Quick Transmigration: The Villain Saving System

The issue right now was how to locate the room where the hostages were while avoiding the terrorists. Yin Mei was very upset that the air vent traveling didn't work, as this would have been such a good opportunity to do it.

Hmm, normally in movies, what would they do in this situation aside from traversing the air vents?

Set off the fire alarm? Turn off the power?

The first one seemed plausible, though the second one was too hard for her - after all, she'd have to find the power box to do it. Plus, usually the building would have some sort of emergency power source in a case like this.

Yin Mei also looked outside. It was also still light outside, so it probably wouldn't help at all if she turned off the power anyways. Though it certainly would have made for a cool in the dark fight scene!

No, my dreams may perhaps still be accomplishable!

Thinking this, Yin Mei unzipped her pocket and whipped out her phone, furiously texting her mother.

On the other side, though He Lanying's mother was unsure why her daughter would ask her something like that, and thinking of what in world sort of dangerous thing she wanted to do, she in the end couldn't deny the request of her daughter that was currently stuck in a building and hiding from terrorists.

She immediately went to her husband, who felt it was a terrible idea, but when faced with the pleas of his wife and his daughter on both sides, he ended up going to the police commissioner. The police commissioner also felt it was a terrible idea, but when faced with the pressure of the He family, he could only order the chief at the scene to do it.

The chief at the scene, like the previous two, felt this was an exceedingly terrible idea, but with the pressure of the police commissioner, he could only order their resident hacker to hack into the building's systems and bring down the power, as well as the automated blinds.

That was right. The Rong company had automated blinds in many of their rooms, so Yin Mei had the genius idea of having someone hack the system and bring down the blinds and the power! Like this, wouldn't it be possible to achieve her cool in the dark fight scene?

"Alright, we'll do it on the count of three," Yin Mei said, as she glanced at the manual fire alarm pull station in the hallway through the door window. She was currently on call with the hacker and chief of police at the scene, who were outside the building.

She set her hand on the door handle, pushing it down slightly. A couple of terrorists jogged by, and Yin Mei opened the door, running out. "Three, two..." She skid to a stop before the fire alarm. "One!" A moment later, the lights all shut off, and a split second after that, a dim light lit up the halls again - the emergency power.

She hung up, stuffing her phone back into her pocket as she grabbed the handle of the pull station, pulling it down. Moments later, a sharp alarm sounded, and Yin Mei winced, covering her ears. It's so loud! So f*cking loud!!

Meanwhile, in the room where Yao Heyan and them were being held hostage.

Rong Sheng leaned in closer to Yao Heyan, his voice lowered as he said, "Don't you think that there're less of them now?"

Yao Heyan hadn't been paying attention as he had instead been trying to control himself from going on a rampage and then looking for He Lanying, but now that Rong Sheng mentioned it, he glanced around. Before, there had been at least over ten guards who had been watching over the group, but now there were only five.

"..." Rong Sheng had on a pensive look as he considered a course of action. He debated if they could take down all five men fast enough without there resulting in any casualties.

"Can you handle the two on the left? I'll take out the three on the right," Rong Sheng said, and Yao Heyan paused, just about to nod when one of the guards noticed the two talking.

"Hey! No talking!" He said, walking closer with an annoyed look on his face.

It was at this moment that the blinds came down, and he whipped his head around, looking at them in confusion.

"What's happening?"

"Who activated the blinds!?"

The shouts of the terrorists went around, but they didn't get an answer when the lights suddenly shut off.

There was no time to communicate, they had to take the opportunity before them.

Yao Heyan immediately tackled the guard that had been walking up to them, and there was a shout of surprise as the flash and sound of his machine gun went off, firing toward the ceiling.

Rong Sheng had memorized the location of the guards, and quickly ran, probably stepping over some people in the progress as they let out sharp yelps of pain. He jumped and roundhouse kicked a standing silhouette, bringing down the man and grabbing his machine gun.

At this time, the emergency power came on, and dim lights lit up the room. He took the opportunity to aim the gun, firing it into the legs of the next closest guard.

The rest of the group was in a panic, shouting as they scrambled about for cover. The other guard dropped to the ground, and Rong Sheng clicked his tongue, throwing away the machine gun and making his way toward him.

Yao Heyan had used the butt of the gun to knock the man he was on top of unconscious, before standing and looking around for his other target. The man was crouching, aiming his gun at Rong Sheng. Yao Heyan took a knife off of the man under him, throwing it with uncanny accuracy to hit the person in the hand. He dropped the gun, grasping his hand as Yao Heyan ran over, keeping his body low.

He slid, his legs hitting the other man's as he was struggling to get up, knocking him off balance. He fell forward, and Yao Heyan helped him, grabbing his head as he partially got up, slamming it into the floor just enough to knock him unconscious.

It all only took a few moments. The fire alarm already started ringing by now, and Yao Heyan stood up. Rong Sheng had already finished on his side, also standing, a new machine gun in hand.

"Rong Sheng!" Wen Hua called out from where she was crouching in a group of people, her eyes teary.

Rong Sheng nodded to her, but went up to Yao Heyan. "You go ahead and go look for Lanying. I'll stay here and evacuate everyone."

Yao Heyan nodded, his eyes grateful but his expression terse.

He had seen what He Lanying could do, but he was still worried. He didn't want her to fight, get hurt, or experience anything dangerous. Before it was just delinquents, but who knows how she would fare against a group of terrorists chasing her around with guns? And he had even sworn to himself that he would take care of anything that could possibly hurt her or anger her...

