Excessive ferocity due to caution

The three finalized their plan and regained their strength.

Five minutes later, a terrifying explosion rang out. The construction was not yet completed, and the blocked underground passage shook violently!

People at the exit thought the underpass was about to collapse, and in their terror, they disregarded the acid rain and instinctively rushed out!

However, those who rushed out quickly paid the price for their foolishness.

Under the intense acidic rain, these people were corroded to the bone in just a few seconds!

Accompanied by screams and hissing sounds, these people turned into a pool of charred black matter and blood...

Many people near the exit also fell unconscious due to the toxic gases released from the acid rain.

Their death was also only a matter of time.

At that moment, Zhao Yi and his group, who were at the very back of the passage, saw the stone wall on the side collapse like a shoddy construction project...

Without any hesitation, they immediately rushed towards the subway passage on the other side of the stone wall!

Standing on the opposite sunken platform, the group held their breath.

Boom—

Soon, a slower train arrived.

Even at this speed, the opportunity left for Zhao Yi and his group was fleeting...

If they had jumped even a fraction of a second later... they would have been hit by the train and thrown into the narrow gap between the tracks, and then... crushed alive...

When they were halfway through the second door, Zhao Yi immediately called out:

"Jump!"

He took the lead and jumped towards the still-moving train, while Nan Jia and Meng Fei, who were carrying Li Xiuer on their backs, also jumped towards the train at the same time, recklessly!

Glug!

The four jumped into the train without any serious injury!

"They're in!"

Meng Fei trembled with excitement, but soon his face turned pale.

Zhao Yi noticed his unusual behavior and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Meng Fei stared intently at a seat on the train, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"wrong!"

"That spot... should be occupied by a little girl right now!"

Why has she disappeared?

Meng Fei's mind raced as he intently looked at the clock in his hand.

Perhaps having one more or one less person wouldn't seem to affect his trip at all.

But the butterfly effect... who knows?

Zhao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Is this girl important?"

Meng Fei looked solemn as he gazed at the clock in his arms:

"In three minutes and nine seconds, the train will pull into the station... The girl will run away out of fear. After she escapes, she cries and clings to the door of the safe house, which angers the guard inside. He opens the door and kills her... That brief moment is our only chance to enter the safe house..."

"Scalding acid rain will corrode water pipes and concrete. Although the last time I experienced it was a 'drought,' it is not hard to predict that soon the floodwaters formed by the accumulated acid water will directly destroy all the underground facilities."

"This area is low-lying, so it will naturally be the first to be flooded."

Zhao Yi praised:

"really."

"If we hadn't been in the safe house back then..."

At this point, everyone present, as well as the viewers in the live stream, felt a chill run down their spines…

"What do we do now?"

Meng Fei took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Yi, asking a question.

The latter, gazing at the still-moving train, calmly said:

"There's no rush yet."

"Now that the little girl is gone, the gatekeeper might not be here either."

"However... if he were here, it would actually be a good thing."

Meng Fei was stunned:

Why?

Zhao's eyes lit up:

"Because we know how to control it."

Time flew by, and three minutes and nine seconds later, the train arrived at the station as scheduled.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Yi and his group rushed out!

Nobody knows how long this place can withstand the corrosive effects of acid rain outside!

Running all the way to the door of the safe house, Meng Fei excitedly exclaimed from afar:

"It's the gatekeeper, he's inside!"

But soon, his heart sank again.

"But without that little girl, how can we get him to open the door for us?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Enrage him."

Meng Fei:

"How do I do it?"

"Insults? Or mockery?"

Zhao Yi:

"None of these work."

"Go up there, pull down your pants, and pee on his face!"

"Remember, your expression must be haughty!"

"You'd better adopt that arrogant attitude you have in Racing City!"

Meng Fei was dumbfounded.

Will this work?

And urinating on someone's face... that's just too mean!

But even in this time of crisis, Meng Fei still chose to abandon his moral bottom line.

He could already faintly hear the sound of the concrete above corroding!

Without saying a word, Meng Fei went to the side of the safe house, took off his pants, and, while the gatekeeper was completely dumbfounded, urinated directly on his face.

He was also whistling.

Upon seeing this scene, the gatekeeper's will-o'-the-wisps immediately flared up!

Good guy!

This brat, whoever he is, dared to insult my personality and challenge my dignity to my face!

How can we tolerate this?!

He grabbed a knife from beside him, immediately opened the door and rushed out!

Swish!

The blade flashed fiercely, heading straight for Meng's weapon!

Meng Fei was so frightened that he trembled. Before he had even finished urinating, he quickly sounded the retreat and ran away!

He clearly saw that at that moment, the knife was only 0.01 centimeters away from his murder weapon!

boom!

Zhao Yi took out the gatekeeper with a single gravity shot, then led the others into the safe house!

boom!

Boom!

Shortly after they entered, the concrete behind them finally gave way and collapsed!

Large amounts of steaming rainwater rushed in from above, and floating in it were many charred corpses that had been corroded beyond recognition...

As the floodwaters formed by the acid rain were blocked by the safety gate, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief...

"We survived..."

Meng Fei laughed bitterly and collapsed to the ground.

Nan Jia carefully placed Li Xiuer on the ground and hurriedly checked the extent of the curse's corruption on her body. She saw that the area below Li Xiuer's heart had become swollen and black...

"How...how could this happen?!"

Nan Jia's voice trembled.

Her once innocent and serene face had lost its tranquility.

Zhao Yi came to Li Xiuer's side, gave her a general diagnosis, and frowned slightly.

"Logically speaking... she should already be dead."

"However, Miss Xiu's body seems to be different from that of ordinary people..."

P.S.: One more chapter to go. My darlings, get some rest and read it tomorrow.

good night!