Chapter 18 Before Doomsday (4)

Three minutes ago.

Ding Lu stood at the foot of the Tiancheng Building, looking up at the structure that resembled a giant beast in the night sky, and an inexplicable sense of fear arose in his heart.

Some things are one thing to think about, but quite another to do!

There were at least forty mercenaries in this building, all fully armed. If a real fight broke out, could he really complete the task?

Starting from Nancheng, Ding Lu traveled for three hours to reach Wancheng.

On the road, he walked through ruins and wreckage, and endured the cold wind.

But standing at the foot of the building, he felt fear.

"Slap!"

Ding Lu slapped himself in the face, whispering sternly, "Ding Lu, be brave, or… you'll be an inferior worker for the rest of your life, eating more and doing less!"

This slap seemed to give him some courage. He merged into the surrounding night and strode into the company gate.

A team of mercenaries approached.

Ding Lu was so nervous that he almost stopped breathing!

But they didn't notice him at all, passing right by his side!

Ding Lu became excited. Following the address in Li Tianran's sketch, he slowly approached the armory.

Eight mercenaries stood motionless in front of the armory door.

The armory was the core area of ​​this building, heavily guarded. It was impossible to break into the armory unharmed under their noses!

Ding Lu's purpose was to obtain explosives from the armory and destroy this building!

But he didn't want to kill anyone.

Call it unwillingness, call it fear…

Even though he was now an evolver, he was still just a fifteen-year-old boy, not yet cold-blooded enough!

Ding Lu quietly approached the armory. He looked at the thick security door, then at the eight mercenaries patrolling nearby. After a moment of silence, he quietly walked over and raised his fist to strike!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

One after another, heavy blows sounded. Six mercenaries fell to the ground almost simultaneously, deep dents appearing in their helmets.

The remaining two mercenaries screamed as if they had seen a ghost, raised their guns and fired into the air, then widened their eyes and looked at each other!

"H-haunted…?"

"Screw you! Go report it!" The two mercenaries took out their walkie-talkies, but before they could speak, they were hit on the head at the same time and fell to the ground!

Ding Lu watched the mercenaries falling all over the ground. The skin all over his body turned gray, like stone. Then, his eyes became bloodshot, and an extremely fierce aura burst out from his body!

Stone Skin!

Rage Blood!

Activated simultaneously!

He crashed into the security door like a wild bull!

Thump!

Thump!

The entire building was shaking, and the security door visibly caved in.

At this moment, a mercenary who had just been knocked unconscious by Ding Lu staggered to his feet and fled the basement where the armory was located as if he had seen a ghost, shouting shrilly, "Someone has invaded the armory!"

…

Ding Lu hugged the TNT explosives, running wildly through each floor.

He felt his body and mind were greatly liberated.

This was the first time he had done something like this, and his hands and feet were trembling with nervousness, but at this moment, he felt extremely satisfied!

Everything had gone smoothly since he broke into the building, but now the entire building was filled with thermal detectors, and his Chameleon Divine Descent had completely lost its effect.

Moreover, he was currently in the 180-second negative state of Rage Blood, and almost all his stats were reduced by seven-tenths!

But even so, he was still much stronger than ordinary humans!

Breaking into the sixth floor, he faced a team of mercenaries wearing thermal imaging goggles and holding assault rifles!

Both sides were stunned for a moment, then the mercenaries opened fire directly!

Brilliant flames engulfed the floor!

Clang clang!

The sound of stray bullets hitting Stone Skin rang out, and the mercenaries were surprised to find that their assault rifles couldn't hurt this monster in front of them!

Ding Lu didn't stop. He threw the explosives in his hand into the suspended ceiling and strode toward the seventh floor!

This mission was going too smoothly!

Bang!

Just then, an accident happened!

A dull roar of a bullet rang out!

Ding Lu felt as if his body had been hit hard by a sledgehammer. He staggered back three or four steps, and his entire left arm, from the shoulder down, was completely shattered!

Barrett!

This heavy sniper rifle directly broke through Ding Lu's defense!

Intense pain instantly filled Ding Lu's mind, and his nerves were completely strained at this moment.

Divine Descent-type evolvers could automatically heal injuries and even grow back limbs, but this pain could not be eliminated, and the self-healing effect would weaken as his physical strength decreased!

If his physical strength was exhausted, Ding Lu would still be captured!

"Thump thump thump!"

Ding Lu scurried toward the seventh floor like a snake.

Roaring, large-caliber bullets brushed past him, tearing huge wounds in his already injured body!

Blood splattered everywhere!

Ding Lu held the electronic remote control in his mouth, hugged the remaining explosives with his right arm, and rushed straight to the seventh floor!

Bang bang!

Firelight flared on the seventh floor again!

Ding Lu frowned. His body crashed over like a wild bull, directly sending four or five mercenaries flying four or five meters, their bones broken and tendons snapped!

"Don't say you weren't warned!"

