Inside the factory building, Liu Peng, the leader of this group of terrorists, leisurely walked to Lei Ting's side and casually glanced at him twice.
At this moment, Lei Ting's heart rose to his throat, fearing that the other party would discover that he had untied the hemp ropes one by one.
However, the other party just took a couple of glances at Lei Ting and then turned his head away, walking off as if nothing had happened.
Just as Lei Ting let out a sigh of relief, a foot kicked towards him from the right side out of nowhere. It landed directly on Lei Ting's right cheek, knocking him onto Qi Cheng, who was pretending to be unconscious. The impact made Qi Cheng's whole body smash hard against the large iron lump behind him.
"Yo, you actually managed to untie it. Although I don't know what method you used, it doesn't matter now," Liu Peng said with a cruel smile on his face. He bent down and picked up the hemp rope from the ground. The broken end of the rope was clearly charred black, which was the very rope that had been binding Lei Ting's wrists and was later severed by his electricity.
Throwing the hemp rope in front of Lei Ting, he then turned his gaze to the hole at the back side, which he had specifically assigned someone to guard:
"Hey, were you planning to escape through that hole? If it were some unprofessional kidnappers, you might have actually succeeded. I have to say, this plan is flawless, except that it's full of loopholes! Should I say it's no wonder you're a citizen of this damn country? Hahaha!"
After saying that, he kicked Lei Ting aside again, grabbed Qi Cheng, and slapped him hard:
"Hey! Stop pretending! Don't think we don't know! You woke up as soon as you were brought here! You've been pretending to be unconscious all this time! Tell me! Is your friend's plan full of flaws? Is it?!"
As he spoke, he slapped Qi Cheng three more times, swelling both sides of his face. But even so, the latter remained silent and kept his eyes tightly closed.
This made Liu Peng feel strange. Then he noticed some blood dripping from the back of the young man's head in his hand.
He threw Qi Cheng face down onto the cement floor and saw that the back of Qi Cheng's head had been broken open at some point, and blood was slowly oozing out.
"Really passed out? What a letdown," Liu Peng kicked him again, feeling bored. Then he turned around and gave Lei Ting an even harder kick, sending him flying further away.
"Ah!" The excruciating pain from his thigh made Lei Ting unable to hold back any longer.
It wasn't over yet. The other party stepped forward again, stepped on Lei Ting's injured thigh, and ground it hard. Then he announced:
"Maybe I should just chop you up. Anyway, I don't expect those guys outside to meet my conditions in such a short time. And you're so unruly. It's just right to chop you up and throw you in front of them as a warning to others. What do you think, huh?"
After saying that, he laughed arrogantly and shouted towards the outside:
"Hey! Snipers! It's time to shoot! If you don't shoot now, he's going to die! Oh, right, even if you shoot, he's still going to die, and so is the other one! Hahaha!"
Naturally, everyone outside the factory building heard these words. Especially the snipers, their veins bulged with anger, and they couldn't wait to shoot and blow the heads off those bastards inside. But since the order hadn't been given yet, they couldn't act rashly no matter what.
On the cement floor, Lei Ting was fully mobilizing the electricity in his body. He had been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for the other party to touch him directly. And now, that opportunity had come!
"I'll electrocute you to death!" Lei Ting roared in his heart and fully activated his ability.
Outside, the man surnamed Lin suddenly looked up at the sky and started counting down:
"Ten, nine..."
Inside the factory building, Lei Ting tried his best to activate his ability, but nothing happened. Not even a single spark of electricity appeared. Seeing this, Lei Ting was terrified. He tried to discharge electricity a second and a third time, but both attempts failed.
"Eight, seven, six..."
"Hey, what's wrong with you, kid?" Liu Peng, who was still stepping on Lei Ting, looked at the latter's expression, which had changed four times in just three seconds, from a bit of resentful mockery to confusion, anxiety, and fear. For a moment, he didn't know how to react.
"Five, four, three..."
"Forget it. Anyway, you're going to die. Who cares?" He thought for a moment and said this. Then he took out an old-fashioned pistol from his waist, flipped off the safety, and aimed it at Lei Ting's head.
"Two..."
His index finger on the trigger began to exert force.
"One!"
Liu Peng's finger suddenly froze. An incredibly dazzling silver light descended from the sky and landed precisely on Lei Ting and himself.
This bolt of lightning, which could be described as "thick", appeared in an instant and disappeared in an instant. But the dazzling silver light it brought, which seemed to illuminate the entire mountain forest, would be forever engraved in the minds of everyone present.
The moment the lightning disappeared, the snipers positioned at key points and the commando team that had been preparing outside the tin wall of the factory building received the attack order simultaneously.
"Bang bang bang bang!" Several yellow bullets were fired from several directions, accurately piercing through the heads of the bandits. Not a single shot missed, and red and white "fireworks" exploded in every corner of the factory building.
The commando team rushed into the factory building from all directions. The already fragile tin wall couldn't offer any resistance at all and was immediately broken open with a big hole when someone crashed into it.
As soon as the commando team entered the factory building, they opened fire frantically on the bandits who were still standing there. In less than two seconds, they turned the remaining bandits, who were already few in number, into a sieve, with blood and flesh scattered all over the ground.
As for why those professionally trained bandits remained motionless where they were when the commando team rushed in, as soldiers of the "Paranormal Mobile Response Battalion", they naturally knew the reason.
It was simply the work of the superpowered person outside.
After eliminating all the enemies and firing additional shots to make sure, the soldiers walked towards the two hostages, Lei Ting and Qi Cheng.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.
Without any warning, another bolt of lightning precisely passed through the hole created by the previous lightning strike and entered the factory building, striking Lei Ting!
Oh, and also Liu Peng, who had been stepping on him before and was now lying on him, already turned into a charred corpse.
The two of them had been struck by lightning twice within just twenty seconds! It was like being struck by lightning twice!
Fortunately, the power of the second bolt of lightning was obviously not as terrifying as the first one and couldn't be described as "thick". But even so, the already strong smell of charred flesh in the air became even stronger.
"He's actually still alive..." Outside the factory building, the man surnamed Lin muttered in surprise:
"It's probably that hostage named Lei Ting who absorbed most of the power of that lightning bolt, right? It's likely. After all, this is his 'opportunity'. But that guy is really lucky. Even though Lei Ting absorbed most of the power, the remaining bit should have been enough to kill him... But it's just as well. Keeping him alive means we can interrogate him."