Chapter 88: Life and Death A freighter is crashing straight into...

When Wen Yi and Guo Qingyu walked out of the cabin, they felt that there were more eyes around them in the dark.

It was clear that the ship's security personnel had begun to take action.

what happen?

The two looked at each other, the situation was becoming more and more complicated.

Less than half an hour after the cruise ship arrived at the nuclear power plant area, the outline of the reactor had appeared on the horizon.

They quickened their pace and headed for the deck.

The podium was located in the center of the deck, with its back to the Yunlan River and facing the entire audience area. Although small, it felt solemn and formal, as if to tell everyone that this was not just an ordinary cruise, but a publicity stunt concerning the government's credibility.

The red carpet was rolled out and the leaders had already taken their seats. Security personnel stood solemnly behind them, their eyes scanning the entire audience.

Zhou Ya was blending in with the crowd, her fingers tightly gripping the remote control in her pocket, her knuckles turning white.

He'd been painstakingly preparing for this moment for months. In just half a day on the cruise ship, he'd already located the distribution box and quietly installed the equipment. As soon as the presentation began, he'd press the remote control—and the entire deck's lighting system would shut down.

Before the backup power kicked in, he had the chance to rush to the podium, force his report onto the main screen, and make the truth public.

If that doesn't work... he has made the final preparation, he will just swallow the poison prepared in advance.

Even if he dies, he wants the truth to be known and everyone to remember his name.

Of course, he didn't do this for himself.

Zhou Ya was looking at the reactor that was looming in the distance, her expression solemn as she murmured to herself:

"I am doing this for this world, for all the people... I have no regrets."

After saying this, he couldn't help but add in his heart:

“…If it could become a trending topic, that would be even better.”

Guo Qingyu stood under the podium, his hands hidden in his windbreaker, his knuckles resting on the gun handle, his eyes cold.

He looked at Zhou Yazheng sneaking around in the crowd, and only had one comment in his mind:

"Useless idiot, unfit for the task."

Besides giving him a job, what useful things has this guy done? How much money did the lab spend to fix his bug?

Telling it out loud would scare him to death!

If it weren't for this guy, would they have to cooperate with Zero Labs? He actually had to beg for help?

If this idiot dares to reveal his identity, he will shoot him.

Mission accomplished, perfect job.

However...if this plan succeeds, the timeline might be rewritten. If he can marry Wen Yi before Gu Yifeng, it won't be a loss.

His eyes fell on Wen Yi, and he said silently in his heart: "Finally, I will take back everything that belongs to me."

Wen Yi stood beside Guo Qingyu, her heart beating like a drum and her palms slightly sweaty.

Her eyes were fixed on his every move.

Guo Qingyu suddenly looked at her affectionately, and she couldn't help feeling a little creepy.

Is this guy losing his mind recently?

He even said something like "being someone's stepfather." How could that be normal? You can't believe a single word he said!

He said he wanted to kill Zhou Yazheng, but she wouldn't let him.

As a time traveler with a heroine as the protagonist, I will never allow such a bloody plot to happen.

She took a deep breath and her eyes narrowed.

If he dares to do something reckless... then she will have no choice but to risk it.

"Anyway, I'm the heroine."

Gu Yifeng stood a few meters behind Wen Yi, looking at the two people in front of him silently.

On the entire deck, everyone was wearing summer clothes, except for them, who were wearing windbreakers, fearing that others would not notice their "difference".

He couldn't see Wen Yi's face clearly, but he could sense her nervousness. And that man... he looked to be in his thirties, and he had just hit a high school student. Did he have any shame?

Gu Yifeng sneered and felt unhappy.

This person behaves strangely and it's obvious that he is not a good person.

Could it be that the girl was deceived?

His eyes darkened slightly, and he thought silently:

After we catch him, we have to persuade that girl to turn from evil to good. He didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but it was not impossible to make an exception.

On the podium, the host began to warm up the audience with a smile. There was a gentle breeze and applause.

Beneath this calm, the undercurrent has reached a boiling point.

Zhou Yazheng clutched the remote control in his pocket, his fingertips burning. As soon as the lights went out, he rushed onto the stage.

Guo Qingyu's hand was already on the gun handle, his knuckles slightly bent. He wouldn't give Zhou Yazheng a chance to walk out alive.

Wen Yi quietly began to gather strength, ready to use gravity to cause some "destruction" at any time.

Gu Yifeng had just taken half a step forward when Gu Haosen stopped him with his hand and whispered, "Don't act rashly. You have nothing to do here."

After saying that, he pushed through the crowd and walked forward step by step.

The security personnel had quietly completed the encirclement and were silently approaching the entire audience area.

The command came from the intercom: "Three suspicious persons, prepare to control them."

The four forces are like four taut strings.

Whoever moves first will break first.

On the deck, the wind moved, but the men remained motionless. The applause was like a countdown.

The storm is just one button away.

The leader walked slowly towards the podium. Behind him, the two reactors were fully revealed, as if joining hands to welcome everyone's arrival.

Just when Zhou Ya was about to press the button——

A shrill, long whistle broke the tranquility on the river.

Everyone looked up suddenly.

I saw a cargo ship with a brown-red hull approaching the cruise ship directly from the front right, and its course was completely out of control!

The ship didn't slow down at all! Its engines were at full speed, as if controlled by some strange force, and it was heading straight for the cruise ship.

"It's crashing! It's about to crash!"

“Get out of the way!!”

The tourists on the deck were instantly in an uproar, screaming and running to the other side like a tide.

