Chapter 28

The fire burned like red lotus flowers.

Outside, it was a pitch-black night, but inside the building, it was as bright as daylight.

Another explosion echoed, and the rolling flames pushed the thick smoke forward, surging out through the broken windows on the 18th floor.

Beneath the thick smoke, at a height of more than a foot above the ground, Ye Yun lay on the floor, the wet towel covering his face now dry and stiff like paper.

He struggled to crawl forward, despite the cuts and bloodstains on his palms from the broken glass on the ground, his movements remained firm and steady.

His goal: the emergency exit.

The fire raged around him, turning the entire hallway into a hellish inferno. The broken doors and burning wallpaper made this path even more terrifying.

His hand touched a soft and hot leg, but the owner of the leg was a woman who should have been stiff but was now scorched by the fire.

Ye Yun had seen this woman before; she was the head server of the Dihao Hotel.

The face that once exuded arrogance was now filled with shock, and her eyes, now lifeless, were filled with disbelief.

Clearly, this former beauty, until her last breath, could not believe that her beauty and curvaceous figure could not buy her a chance to live, and could not believe that someone could be so cruel to destroy her like this.

Bang!

Another dull explosion, and the entire building shook.

Ye Yun's heart had already sunk to the bottom. He tried his best to stay calm, his eyes determined as he continued to crawl forward.

Rat-tat-tat!

A burst of gunfire, accompanied by the sound of walls exploding, echoed from ahead. A corpse in a thick black combat suit crashed through the wall, its body landing on the hallway floor amidst the debris. Despite the bulletproof vest on his chest, a fist mark had deeply embedded both the vest and the ribs into his body.

"Someone is still hiding here!?"

Ye Yun was startled and instinctively shifted his gaze.

His eyes landed on a woman who had just stepped out from a broken wall.

What a striking and sharp woman!

She looked to be in her early twenties, with a neat and tidy red mid-length bob. She wore a white sleeveless shirt with a small red tie, and her arms, visible between her shoulders and gloves, were as white as lotus roots. These arms, capable of delivering such a powerful punch, were slender and long, showing no muscle or excess fat, and under the clean armpits, the pink bra straps of the sleeveless shirt were faintly visible.

Her entire figure was as slender and graceful as her arms. The sleeveless shirt was not very long, exposing a slim waist thinner than a fat man's thigh. The skin around her clean navel hinted at the presence of abs, though not fully defined. Her long, slim legs were clad in dark green tight pants, which seemed to exist solely to show off the wearer's long legs.

This woman, combining slimness, sharpness, and a striking presence, also possessed a figure that ordinary girls could not match. Her chest, though somewhat disproportionate to her body, was not overly bulky, and her firm, round buttocks, accentuated by the tight pants, were particularly eye-catching, both overtly and subtly.

However, at this moment, she looked somewhat tired, with a hint of uncontrollable anxiety in her brows.

Ye Yun took a deep breath and raised his hand to her.

As someone who had experienced the entire robbery, even after hiding for a long time, Ye Yun clearly knew that the man who had been killed was one of the robbers, evidenced by his black combat suit. However, he had a waiter's uniform to conceal his identity, so he was not afraid of being exposed.

The red-haired woman saw Ye Yun and quickly approached, lifting the 182 cm tall Ye Yun with one hand. She frowned and asked, "Are you from the hotel?"

Ye Yun nodded quickly.

"Did you see a robber wearing a red beret?"

Ye Yun was startled and shook his head.

"Damn!"

The red-haired woman clenched her teeth and suddenly pulled to the side. Without much visible movement of her legs, she quickly carried Ye Yun past the broken Hummer and to the door of the emergency exit. "Go down by yourself!"

This was clearly not a request but an order.

After throwing Ye Yun down, the woman crouched and made strange boxing movements, dodging the exploding doors and walls with a Z-shaped step, quickly disappearing from Ye Yun's sight.

Ye Yun felt a strange sense of familiarity with this woman but could not explain why.

This was not the time to think about it. Although the emergency exit was already filled with smoke, it was much better than the floor he was on. Ye Yun bit his lower lip, using the pain to stimulate his nearly smoke-numbed nerves, and used his last bit of strength to run down the stairs.

When people fight for their lives, they can always unleash their greatest potential. The raging fire in the hotel, the continuous gunfire and explosions, and the decreasing time in the mission log all spurred Ye Yun on, making his movements faster.

Finally, the wall of the stairwell displayed a huge "5" in red, and the smoke around it was much less. Ye Yun felt a sense of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed, causing his body to fall to the ground uncontrollably.

Tears streamed down his face, and the thick smoke felt like needles piercing his eyes.

His scorched and blackened wounds had reopened due to the intense movement, and the severe injuries to his body made him extremely weak, even though his physical condition was twice as strong as an ordinary person's.

