Almost at the sa ti, intuition surged forward.
Jas!
Who else understands George better than Jas?
Tang Yanxi’s mind raced: Why is Jas here at this ti?
Is he here with good intentions or bad?
At this mont, the situation in the basent with the three people is already on the brink of disaster. If Jas cos with bad intentions, then his presence will only make their situation more difficult!
Tang Yanxi took a deep breath and made up his mind.
Since he temporarily can’t help the three people in the basent, he’ll take care of George and the brothers Jas instead.
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He resolved to take action and was just about to get up, when suddenly he noticed the light coming through the crack under the door dimd. Instinctively, he looked over, unexpectedly seeing a pair of eyes in the crack!
A pair of blue eyes, yet inside them burned red flas, paradoxically.
These eyes were an inheritance from the Ford family.
Tang Yanxi’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly got up.
The person outside reacted swiftly as well; just as Tang Yanxi was rising, the door opened from the outside.
"Opened," correctly, it was nearly silently opened, rather than kicked open.
In this land where good and evil can’t be distinguished, any action that draws too much attention is unwise. Moreover, this building is the only one that has survived on this land of ruins, enough to prove that the owner of this building, as well as the people living here, have very complex backgrounds.
Obviously, the two people outside were also aware of this issue, so they didn’t simply kick open the door but used technical skills to unlock the lock.
Tang Yanxi quickly assessed the situation: Jas had just crouched down to look through the door crack, precisely to cover his partner, and while Tang Yanxi was distracted, that person used technical skills to unlock the lock.
Given the level of the lock on this building’s door, if Jas’s partner could open it so smoothly and silently, it shows that he is a technical expert. Although he obeys Jas, he is clearly a master in a more specialized field.
As soon as these thoughts flashed through Tang Yanxi’s mind, the door had opened. He stepped forward towards the two people, first securely closing the door.
Then, turning around, the three people in the room were already standing in a tense triangle, each staring intently at the other.
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Tang Yanxi had already figured out that one of them was Jas, so his gaze quickly scanned across the other woman.
The woman was lean, dressed in local attire. Her fingers were long and steady, displaying traits of technical expertise.
Jas squinted his eyes to observe Tang Yanxi, furrowing his brow, "Why is it you?"
Tang Yanxi couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at the tone.
Jas’s tone had caution, yet surprisingly, no hostility!
What’s going on?
Jas looked left and right, "Where is Tang Yanqing?"
Tang Yanxi frowned, "What do you an, you’re here in this room not to find George, but our Mr. Xiao Tang?"
Jas snorted, "No ti to explain, tell where he is?"
Tang Yanxi couldn’t help but be cautious, so he asked, "What do you want, tell first."
Jas gritted his teeth, suddenly pointed to his partner, "He is the genius bomb designer under my brother."
Tang Yanxi was startled, "You’re here for the bomb?"
Jas squinted his blue eyes, "So, Lawyer Tang, hurry and tell your brother’s whereabouts."
"Here." Tang Yanxi grabbed the arm of the designer, led him to the computer desk, took hold of the phone, and said in a deep voice, "Yanqing, I found the bomb designer."
Then he already raised his hand to point the gun at the skinny tall man’s head, "The last wire, how should it be cut?"
The man nervously glanced at Jas, who nodded.
Only then did the man stutter and say, "No matter how you cut it, it will explode."
"What did you say?!"
On the other end of the phone, Tang Yanqing and Tang Yanxi both exclaid.
The man nodded, "George instructed this way. For the last five wires, whether you guessed correctly and cut all five together following logical deduction or cut them one by one, they will all explode."
"George only wants a ga, and the result of the ga can only lead in one direction. That’s why I designed it this way."
In the basent, Huangfu Huazhang and Shi Nian also heard the sound. But neither of them could scream like the Tang brothers; they were both beyond speaking.
Huangfu Huazhang cald down first and shouted, "How dare you lie!"
Tang Yanxi imdiately understood and grabbed the designer by the neck: "Yeah, you’re lying! You said cutting them one by one would trigger an explosion, but they’ve already cut two below, and it hasn’t exploded yet, has it?"
