“Ah!”
The tremor beneath their feet caused everyone’s sense of balance to waver. Fang Ran heard Shui Lianxin screaming beside him. The next moment, a strong tremor knocked him off his seat!
Crash!
As if he had been flung out by a giant, Fang Ran felt himself crashing onto the ground behind him!
“Hurry up and run!”
“Get out quickly!”
Someone yelled out.
There was chaos in the restaurant! Right now, the spacious area as well as the numerous chefs and waiters, had become the most dangerous element in this situation, and were the cause of the chaos!
“Stop blocking the way! Run quickly!”
Someone kept crying out.
Rumble! Rumble!
Crushed stones continued to come crashing down from the roof. The ceiling that was once decorated magnificently, was now falling rubble that hindered everyone’s escape!
Boom!
Another explosion rang out!
All at once, crushed rocks and broken tables were blown up by the explosion!
The collapsed Western restaurant had completely become a crumbling pile of concrete!
Boom! Rumble! Rumble!
As Fang Ran forcibly resisted the earthquake trembling under his feet, the sound of explosions kept ringing in his ears!
Fang Ran was so shocked that his head was spinning, and for some reason, he struggled to open his eyes. There was a pain coming from the top of his head, and the blood from the wound where he knocked himself slowly trickled down into his right eye.
‘What’s going on?’
‘What happened?’
‘Earthquake?’
‘Explosion?’
‘Why is there the sound of an explosion?’
Fang Ran’s head felt a little heavy, and his vision was blurred. It might have been due to him being flung out just now!
“Something’s fishy! Someone deliberately detonated the safety hazard of this restaurant!”
From the ash-coloured smoke and dust that filled the air of the Western restaurant, a bluish light rushed over. It was Ling who had been flung aside just now.
Then, Ling was also taken aback by how Fang Ran looked at this moment, especially by the stream of blood that was trickling down from the top of his head into his right eye.
“I….”
Fang Ran felt like his head was splitting. Pressing down on his right eye with his hand, he was startled by the blood on his hand.
“Hurry and run out! This is not a Night Battle. If you’re crushed to death here, you are really dead!”
Ling’s shout resounded in Fang Ran’s mind! Then, a telekinetic force shielded him from a falling stray piece of rock, while another telekinetic force pushed Fang Ran towards the door!
Crash! Bang! Bang!
Some electric circuits broke, igniting sparks!
Crash! Whoosh!
The flames began to spread through the restaurant!
Incendiary munitions?!
Ling frowned and looked at this terrible situation. Damn it, who is so crazy as to launch an attack like this in the city center, and even using incendiary munitions!
‘Is it to eliminate those people who survived being crushed to death?’
“Still not running?! What are you doing here! Waiting to die?!”
Ling shouted furiously when she saw that Fang Ran was still standing in the same place where Ling had given him a push.
Fang Ran could not see what was in front of him clearly. All he saw was the dust that had flown up from the crashing rubble.
Rumble! boom!
A huge boulder on the second floor came crashing down, and the loud noise slightly awakened Fang Ran from his daze.
He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the dizziness. Without thinking, he gritted his teeth and said with his brows knitting together instinctively,
“No, that… that girl is still inside, I should… yes… I should… save her…”
After he finished spewing out what was on his mind, Fang Ran bit down hard on the tip of his tongue. The pain triggered him to stand up fiercely. His eyes widened as round as marbles, and he looked around the Western restaurant through a half blood-red vision!
In the shaking hall, the panic-stricken people thought that some natural disaster had occurred. They crowded at the door, all wishing to go out first. However, the gravel and rubble obstructed their path!
The explosion sounds continued, and the sound of windows shattering came from the second floor, while the rubble kept falling.
The entire restaurant was like a crumbling sandbox!
Amidst the ash-coloured smoke and dust, Fang Ran took more than a second to determine the direction of his seat from a moment ago!
After which, he gritted his teeth and dashed over!
