To my surprise, Hansen replied, "On the sixty-second floor! And I just met some of your friends; they escaped after you rescued them."
Then Hansen told me that he used a thermal sensor to check the distribution of people on the entire floor. In addition to the old Bruce and his men whom I had rescued, there were a large number of hostages being held in three rooms.
The good news is that the guards are not very strong.
Originally, there were only eleven terrorists left on this floor. I killed two when I rescued old Bruce and the others. Now, Lamouchi only has nine people left in total.
They are spread out in three rooms, and if we count two people in each room... then there are two more people with Lamouchi.
That's about it.
I made a decision immediately: "You're in charge of rescuing the others, and I... I'll be in charge of rescuing Yang Wei. She's in the lobby right now. When I need your help to rescue the others, it will draw these guys' attention."
Hansen paused for a moment, then agreed, but added, "You must rescue the young lady, or I will kill you."
I didn't say anything.
We agreed to meet in one minute. I lay there waiting.
A minute later, gunshots rang out from the left side of the building! Then came the screams and panicked cries of men and women. The gunshots were short and intermittent. I then lay prone in the ventilation duct of the ceiling, cautiously peering down… Footsteps approached me, and I saw a group of men and women rushing towards me, many having lost their shoes in the process. The gunshots behind them were intense!
I lay there without moving, watching the group run past me. Then I saw Hansen at the back, holding a gun in both hands, firing back as he walked.
I silently calculated that, judging from the gunshots, there were at least four people chasing him. Just then, I saw two more terrorists emerge from the hall, right beneath me, ready to intercept Hansen.
One of them had barely raised his gun when I struck first! My silenced pistol took him down instantly. The other one, startled, looked up and spotted me, but before he could even raise his gun, I had already killed him. Hansen quickly retreated.
I calculated the directions as I waited...waited...
Hansen ran past the first ventilation duct opening, and I saw the others chasing after him. I immediately pressed the button to detonate the explosive device I had previously placed there!
boom!
Caught off guard, the terrorist running in the lead was hit by an explosion above him, which blasted a section of the ceiling down and knocked him to the ground!
Then I finally jumped down, shouting, "Hansen! Back up towards me!"
Hansen, no longer caring about firing, crouched low and scurried over. I kept pressing the detonator, firing from behind Hansen's escape route through a ventilation duct in the ceiling. One after another, explosions began! Dust and debris flew everywhere!
Through the smoke, I saw at least two more guys who had been injured and fallen to the ground!
Hansen and I passed each other, and I yelled at him, "Go save the others! Hurry!"
After saying that, I forcefully shoved open the door leading to the hall beside me...
Bang!!
I nearly knocked down the sliding door to the lobby. I rolled on the ground, and then, right where I rolled, two gunshots rang out, the bullets barely missing me as they hit the ground!
Inside the hall, Phil and several other reporters had not yet left when they heard the gunshot. They were all forced to crawl down at gunpoint by Lamouchi!
At that moment, my calculations went wrong! I originally thought there were at most two people with Ramucci, but I didn't expect that as soon as I rushed into the hall, I saw another terrorist rushing in from another door on the opposite side of the hall!
It was a woman, very thin, but incredibly fast! I immediately started running in a zigzag pattern, trying to dodge her bullets. Lamouchi yelled, pulling a submachine gun from behind him and firing wildly at me!
Bullets whizzed past me, and finally I leaped into the air, landing behind a glass cabinet—a bulletproof and blast-proof structure that gave me cover! Lamuch roared, while the female terrorist approached me cautiously, like a viper. I tried to shoot her, but the woman was incredibly agile; she dodged all three of my shots, closing the distance to within seven or eight meters!
I leaned against the glass cabinet, catching my breath, and then shouted, "Lamuchi! All your hostages outside have escaped!! Don't you want to go out and check?!"
My response was a burst of bullets, all hitting the glass cabinet behind me. The sparks that flew up were dazzling. I quickly changed my magazine and spotted the interview team lying prone not far from me…
I silently observed the terrain for a moment, then shouted, "Black sheep!!!"
At the same time, I pulled out a gun from my person and threw it directly at the interview team!
