Volume 1: The Beginning Chapter 40. Abandonment, Death
"Captain Huo, the bomb has been planted."
"Um."
Huo Chen nodded towards the team members who reported to him, lowered his head again and remained silent.
"Captain Huo, the civilians have been evacuated and the bomb can be detonated. Is the detonator still on you?"
"Oh, in..."
Huo Chen reached for his pocket, but found it was empty. His whole expression changed.
"Captain Huo? What's wrong?"
Seeing his captain's suddenly gloomy expression, the team member asked doubtfully.
"No...Tang Ling."
Huo Chen murmured and touched his pocket again. Suddenly, an idea flashed and Tang Ling appeared in his mind.
"The detonating device is with that student. I can't detonate the bomb on the tenth floor."
Saying this, Huo Chen felt inexplicably relieved.
In this case, Tang Ling may still have a chance to survive.
"The sniper finds a good position, aims at the bomb on the tenth floor, and shoots once the target position is locked."
Before Huo Chen could speak, the person walking behind him had already planned his next move.
"Xu Qingsong."
Huo Chen turned his head to look at the visitor, lowered his face and shouted.
The person who came was wearing a combat uniform, tall and tall, with a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, blocking the calculating look in the narrow fox eyes behind the frames.
The surrounding team members looked at the strange atmosphere between their two leaders, and faced the terrifying power exuding from Huo Chen's whole body at this moment. They hesitated to act on the order issued by Xu Qingsong.
"It's okay, just do as I say."
Xu Qingsong smiled kindly at the timid team members around him and gently coaxed them to leave. As the team members left, the surrounding area became quiet, leaving only Huo Chen and Xu Qingsong.
"Huo Chen, when did you become a mother-in-law? How about your resolute behavior?"
Xu Qingsong retracted the fake smile on his face, and his eyes towards Huo Chen gradually turned mocking.
"That's a human life!"
Huo Chen couldn't help but yell at Xu Qingsong's calm look.
Xu Qingsong's arrangement just now completely blocked Tang Ling's life path.
"Huo Chen..."
Xu Qingsong shook his head helplessly, walked slowly to Huo Chen's side, and whispered in his ear, "I know that your belief over the years is not to give up every innocent life, and I understand. But Huo Chen, what do you want?
Think about your team members, think about Chunlu, think about the civilians, these people still rely on you as the captain to lead them to survive. In order to give this life more time to survive, what about the others? What about yourself?
?Huo Chen, think about yourself, you are not a god and you have no ability to save everyone. Is it worth continuing to hesitate here?"
Huo Chen's fists hanging on both sides of his body gradually clenched, and his bones cracked. You could tell without looking that he looked very unhappy at the moment.
He understood everything Xu Qingsong said.
He knew the predicament they were in at this moment.
However, he really couldn't do it if he wanted to abandon his beliefs and the person who had been judging criminals for so many years now turned into the criminal he once hated so much.
That gun is used to defend the country, not to point at the people.
"Don't worry, you weren't asked to do this in the first place. Your and Uncle Huo's positions are watched by people everywhere, so this operation is entirely left to me."
Xu Qingsong patted Huo Chen's shoulder to express comfort and continued.
"But you must change your old-fashioned thinking from this incident. Our world has changed, Huo Chen, stop thinking about selfless dedication."
No longer caring about Huo Chen's current thoughts, Xu Qingsong took the walkie-talkie from his waist, walked to the window, looked at the building opposite, his eyes gradually went down towards the dark area, and adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
, covering the dark light in his eyes.
"Got you!"
The little girl's excited voice sounded in the empty room.
Before Tang Ling could react, the little girl grabbed Tang Ling's shoulders neatly this time and pressed her whole body on top of her.
There were no more obstacles, and it was easy for her to deal with Tang Ling this time.
The stench hit her face. Tang Ling looked at the face so close to her. The crazy smile that could not be concealed on his face made her tilt her head in discomfort.
