, if not Li Xiang?

Little did he know, Li Xiang's confidence wasn't in himself but in the system, knowing that even if he was blown up, he could restart the game.

"Make way, Li Xiang is here."

Here, Li Xiang's name represented authority, as if there was no bomb he couldn't defuse.

The bomb squad members, in their heavy bomb suits, watched as the lightly equipped Li Xiang made his way, creating a stark contrast.

"You guys retreat to a safe area."

Li Xiang approached the explosive area and said to the bomb squad. To me, if I die, I can respawn, but for them, death in this world is permanent.

Will they still be themselves when the scenario resets next time?

"Brother Li, I'm not leaving. I'm staying with you. I have faith in you."

Suddenly, one of the bomb squad members took off his helmet and approached, flattering him, "I'll learn some real skills from you first, Brother Li."

He was apparently misled by Li Xiang's action of not wearing a bomb suit, assuming he had absolute confidence in himself, and thus he took off his helmet too.

Being able to follow beside a bomb disposal expert and participate in an actual disposal task is an invaluable learning opportunity and experience.

Li Xiang was somewhat speechless at this situation, knowing only he himself was aware that he had no real skills.

"Are you sure you don't want to leave? Don't blame me later for not warning you if it blows up."

Later, when they both die, don't say I didn't warn you.

"Brother Li, you're joking. You won't let it explode. Even if it does, with me accompanying you, it's less lonely on the road."

"Alright, for your words, we'll be brothers on the road. What's your name?"

"I'm Zhang Xiaolong, you can just call me Xiaolong."

Xiaolong thought his words moved Li Xiang, the bomb disposal expert, and was instantly excited when the expert wanted to be brothers with him, completely overlooking the meaning behind Li Xiang's phrase about not being lonely on the way.

Li Xiang followed Xiaolong to the location of the timed bomb. It was installed in a building's mezzanine, in a special location; if it exploded, the whole building would collapse. The bomb's structure looked extremely refined, with all the lines arranged neatly, clearly not the kind of rough, homemade bomb but a professionally crafted timed bomb.

At the very center of the bomb, there was a small electronic screen, with a countdown rapidly ticking away.

There were only 8 minutes left before the explosion.

"The sooner you die, the sooner you reincarnate."

Li Xiang hesitated no longer, opened his toolbox directly, and took out a pair of needle-nose pliers.

However, Xiaolong, standing beside him, suddenly had a bad premonition.

But he quickly dismissed his negative thought, secretly reminding himself: Li Xiang is a renowned bomb disposal expert, and I'm lucky to learn by his side. This must be his catchphrase; geniuses always have some quirks.

After Li Xiang took out the needle-nose pliers, he saw that next to the display were over a dozen red and blue wires connected to a circuit board. Without any bomb disposal knowledge, he solely relied on what he learned from movies.

Movies always say to cut the red wire, but there are four or five here, which one to cut?

Forget it, come what may. If I die, so be it.

Li Xiang randomly placed the needle-nose pliers on one of the red wires, shut his eyes, and snipped it.

The world instantly went silent; it seemed as if time itself stopped for a moment.

Li Xiang had prepared himself for a restart and death, but in the next second, he was awakened by Xiaolong's voice: "Amazing, an expert is truly an expert. A timed bomb that everyone was helpless against, and you defused it in a second, that's incredible! Can you teach me?"

No explosion?

I disarmed the timed bomb?

Did I get incredibly lucky? Randomly snip a wire and succeeded?

The countdown on the electronic screen had stopped, indicating that he had indeed succeeded.

"Basic operation, learn by watching."

With the bomb defused, Zhang Xiaolong was even more excited than Li Xiang, carefully removing the detonator before dismantling the main explosive.

Handing it to the bomb squad who arrived to detonate it in a vacant area.

"You guys missed it. Brother Li just glanced at the timed bomb and knew its type, casually said 'the sooner you die, the sooner you reincarnate,' then took out pliers, without any hesitation found the key wire among a mess, incredible. If I had one-tenth of his skill, I'd be satisfied."

Zhang Xiaolong became Li Xiang's hardcore fan, promoting the bomb-disposal moment.

He painted it as if Li Xiang was omnipotent. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Meanwhile, Li Xiang, enjoying the hero treatment from the side, was a bit puzzled: "Since when did I get this lucky? Should I go buy a lottery ticket? Speaking of which, if I win five million in the lottery, will the organization investigate me?"

Thanks to Li Xiang defusing the first bomb, after resting for a while, he was quickly called to the 110 Joint Command Center.

Currently facing the criminal's threats, top leaders gathered at the command center to engage directly with these criminals.

Li Xiang, being a crucial asset in this engagement, naturally needed to be by the leaders' side, ready for orders at any time.

Just as he reached the command center, the leaders hadn't greeted him yet, and the emergency call rang.

Hearing the phone ring, the leaders clearly became tense, not daring to delay, and hurried to answer it.