The FBI agent posing as a photojournalist flinched the moment I yelled! His gun fell to the ground right in front of him! This guy was indeed a trained agent; he immediately leaped up, picked up the gun, and turned to fire two shots at the female terrorist…
His marksmanship was quite good, but unfortunately, he was incredibly stupid! The female terrorist was wearing a bulletproof vest! Those two shots were fired at her chest and abdomen when she wasn't paying attention. Normally, the impact of such bullets would be very painful, but the female terrorist was exceptionally strong; she only swayed and fell to her knees, even raising her hand to fire a shot before kneeling down…
That shot went straight to the head! The FBI agent didn't even utter a sound; his head was instantly split open!
He died instantly, but that gave me a chance to make a move!
I charged forward without hesitation, lunging directly at the female terrorist! Ramuchi, on the other hand, opened fire on me with his submachine gun from the side…
I felt a sharp pain in my calf while I was in mid-air! I knew I had most likely been shot! No matter how fast or agile I was, I couldn't be faster than a bullet!
But by then I had gotten close enough to the female terrorist! When we were only two meters apart, she had already raised her gun…
Bang!
Two gunshots rang out simultaneously, sounding almost like a single salvo. A bullet entered my left chest and exited through my back. Luckily, I managed to swerve, and the bullet missed my heart…
But my lungs were definitely punctured, and blood immediately gushed out of my lungs!
I was spitting out blood and foam, and my body was already lying on the ground, but the female terrorist stared at me, made two "uh uh" sounds, and finally collapsed.
A bullet pierced her neck!
I heard Lamouchi pull back the bolt, and with my last ounce of strength, I struggled. I flicked my right hand, and a dagger flew out...
Lamuch screamed as my dagger pierced the palm of his hand holding the gun! The submachine gun fell to the ground! But the guy, like a ferocious tiger, with bloodshot eyes, let out a low growl and pounced on me!
When he lunged at me, he had already pulled a short knife out of his pocket!
It was a real short knife, not a dagger! A flash of cold light appeared, and the crescent-shaped blade slashed towards my throat! I desperately rolled over…
when!!!
The blade struck the ground, not only tearing the carpet beneath me but also striking the floor below with a piercing clang!
Lamuch was incredibly agile. After missing with his first strike, he swung his sword back again. This time, I couldn't dodge it, and blood splattered across my back!
I cried out in pain, and my body sprang up from the ground, then jumped heavily backward... It was a completely instinctive reaction to excruciating pain! Lamouchi lunged at me again, and just then, I heard Yang Wei shout, "Chen Yang!!"
I looked up at her, and she glared at me. I understood something from her eyes, and I ran towards her quickly, then grabbed the diamond vest worth 60 million from her body!
The blade flashed behind me again, and I instinctively turned around and used my body to shield Yang Wei.
Clang... Crack!
I was holding my vest in front of my chest with both hands when the knife slashed right across my chest... The blade cut into my vest and sparks flew out!
Then, with that final sound... the blade snapped in two!
Lamouchi seemed to be stunned for a moment, but I had already reacted. I kicked him in the stomach, making him jump up and then fall heavily to his knees!
I heard two sounds of bones cracking. I knew that when he took my kick and fell to his knees, the force was so great that his kneecap shattered!
Lamuch's face was contorted with pain. He stared at me, breathing heavily, "It's you! It was you! It was you... Hahahahahaha..."
He suddenly burst into wild laughter.
I was staring blankly at the diamond vest in my hand when it finally came to my senses.
diamond!
The hardest substance in the world! Diamond!! No matter how hard Ramouch's knife is, it's just ordinary metal, of course it's nowhere near as hard as a diamond!
"You've failed. Your men outside are all dead. Jack on the rooftop has surrendered too."
I stared coldly at Lamouchi. I dared not approach him, even though he had lost his fighting ability. But I hadn't forgotten that he had a poison in his mouth, ready to commit suicide at any moment!
If he commits suicide, he will detonate a poison gas bomb!
With a 30-second detonation time, I could run straight to the outer room, break the glass, and jump off to escape... I have a folded parachute pack in the canvas bag I'm carrying.
But Yang Wei was different! Her hands and feet were completely locked to the metal can!
I looked at Lamouchi: "You've failed. Face reality. If you give up now, you can still live."
