Chapter 38: Life and Death, Gu Yifeng's Gu is to risk his life for her...
The faint sound of pursuing footsteps could be heard behind me, and ahead was a dark mountain road that led to nowhere.
"How long will it take to reach the passage you mentioned?" Guo Qingyu, who was running in the front, turned around and asked for the third time.
"Not yet." Wen Shuyue's face was pale, and he was breathing more than he was breathing in. "If you, talk less, it will be faster."
Wen Chi staggered and ran in the night carrying Wen Yi on his back, his speed gradually slowing down. After maintaining the special domain and running with the load for a long time, his physical strength and energy were almost reaching the limit.
"Let me take over." Gu Yifeng put away his gun and took Wen Yi from his back.
Wen Yi's blood had already soaked his hands, leaving them sticky and slippery, making it almost impossible for him to hold her body. He gripped her hands firmly, steadied her on his shoulders, and gritted his teeth as he continued forward.
Her body was pressed against his back, so close yet so far away.
He looked up at the night sky. The Milky Way was shining brightly, and the stars were leading the way. Where should he go? Could he light a way out for her?
As his vision blurred, he heard a surprised cry from his side—
"Look! We're here!" Wen Shuyue shouted, panting.
The exhausted group finally arrived in front of an ancient wooden door.
The wooden door leaned crookedly against the stone wall, rotten and mottled, as if forgotten by time.
"That's it?" Guo Qingyu was shocked. "Are you fucking kidding me?"
Wen Shuyue held the door frame, turned around and glanced at everyone, his voice hoarse but solemn:
"Listen carefully. Only one person can enter at a time, because behind this door, there's no space." He held up three fingers. "Three minutes. The passage can only be open for that long. Anyone who exceeds the time limit will be trapped inside forever."
"What the hell is this? A time tunnel?" Guo Qingyu and Wen Chi exchanged glances. "If only one person can pass through, what should Wen Yi do?"
"I have explained everything. You can leave if you want." Wen Shuyue did something on the door and quickly activated the formation.
A few minutes later, a faint blue light seeped out from the edge of the door frame, and the ancient door began to breathe.
“Crack—”
The moment the wooden door opened, what came into view was not darkness but a stream of light.
"Let's go!" Wen Shuyue signaled Wen Die to go first.
Wen Die nodded and took the first step. The moment she stepped through the door, her body turned into countless points of light and disappeared before everyone's sight.
Guo Qingyu gasped, "This... is quantum tunneling? Holy crap, I'm actually going to see this in my lifetime!"
Wen Shuyue sneered: "Next."
Wen Yiyun and Wen Fu followed closely behind and disappeared one by one behind the door.
Wen Chi and Gu Yifeng exchanged a glance and immediately made up their minds: "Let's take a gamble. I'll go and wait for her first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the special zone was lifted and Wen Chi rushed into the door without hesitation.
Gu Yifeng lowered his eyes and looked at the unconscious Wen Yi. Her blood kept oozing out, instantly soaking his hands.
His vision blurred again and he couldn't help but close his eyes lightly.
At that moment, the world seemed to be quiet.
She was still pressed against his chest, but he couldn't feel her heartbeat.
When she passes through that door, will she survive?
She only had a tiny bit of life left, such a tiny chance of survival, how could he believe that a miracle would happen?
What if he lost the bet?
What if she didn't make it?
"It's her turn!" Wen Shuyue looked at Gu Yifeng, "Hurry!"
He lowered his head and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. He held her in his arms and walked towards the door.
The moment he let go, the corners of Gu Yifeng's mouth rose slightly.
Wen Yi, listen carefully.
Wake up, I'll be by your side. Fall asleep, and my world will end.
In heaven or on earth, we will always meet again.
When Wen Yi's figure shattered into thousands of stars and disappeared into the quantum channel, there was only indifference in Gu Yifeng's eyes.
In the distance, the sound of bullets being loaded could be clearly heard.
