Chapter 72 Surviving the Inferno
【00:07】
【00:06】
"Hahahaha! Die with me, Su Wantang!"
Lin Zihang's frantic roars echoed in the empty warehouse, his twisted smile resembling a demon crawling out of hell under the flashing red light of the timer.
The four thugs, whose right hands had been crippled, could no longer care about their cries of pain. They scrambled to escape this deathly place, their faces filled with despair and fear.
The shadow of death loomed over everyone.
【00:05】
Su Wantang didn't move.
She didn't even glance at Zheng Xiaorou, who was so frightened she was about to faint.
In those clear, cold eyes, the scarlet numbers of the timer were reflected, yet not a trace of panic could be found.
The closer she got to life or death, the calmer Su Wantang became, almost cruelly so.
Why not use space?
A thought flashed through her mind, but she immediately extinguished it.
no.
Space is her greatest trump card, the foundation of her survival. If she were to disappear into thin air in front of others, especially if she were exposed to this "master" hiding in the shadows, she would never have peace again.
Given the choice between being an endless target to hunt down and being a "dead man" who has completely disappeared from the chessboard, she chose the latter.
To die once and gain a peaceful life, and a completely new identity—this is a worthwhile trade!
Just when Lin Zihang thought she was terrified and was preparing to enjoy her ugly, desperate screams...
Su Wantang moved.
They didn't rush towards the hostages, nor did they lunge at the only escape route—the warehouse gate.
She moved like a fully drawn bow, pushing off with her feet, stirring up dust from the ground.
He transformed into a crimson afterimage, rushing straight towards the culprit who was laughing the loudest—Lin Zihang!
"you!"
Lin Zihang's laughter stopped abruptly, and the red figure in his pupils magnified rapidly.
He didn't have time to react at all.
"Bang!"
Su Wantang's foot, clad in a mid-heeled leather shoe, struck Lin Zihang in the chest with lightning speed and precision.
The force was so great that he flew backward like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
The remote control in Lin Zihang's hand also flew out of his hand under this tremendous force.
Su Wantang's figure followed closely, reaching out in mid-air to grab the remote control that determined everyone's fate.
He landed, bent his knees, and without even glancing at the ground, suddenly exerted force with his five fingers!
"Crack!"
The plastic casing shattered instantly, and the circuit board inside was crushed to pieces by her grip.
【00:03】
The piercing alarm stopped.
But the bomb's countdown didn't stop.
After doing all this, Su Wantang didn't stop for a moment. She pulled out a thin rope that she had prepared beforehand from her waist.
With a flick of his wrist, the rope, like a living serpent, drew a precise arc in the air, tightly binding and binding Zheng Xiaorou.
She suddenly pulled Zheng Xiaorou towards herself with her left hand.
At the same time, he turned his body to the side, avoiding Lin Zihang who was lying on the ground, seemingly dead, while his right foot shot out like lightning, accurately hooking Lin Zihang's ankle and pulling him down forcefully!
One drags, the other pulls.
In the blink of an eye, she forcibly gathered the two people who were supposed to be buried with her to her side.
Just then—
"Squeak—!!!"
Several ear-piercing screeching brakes shattered the deathly silence of the dock!
One of the dark green military trucks, in a drifting, arrogant manner, stopped at the warehouse entrance.
The car door was kicked open from the inside.
A tall, imposing figure, exuding overwhelming murderous intent and almost insane madness, jumped off the car.
It's Lu Jingyan!
He's here!
Several bright headlights pierced the darkness and shone into the warehouse!
"Don't move! We're police officers!"
Li Hu and his men, guns in hand, filed out one after another, their faces filled with horror.
What they saw was the red light of the final countdown still flashing in the four corners of the warehouse.
And standing at the center of that deathly red light, that resolute yet lonely red figure.
【00:02】
"Su Wantang—!"
A heart-wrenching roar erupted from deep within Lu Jingyan's throat.
It felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his heart tightly, causing him so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
His eyes were bloodshot, and blood vessels were visible in his bloodshot eyes.
All plans and rationality have turned to ashes.
Lu Jingyan rushed towards the warehouse like a madman, disregarding everything!
Su Wantang heard his voice.
She turned her head and, across that short distance of a few dozen meters, looked at the man running towards her.
Her eyes were very calm.
There was no farewell, no reluctance, and no plea for help.
There was only one kind of calm, resolute decision that could stop his heart.
It's as if it's saying: Look, this is my choice.
【00:01】
Su Wantang suddenly turned her head.
With all his might, he pushed Zheng Xiaorou and Lin Zihang, who had just gathered around him, toward the warehouse door!
"then!"
With a shout, two figures flew out like cannonballs, landing right at Lu Jingyan's feet as he rushed in.
The immense force also propelled Su Wantang's body in the opposite direction.
Without the slightest hesitation, she used the momentum to turn nimbly, her skirt billowing as she rushed to the other side of the warehouse.
That's the dock.
Beyond the dock lies the unfathomable, icy river, its black waves churning!
【00:00】
"boom--!!!!!"
The earth shook violently!
Four enormous fireballs rose simultaneously from the four corners of the warehouse, instantly converging into a mushroom cloud that blotted out the sky!
The intense orange-red flames illuminated the night sky above the entire dock as bright as day!
The steel bars twisted in the flames, the cement cracked under the high temperature, and the violent shock wave, like an invisible hand, blew the roof of the entire warehouse into the air and tore it to pieces!
Against the backdrop of the firelight, that slender figure in begonia red leaped into the air without hesitation!
Like a butterfly with broken wings, it resolutely plunged into that endless darkness.
"No--!!!"
Lu Jingyan watched helplessly as the figure disappeared at the edge of the dock, letting out a desperate roar.
The next second, a violent shockwave slammed into him.
He was thrown into the air, crashing heavily onto the military truck before rolling to the ground.
"Boss!"
Li Hu and the others were thrown about by the blast wave, but they scrambled over and helped him up.
Lu Jingyan pushed them away, his ears ringing, unable to hear anything.
He struggled to his feet, staggered toward the edge of the dock, and collapsed to his knees with a thud.
He stared intently at the churning river surface.
The river was churned up by the explosion, and in the firelight, the wreckage of the warehouse and burning planks floated on the surface, but the person he wanted to see was nowhere to be seen.
No……
There was nothing there...
That woman he had just argued with, that woman who could subdue him with a single silver needle, that woman who dared to go to the meeting alone, that woman who was always calm and always proud...
That's it, it's over.
It was completely swallowed up by the fire and the river.
Lu Jingyan knelt on the spot, like a statue whose soul had been taken away.
Time seemed to have passed for centuries.
"ah--!!!!"
A mournful cry, unlike any human voice, like that of a dying beast, burst forth from the depths of his throat!
That voice contained endless regret, overwhelming despair, and earth-shattering pain!
Why did he argue with her?
Why did he stop her?
Why did he arrive so late?
"puff--"
A mouthful of scalding blood suddenly spurted from Lu Jingyan's mouth, splattering onto the cold cement ground, like blooming blood-red plum blossoms of despair.
Li Hu and his men were terrified.
They had never seen their once upright and indomitable leader, who never shed a tear, become like this.
"Boss..."
Lu Jingyan seemed not to hear.
The man known in the military as the "Cold-Faced King of Hell," the iron-willed officer who never wavered in the face of any dire situation.
At this moment, like a child who has lost all his beloved toys, he knelt before that sea of fire, utterly shattered.
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