"Hehehehehehehehe..." Lamuch's eyes were red, and he laughed strangely: "Live on? Ever since I came here, I have been prepared to die."
His face was contorted with pain, but he kept laughing desperately!
At that moment, I turned to look at the female reporter Phil and her photographer behind me: "Hurry up! There's a hole in the security guard's break room that leads downstairs, quick!!"
"It's no use... None of you are leaving!" Lamuch laughed eerily, coughing as he stared at me. "The ventilation system in this building is excellent. The hostages you rescued had to run down from the 62nd floor to the ground floor because there's no elevator. They had to run floor by floor, which would take at least fifteen minutes. You see, I'm not in a hurry at all. And as long as I detonate the poison gas here, the detonation time is thirty seconds... and after detonation, the ventilation system can transport the poison gas to the first floor of the building within two minutes! At that time, everyone in this building will die!"
“Madman…” Phil murmured, and fear finally appeared on her beautiful face.
"Before I die, I'll give you one last 'gift'," Ramuchi said, coughing and laughing cruelly. His laugh was so vicious, so evil!
"I love Hollywood movies, I love watching those arrogant, self-centered American hero movies! Watching Americans conceitedly save the world time and time again in those films... those boring movies!!" Ramucci laughed as if cursing, "Look, now we've reached another typical Hollywood classic scene... the bad guy is dead, the bomb is about to detonate, and the ridiculous thing is, why do all the bombs in the movies have a huge timer flashing red letters? And when the hero defuses the bomb, it's always just two lines, one red and one blue... hahahahahaha..." The guy was sweating profusely from the pain: "I'll give you guys a chance... but life is never as simple as the movies!!"
I looked at him, and Ramouchi's expression was strange: "You have a chance to defuse the bomb. The detonator below, just like in all the movies, only has red and blue wires... However, there are ten red and ten blue wires! Hahahaha... I really want to see how interesting it will be to see the expressions on your faces go from hope to despair as you cut those wires..."
"A madman... he really is a madman!" the female reporter muttered to herself in bewilderment again.
"Indeed, I am a madman. But I think I'll be quite satisfied to drag so many people down with me." After saying that, he suddenly opened his mouth wide and then bit down hard!
The distance between us made it impossible for me to stop him! Before my hand even touched his neck, blood was already flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Then, Lamouchi's expression turned bizarre. He collapsed, his face rapidly turning a terrifying black! But his eyes remained fixed on the metal canister containing the poison gas!
drop!!
With a crisp sound, a bright red number immediately appeared on a monitor on the metal can...
30!
Then...29...
I jumped up like a madman, desperately pulling at the iron chains binding Yang Wei! I picked up a dagger and slashed wildly a few times, but I couldn't cut them. Frustrated, I kicked it twice, but still to no avail.
"Chen Yang!!" Yang Wei suddenly shouted, her face unusually serious, staring intently at me, and then she uttered three words: "Get out of here!!"
"No!!!" I roared, trying to continue cutting the iron chain.
26……25……24……
Phil and the cameraman standing next to him were both terrified. Phil was still somewhat calm, but the cameraman had turned pale!
I tried for a full ten seconds, watching the time surpass the 20 mark, before finally giving up in despair. Then I suddenly yelled at Phil, "You guys better get going!!"
"How do we get out? It'll take at least fifteen minutes to run out of the building," Phil said in despair.
I pointed to the canvas bag on the ground by the door and said quickly, "There's a parachute over there, and I've opened the window in the women's restroom at the back. You can jump from there... Hurry, you only have a dozen seconds left, enough time for you to run!"
In such a critical moment, people react quickly. Phil didn't say anything more, gave me a deep look, and immediately ran over and picked up my canvas bag. The bag was already empty, with only a parachute pack inside. Phil and the cameraman had just run to the door when he suddenly turned back to me and shouted, "This thing can withstand the weight of three people. Aren't you leaving?"
I didn't even say a word this time, I just waved.
At the crucial moment, the woman didn't waste any more words with me and left through gritted teeth.
I was simply thanking her for saving her life. After all, in the helicopter, she didn't expose me but helped me keep quiet, which gave me the opportunity to enter the building... Now, consider this my way of repaying her favor.
There are 17 seconds left; she should be able to reach the destination by then.