Chapter 277 Light in Desperate Circumstances
Deep in the Gobi Desert, the base has three underground levels.
The red light was still flashing, and the alarm was blaring, making my eardrums ache.
Lu Jingyan kicked open the last iron door, revealing a narrow corridor. At the end of the corridor was the warehouse.
But in the middle of the corridor, an alloy gate was slowly descending.
The gate was half a meter thick and gleamed with a cold, metallic sheen.
"Hurry!" Lu Jingyan shouted, rushing to the front.
Two teammates followed closely behind.
The gate descended slowly but steadily. With each inch it descended, it emitted a piercing mechanical sound.
Lu Jingyan rushed to the gate, but the gate was already mostly closed.
He turned around and glanced at the team members behind him.
"You guys go first!"
The two team members were stunned for a moment.
"Brigade Commander Lu—"
"This is an order!" Lu Jingyan interrupted them, bracing his hands against the bottom of the gate, bending his knees, and using all his strength to hold it up.
The weight of the gate pressed down on my shoulders, making my bones crack.
Lu Jingyan gritted his teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead.
The two team members exchanged a glance, then bent down and crawled under the gate.
The gate is still falling.
Lu Jingyan's knees began to tremble.
He could feel the weight of the gate increasing.
In a few more seconds, he wouldn't be able to hold on any longer.
Inside the warehouse, two team members rushed to the pile of purple clay, took out high-strength military bags, and began filling them with clay.
The purple clay emitted an eerie light, which, when it shone on my face, turned it purple.
The team members worked quickly, one bag, two bags, three bags...
In the corridor, Lu Jingyan's face turned a deep purplish-red.
The sluice gate pressed down on him so hard he couldn't straighten his back.
My vision started to go black.
Oxygen deficiency.
He could hear his own heartbeat, thump thump thump, getting slower and slower.
My arms were shaking.
Hold on for another ten seconds.
Lu Jingyan counted silently in his mind.
Ten, nine, eight...
Inside the warehouse, two team members shouldered their packs and ran outside.
When he ran to the gate and saw Lu Jingyan's appearance, his expression changed.
"Brigade Commander Lu!"
Lu Jingyan remained silent.
He could feel that he was about to give up.
The gate was less than half a meter from the ground.
Two team members bent over, turned sideways, and crawled under the gate.
The first player went over.
The second team member had only crawled halfway in when his sack got stuck on the gate.
"Damn it!" the team member cursed, pulling hard.
The gate dropped a few more centimeters.
Lu Jingyan bent down even lower.
The team members pulled out their military bags and rolled them outside.
Lu Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to pull away, the gate suddenly accelerated its descent.
Lu Jingyan's expression changed.
It's too late.
He let go of his hands and fell backward.
The gate slammed to the ground with a bang.
Lu Jingyan lay on the ground, panting heavily.
It felt like a stone was pressing on my chest.
Difficulty breathing.
poison gas.
He inhaled it.
Two team members lay on the outside of the gate, banging on it and shouting.
"Brigade Commander Lu! Brigade Commander Lu!"
Lu Jingyan braced himself against the ground, trying to stand up.
Halfway up the stand, his legs gave way and he knelt down again.
All I could see were double images.
He looked up and glanced at the gate.
The gate remained completely still.
Outside, the two team members were sweating profusely with anxiety.
One of them took out a bomb and stuck it on the gate.
"Step back!"
They lit the fuse and ran away.
boom--
An explosion was heard.
The gate was blown open.
Not big enough.
The team member pulled out another explosive charge.
Fry it again.
boom--
The hole has gotten bigger.
It's barely big enough for one person to squeeze through.
Just as the team members were about to go inside, they heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the other end of the corridor.
The team members turned around.
A group of people rushed over.
The leader was a man in his fifties, wearing a military uniform with two gold stars on his shoulder insignia.
Lu Zhenguo.
"Commander Lu!" The two team members stood at attention and saluted.
Lu Zhenguo waved his hand, rushed to the gate, and glanced inside.
Seeing Lu Jingyan kneeling on the ground, his face turned deathly pale.
Lu Zhenguo's face darkened.
"Blow it up!"
