rebirth retreat

The feeling of waiting to die is painful and long.

The sound of water kept ringing behind him, and he didn't know how long the time had passed, but Gu Liuguang knew that the water had already reached his shoulders.The weather in March was still cold, so soaked in water for such a long time, the cold made his whole body numb and his heart trembling.

Gu Liuguang wanted to ask the person by the pool to shoot him countless times, but the spark of hope in his heart told him that there would be a way, since God had given him a chance to be reborn , it will not be taken away so easily.

As if aware of something, Zeng Kai's voice suddenly came from the side of the pool: "Shhh, did you hear that? He's finally here."

Gu Liuguang opened his lips that were purple with cold, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"You wait here, I'll go up and entertain him right away." Zeng Kai said with a smile, glanced at the water injection switch, turned and walked upstairs.

At this time, the sky has been polished, and the faint light of the sky shrouds the land, carrying a hint of fear and uneasiness.

The screeching sound of brakes suddenly sounded, and the car stopped behind the shadowed body, Yan Dongting pushed open the door and jumped down eagerly.

right here!

Looking up at the majestic building in front of him with lights on, Yan Dongting's palms were covered with a fine layer of sweat because of panic and anger.Thinking that Gu Liuguang was being tortured inside, he suppressed the fear and panic that had been lingering in his heart, and ran towards the building eagerly and resolutely.

This abandoned building has five floors. The interior has long been emptied, and the structure is intricate. I don't know what it was used for in the past.After entering the building, the glutinous rice that followed disappeared without a trace.Knowing that Nuomi must have gone to find someone first, Yan Dongting followed the sound of the water to find it.

However, when he walked through the intricate corridors and gradually penetrated into the interior of the building, he was blocked by a figure.

Finally facing Yan Dongting head-on, Zeng Kai showed a meaningful smile on his gloomy face.

"Mr. Yan, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

Seeing this person, Yan Dongting's gaze also became fierce: "Go away!"

"Don't worry, old friends haven't seen each other for many years, so we should exchange some pleasantries first, right?" Zeng Kai said, "President Yan doesn't want to ask me if I'm doing well these years?"

Yan Dongting's face became more and more cold: "For you, I should have cut the weeds back then."

"Well said!" Zeng Kai clapped his hands, "I would like to thank Mr. Yan for letting me survive, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here now, are you right?"

A long-lost killing intent surged in his heart, Yan Dongting said: "That was in the past, not now." After finishing speaking, he resolutely rushed towards the person standing in front of him——

Zeng Kai was already older than Yan Dongting. In addition, he had carried Gu Liuguang before, and Gu Liuguang was counting on him. His physical strength was not as strong as Yan Dongting, who was furious at the moment. He was soon pushed to the ground and beaten without any power to fight back .However, even so, Zeng Kai never stopped stimulating Yan Dongting:

"Do you know what he is doing now? He was tied under a big pool by me. I kept pouring water into the pool. When you came here, the water in the pool had covered him. neck, it is estimated that it will completely submerge his body in a few minutes, hee..."

The force of the fist falling became heavier, and Yan Dongting raised his fist like crazy, smashing down again and again.

"The temperature in the early morning is about 3 degrees to 5 degrees, and it may be even colder. If you don't hurry up, he might freeze to death if he didn't drown—oh!"

There was a sudden sharp pain in his stomach, and he vomited a mouthful of blood. Zeng Kai finally managed to stop talking.

However, just when he thought he would be beaten to death like this, Yan Dongting suddenly stopped, grabbed his collar, and said with scarlet eyes:

"Want to procrastinate? Dream!"

Zeng Kai gasped with his mouth wide open, looked at the face in front of him that had been torn apart countless times in his dream with his loose eyes, and grinned: "Hehehe—cough cough—it's very simple to save him. The switch on the side of the pool will-"

When Yan Dongting heard this, he immediately let go of Zeng Kai, got up and wanted to rush to save Gu Liuguang, but Zeng Kai behind him said again:

"But once you turn off the switch, the bomb next to it will be activated. The trigger time of the bomb is only 30 seconds. After the 30 seconds, no one will survive!"

"You!" Yan Dongting stopped and looked back at Zeng Kai in shock and anger, only to find that there was a gun in his hand.