Seeing Fang Ran’s brushing past her, Ling, who was supporting the entire restaurant with all her telekinesis from the data space, nearly could not keep herself afloat!
‘This idiot. His mind is already fuzzy, yet he still wants to save others!’
‘Are you Virgin Mary? Or you are the so-called hero?!’
“You coward!”
Gnashing her teeth, Ling cursed in the data space. All of a sudden, she raised her head and stared at the empty space above the data space, as if she could pass through this prison that imprisoned her. Her voice was cold and imposing as she commanded like a queen,
“Stop right there.”
The command immediately took effect! A powerful telekinetic force burst forth from Ling’s spirit!
As if it could make the air denser, the telekinetic force directly focused on the thickest load-bearing column in the entire hall!
Boom! Rumble!
The rubble was still falling, but the shaking of the hall was relieved.
The gravel floated in the air and was forcibly pressed against the load-bearing column. The load-bearing column which was bending over like an old man, was propped up once again.
In the data space, Ling tightly held onto a mass of air, not letting go of her right hand!
“Damn it… The consumption is more than I expected.”
Rumble!
The rubble continued to fall with a rumble!
Wobbling, Fang Ran sprinted ahead, rushing through the smoke and dust formed from the crashing rubble, with dried blood on his face and eyes that gave a terrifying look!
However, Fang Ran could care less about these. Using his right hand, he pulled a slab of stone aside and finally located the square hall by the window where he had been sitting just now. Amidst the chaotic screams and the ash smoke and dust that he could not see past clearly, he finally found the person who was sitting across from him just now!
That girl was trembling as she cowered under a stone slab, with her hands hugging her head in fear. It was obvious that the explosions around her had extremely terrified her, causing her to cry out and scream from time to time.
It was difficult to breathe, but Fang Ran’s feet involuntarily started moving faster than he could think.
The ground was no longer flat, and the shaking continued. Fang Ran felt like he was running on a moving floor. His entire body was quaking in fear, but his gaze forced him to keep staring at where Shui Lianxin was!
‘F*ck, what am I doing?’
‘Fang Ran, run away quickly, if you still don’t run, you will be crushed to death here!’
‘Have you turned stupid, how do you have the ability to save others?’
‘Please come to your senses. That girl is not related to you.’
‘She came here to threaten you and she knows about the arrest warrant on you!’
‘Even if that was not the case, why are you bothering about someone who is unrelated to you and whose name you don’t even know, and especially at a time like this?’
‘Although she is very beautiful, what does that have to do with you?’
‘No matter how beautiful that kind of pretty girl is, she is not yours. Haven’t you already understood this since a long time ago?
‘This kind of girl who is destined to belong to a rich and handsome man, is not yours to rescue, okay?
“Turn back, you can still escape now.”
It seemed like someone was talking to Fang Ran.
His thoughts were running wild. Fang Ran trembled in his steps and his eyes widened as he stared ahead. However, he continued running step by step, with his hands pulling away the rubble in front of him.
In actuality, Fang Ran was also scared out of his wits at this moment.
It was also his first time experiencing an “earthquake”. Compared to the two experiences he had in the scenarios, the “realness” of this situation made him tremble in fear.
Yet, Fang Ran could not stop.
His wavering thoughts about retreating kept rising up within him, but he just could not stop.
This was because since Fang Ran was young, his parents had told him that human lives were above all else and that their life was the most important thing to a person. They taught him that in the future, he must not cast his health aside to do dangerous matters for the sake of money, fame and fortune.
This was the reason why he had broken down when he saw Si A with his internal organs exposed. This was the reason why he was quivering in fear after ‘killing’ those people.
This was the reason why he could not stop now.
A plethora of thoughts about fleeing flashed across his mind, but were all shut down by this one thought in Fang Ran’s mind,
‘If I don’t save her, she will lose her life.’
‘The most important thing to her will be gone.’
