Yun Ning used all her strength to place Gu Sili's arm on her shoulder.

However, she had only regained a little strength.

Gu Sili was too heavy; no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't lift him.

Yun Ning forcefully wiped away the tears on her face, but the next second, tears fell again: "We'll definitely find a way! We'll definitely get out of here. Gu Sili, we'll definitely get out of here!"

"Wife, don't do this."

Gu Sili was panting.

He cupped Yun Ning's tear-stained cheeks and placed a light kiss on her smooth forehead. "Be good. Go quickly."

With that, the man mustered his last bit of strength and shoved Yun Ning toward the open doorway.

At the same time, he turned around and slammed his shoulder hard into the heavy, airtight laboratory door!

"Click."

The door was closed from the inside.

"Gu Sili! Open the door! Open the door!"

Yun Ning was pushed out the door and fell to the ground.

Immediately, she frantically threw herself at the door, pounding on the cold metal panel. "I won't leave! Gu Sili! I'll stay with you even if it kills me! Open the door! Gu Sili, please open the door!"

The woman's cries echoed in the gasoline-smelling corridor, filled with utter despair.

Just then, Yun Yi's anxious shouts came from afar: "Ningning! Where are you?!"

Yun Ning was stunned for a moment, then, as if grasping at a lifeline, she scrambled to her feet and ran towards the direction from which the sound came:

"Brother! Brother! I'm here! Save Gu Sili! Quickly, save him! He's inside!"

Yun Yi had just dealt with some of the guards with his men when he looked up and saw his younger sister running towards him with tears streaming down her face.

Overjoyed, he rushed over and hugged Yun Ning tightly: "Are you alright?"

"Brother, Gu Sili is over there. He locked the door, and it's full of gasoline. Quick, please go save him! Please save him!"

Yun Ning grabbed Yun Yi's clothes, pointed in the direction he came from with her other hand, and cried out incoherently.

But as soon as he finished speaking, thick smoke filled the entire basement.

The fire has started!

The pungent smell of burning and gasoline mingled together, and crackling sounds gradually rose, while flames flickered in and out.

Yun Ning's pupils contracted, and she ran back like a madwoman.

"That's too late!"

Yun Yi acted decisively, quickly grabbing Yun Ning and shouting, "The fire's already started! It's full of gasoline and could explode at any moment! We have to go back! We must leave immediately!"

"No! I won't leave! Let me go! Gu Sili! Gu Sili is still inside!"

Yun Ning struggled against Yun Yi, her eyes bloodshot. "Brother! Gu Sili has always protected me! He has always loved me! We wronged him! I can't abandon him! Let me in! Let me die with him!"

"You are crazy!"

Yun Yi was both anxious and furious. He held her even tighter and yelled at his men, "Help! Take the young lady away!"

Two bodyguards stepped forward to assist Yun Yi. Ignoring Yun Ning's cries and kicks, they forcibly lifted her up and ran wildly towards the emergency exit they had come from.

"Gu Sili!"

Yun Ning cried her heart out.

She looked back.

The corridor leading to the laboratory was engulfed in flames.

Black smoke billowed into the sky, turning the corridor ceiling black.

Flames licked the metal doors of every laboratory, and the entire underground space trembled.

The scene, like something out of hell, was frozen into a permanent nightmare in Yun Ning's tear-blurred vision.

the other side.

In the passageway leading to the pre-designated safe exit.

Fan Qianqian leaned almost her entire weight on Jiang Mo.

My high heels were nowhere to be found. I walked barefoot on the cold, rough ground, and it hurt terribly.

The main laboratory is already on fire.

The extremely high temperature made her unsteady on her feet and her breathing rapid.

Jiang Mo held Fan Qianqian tightly, his glasses fogged with sweat, but he didn't dare let go to wipe them.

Several equally disheveled subordinates followed behind him.

The air began to fill with the smell of burning and a faint heat wave.

A muffled cracking sound came from afar, followed by the loud crash of a building collapsing.

Each sound struck a chord with everyone's tense nerves.

at last……

A group of people arrived at the emergency exit.

The metal surface of the gate gleamed coldly under the dim emergency lights.

Jiang Mo couldn't wait to help Fan Qianqian forward, placing her hand on the fingerprint recognition area and aligning his own pupils with the scanner.

"Beep! Recognition failed. Access locked."

A cold, electronic female voice repeats itself without any emotion.

"How can it be?!"

Fan Qianqian exclaimed, "I've checked this lab. I could come and go as I pleased before. Why is access locked now?!"

She couldn't believe it and tried again, but it still failed.

Jiang Mo also tried repeatedly, but failed to recognize it.

The door lock screen was a dark red, displaying a sign that entry and exit were prohibited.

Just then, one of the henchmen guarding the outermost edge pointed in terror at one of the passages and shouted, "Look, fire... the fire seems to be spreading over here!"

The thick, gray-black smoke, like a living monster, rolled and spread into every passage.

The shadow of death gripped everyone instantly.

"Why can't we open this door?! Didn't you say this was a perfectly safe exit?!"

The other subordinates collapsed.

A man with bloodshot eyes stared at Jiang Mo and Fan Qianqian, demanding, "Why are we trapped here?!"

"Shut up!"

Fan Qianqian barely managed to catch her breath.

She slapped him across the face with her backhand, her sharp nails drawing blood. "Who gives you the right to yell like that here?"

Normally, these subordinates would never dare to resist.

But when life and death are at stake, no one cares about anything else!

The beaten subordinate suddenly covered his face, the fear in his eyes instantly replaced by a frantic will to survive.

He stepped forward and grabbed Fan Qianqian's slender neck tightly: "You crazy woman! I've worked my ass off for you, and now you're going to get us all killed here! I'll fucking kill you first!"

"Uh, let go, let go..."

Fan Qianqian's feet were lifted off the ground by the choking, her face quickly turning purplish-red, her hands futilely scratching at the other person's iron-like hand.

"let go!"

Jiang Mo shouted, shoved the man aside, and snatched the nearly suffocating Fan Qianqian back into his arms.

Fan Qianqian coughed violently, breathing greedily, no longer able to utter a commanding voice, only trembling with fear.

Jiang Mo adjusted his crooked glasses, concealing the ruthlessness that flashed in his eyes.

He quickly addressed the agitated crowd: "Don't panic! Even if all the exits are locked, there are still ventilation shafts to get out! Now is not the time for internal strife! Those who want to live, behave yourselves!"

The will to survive temporarily overwhelmed anger and suspicion.

The men looked at each other: they had no better choice at the moment, so they could only cling to their last hope and follow Jiang Mo.

Jiang Mo didn't say anything more. He put his arm around Fan Qianqian and turned to move towards the deeper part of the area where the smoke was thicker.

As the temperature rises, exposed skin can feel a burning sensation.

The thick smoke almost completely obscured visibility, making even the people around us blurry.

Coughs, muffled curses, and hurried footsteps mingled together.

It's now!

Under the cover of thick smoke, Jiang Mo suddenly gripped the person next to him tightly and whispered, "Qianqian, the ventilation shaft isn't in this direction, it's over there, come with me!"

The next second, he grabbed Fan Qianqian, broke away from the group, turned into a narrower side road with seemingly less smoke, and sprinted away!

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