The battle on the upper floors continued, with large pieces of wall occasionally breaking through the windows and falling onto the street outside, preventing the fire trucks from approaching.

The fire had already started to spread downward, and Ye Yun knew he had little time left and needed to escape as quickly as possible.

Biting his teeth, he stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes. Just as he was about to move, he stopped.

He suddenly remembered why the red-haired woman looked so familiar!

He remembered that when he was a child, his father often took him to the only arcade in the city. In the game "KOF2000," there was a character with red hair, a sleeveless white shirt, a red tie, and dark green pants. This was one of his father's favorite characters, the stylish female boxer Vanessa!

The woman he had just seen not only looked like Vanessa but also moved in the same way, crouching and advancing quickly, just like the character his father controlled!

But how could this be? Vanessa was clearly a game character!

Ye Yun felt a strange sense of confusion, shook his head to dispel the bizarre feeling, and quickly walked down the stairs.

Just as he reached the third floor, a loud explosion echoed, and a slender and graceful figure suddenly crashed through the wall, landing not far from Ye Yun, almost breaking through the concrete stairs!

Vanessa... no, the red-haired woman?

Ye Yun was startled and rushed to the red-haired woman lying not far below, trying to help her up and asking, "Are you okay?"

"Ugh..." The red-haired woman spat blood all over Ye Yun's face, swung her right arm, and slammed him into the wall, shouting, "Get away!"

Her strength was terrifying. A seemingly ordinary swing had bent Ye Yun's right arm, which was twice as strong as an ordinary person's, in an unnatural way, breaking it completely. Ye Yun, thrown against the wall, let out a muffled groan, his lungs and internal organs suffering another severe blow, causing blood to seep from his nose and mouth!

"You..." Ye Yun was shocked and angry, but before he could say anything, a gust of wind brushed past his face!

Boom!

Another explosion shook the entire building, and the stairs trembled violently, causing Ye Yun to collapse to the ground.

"She... saved me?"

He stared blankly at the thick black chain stretched taut in front of him. The red-haired woman, who had been standing there, had disappeared, and he followed the chain to the wall that had been destroyed when 'Vanessa' crashed in.

A large, broad hand grabbed the wall and easily pulled away a large chunk of brick and stone. Then, a massive figure, over 2.2 meters tall, bent and walked into the hallway.

This black man had a body proportion similar to an ordinary person. Despite his height, his muscles were equally impressive, and he did not give the same awkward impression as most people over 2 meters tall.

The black man walked into the hallway, glanced at Ye Yun, and his eyes flashed with a look of disdain, as if looking down on an ant. He shook the chain in his hand and, with a swift movement, a black light flashed, and a massive black iron ball, nearly 1.5 meters in diameter, appeared in his hand... it was essentially a wrecking ball!

What kind of terrifying power was this!?

If it weren't for the black man's combat suit, Ye Yun would have mistaken him for Chen Guohan from "KOF"!

The black man wrapped the chain in an X-shape across his chest and, in a rough and strange accent, shouted in Chinese, "Chen Jierong, where is the 'High Sensitivity Floating Test Tube'!"

Following his fierce gaze, Ye Yun turned his head and looked through the broken stairs. The red-haired woman, known as Chen Jierong, had been slammed straight into the load-bearing wall of the hallway, which, according to reports, was four meters thick. The impact of the wrecking ball and her body had caused the wall to cave in and break, creating a hole over a meter deep!

The red-haired woman, called Chen Jierong, spat out a mouthful of blood and smiled strangely, "You've crushed my breasts, and now you're asking me with that smug face?"

"It seems you are asking for death."

The black man spun the iron ball in his hand, preparing to throw it, but another violent explosion behind him sent his massive body flying!

The powerful shock wave, mixed with thick smoke, blew Ye Yun, who was leaning against the wall, off his feet. Before he could react, a series of explosions echoed from the upper floors, causing the entire building to shake even more violently!

In the thick smoke, Ye Yun's eyes glowed a blood-red color. Ignoring the bizarre events unfolding before him, he struggled to his feet and retreated to the fourth floor—judging from the flames below, the second-floor emergency exit was already engulfed in fire.

Just as he reached the turning point between the third and fourth floors, the ceiling above him exploded, and a figure fell from above, crashing through the floor and pulling Ye Yun down with it.

Amidst the chaos, Ye Yun felt the impact of the explosion and the flames, and the person who had fallen first was hit by the shock wave from the side, crashing through the wall into the second-floor restaurant. Ye Yun followed, being blown through the hole.

A series of coincidental events happened so quickly that Ye Yun felt his body was like a broken rag doll, with intense pain radiating from every part of his body, making even unconsciousness a luxury!

The second-floor restaurant was already engulfed in flames, and the burning fire illuminated everything around with a clear, bright light.

Ye Yun struggled to turn over, facing the person who had fallen before him, his blurred eyes staring blankly at the other person.

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