He quickly rushed out, going to look for Yin Mei.

On the other hand, Yin Mei was currently going through a movie scene checklist.

Throwing a knife - check and failed. Dammit! She should've known that it wouldn't be that easy to accurately throw an unweighted knife...

Smashing someone in the head with a vase or wine bottle - check. It didn't work since the guy was wearing a helmet. That was probably a thoughtless move. She also destroyed one of the probably very expensive vases that had been decorating the company hallway.

Sliding past a hallway while shooting a gun - check and failed. It was harder to slide on her knees than she thought. She stopped in the middle and was almost hit by gunfire! That had been a close one.

Yin Mei lamented that she would never be able to pull off a movie worthy scene today! She was devastated.

Just as she was feeling sad about life, and thinking about whether or not she should just give up already, she ran into Yao Heyan.

"Lanying!" His former panicked expression was replaced with relief, and he immediately ran over and scooped Yin Mei into his arms, hugging her tightly.

Yin Mei had no idea what was happening, her face turning a bright red. "What, what is it?" She then realized something. "Ah! Did you guys already escape?" She cursed. There had gone her chance to heroically rescue the hostages as well! Nothing was going her way today.

Though it was to be expected, considering her goal had drastically changed to reenacting superhero and spy movies in real life. There's no way things would've gone as planned while doing that during a hostage situation right?

In the end, the situation was quickly wrapped up as the hostages had saved themselves and Yin Mei had taken care of a good portion of the terrorists. The SWAT swarmed the building, and Yin Mei and Yao Heyan waited outside. Yin Mei was wrapped up in a blanket, drinking a warm hot chocolate as she thought that in the end, the only move that she had actually made work had been the one with the legs around the head thing. She was sure she could master the dropping from the ceiling move given enough time as well...

At this moment, her mother interrupted her thoughts with a wail, hugging her daughter tightly and almost causing Yin Mei to spill her drink.

Yin Mei seemed to not have noticed, still considering what in the world had gone wrong, her expression blank and dead eyed. It had been a fundamental problem from the very beginning, so of course she was unable to figure it out.

He Lanying's mother completely misunderstood this expression, thinking that her daughter had been so traumatized by the experience that she couldn't even react. She would definitely make sure someone took responsibility for this.

While her mother was burning with passion, Rong Sheng and Wen Hua came up to them. Wen Hua was still beside herself with terror from the experience, her eyes teary.

"How are you? You didn't get caught by the terrorists?" Rong Sheng asked when he saw Yin Mei. He looked her up and down, and she didn't seem injured, or even shaken up really. She was wearing an indifferent expression, though she seemed a little disappointed about something?

Yin Mei sighed. "I'm fine," she said, though her voice was gloomy.

"Huh? What're you sad about? Shouldn't you be glad that you escaped unscathed?" Rong Sheng raised an eyebrow at this, feeling that He Lanying was acting a little weird.

He was right. He was right, but... Yin Mei continued looking exceptionally gloomy, and Rong Sheng could almost see the little blue ghost fires forming around her. But because he had no idea why she was so depressed, he had no way to cheer her up.

Yao Heyan too, was at a complete loss.

Around this time, the lead detective came over to ask the four of them questions.

At first, He Lanying's mother was angry because she didn't want her daughter having to recount such horrible experiences, but Rong Sheng calmed the woman down with a few words.

On the other hand, Yin Mei was simply too depressed to say anything. "Lanying, Lanying. The detective is asking you something," Yao Heyan said, his mouth close to her ear as he drew her attention back to reality.

"Eh? What is it?" She asked, blinking as she looked at the gruff middle aged man with a blank expression.

"Just some basic questions, miss. No need to worry too much." The man said. He knew that he couldn't offend the family's of any of these kids, and so he kept his questions brief and to the point.

"You weren't with the other hostages, correct?" He said, and Yin Mei nodded.

"I was in the bathroom at the time..." She said, and the man nodded, writing down a short note.

"How did you avoid the criminals then?" He asked, looking back up at her.

"I went in through the air vents." She replied, and everyone looked at her with funny expressions.

"The air vents... you say?" The detective asked in a dubious voice.

"The air vents." Yin Mei nodded, her expression serious. "But it was too difficult, so I had to get out at the nearest duct..." She sighed in disappointment. "I then found a nearby room to hide in."

The detective nodded. Rich kids! He couldn't fathom their thought process. "Oh, that's right, there were also accounts from the criminals that many had been defeated by a young girl. Do you know anything about this?" He studied Yin Mei. She was a little dirty and dusty, but still as pretty as before. She was young, with a slender build. He dispelled the thought that she could actually defeat a bunch of terrorists, and decided that it must have been someone else that did it.

"Nope," Yin Mei said, her expression cool and controlled.

The man nodded, and then bid his goodbye to the group with a bow before leaving.

There was some discussion between them for a few moments, before the group also all bid farewell to each other. Although Yao Heyan was reluctant to leave He Lanying, in the end, they still had to separate. Yao Heyan had a dark expression on his face as he was coming up with all sorts of ways to torture those terrorists later, while all Yin Mei wanted was a hot shower and some sleep.

Later in her bed, Yin Mei wailed out, "All movies are lies!" Before falling fast asleep. In her dreams, she became a super secret agent like in the movies, and did each movie like fight scene with perfect execution.

Well, at least her wish had finally been granted - though it was only in a dream.