"I’m not lying!" The designer trembled all over in fear: "That’s how it’s really designed. Only, cutting all at once and one by one will have different detonation timings. Cutting all five at once will cause an imdiate explosion; cutting them one by one might delay the explosion if you’re lucky."
"Because this bomb is buried in the cell, George previously requested to modify the circuit, connecting the bomb’s activation circuit with the door lock circuit, so that unlocking the door would awaken the bomb with a set of codes... Therefore, the circuit modification results in each lead responding at different speeds."
"Even if two have been cut without explosion, a detonation is still bound to happen!"
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At this mont, everyone was breathless.
Tang Yanqing lay on the red soil, his whole body seemingly ignited by the sunlight. He silently stood up, knowing exactly what he had to do.
Even in the final mont, he would still open the tunnel door and throw himself in.
This ti, even if it ant death, he needed to be with her. Never to be separated again.
anwhile, in the basent, as Huangfu Huazhang listened to the designer, he suddenly looked up at the cell door.
At this mont, Jas, angered, rushed forward and growled at the designer: "I got you here, not to say this!"
The designer shivered again and quickly blurted out a string of words with his eyes tightly shut.
"Due to the circuit modification, each lead responds at a different speed. This ans if chosen properly, you might get a slight delay before detonation. And in the case where the five leads are incomplete, and so are already cut, temporarily opening the tunnel door won’t imdiately detonate the bomb."
"But!—But, the ti delay is only 2 seconds. If the tunnel door stays open for more than 2 seconds, the bomb will explode completely!"
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Shi Nian could no longer breathe, nor think.
seconds, two people, how could it be possible to pass through?
But Huangfu Huazhang had already swiftly leapt up from the ground, embraced her, and dashed towards the door.
In his arms, Shi Nian was sowhat shocked.
Was this still the sa man born with a leg ailnt, making it hard for him to walk for years?
If he normally walked without a cane, his leg would ache. Now, burdened with her, running so wildly, wasn’t he running on sharp blades?
Moreover, even if Mr. Huangfu could carry her to the door. With only 2 seconds, even if they were together, how could they ensure they’d pass smoothly?
Ha, George was truly ruthless, and Heaven seed to be playing a cruel joke.
At this last mont, a glimr of hope seed to appear.
But only 2 seconds, was no different from having none at all.
Shi Nian only shouted in the direction of Tang Yanqing: "... Listen to , you must go. Outside, there’s Jieyou, my mom, and Nisha’s two daughters... Please don’t do anything foolish with , I beg you to live on. For , take care of them for a lifeti."
Tang Yanqing’s tears also fell, and he roared, "Don’t even think about it!"
But Huangfu Huazhang didn’t stop; he was already at the tunnel door with Shi Nian!
The door could only be opened for 2 seconds.
seconds.
He put her down, his legs felt as heavy as if filled with lead, and were gripped with knife-like pain.
But he tried to smile at her with effort.
"Don’t be afraid, my little girl. 2 seconds is short, but it’s enough."
"Listen to , when I ask Tang Yanqing to open the gate later, you must go up quickly. Don’t look back."
Shi Nian was a little stunned, as if fragnts of mories were churning, piercing her heart.
She imdiately shook her head: "No. Sir, your leg just bore the weight again, so later it won’t support . Let’s have Mr. Tang pull you up first, and I’ll be below helping you!"
"Don’t say silly things." He laughed, deliberately stretching his leg in front of her: "My leg is fine. There are only 2 seconds, you can’t hold up from below, it would waste ti. If we switch, it would be different, I can easily send you up, and the remaining ti is enough for to get up myself."
For so reason, Shi Nian suddenly started to cry.
Tears flowed down one by one: "Then why don’t you want to look back? Don’t say it like that, it scares !"
Don’t look back, as if looking back would an never seeing him again.
He smiled, smiling tenderly: "You’re overthinking. I ask you not to look back because looking back itself would waste ti. And once you turn, your movents will stop, so I tell you not to look back."
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