The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 288 Saving Lives and Risking One's Life (5k)

Two days later, a snowstorm struck.

Gu Heng drove his Maybach GLS600 alone from the mountaintop villa toward Tianmu Hot Spring, at a leisurely pace.

Two days ago, after Gu Heng decided to activate the first-level reward of the [Scepter of Power], the system quickly returned to a state of silence. Only the illusory image of the scepter, shining with precious light, remained standing, constantly flickering in the darkness.

Until noon today, while Gu Heng was lifting weights at his home gym, the system suddenly popped up a notification, instructing him to drive alone to Tianmu Hot Spring immediately, without bodyguards allowed to accompany him. The system also provided Gu Heng with a route map and even strictly regulated his driving speed.

Faced with the constant pop-up prompts and urgings from the system, Gu Heng dared not delay. He grabbed a shirt, put it on, and headed straight to the garage to drive his Maybach GLS600. Then, following the route given by the system, he drove towards Tianmu Hot Spring.

Because it's snowing heavily today, and it's Sunday, there are far fewer cars on the road than usual, and they're not driving very fast.

Gu Heng drove with a sense of trepidation throughout the journey.

When Gu Heng left home, he was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to think much. But after he calmed down, he couldn't help but recall the warning the system had given him two days ago.

Extremely dangerous!
There is a risk of death!

Clearly, the first-tier reward of the [Scepter of Power] is now being distributed to him.

This reward...

What could it be?

At a crossroads, Gu Heng's car was stopped at the front, waiting for the red light.

Based on his past understanding of Tongzi's father, the difficulty of the challenge missions issued by the other party was directly proportional to the generosity of the mission rewards.

It took him nearly four months to thoroughly read all fifty history books, and he even had to risk his life to claim the reward, which shows just how generous the reward would be.

"boom!!!"

Just as Gu Heng was pondering this, a loud bang suddenly came from ahead.

A fully loaded heavy truck collided violently with a Dream L9 that was driving normally, with unstoppable force.

Theoretically, the vehicle that was thrown into the air should be a heavy truck.

In reality, the Dream L9, weighing several tons, was thrown more than ten meters away like a rag doll. The car rolled continuously until it finally crashed into a large tree, which brought it to a stop.

However, the heavy truck that ran a red light and sped away didn't even slow down after hitting the Dream L9, and disappeared at the end of the road in the blink of an eye.

At this very moment, even though the light had turned green, not a single car started moving at the entire intersection. All the drivers were staring at the Dream L9, which was leaning against a big tree and upside down.

From the moment it rolled over to the moment it came to a stop, it took no more than ten seconds, and then flames began to rise from the entire vehicle.

As a range-extended electric vehicle, the Dream L9 not only has a battery pack, but also a fuel tank and an engine. Judging from the faint flames, it is most likely that the fire was caused by the fuel tank, because if the battery pack were to catch fire, the fire would spread much faster than what is currently visible.

[Save them!]

[Save them!]

[Save them!]

Immediately after the accident, the entire virtual light screen of the system turned dark red, and the words "rescue people" flashed continuously in front of Gu Heng's eyes.

Upon seeing this, Gu Heng immediately acted without any hesitation.

Turning the steering wheel around and flooring the accelerator, the Maybach GLS600 roared like a beast on the snow, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived near the flaming Dream L9.

When they were still a dozen meters away from the Dream L9, Gu Heng stopped the car and jumped out.

In sub-zero temperatures, with wind and snow still howling, Gu Heng was only wearing a thin shirt. Even though he was in good health, he couldn't help but shiver from the cold.

However, with lives at stake and time pressing, Gu Heng took out the car fire extinguisher from the trunk and ran directly towards the burning Dream L9. Upon arriving near the vehicle, he opened the fire extinguisher and sprayed it vigorously at the flames.

However, the results were minimal.

Although the flames on the outside may not appear large, the inside of the hood is actually engulfed in flames.

Unless the fire department is called in, no matter how many fire extinguishers you have, it won't help.

After failing to extinguish the fire, Gu Heng casually tossed the car fire extinguisher aside and, disregarding his image, lay down on the snow.

"Wake up!"

"Wake up!"

Gu Heng shouted loudly into the car while quickly observing the situation inside.

Because the heavy truck had just hit the Dream L9 from the driver's side, both doors on that side of the Dream L9 were severely damaged.

According to Gu Heng's visual observation, there were a total of four people in the car.

In the driver's seat, there was a young man, while in the back there was a young woman, an elderly woman with gray hair, and a toddler who looked to be only about two years old, sitting in a child safety seat.

Gu Heng called out twice, but there was no response from inside the car.

It must be said that the Dream L9's protection is quite good.

All the airbags deployed, protecting everyone inside the vehicle.