Ding Lu took out the electronic remote control in his hand, roared, threw down the explosives, and rushed to the eighth floor!

"What the hell is this kid trying to do? What does that sentence mean? Why does he repeat it on every floor?" Boss Bai watched the monitor downstairs, puzzled and furious. "Everyone, go up and block this kid on the top floor! Take back the remote control! The supplies in the building haven't been evacuated yet, the price of these weapons is more important than our lives!"

The mercenaries of Tiancheng Security were originally fierce bandits. Even in the face of such a bizarre enemy, they did not flinch. Moreover, there was still a Barrett watching this enemy from an unknown location!

Ding Lu's severed limb was slowly growing back. His forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his face was pale with pain.

At this moment, he finally understood the true meaning of what Li Tianran had said, "Following me, you may often encounter life-threatening dangers…"

He was now being hunted by more than forty fully armed mercenaries, and his body was becoming heavy. Repairing severed limbs and wounds required too much physical strength. He knew he was gradually falling into danger.

But he didn't feel any regret. Instead, he felt a trace of excitement.

The thought that涌现 in his mind at this moment was actually… if he wasn't in danger now, then the one in danger might be Boss Li!

If he could accomplish this, it would be worth the wages Boss Li gave him, right?

Boom boom boom!

A huge explosion erupted beside Ding Lu, and countless tiny pieces of iron flew around.

To deal with Ding Lu, these mercenaries had started using grenades…

The eighth floor was the top floor of this building!

Ding Lu's original plan was to break in from the first floor and escape by breaking open the windows on the eighth floor. With his strong physique, he thought he could do it!

But at this moment, the terrifying sniper bullet flew over again!

Pfft!

One of Ding Lu's calves was broken on the spot!

He staggered and fell directly to the ground!

Pain!

Intense pain spread through him!

His left arm had grown back, but now, his broken leg was even more deadly!

"No… I shouldn't have wasted my energy to recover my arm. With a broken leg, I can't escape at all!" Ding Lu's brow twitched wildly. He finally realized his lack of combat experience!

His cold sweat flowed like crazy.

He used one hand to lean against the wall and stood up, holding the electronic remote in his mouth, and ran step by step toward the window!

Thump thump thump!

Many mercenaries rode the elevator to the eighth floor. Scarface, holding a large Remington shotgun, cursed when he saw Ding Lu covered in blood, and raised his gun to fire!

"Wait!" Boss Bai grabbed Scarface's muzzle, looking at Ding Lu with shocked and greedy eyes. "I think I know what he is. Don't kill him, capture him alive! His value is definitely higher than the entire Tiancheng branch!"

Scarface raised his head in astonishment, then gritted his teeth and pointed the muzzle, which was originally aimed at Ding Lu's head, at his thigh. "Damn it, dare to run wild in my territory! If you know what's good for you, kneel down and surrender! Otherwise, I'll chop off your head and feed it to the dogs!"

"Speak! Who sent you here!"

Ding Lu slowly moved to the window. The intense pain made it impossible for him to concentrate. He took out the electronic remote from his mouth and smiled at the crowd in front of him.

"I still have a pack of explosives here…" Ding Lu raised his right hand, waved it in front of everyone, and said, "I've thought about it a long time ago. If I can't escape, I'll use this pack of explosives to end myself."

Boss Bai and Scarface stepped back simultaneously, their faces a little ugly.

"My life is not important. If I can use my life to make your boss remember a word, then this trip won't be in vain!" Ding Lu forced a smile. "My boss said, don't say you weren't warned!"

At this moment, Ding Lu's mind flashed back to his life on the farm these past few days.

Delicious meals, comfortable big bed…

"It seems… it's really difficult to do something big for the boss!" Ding Lu looked a little regretful. "I underestimated the enemy too much…"

Although evolvers had extremely strong vitality, an explosion at close range now would burn 98% of his cells, and he would die completely!

"Damn it! Don't let him press it! Kill him!" Boss Bai roared.

Countless bullets poured out like a torrential rain!

Ding Lu gritted his teeth and pressed the button in his hand!

Time seemed to stand still.

The window behind Ding Lu shattered.

A hand reached out and took the remote control from Ding Lu's hand.

The speed of those bullets also slowed down, like a classic scene from The Matrix…

"B-boss?" Ding Lu looked at the tall figure that appeared in front of him and said in a trembling voice.

"You are much bolder than I imagined… bordering on reckless." Li Tianran glanced at Ding Lu indifferently.

"I watched you kneel before your father's spirit tablet, listening to you say those stupid things…"

"I watched you steal my blueprints, watching you leave the farm…"

"I watched you cross the ring road, watching you stand under the building in a daze…"

"I watched you break into the building, watching you attack recklessly without any strategy…"

"I watched you fall into despair, wanting to perish together with the enemy…"

"Do you think I saved you just to have you live three more days, and then die here?

"You've done enough stupid things tonight. Next, I only need you to do one thing, and that is…"

"Get behind me."