Zeng Kai got up from the ground with his gun in hand, and while wiping the blood from his mouth, he looked at Yan Dongting maliciously.

"Of course, there is another way to stop the fucking time." Zeng Kai smiled and pointed to his heart, "As long as my heart stops, the bomb won't explode. I just gave you a chance to kill me , but you didn’t, so what should you do next, Mr. Yan?”

The black muzzle of the gun was aimed at the position of his heart, as if a bullet would be shot from it in the next second.

"Kill me, and he won't die. But..." Zeng Kai moved his gaze upwards, "You probably will spend the rest of your life elsewhere."

Following Zeng Kai's gaze towards the ceiling, there was a camera installed on it.

"I don't know if Mr. Yan knows that there is a new type of shooting method called live broadcasting? Kill me, live broadcasting is the evidence to convict you." Zeng Kai laughed, "If you don't kill me, I will kill you first, and then I will kill you all over the country. Drowning him in front of the audience. By the way, the sky is almost dawn, and more and more people will watch the live broadcast. If you don’t make a quick decision, nothing will be undone.”

Yan Dongting's heart skipped a beat. It was undeniable that Zeng Kai's words made him lose his sense of place.

"Aren't you hesitating? Why don't we make a bet to see if you hide faster or I shoot faster?"

However, Zeng Kai didn't intend to give him time to think. He glared at Yan Dongting viciously, with undisguised hatred in his eyes, and pulled the trigger forcefully.

However, the moment the gunshot rang out, a black shadow jumped up and bumped into Zeng Kai's wrist holding the gun unexpectedly!Before Zeng Kai could react, the wrist holding the gun was firmly grasped, and after a while of spinning around, his body was slammed onto the ground.

With his head firmly pressed against a hard object, Zeng Kai heard Yan Dongting's voice without warmth:

"Do you think I really dare not kill you?"

Zeng Kai said, "He is going to die."

The last tense string in his mind snapped, and Yan Dongting's finger hooked on the trigger was desperately about to pull it down——

"Wang!!"

His reason was suddenly pulled back by the cry, and when he realized what he had almost done, Yan Dongting's face became extremely ugly.He raised his hand to remove Zeng Kai's arm from his shoulder, raised his gun and ran towards the sound of the water.

Rushing into the basement, Yan Dongting saw Gu Liuguang trapped in the middle of the pool at a glance.At this time, the water in the pool almost submerged Gu Liuguang, but in order to buy more time, he kept trying to raise his head, exposing his mouth and nose to the water, breathing as much fresh air as possible.

Seeing such a scene, Yan Dongting almost went crazy.Before he had time to think about it, he hastily put the gun he had snatched from Zeng Kai on his waist, took off his coat, and jumped into the pool.Swimming to the middle of the pool, he patted Gu Liuguang's cold face, and called out anxiously, "Liuguang, it's me. How are you? Are you still awake?"

Hearing Yan Dongting's call, Gu Liuguang opened his mouth to respond, but water choked into his mouth, causing him to cough violently.

"I know, don't talk, I'll untie the rope for you first!" Yan Dongting said anxiously, looking down for the knot on Gu Liuguang's body.

"...water...cough...turn off..."

After surfacing, Yan Dongting turned his head to look at the side of the pool, and sure enough, he saw a timer displaying numbers next to the switch.

"No, the switch is connected to □□! Believe me, I can definitely rescue you!" Yan Dongting said.

Yan Dongting couldn't find the knot in his hands, and Yan Dongting became more and more restless.Taking a deep breath, he tried to dive into the water to search, and finally found a knot by the leg of the chair. He quickly stretched out his hand to pull it, but found that the rope was tied in a very complicated way.

Yan Dongting couldn't untie the rope until he exhausted the air in his chest.After surfacing and taking a breath, he continued to dive into the bottom of the water.After a few times, the knot finally showed signs of loosening, but because no one turned off the water injection switch, water kept flowing into the pool. When Yan Dongting surfaced again to take a breath, he found that Gu Liuguang was completely submerged in water. .

His heart suddenly hurt as if it was being burned by a raging fire, and Yan Dongting was in a panic.What to do, if this continues, Liu Guang will not be able to hold on before he unties the rope!what to do!