Gu Heng casually picked up a piece of broken glass, first puncturing the driver's side airbag, and then he reached out and placed his hand under the young man's nose.

'He's breathing, he's still alive...'

After confirming that the young man was still alive, Gu Heng tried to open the door from the inside without success. After determining that the door lock was malfunctioning, he immediately began to force the door open.

"Grass!"

"This door is fucking sturdy!"

With veins bulging in his arms, Gu Heng had no choice but to use both hands and feet, pulling at the door with his hands while kicking it hard with his feet for added support.

Just after Gu Heng started rescuing people, many more cars stopped nearby. Many drivers wanted to help, but when they saw the huge flames that had completely engulfed the front of their cars, they all hesitated.

Despite this, some people still rushed over.

"Young man!"

Here, take a crowbar!

A middle-aged man in gray overalls ran up to Gu Heng carrying a crowbar: "Is this a range-extended electric vehicle? Hybrid combustion engines can easily explode!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

"Can save one is one!"

With the tools at his disposal, Gu Heng managed to loosen the previously locked car door with his strength, and then he said with a very determined expression.

"Well done!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The spirit of risking one's life to save others is always worthy of respect and praise.

After praising the glass, the middle-aged man didn't just stand around watching. He picked up the broken glass and helped Gu Heng cut open the rear airbags one by one.

"boom!"

After Gu Heng's continuous efforts, the driver's side door was finally pried open. Gu Heng lay down on the ground again and struggled to pull the young man out of the car.

"quick!"

"Uncle, carry him away!"

After dragging the unconscious young man out, Gu Heng didn't bother to move him to a safe place and immediately went to the back door to pry it open.

"it is good!"

The middle-aged man responded and quickly went to the young man's side, lifting him up. Before leaving, he looked at the raging fire in front of him and said in a low voice, "Young man, the fire is getting bigger. It's probably going to burn the battery soon. Just be true to yourself and don't get yourself killed."

"it is good."

When Gu Heng jumped out of his car, he was shivering from the wind and snow, but now he could no longer feel the cold at all. He could even feel the scorching heat of the raging fire ahead.

Seeing Gu Heng's focused expression, the middle-aged man didn't say anything more and carried the unconscious young man toward an open space in the distance.

"boom!"

Five minutes after the accident, Gu Heng successfully pried open the back door and rescued the unconscious elderly woman first. Then he climbed into the car and rescued the young woman.

"hiss……"

The entire vehicle was severely deformed from the impact, and the glass shards and protruding steel bars scattered throughout the interior caused Gu Heng to suffer cuts and abrasions in many places on his body during the crawling process.

Just after Gu Heng rescued the old woman and the young woman, an extremely bad situation arose.

The battery pack of this range-extended electric vehicle was eventually ignited by the intense heat from the fire.

While a fuel fire has a process, a battery fire has almost no development process. The bottom of the vehicle carrying the battery bursts into flames instantly, making it look as if the entire car is engulfed in fire from a distance.

"Young man, run!"

"The battery is on fire! It could explode!" "Run! Run now or it'll be too late!"

……

Those who had stopped to watch from a distance couldn't help but step back when they saw this scene. At the same time, they looked at Gu Heng, who was dressed in thin clothes and had already rescued three people, and they all spoke up to remind him.

At this moment, Gu Heng looked at the raging fire and was caught in a battle between his conscience and his will.

Because the Dream L9 is a seven-seat version, the child safety seat was placed in the last row. The toddler is now tightly locked in the child safety seat. If Gu Heng wants to rescue the toddler, he will have to crawl back in, and he will have to crawl even deeper than when he rescued the two women.

But now the car is engulfed in flames and is at risk of exploding at any moment.

At this moment, he finally understood the source of his father's warnings about the "extremely high danger" and "risk of death".

If he wasn't mistaken, the four people in that car were probably all people of extraordinary status, perhaps even beyond his imagination.

In other words, they—

It was the first-level reward of the [Scepter of Power] given to him by his father, the Supreme Ruler!
save?
Still not saving?

Gu Heng was filled with anxiety.

If you choose to save them, you might very well end up getting yourself killed.

But if he chose not to save the child and watched helplessly as the child burned to death in the fire, not to mention whether the system reward would be greatly reduced, Gu Heng's conscience would not be at peace.

"Please……"

"Save my son..."

"I beg you……"

"Today is his second birthday..."

"He's only been in this world for a short time..."

Just as Gu Heng was struggling with his inner conflict, he suddenly felt his trouser leg being tugged. He looked down and saw that the young woman had woken up from her coma. Her voice was extremely weak and her tone was full of pleading.

Two years old!

Birthday!

Looking at the young woman's somewhat desperate eyes and listening to her seemingly delirious voice, Gu Heng said nothing and abruptly jumped back into the car.