"Oh no! They are chasing us!" Guo Qingyu warned loudly.
Wen Shuyue didn't hesitate and jumped into the passage.
"Next!"
Guo Qingyu glanced at the approaching special forces team behind him: "The passage will be closed for about a minute. What if they follow us?"
"Then make sure that no one of them can pass through the passage." Gu Yifeng picked up the gun on the ground and loaded it with a quick movement.
Guo Qingyu's expression changed: "You...what are you going to do?"
"Go!"
"No, you... aren't you going with us?"
The bullet grazed his shoulder and hit the door, sending wood chips flying everywhere.
He didn't answer, but simply aimed his gun and pulled the trigger. Three muffled bangs sounded, and the three special agents fell to the ground. He no longer showed mercy. Anyone who might threaten Wen Yi's life did not deserve to live.
The special agents coming from all directions were reflected in his cold black pupils. He remained calm, lightly pressed the trigger with his finger, and every bullet hit the target.
"Go! Live well!" Gu Yifeng dodged the flying bullet, pushed Guo Qingyu towards the entrance of the passage with his backhand.
"No! Come here!"
Gu Yifeng didn't look back, but turned to face the person who came, his back looking lonely.
Guo Qingyu opened his eyes wide, and before his figure disappeared, he said in a hoarse voice: "So the 'Gu' in your Gu Yifeng means 'risking his life' for her."
"Bang--"
The wooden door was slammed shut. At the last moment when the quantum channel closed, Wen Yi appeared at the other end, her fingertips trembling slightly, as if trying to grab something.
On the other side of the door, dense bullets flew through the air, and then everything returned to calm.
*
Before the smoke of gunpowder cleared at Qingluan Mountain, Wen Chi had already led his men south along the Yunlan River by boat, and finally arrived at Yuexi Mountain, the Wen family's ancestral home.
Yuexi Mountain, part of the Zhulong Mountain Range, is not high in elevation, yet stretches for thousands of miles, like a giant, coiled dragon. Peaks rise and fall amidst shrouded clouds and mist. From afar, carved beams and jade pavilions can be seen embedded in the cliffs. Below, waterfalls cascade, shrouded in mist, like an immortal's brushstrokes suspended amidst the verdant landscape.
At the foot of the mountain, the Hushan River flows quietly, and a few small fish swallow star sand among the pebbles.
"Who can be protected by this small stream?" Guo Qingyu tilted his head and raised his foot, kicking the branches on the shore towards the center of the river.
The moment the branch touched the water, it sank without a splash.
"Don't underestimate the Wen family's mountain protection formation." Wen Chi snorted coldly.
"Holy shit." Guo Qingyu gasped. "No wonder the Investigation Bureau has never dared to approach Moon Gap Mountain."
Wen Chi put Wen Yi down and knelt on one knee on the shore. The moment his fingertips touched the water, ripples appeared on the surface of the water. The ripples spread to the center of the river, and a whirlpool formed in the middle of the water. An ancient wooden bridge slowly rose.
"Walk."
After crossing the floating bridge, a seemingly endless hanging ladder descends from the clouds, leading to the Wen family's main courtyard on the top of the mountain.
"We still need to climb mountains?" Guo Qingyu muttered.
Wen Chi didn't answer any more and went straight to the top of the mountain with Wen Yi on his back.
Guo Qingyu gritted his teeth and stepped onto the ladder. As soon as he stepped onto it, his eyes suddenly widened—he was as light as a swallow, leaping to the top of the hundred-meter-high mountain in just a few steps. He realized that the ladder was imbued with anti-gravity.
A large area of oriental garden-style pavilions, towers, carved beams and painted buildings immediately came into view.
"Is this your ancestral home?" Even Guo Qingyu, who was used to luxury, couldn't help but marvel, "It seems that Gu Yifeng is going to marry into your family."
He paused, his eyes darkened slightly, and he murmured in a low voice: "You better...don't die."
