At this time, a long-haired young woman beside Captain Guan said softly, "Brother Guan, when we came here, we already alerted the Sanctuary military. The troops could arrive at any time. We need to leave the concession area as soon as possible, or things will get bad."

"I understand." Captain Guan nodded and looked at the governor, saying, "You're the governor of this concession area, right? My surname is Guan, and I'm their leader. As long as you release Mayor Qiao, we won't hurt you and will let you leave safely. What do you think?"

The governor's eyeballs rolled around, and he said, "That idea sounds acceptable. Alright then, you all put your weapons on the ground and then all back up twenty steps."

Captain Guan felt this proposal was extremely unreasonable and immediately refused categorically, "No way. You release the person first. Once you release him, I guarantee I won't make things difficult for you and will let you leave safely."

The governor said gloomily, "How do I know you won't trick me? If I release the person and you shoot at me, I'll be finished."

Captain Guan said, "Then what do you want? Don't think about stalling for time. If we can't leave, you definitely won't be able to escape either."

The governor thought for a moment and said, "Then how about this: you let me get back to my vehicle. Once I'm in the car, I'll immediately release this old guy."

"Your vehicle? Which vehicle?"

"Look, that black car over there." The governor gestured with his mouth toward the black van parked by the roadside.

Captain Guan pondered. He was worried that once the governor got in the car, he would immediately drive away with Mayor Qiao, so he was reluctant to agree to the governor's proposal.

Seeing Captain Guan hesitating, the governor added, "If you don't agree, then don't think about rescuing this old guy. At worst, we'll all perish together!"

As the governor spoke, he exerted force with his hand, his right hand tightly choking Mayor Qiao's neck. Under the governor's powerful pressure, Mayor Qiao immediately felt difficulty breathing. A pained expression appeared on his face, and he made a weak "ugh" groaning sound.

"Don't do anything rash!" Captain Guan shouted loudly at the governor. He thought that if things continued to drag on, none of them would be able to leave. Now he had no choice but to take a risk, so he said, "Fine, I agree to your request."

"Very good." The governor dragged Mayor Qiao slowly toward the black car. As he walked, he threatened fiercely, "You all stand there and don't make any moves, or I can kill him at any time."

"Everyone, don't act on your own." Out of concern for Mayor Qiao, Captain Guan ordered his subordinates not to act rashly. On the other side, Rulu also didn't make any moves. After all, he had no confidence in rescuing the hostage Mayor Qiao. Rulu thought that if this governor could keep his word and release Mayor Qiao after getting back to the car, it wouldn't matter if he let him escape, as long as Mayor Qiao was safe.

The governor held Mayor Qiao hostage and came to the side of the black van, opened the car door, and put one foot inside the car. At this moment, Captain Guan's voice rang out: "Release him quickly, or we'll shoot and destroy your car so you can't leave."

"Don't rush, I'll release him right away..." A cold smile appeared on the governor's face. His left hand gripped Mayor Qiao's throat to prevent him from making any sound, while his right hand quietly pulled out a dagger from behind. He suddenly stabbed the dagger into Mayor Qiao's lower back, then pulled it out and quickly hid the dagger before pushing Mayor Qiao's body away.

With a "thud," Mayor Qiao fell to the ground and didn't move at all. Because the governor's action was completed behind Mayor Qiao, and Mayor Qiao fell to the ground on his back, none of the people present noticed that Mayor Qiao had been stabbed.

"Mayor Qiao, how are you? Can you get up by yourself?" Captain Guan shouted at Mayor Qiao. Mayor Qiao had no reaction, lying on the ground without moving or speaking. By this time, the governor had already gotten in the car and closed the door.

"Uncle Qiao was fine just now. Why isn't he moving?" Rulu felt something was wrong. He beckoned with his hand, summoning a strong wind that scraped against Mayor Qiao's body and pushed his body aside by several dozen centimeters. Just then, everyone noticed a large pool of bright red blood flowing on the ground beside Mayor Qiao.

"Oh no, Mayor Qiao has been harmed." Captain Guan realized the governor had deceived him and quickly led his people running toward Mayor Qiao.

Suddenly, a hand grenade was thrown from the black car's window toward Captain Guan. Captain Guan and the people beside him quickly threw themselves to the ground. With a "bang," the grenade exploded not far from Captain Guan. Several rebel organization members who couldn't dodge in time were hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground.

"Open fire, fire with all your might." Captain Guan roared furiously, and the rebel organization members raised their guns and suddenly opened fire at the black van. A large number of bullets hit the black van, making "clink" sounds.

However, this car was bulletproof. Although the rebel army's firepower was powerful, the bullets couldn't penetrate the car's shell and glass in a short time to harm the people inside.

With a "whoosh," the black van started up. The black van, withstanding the hail of bullets, roared toward Rulu and Nana in the distance. Captain Guan was worried that stray bullets would harm Mayor Qiao's family members and quickly ordered everyone to cease fire.

"Nana, you all run away quickly." Rulu suddenly pushed Nana beside him, wanting to use himself to attract the governor's attention and cover Nana and Mrs. Qiao's escape. After hesitating for a moment, Nana fled into the distance together with her mother.

"Go down and keep that old guy company!" The governor grinned maliciously, stepped hard on the gas pedal, and drove the car toward Rulu.

Rulu, whether because he didn't react or for some other reason, actually stood in place without making any move. The car rushed toward Rulu at an extremely fast speed. It looked like Rulu wouldn't be able to escape.

"Run away quickly, Rulu!" Seeing Rulu's life hanging by a thread, Nana couldn't help but stop and shout loudly. Just then, Rulu suddenly pushed hard against the ground with both feet, and a howling gust of wind generated beside him, pushing downward.

With the help of the wind's propelling force, Rulu flew up with a "whoosh," reaching four or five meters above the ground, very easily passing over the black van without being hit by the car.