Watching the building behind them about to collapse, Zhu Xiaozhu’s eyes were filled with despair. At this mont, they had nowhere to escape. Stones occasionally fell around them, and even if they reached the ground, once the building fell, they would still be buried under the rubble.
"Ling Chen!" Zhu Xiaozhu turned her head, looking at the pensive Ling Chen with a glimr of hope in her eyes, hoping he could co up with a way to escape. But seeing Ling Chen’s furrowed brows, it was clear he was at a loss. Seeing this, Zhu Xiaozhu bit her lip and said, "Ling Chen, why don’t... you leave first."
"?" Ling Chen was slightly stunned, looking at Zhu Xiaozhu with confusion, not expecting her to say such a thing. Zhu Xiaozhu gently nodded. In her heart, she knew that if it weren’t for her being too much of a burden, Ling Chen, with his abilities, would have had a chance to escape on his own. Rather than both perishing together in this situation, it would be better for Ling Chen to survive alone.
"No way!" Ling Chen quickly understood Zhu Xiaozhu’s intent and imdiately refused, saying, "If we go, we go together. I will never leave you behind."
"No, this way, both of us will die here." Zhu Xiaozhu bit her lip and said, "Ling Chen, I know you care about and don’t want to die, but it’s better for one to die than both. You have so much to worry about, family, a girlfriend, friends, and brothers. Compared to you, I have nothing now, even my closest brother wants dead. So, dying would also be a relief for . Ling Chen, I beg you, please run away, don’t worry about anymore."
"No way!" Ling Chen refused firmly, "Xiaozhu, believe , it’s not the last mont yet, don’t give up so easily."
Zhu Xiaozhu bitterly smiled and said, "If it truly cos to the last mont, you won’t be able to escape either." As she spoke, Zhu Xiaozhu’s gaze went past Ling Chen and fixed on sothing behind him, with a tinge of horror in her eyes.
Noticing the change in Zhu Xiaozhu’s gaze, Ling Chen felt a chill in his heart and quickly turned his head to look back. However, to his surprise, there was nothing behind him. Ling Chen regained his focus after a brief pause and turned back to look at Zhu Xiaozhu, opening his mouth to speak, "Xiaozhu, you..." Before he could finish, Ling Chen’s expression changed abruptly, and he hurried forward, shouting, "Xiaozhu, what are you doing?"
"Don’t co over!" Zhu Xiaozhu reached out to stop Ling Chen’s action.
When Ling Chen turned his head earlier, Zhu Xiaozhu, using both her hands and feet, crawled to the edge of the rooftop. At this mont, she was sitting by the rooftop, needing just a slight movent to fall from the top floor. Seeing this, Ling Chen halted and gently persuaded, "Xiaozhu, it’s dangerous there, co back."
"Ling Chen, please, listen to just this once. It’s not too late to leave now. If you insist on not leaving, I can only jump down from here." Zhu Xiaozhu pleaded mournfully.
Upon hearing this, Ling Chen’s eyes flashed with conflict. He didn’t want to leave, to abandon his companion and escape alone was not in his nature. Even knowing death was likely, he wanted to stay and fight.
"Xiaozhu, have you thought that even if I luckily survived, what then? Do you think I could live comfortably for the rest of my life? I would surely live with guilt and regret for the rest of my days." As he spoke, with a loud ’bang’, not far away, a building had already collapsed. It wouldn’t take long before the adjacent building would co crashing down, and by then, no one would survive the collision of the two buildings.
As danger lood closer, Ling Chen scanned his surroundings, quickly brainstorming for a solution. Suddenly, seeming to have found sothing, Ling Chen hurried toward the antennas on the rooftop.
The buildings here were old, thus many old antennas were installed on the rooftops. Before digital TV beca widespread, residents mostly used antennas to receive signals and watch television, resulting in these antennas being tangled with nurous electrical wires.
Ling Chen pulled all the wires from the antennas, bundled them, and connected them one by one. Soon, Ling Chen had a wire over tens of ters long in his hand.
However, these wires were quite old, with the insulation all aged, and it was uncertain if they could support the weight of two people.
Faced with the impending crisis, Ling Chen didn’t have ti to overthink, and quickly moved to the edge of the rooftop, directly throwing the wire down. The length of the wire was sufficient, with a surplus of over ten ters.
Standing on the rooftop, Ling Chen looked down, frowning involuntarily. The wires reached down, but the surrounding falling wall sections and stones were constantly dropping. If they were hit by stones later, their small hope would be shattered.
Never mind!
Ling Chen muttered to himself. At this point, they could only do their best and leave the rest to fate. Imdiately, Ling Chen took a few steps to reach Zhu Xiaozhu, picked her up, and carried her on his back.
Seeing Ling Chen pick up a wire not even as thick as a finger, Zhu Xiaozhu couldn’t help but worryingly ask, "Ling Chen, is this... going to work?"
Ling Chen smiled slightly, giving Zhu Xiaozhu a confident smile and nodded, "Trust , it will be fine." Despite what he said, there was no certainty in his heart.
As he spoke, a rumbling engine sound suddenly ca from the bottom of the building. Ling Chen and Zhu Xiaozhu leaned over to look, and saw a police car rushing over at high speed, arriving at the bottom of the building in the blink of an eye.
Just as the police car ca to a stop, a football-sized stone fell from mid-air and struck the car roof, instantly creating a dent.
While Ling Chen was feeling surprised, the car door opened, and a police officer swiftly ran out. Upon seeing who it was, Ling Chen was shocked.
Xia Mutong!
Ling Chen was taken aback. What was she doing here? Charging in alone to such a dangerous place with a car, was she crazy?
While pondering, Xia Mutong had already braved the danger, rushing to the base of the building, and picked up the wire on the ground, wrapping it onto the police car’s rear and securing it tightly.
"Not good!" Just then, a chunk of the wall fell from the sky, hurtling precisely toward Xia Mutong’s position. Seeing this, Ling Chen shouted with all his might, "Watch out!"
Perhaps hearing Ling Chen’s warning, Xia Mutong quickly lifted her head, seeing the rapidly descending chunk of the wall, and promptly dove to the ground.
With a boom, as the wall section hit the ground, clouds of dust soared up, enveloping Xia Mutong’s body. Ling Chen, standing atop the rooftop, searched around for Xia Mutong’s figure with his heart secretly praying that nothing bad would happen.
As the dust gradually settled, Xia Mutong was seen crawling up from the ground, seemingly unhurt. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and dodged in ti; otherwise, that falling wall section would have directly crushed her body.
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