Wen Chi and his group entered a two-story courtyard with white walls and black tiles. As they walked through the winding path shaded by green bamboos behind the moon-shaped gate, Wen Yi's parents hurried over.
"Yi Yi!" Wen Yuran, dressed in red, touched Wen Yi's hand with tears in her eyes, "Come in! Quick!"
The unconscious Wen Yi was placed on her bed.
Wen Yunzhi sat on the edge of the bed and checked the injury. He nodded to Wen Chi and said, "Achi, untie it."
The moment Wen Chi waved his hand, blood gushed out from Wen Yi's wound again.
Wen Yuran covered her face and turned away, weeping uncontrollably. Wen Yunzhi patted his wife's back soothingly and motioned her to leave first.
His palm hovered over Wen Yi's wound. A moment later, a bloody bullet, defying the laws of physics, retreated from her wound. Like a movie rewinding, it retreated inch by inch along its trajectory, finally coming to rest before everyone's eyes.
Guo Qingyu was shocked: "This healing ability!"
Wen Yunzhi flicked his hand, and the bullet landed with a crisp thud. His fingers slowly closed, and the wound on Wen Yi's abdomen healed as if time had flown backwards, until it completely disappeared. But her face remained pale, her brow furrowed.
Guo Qingyu came forward and asked, "Uncle, when will she wake up?"
Wen Yunzhi shook his head, his expression solemn.
Wen Chi asked in surprise, "Father, what's going on? Can't time reversal heal her?"
"I can reverse the bullet, but I can't reverse fate." Wen Yunzhi tucked the quilt over Wen Yi. "I didn't heal her. The bullet was an injury from the three-dimensional world. I could only reverse the result of her being shot, but her fate had already been rewritten by a higher-dimensional force. The karma she carries... I can't do anything about it."
Wen Chi was silent for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Father, how can we save her life?"
"It takes the person who tied the bell to untie it." Wen Yunzhi stood up and patted Wen Chi on the shoulder, "You have done your best."
Wen Chi lowered his head, and no one could see his expression clearly: "I... I'll stay here to accompany her."
Guo Qingyu looked at Wen Yi, whose face was pale on the bed, sighed softly, and turned his head to look at the sky outside the glass window.
*
The glass window reflected Lu Tao's tense face. He stared at Gu Yifeng, who was still in a coma in the ICU and had tubes inserted all over his body.
At the Investigation Bureau's Fourth Bureau's Medical Department, several medical staff were conducting a thorough physical examination. His vital signs were generally stable, and he was expected to regain consciousness soon.
Lu Tao stood outside the window, his eyes dark. He knew that Gu Yifeng's body could be restored, but his mental state was the real problem.
He had intended to use Gu Yifeng as a sharp weapon, leveraging his relationship with Wen Yi to dismantle the Wen Clan's inner circle. Who could have imagined that, for the sake of a woman, this man would disown his entire family, slaughtering several special agents in Qingluan Mountain. He failed to annihilate the Wen Clan, and instead suffered heavy losses himself.
This operation is really a difficult situation.
Lu Tao's eyes turned cold.
This battle made him see many things clearly. The connection between Gu Yifeng and the Wen family was deeper than he had imagined. Although this chess piece was temporarily out of control, it still had great value.
More importantly, it took them more than ten years to train someone like him. Such a high investment of resources and time cost cannot be wasted at all.
Gu Yifeng...can't be killed yet.
If he doesn't obey, he has plenty of ways to make him obey.
A fierce look flashed across Lu Tao's eyes. Before he turned and left, he said to the person in charge beside him, "Show us your skills. Next time I see him, I want him to be obedient. If you fail to complete the task, you will no longer be the person in charge."
The person in charge bowed his head and replied, "Yes!"
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The author has something to say: In the next chapter, we are going to torture our hero. His mother will not show any mercy. [Rabbit head with erect ears]
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