Oh shit!

It's done!

Gu Heng didn't consider himself a good person, but he was forced to watch helplessly as the child was burned alive in the fire, despite having the opportunity to save him...

He can't do it!

In the distance, the faint sirens of fire trucks and ambulances could be heard.

But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst; now is truly a life-or-death moment where every second counts.

The crowd that had been surrounding the area is now retreating again and again.

Because they were far away, they could clearly see just how big the fire had become; it was safe to say that the entire vehicle could explode at any moment.

When they saw that Gu Heng hadn't left but had instead gotten back into the car, they couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Is he out of his mind?!"

"Run! Run now or it'll be too late!"

“I recorded the video. If this young man can safely rescue everyone, and the province doesn’t give him a provincial-level honorary title for bravery, I’ll go straight to Beijing!”

"There are still many good people in society. I have a wife, children and elderly parents to support, otherwise I would have gone up to help just now. But I have family to rely on, so I really didn't dare to go up!"

"The fire spread too quickly; it's only been six or seven minutes since it started!"

"The main thing is that it's a range-extended electric vehicle, which contains both gasoline and electricity. If it were a pure gasoline car, it could last for at least ten minutes, enough to hold out until the fire truck arrives without any problem!"

……

While everyone was discussing it, Gu Heng was truly risking his life.

The raging fire, like a fiery snake, burrowed into the car, burning his right arm until the skin was torn and bleeding. The expensive business shirt he was wearing had long since been reduced to tattered strips during the rescue, and his entire body was covered in blood.

Now that things had come to this, Gu Heng was completely reckless. His adrenaline was surging soaring, making him feel as if he didn't know what pain or exhaustion felt like.

He quickly unfastened the buckle on the child safety seat, then grabbed the child's clothes with all five fingers and abruptly pulled him out of the car.

The scorching heat made Gu Heng feel as if he were being roasted in a furnace.

The originally cold metal body is now as hot as a soldering iron due to heat conduction.

After getting out of the car, Gu Heng tore off the shirt that looked like a tattered rag, and used it as a temporary restraint rope to tie the child to his front. Then, he grabbed the weak woman and the unconscious old woman with his left and right hands and ran frantically towards the open space in the crowd.

"what!"

At the critical moment of life and death, Gu Heng couldn't help but roar.

This time, he made the right bet.

"boom--!"

Just as Gu Heng had run a few meters forward, the Dream L9, engulfed in flames, finally exploded.

Countless fragments flew in all directions due to the explosion, and the car door was even thrown into the air by the powerful impact of the explosion before crashing heavily to the ground.

Gu Heng could feel the sweltering heat behind him and the powerful shockwave from the explosion, but all he could see in front of him were the onlookers and the firefighters and doctors running against the flow of traffic towards him.

at last……

The two sides met up.

"thump!"

Completely exhausted and only able to hold on by sheer willpower, Gu Heng collapsed on the spot after confirming that the environment was safe.

"Tick tock..."

Gu Heng lowered his head and suddenly froze.

Snowflakes were gradually stained red with blood, and at the same time, he felt his body was sticky.

He raised his hand and touched his back.

Blood!

Hands covered in blood!

When Gu Heng saw the blood, his head buzzed.

The fiery heat that had been burning within him quickly dissipated with the icy wind, replaced by endless weakness and cold.

From God's perspective, one could see three metal fragments embedded in Gu Heng's muscular back, the largest of which was as big as an adult's palm.

The blood gushed from these three wounds, and the blood flow was extremely fast. The metal fragments, due to the impact of the explosion, were deeply embedded in Gu Heng's body.

"quick!"

"ambulance!"

Just then, nurses and firefighters surrounded him.

"Hang in there, young man!"

"Don't sleep, please don't sleep!"

An older firefighter put his arm around Gu Heng's shoulder, and his loud voice made Gu Heng's ears hurt a little.

Gu Heng wasn't sleepy at first, but after the other person finished speaking, Gu Heng suddenly felt his eyelids getting very heavy, and at the same time, a severe feeling of dizziness surged into his heart.

'Grass! '

'It seems like things went too far!'

'I feel like I'm about to die!'

Gu Heng's breathing became rapid, and the dizziness worsened. He cursed under his breath, then used the last bit of strength in his body to press the thing on his right index finger, which looked like a silver ring but was actually a miniature sensor, at a high frequency.

High-frequency pressing indicates a high-risk call.

At this moment, Gu Heng believed that the security department of Zhaode Heritage had received the message and had also locked onto Gu Heng's location in real time through this "silver ring".

With the support of Zhaode's legacy, Gu Heng breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then, unable to suppress the overwhelming drowsiness any longer, his head lolled to the side, the world before him went dark, and he instantly fainted…

(End of this chapter)