Chapter 1248: Chapter 1239: Accident (5)
Among the reinforcements the protagonist brought, there were special forces, riot police, and bomb disposal experts. But there were too many mines buried; the first wave of explosions sealed the exit, intending for everyone to be buried with it. The second wave of explosions was just five minutes after the first.
Actually, the bombs made locally were not hard to defuse, and the protagonist brought enough bomb disposal experts to handle it. The key was the large number, and they didn’t know where they were buried or how many were buried. At the crucial moment, the heroine, who knew the details, informed them of the bomb locations. The bomb disposal experts handled them based on the locations reported by the heroine and indeed dismantled most of the dangerous explosives, but still triggered one or two.
The one or two that exploded were not a big deal, but the main beam of the house developed cracks due to the explosions of these bombs, and it was tottering, unable to withstand a third wave of explosion.
At this point, the protagonist was still hoping to capture the drug lord alive and rescue the second male lead. The second male lead was held captive in the dungeon at the very center of the castle, where the terrain was complex and corridors were winding. The remaining drug lords had all retreated there for a final resistance.
Led by the heroine, they encountered dangers along the way but finally reached the antagonist. The antagonist had tied up the second male lead as a hostage and resisted firmly. Unable to capture him alive, to ensure the hostage’s safety, the only option was to snipe. The protagonist indeed arranged a sniper, but the distance was too close; although a shot hit the antagonist’s head, causing the antagonist to loosen the grip on the knife held against the second male lead’s neck, he still had a final chance to struggle and pressed the bomb tied to his waist—
At the critical moment, the protagonist should have saved the heroine, but maybe due to the heroine’s identity, or perhaps because of her previous deception to him, he did not save the heroine but protected the second male lead.
But after the explosion, the antagonist was dead, the group of people who rushed underground were more or less injured, but most of them survived. The one most severely injured was probably the heroine, who was closer and not protected by the protagonist, seeing her body stained with blood, and her beautiful face smeared with ash and dust.
While everyone was relieved that the bomb power was insufficient, who knew this was the deepest chain lock set by the antagonist. Some explosives that even the heroine did not know began to detonate, making the entire mansion seem like it was dancing, the ground shaking wildly in the dungeon area. If they didn’t escape the mansion in the shortest time, even if they weren’t blown to pieces by the remaining chained bombs, they would be buried underground.
The only one among everyone who knew the escape route was the heroine. But just now, between saving her and the second male lead, the protagonist chose the second male lead. Now her brother was dead, and the others in the village were either dead or wounded; who knew if she would help at all? And why should she help?
In that fleeting moment, the heroine still got up to lead them out. In fact, at this moment, even the protagonist’s teammates didn’t fully trust her, fearing she might lead everyone to a dead end. The protagonist hesitated slightly but still brought people to follow the heroine’s steps, letting her lead everyone to charge out.
The sound of bombs rumbled, accompanied by the sound of the building collapsing. With every extra moment of delay, the danger increased by an inch. Just as they were about to rush to the exit, the main beam of the house finally couldn’t take it anymore, collapsing down, bringing the entire building crashing to the ground with a "rumble." The protagonist crawled out first, then helped his subordinates escape one by one.
Finally, there were only two people left; the protagonist then discovered it was actually the heroine and the second male lead again.