That petrified girl, who was trembling in the corner, would be dead.
Gritting his teeth hard, with the blood stain that trickled past his eye onto his right cheek, making him look like a refugee fleeing from a desperate situation, Fang Ran dashed forward as if his life depended on it!
In fact, Fang Ran’s mind was still a little fuzzy right now. When he was flung onto the ground just now, he seemed to have hit his head. However, amidst his fuzzy thoughts, Fang Ran was very clear about one thing,
‘If I don’t save the girl, I will definitely regret it.’
‘Save her. The child, who had dreamed of being those handsome heroes shown on TV in the past, would definitely save her!’
‘Save her. That the quiet and reclusive teenager in the past would definitely save her too!’
‘If I give up here…’
‘The future me will definitely hate myself to bits for leaving someone for dead without lifting a finger right now.’
‘I will regret it…’
‘I will regret it.’
‘I will definitely regret it!’
“So, I can’t stop.”
Fang Ran unconsciously muttered to himself, his eyes still fixed on the front as he pushed the broken table aside with all his might and took a step forward.
Hence, what was spurring Fang Ran on at this moment was not something noble, but his fear. His fear that he might regret it in the future. The fear of feeling remorseful. He was afraid that even he might also look down on himself in the future.
‘Almost there, just a few steps away. You can escape once you grab hold of her, Fang Ran.’
Fang Ran stared ahead, reassuring himself in his mind.
However, just then…
Boom! Rumble!
A deafening sound rang out!
Above Shui Lianxin’s head, the roof of the square hall was unable to hold on any longer! It all of a sudden split with a rumble and came crashing down towards her!
As the loud sound rang out, Shui Lianxin subconsciously raised her head and saw the scene that made her blood run cold!
‘Am I going to die?’
This was the only thought left in her mind right now. She did not realize that the pendant on her neck was glowing faintly.
At a place not far off from her, Fang Ran, who was only a few steps away from Shui Lianxin, also saw the falling roof. If that massive boulder was to fall freely, the girl would undoubtedly die.
His eyes immediately widened.
Fang Ran stopped breathing as he stared at the roof.
‘Damn it!’
Stop!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Stop! Stop! Stop it!
Fang Ran kept yelling out in his heart, but he was still a few steps away from her. Like a proud child who was dissatisfied that he was unable to accomplish something, indignance welled up in his heart and a deep roar rang out uncontrollably from his throat.
“I f*cking told you to stop!”
At that crucial moment!
The Silver Split Dragontooth appeared in Fang Ran’s right hand amidst his roar. Recklessly, he grabbed a card with his left hand and flung it towards the falling roof!
Then, without thinking and without any hesitation, a sense of ferociousness was seen in Fang Ran’s eyes as he hurled the Silver Split Dragontooth like a javelin with all his might!
A silver light flashed across the sky!
In midair, the tip of the sword nailed straight into [The Float] card, penetrating the card that had turned into a golden glow…
The Silver Split Dragontooth turned into a streak of light and stabbed into the falling boulder in midair!
Buzz!
The tremor dispersed in the air!
In just two seconds, Fang Ran’s thousands of mana points were instantly used up!
However, two seconds was sufficient.
Shui Lianxin, who had already closed her eyes in fear, suddenly felt that someone was forcefully pulling her up. The next moment, she forcefully crashed into someone’s chest, and the pendant on her neck became calm again.
Rumble! The Silver Split Dragontooth disappeared, and the roof crashed onto the ground with a giant cloud of dust!
She looked up. The young man had a streak of blood on the right side that went past his eye. His eyes, which still had remnants of the viciousness from his roar just now, were fixated on the crisis just now.
In fact, when she first saw him, she did wonder if she had found the wrong person because aside from his appearance, his demeanour felt completely different. However, she was no longer thinking that now.
Because… the person who was carrying her right now…
Was just like the figure that had stood in front of her to shield her that night.