Chapter 205 - 201: Escape from Desperation

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Chapter 205: Chapter 201: Escape from Desperation "Wait!" Just as the crossbow was about to pull the trigger, Ling Chen suddenly shouted to stop. Zhang Xueli slightly frowned, speaking with a mocking tone: "What, a moment ago you were all noble and selfless, ready to rescue your companion without regard to your own safety, and now you are afraid of dying?" Ling Chen took a deep breath, touched his nose, his eyes gleaming subtly, and grinned: "In our line of work, we’ve long been prepared to make sacrifices. However, I don’t want to die confusedly. You can kill me, but at least let me die understanding why." "What do you want to know?" "You just said you deliberately left me a way out, I’m not sure what you mean by that, could you clarify?" This was a concern of his. He hadn’t thought much about it before, but when Zhang Xueli brought it up, he felt something was amiss. If Zhang Xueli wanted to kill him, there was no need to change locations; it could have all been done in that room without any extra effort. It’s clear that Zhang Xueli didn’t lie; she truly intended to give him a way out. Yet, as they were strangers and adversaries, it made no sense for her to spare him. "I can’t give you an answer to that question." After saying that, Zhang Xueli waved her hand, making a shooting gesture. "Wait!" Hearing Ling Chen shout again, Zhang Xueli impatiently said: "Are you done yet?" "This is my last tiny request, and I hope you can fulfill it. Since I’m going to die anyway, might as well let me have a cigarette so I won’t be lonely on the way to the underworld. Miss Zhang, since you kindly offered me a way out, I trust you won’t refuse me." Zhang Xueli hesitated for a moment, remembered the face of someone, and nodded to someone beside her. Soon, a man in a suit stepped forward with a cigarette and a lighter, ready to light it for him. However, Ling Chen did not let him help, but took the lighter himself and took a satisfied puff, exhaling a plume of smoke. "Now I can go on my last journey in peace," Zhang Xueli said coldly, watching his content expression. Ling Chen flicked the ash from his cigarette and cheerfully replied: "Thank you, Miss Zhang, but...I’ve thought about it, and I still find it better to live. Look how young I am, it would be such a pity to die now, wouldn’t it?" "I think you talk too much, just kill him!" However, at the moment everyone was about to pull the trigger, Ling Chen suddenly leaped up, grabbed the tailgate of the truck, and jumped into the cargo box. Zhang Xueli’s face was cold as she spat out through clenched teeth: "Still struggling even when death is imminent, drag him out." Several men in suits, without a word, immediately rushed towards the truck’s cargo box. At that moment, within the spacious cargo box, Ling Chen looked around at the barrels and broke into a grin. His nose was indeed sharp; when outside the truck, he had smelled something familiar inside the cargo box – the scent of gunpowder. All those barrels contained gunpowder. This factory manufactured weapons illegally, and both bombs and bullets needed the finished gunpowder. Hearing footsteps approaching the cargo box, Ling Chen didn’t delay, quickly twisted open a barrel, and dragged it to the tail of the cargo box, pouring out the gunpowder. Following that, he clamped the cigarette in his mouth, looking at the startled crowd, and smirked: "Gentlemen, you best not make any sudden moves. I get nervous easily, and if I get startled and throw the cigarette into the gunpowder, everyone here will suffer." Hearing this, the crowd collectively took steps back. Zhang Xueli stood her ground, motionless, and said coldly, "I’m afraid you don’t have the guts." "Is that so?" Ling Chen’s eyes slightly narrowed, and a cruel smile curled the corners of his mouth, "Miss Zhang, you seem not to know me well. I am indeed very vengeful. I’ve said before, you killed my brother, I must make you pay with blood. Now, it’s time." As his words fell, he flicked his fingers, sending the cigarette butt in his hand directly onto the gunpowder on the ground. Seeing his action, Zhang Xueli’s pupils shrank, and her face turned pale instantly. Gone was her composure as she quickly turned and fled. Without need for a reminder from Zhang Xueli, everyone else, wishing they had more legs given by their parents, had already scattered in all directions. As the cigarette butt landed on the gunpowder, a fierce flame immediately burst forth. Following this, the flame quickly spread along the cargo bed of the truck, swallowing the entire truck in an instant. At this moment, Ling Chen was running swiftly, already far from danger. Boom! With a thunderous explosion, the underground parking lot burst into flames, the ferocious fire voraciously sweeping around. Feeling the heat wave behind him, Ling Chen felt a force hit his back harshly, sending him flying and crashing heavily against a sedan, shattering its windows. Ignoring the pain in his body, he quickly stood up, glanced at the sedan beside him, opened the door, and sat in the driver’s seat. Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions resounded, turning the underground parking lot almost into a sea of fire. Under the impact of the explosions, columns in the parking lot broke one after another. With the columns gone, the crossbeams above began to collapse, and the whole factory was on the brink of collapse. In this critical moment, Ling Chen remained calm, seemingly oblivious to the approaching flames, and continued to try starting the car with two wires. Wooh... Wooh wooh wooh... As the engine roared to life, Ling Chen, without a second word, shifted gears and pressed hard on the accelerator. Instantly, the car shot forward like an arrow released from a bow. At this moment, the top of the parking lot was covered in cracks, with huge stones constantly falling down. Ling Chen was alert in all directions, watching the movements around him, dodging falling stones from above while driving towards the exit of the parking lot. Then, at the exit of the parking lot, the crossbeam on top was half collapsed, threatening to fall at any moment and block the exit. Thirty meters...twenty meters... As the exit was close at hand, the crossbeam above thunderously fell. Seeing this, Ling Chen did not look away, kept his focus straight ahead, and did not reduce his speed at all. Instead, he floored the accelerator. As the vehicle sped up sharply, just as the crossbeam was descending, the top of the sedan barely brushed past it, bursting out of the parking lot. "That was close!" Ling Chen took a deep breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and silently felt fortunate. Being able to escape from such a perilous situation, it seemed that his life was not meant to end yet. As he pondered, he turned to look behind, only to see the factory completely collapsed, engulfed by roaring flames. The fire blazed up to the sky, with explosions occasionally sounding from the rubble, sparks flying, resembling splendid fireworks, adorning the ink-like night sky.

Chapter 205 - 201: Escape from Desperation

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