Behind him, four soldiers rushed up, each carrying a bomb.
Four explosive charges were simultaneously attached to the gate.
Lu Zhenguo took a few steps back.
"fry!"
boom--
The huge explosion shook the entire corridor.
The gate was blown away.
Lu Zhenguo rushed in and helped Lu Jingyan up.
"Jingyan!"
Lu Jingyan opened his eyes, saw his father, and gave a slight smile.
"dad……"
His voice was terribly hoarse.
Lu Zhenguo picked him up and turned to walk out.
"Prepare the stretcher! Get him to the rear hospital immediately!"
The soldiers moved swiftly and lifted Lu Jingyan onto a stretcher.
Lu Zhenguo stood beside his son, looking at his pale face.
Her eyes welled up with tears.
...
Beijing, No. 1 Courtyard.
Bai Shu stood in the courtyard, holding a communicator in his hand.
It got dark.
The lights in the yard weren't on yet.
She stood motionless in the darkness.
The communicator suddenly rang.
Bai Zhu took over.
"Hello"
"Sister-in-law," Gao Jianjun's voice came through, trembling slightly, "the boss and the others are out."
Bai Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.
Did you get the item?
“We got it.” Gao Jianjun paused. “But… the boss has been poisoned.”
Bai Zhu's heart sank.
It sank very deep.
She gripped the communicator tightly, her nails digging into her palms.
How serious?
The sound was very steady.
She was so composed that even she herself felt like a stranger to her.
"I don't know yet," Gao Jianjun said. "Commander Lu ordered that the fastest military aircraft be used to send them back to Beijing."
Bai Zhu closed her eyes.
"Listen, do as I say." She opened her eyes, her voice flat and even. "After the military plane lands, take it directly to the military region's general hospital. Prepare a top-level isolation ward. No one except you and Uncle Lu is allowed to approach."
"clear."
“There’s more,” Bai Shu said. “Tell Uncle Lu that I have the antidote.”
Gao Jianjun was stunned for a moment.
"Sister-in-law, you..."
"Do as instructed." Bai Shu hung up the communicator.
She turned and went into the house, heading straight for the bedroom.
The bedroom door was closed.
She slipped into the space.
Beside the spring, six bottles of dark green medicine were neatly arranged.
She picked up a bottle and looked at it against the light.
The grass blades had completely dissolved, and the water had become thick.
She made two more bottles as backup, then carried the bottles out of the space.
Qin Zheng was still waiting in the courtyard.
Upon seeing her come out, he immediately went to greet her.
"Young Miss, I just received news that Commander Lu..."
"I know." Bai Shu handed him two bottles of medicine. "Keep one bottle, and give the rest to Gao Jianjun. Tell him to send it to the Northwest as quickly as possible."
Qin Zheng took the bottle and nodded.
"clear."
Bai Shu turned and went back into the house.
She changed into a black Zhongshan suit and tied her hair up.
He took a black cloth bag out of the drawer.
Inside the cloth bag was a complete set of gold needles.
The needle gleamed with a cold, eerie light.
She tied the cloth bag around her waist, picked up the remaining four bottles of medicine, and strode out of the bedroom.
...
Military Region General Hospital.
When Bai Zhu arrived, the entrance was already cordoned off.
A dozen guards stood at the entrance, armed to the teeth.
Bai Zhu walked to the cordon line.
A guard reached out to stop her.
"Comrade, you can't go in here."
Bai Shu took out the Crouching Tiger Private Seal given to him by Old Master Lu.
The guard glanced at him, then stood at attention and saluted.
"Please go ahead."
Just as Bai Shu was about to go in, a shout came from behind him.
"Atractylodes macrocephala!"
She turned around.
Meng Wan rushed out of the hospital.
His eyes were terribly red, and his face was covered in tear stains.
Meng Wan rushed up to her and grabbed her hand.
"Bai Shu, I know you're no ordinary person." Meng Wan's voice trembled. "Save Jing Yan, please!"
Bai Shu looked at her.
Meng Wan's hands were ice cold.
They held on very tightly.
Bai Shu held her hand.
"Mom, I will."
She turned and strode into the hospital.
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