Wen Yi looked up and saw the huge ship getting closer and closer, her heart beating like a drum.

Guo Qingyu's eyes turned cold: "No! Run!" He grabbed her hand and ran to the left side of the boat.

He just happened to pass by Gu Haosen and his son.

Gu Haosen gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaofeng, don't worry about them for now. Follow me closely and save yourself first."

As soon as he finished speaking, “BOOM!!”

There was a deafening bang.

The cargo ship passed by the cruise ship's starboard side, causing huge waves and violently shaking the deck. The tables and chairs in the meeting hall were overturned and the cabin glass was shattered.

Although there was no head-on collision, the impact caused many people to fall, and the deck was filled with screams of terror.

The leaders were evacuated urgently, the audience fled in all directions, and security personnel were busy rescuing people.

Only one person was still standing there.

It’s Zhou Yazheng.

He stood on the podium, holding the microphone in his hand. On the screen, which was tilted by the impact, was the "Nuclear Power Plant Geological Risk Assessment Report". The data was clear and the charts were detailed, enough to attract the attention of the whole society.

He opened his arms, facing the empty deck, and said in a trembling voice:

"Just look at me..."

He shouted, "I have the truth! I have evidence!"

His voice echoed across the empty deck like some kind of absurd monologue.

"You...don't want to listen?"

No one responded.

Wen Yi and Guo Qingyu ran to the left side of the ship. The deck shook violently after the collision, but no real disaster was caused.

Most people just fell and were not injured.

But the moment she turned around, she saw Gu Haosen, who was in a fierce confrontation with Zhou Ya.

Zhou Yazheng's face was distorted, his eyes burning with paranoia, and he was screaming something. Gu Haosen had no weapons, so he could only subdue him with his bare hands.

But people who have lost their minds are the most difficult to deal with.

Zhou Yazheng suddenly took a few steps back. Gu Haosen realized that he was trying to escape, so he immediately rushed forward, hugged his waist and threw him to the ground.

The two men wrestled with each other.

Zhou Ya was struggling desperately, roaring and turning over to press down Gu Haosen. Suddenly, she picked up a piece of broken glass on the ground and stabbed it into his heart.

Gu Haosen tried his best to grab his wrist. The two of them were in a stalemate, and the tip of the glass almost pierced his chest.

Wen Yi was so frightened that his heart was broken. He turned around and rushed towards them with only one thought in his mind: he must save his father.

She just took a step forward when Guo Qingyu grabbed her tightly.

"Do you want to save him?"

"Nonsense! Let go!" She struggled hard.

"Think clearly, if you choose to save him today, then Gu Yifeng's life trajectory will be completely changed. You and him will have no future."

Wen Yi's whole body trembled, and her hands and feet turned cold.

"What did you say?!" She looked at him in disbelief.

"Have you forgotten how he became a policeman?"

The vague memory became clear, and she remembered the boy crying under the wisteria flowers during the heavy rain that year.

It’s actually like this!

She turned her head and saw Gu Haosen and Zhou Yazheng still in a stalemate, on the verge of life and death, with the glass already against his chest!

"If you don't save him, you will have to watch him lose his father." Guo Qingyu spoke again.

"Make your choice, Wen Yi."

She struggled to break free from his restraints, gritting her teeth and roaring, "So what? Even if he hadn't become a police officer, we would still be together."

Guo Qingyu sneered: "The moment we return, the timeline will be reset."

"By then, Gu Yifeng's life will have changed, and you two won't have the chance to meet again."

"He won't wait for you for more than ten years, but will choose to be with someone else."

"And you are destined to be with me."

Wen Yi ran towards Gu Haosen without looking back.

"Want to take a gamble?" Guo Qingyu's voice came from behind him.

She doesn't believe it.

She didn't believe a word of it.

She didn't believe that the bond between them would change because of this choice.

But she hesitated for a moment before taking a step forward.

What if it’s true?

She couldn't imagine waking up one day to a world without him, without their child.

At this moment, she could finally empathize with Gu Yifeng's feelings when he begged her to give up the Suwei plan that night.

Before her brain could react, she had already rushed in front of the two men and kicked Zhou Yazheng away.

Shards of glass flew out with a "crack", cutting through the air and falling into the dark corner.

Guo Qingyu, who was standing not far away, witnessed all this and his lips curled up slightly.

"Look, I won the bet."

Wen Yi fell to the deck, her soul as if pulled out of her body. When she realized she had made her choice, a wave of fear washed over her, and she finally couldn't help herself and burst into tears.

Gu Haosen quickly subdued Zhou Yazheng and prepared to hand him over to the cruise ship manager.

Guo Qingyu helped the distraught Wen Yi up and evacuated with the tourists.

The crowd was noisy, footsteps were disorderly, and the deck was still feeling the aftershocks of the impact.

Just as Wen Yi and Guo Qingyu ran to the side of the ship——

An unexpected shock suddenly hit me.

It wasn't the entire deck shaking, but a precise, shadow-like force tracking her and locking onto her.

The wind also suddenly became stronger, as if it was someone's accomplice.

She didn't even have time to react before she was thrown away.

"ah--!!!"

The moment Wen Yi climbed over the guardrail, her mind went blank and only the sound of the wind whistling in her ears.

What a vicious removal mechanism!

Just when she thought she was going to fall into the river, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.

It’s Guo Qingyu.

Half of his body was almost leaning over the guardrail, his arms were stretched straight, and they were shaking slightly due to the effort. He gritted his teeth and growled:

"Hold on to me, don't let go!"

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