By the way, knife!He had a pocket knife hanging from his keys!

Yan Dongting quickly swam back to the pool, took out the key chain from his coat pocket, and hurried to the center of the pool.Holding Gu Liuguang's face in his hands, Yan Dongting took a deep breath, lowered his head and let the air pass through his mouth.After delivering fresh air to Gu Liuguang, Yan Dongting dived into the water again, opened the knife on the key, and cut the rope.

Suddenly, Nuomi's ferocious cry came from the side of the pool, and Yan Dongting's heart trembled, and he hastened the movements of his hands.

Zeng Kai supported his aching body and walked towards the basement under the stairs bit by bit with his good hand holding on to the wall.Hearing the sound, a black figure leaped out, stood in front of him, bared its teeth and yelled at him viciously.

Zeng Kai was annoyed that the dog had ruined his plan just now, so he kicked at it.

The dog was very alert, dodged a few times, and took the opportunity to bite Zeng Kai's calf again.Zeng Kai was in pain, bent down and grabbed it by the neck, and let it hit the opposite wall.The dog let out a mournful whimper and fell limp on the ground as he wished.

With a cold snort, Zeng Kai walked into the basement with his right arm in great pain, pulled the rusty iron door through the basement, took out a new lock from his coat pocket and put it on the switch.

Realizing that he was locked out of the door, the dog struggled to get up from the ground, threw itself on the door and yelled at him frantically.

Glancing at it coldly, looking back, he saw Yan Dongting struggling to cut in the middle of the pool and Gu Liuguang who was completely covered by the water surface. Zeng Kai showed a ferocious smile, walked slowly towards the switch next to the pool, and said:

"Yan Dongting, I admit that you are a person with means. Because of you, I became what I am now, with a ruined reputation and nothing. I have thought more than once before, how should I 'repay' after I get out of prison The great kindness you two have given me. I thought about it for a long time, and finally I thought of it."

Zeng Kai's voice came to his ears clearly accompanied by the sound of running water. Even though his hands were a little stiff from the freezing water, Yan Dongting never let up his strength.

"Don't waste your efforts, I have prepared so much, and I didn't even want you two to get out of here alive." Zeng Kai said, "In this game, only I can be the final winner!"

Walking to the side of the switch, admiring the expressions of Yan Dongting and Gu Liuguang struggling for their lives, thinking that all this was being watched by many people, I couldn't help feeling a burst of pleasure in my heart. : "Of course, if you are willing to kneel down and beg me now, I might consider letting you live."

Finally cutting the rope, Yan Dongting hastily loosened the tightly entangled ropes and completely freed Gu Liuguang from the bondage.However, after being bound and soaked for such a long time, Gu Liuguang's body was already so cold and stiff that he seemed to have no signs of life.Yan Dongting's whole body was trembling, he suppressed the desperate thought in his heart, and hurriedly took Gu Liuguang to the pool.

Seeing Gu Liuguang being laid flat on the ground by Yan Dongting, Zeng Kai's hand seemed to slide across the switch, and said with a smile, "He looks like he's dead."

"Liuguang! Gu Liuguang! Wake up!"

Yan Dongting couldn't listen to Zeng Kai's words at all, he only knew that his heart was in pain as if it had been gouged out.The warm liquid slipped from the corner of his eyes, and while frantically pressing Gu Liuguang's chest, he bent down and tried to give Gu Liuguang artificial respiration.

Fortunately, Yan Dongting had always remembered to take care of Gu Liuguang before, and the time it took for the water to submerge Gu Liuguang was not too long. After a while, Gu Liuguang coughed up the water in his lungs,

Hearing the sound of coughing, Zeng Kai's expression became very ugly, and he immediately turned the switch beside his body, triggering the bomb attached to it.

The sound of the water finally stopped slowly, but it was replaced by the "didi" sound of the second hand of the electronic clock beating.

After spitting out the last sip of water, Gu Liuguang just regained consciousness, and immediately felt that he was hugged tightly in his arms.