"Why are you disobedient! Why are you running! Disobedient! Why are you leaving!"
The little girl saw Tang Ling's resistance to it, and it roared at her angrily. The hand that clasped the shoulder kept exerting force, and only the bones could be heard cracking.
"Hi! Ah!"
The sharp nails dug into the flesh, and Tang Ling screamed in pain.
"I'm going to eat you! I'm going to eat you! You're mine!"
Seeing the pain gradually appearing on Tang Ling's face, the little girl smiled ferociously with a strange sense of satisfaction. Suddenly, blue light spots came out of Tang Ling's body and hovered. When the little girl saw this, her whole body
Everyone became excited, and their scarlet eyes could no longer conceal their desire, eager to swallow Tang Ling whole.
Before she could open her mouth, her body was knocked to the side again, and then several pieces of flesh were torn off by external forces.
"Ahhhhh!"
The little girl screamed, but the group of monsters who were busy eating her turned a deaf ear and crowded around to snatch the girl's flesh.
"Damn it! Get away!"
The little girl bit the head of a monster that was busy snatching her flesh and blood, and pulled it aside hard. The monster stopped attacking and fell straight on top of the little girl. The next second, its companions swarmed up.
They were snatched and swallowed up completely.
The little girl continued to wave her body riddled with holes, quickly killing these monsters on her body.
She was very strong, and within a short time, monster corpses were lying everywhere around her.
However, they were outnumbered.
No matter how powerful the ability is, it will become vulnerable under the suppression of extremely terrifying numbers.
Monsters came one after another, and the dense group of monsters surrounded the little girl without giving her any chance to breathe.
Tang Ling propped herself up and stood up. The blue light spots were constantly repairing the wounds on her shoulders. Her scarlet eyes looked coldly at the group of monsters fighting and pushing.
Although she seemed unscathed, the constant cold sweat and trembling body reflected Tang Ling's exhaustion at the moment.
It's the end of the war.
Now, even the most common monster could kill Tang Ling directly.
Picking up the metal device that fell on the ground, Tang Ling touched the shelf on the side and was about to get up.
"boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and then the whole building trembled.
Tang Ling quickly hugged the shelf next to her to steady herself from falling. She looked out the window and her eyes widened.
The huge object fell from the sky and hit the ground, stirring up dust all over the ground. The impact was so shocking that the whole building shook.
That's...a contact bridge, right?
…
ah.
It turns out she was given up.
Amid a violent turmoil, Tang Ling sat on the floor blankly, looking out the window blankly.
Total darkness.
Nothing.
Didn't you expect it a long time ago?
"Tang Ling, let's contact Qiao to meet you."
Huo Chen on the other side of the door said.
"ha……"
Tang Ling laughed out loud, and then fell silent again. The little girl in the distance was still howling at her, threatening to cut her into pieces.
"It's a pity that I can't go back to see them."
The breeze blowing from nowhere blew through Tang Ling's hair, gently caressing her face, bringing a bit of comfort and nostalgia.
Tang Ling raised her head again, with a peaceful smile on her face. She stood up holding on to the shelves beside her, and trudged towards the little girl surrounded by monsters.
She turned a deaf ear to the crazy shouting around her. The little girl looked at her ferociously, waving her scarred hands wildly at her.
It turns out that the moment a person really chooses to die, his heart feels so peaceful.
As soon as she reached the girl's side, Tang Ling lost the strength to move a step and collapsed on the ground, panting uncontrollably.
Taking out the two grenades that had been in her bag for a long time, Tang Ling weighed their weight a few times and raised her lips.
Putting them on the little girl's body, Tang Ling raised her hand and tucked the sticky hair on her face behind her ears when she saw the miserable little girl next to her, unable to move. She looked at it and whispered softly.
, with a calm voice, said: "It's over."
Using the last bit of strength, he pressed down on the metal device he held in his hand.