Knowing who it was, Gu Liuguang's heart felt hot, and he hugged him back in response.Subconsciously moving his eyelids, he opened them unexpectedly, and the light jumped into his eyes, making the corners of Gu Liuguang's eyes hurt.It turned out that after soaking in the water for so long just now, the last layer of gauze wrapped around the eyes had already fallen off.Closing his eyes relieved the pain, and he tried to open them again.After adapting to the surrounding light, he found that he could actually see some blurred shadows this time.

"25, 24, 23, 22—"

Zeng Kai's voice came from a distance, and Gu Liuguang trembled all over, and then he felt his body being lifted up and carried on his back.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you out of here right away..."

"21, 20, 19—"

Carrying Gu Liuguang on his back, he walked to the door, but Yan Dongting found out in despair that the door had been locked by Zeng Kai.Nuomi outside the door saw the two of them through the crack of the door and let out a whimper that was almost crying.

Yan Dongting pushed and pulled the iron door hard, and after a "clang" sound, it remained in its original shape.

"15, 14, 13——" Zeng Kai was still counting down the time behind him, listening to the moment that was getting closer, Yan Dongting threw everything at himself and kicked towards the iron gate in front of him.

The sound of the violent collision echoed in the basement, as if in response, the loud siren of the police car came from the ground outside the door!

It's Wang Hao and they're here!

"Acknowledge your fate. It's useless if the police come. It's too late. There are only 10 seconds left." Zeng Kai obviously heard the siren, and shuffled towards them. "I said it a long time ago. Kill me and the bomb will stop counting down, but you just can't do it."

"But that's fine, this is the best ending of this 'movie'. Let the audience across the country witness our death together, and you say, am I the best in the world—"

With a loud "bang", Zeng Kai's body shook violently, stopping all his words, he stared blankly ahead with his eyes open, the moment of disbelief still remained in his eyes.

Hearing the gunshot, Yan Dongting turned his head abruptly. Seeing Zeng Kai's body lying on the ground, he looked at Gu Liuguang on his back in surprise and anger: "You—"

The basement suddenly became quiet, and the countdown sound of "beep beep" no longer sounded in my ears. Gu Liuguang lowered his trembling hands, closed his stinging eyes, and let out a long breath: "My marksmanship... Did you pass this time?"

Yan Dongting roared: "Do you know what you are doing? You killed him?!"

"I know." Gu Liuguang whispered, "I just want to live with you."

Yan Dongting's heart felt sour, and the countless words that came to his lips could only be turned into a sigh in the end.

Gu Liuguang said: "Let me down, Officer Wang and the others should be here soon."

The threat that had been hanging in his heart finally dissipated completely, and Yan Dongting also felt relieved.Seeing that Nuomi outside the door had been trying to get through the gap in the iron gate to find the two people inside, he said, "Nuomi, go up and bring Officer Wang and the others here."

Nuomi barked twice, shook her tail, turned her head and ran up the stairs.

Putting Gu Liuguang on the ground, Yan Dongting grabbed the gun in his hand and threw it aside, couldn't help but pressed him against the wall and kissed him fiercely, before saying, "Wait for me, I'll find the key to unlock the lock."

Gu Liuguang was limp and weak, leaning against the wall and tremblingly replied: "Okay."

Walking to the side of Zeng Kai who was silent, Yan Dongting squatted down, and just about to reach into Zeng Kai's pocket with his hand, the countdown sound of "beep, beep" sounded again in the basement that had been quiet.

Yan Dongting's face suddenly changed, and he immediately looked up in the direction of the switch.I saw that the bright red number that had been frozen had somehow resumed its beating, and there were only the last 6 seconds left.

"What's going on!" Hearing this voice, Gu Liuguang also panicked.

There was a buzzing in Yan Dongting's mind, he got up and ran back without thinking, he ran back to Liu Guang's side with all his strength, pulled Gu Liuguang and jumped into the pool!

"3, 2, 1, 0—"

By the pool, the bright red number finally reached the end with the sound of "Di, Di, Di".

There was a dull explosion, and a scalding heat wave rushed up from the bottom of the stairs, blocking the footsteps of Wang Hao and others who came to rescue.Holding back Tang Qian and Nuomi who were still about to rush down, Wang Hao shouted in a hoarse voice as if a huge stone was blocked in his heart:

"Rescue!"