"How did you know our family was..."
"You, you checked your wallet almost every minute, there was a photo on it!"
"You, you kept looking at your watch, there was a photo of a girl on it! That girl was very young, and there was no woman beside her. If I guessed correctly, you are divorced! Your daughter is your only hope, but now she has been captured by those bastards!"
"You kept listening to the voice messages on your phone, and you looked nervous from time to time. I guess you've been in love recently, and your girlfriend was captured! That's why you're so nervous. Those people threatened you, saying that if you dared to cooperate with us, they would kill her, is that right?"
"And you, if I'm not mistaken, your father was captured because you were constantly calling someone with the note 'Father'!"
Everyone was amazed by my observation and reasoning abilities. At this moment, an employee finally exclaimed, "I don't care anymore. Even if we don't help them now, they will kill them. The only way we can save our families is to cooperate with the police and end the fire!"
"Right! Let's talk!"
"Actually, the switch is at the top of the building, but the elevators are probably out of order now, and we blocked the stairs with something earlier! And quite a few steps were broken by us... If we want to control the switch, we'll probably have to climb to the top with our bare hands!"
These bastards really went this far, even breaking the stairs...
"Climb to the top with bare hands! How is that possible? You are truly useless!" Liu Yuning exclaimed.
But I ran out immediately. Facing the towering building, my heart was incredibly calm. At this moment, I suddenly said to the crowd that had just come out, "Let me do it!"
"Are you crazy? He Sheng, it's so high, how can you climb it! You'll probably fall before you even get halfway!"
"There's no time, please believe me!" I didn't pay attention to their words then because I was afraid they would stop me. As soon as I finished speaking, I rushed out and jumped with all my might, landing on a baffle of the building first, and then grabbing a piece of iron plate. In fact, the building could be climbed because there were countless iron bars and platforms protruding from its walls, but it was very difficult. If I lost my balance even slightly, I would be smashed to pieces if I fell from above!
"He Sheng!" Liu Yuning screamed desperately at my receding figure!
But at that time, only one word was in my mind: "Climb!"
If I couldn't climb up, let alone all of us would perish, even half of Guangming City would be engulfed by the fire. With so much gasoline in the center, the consequences would be unimaginable if there was an explosion.
The end result would definitely be that we would be completely blown to pieces, with no remains, but if we could exchange our lives for the safety of the entire Guangming City, we would definitely choose to sacrifice ourselves without hesitation. However, now...
After climbing about one-tenth of the way up the nCe building, I was already a bit breathless. The building was too tall, and no one dared to climb it at this time. Even He Bailing and the others were just watching me, and I didn't know what they were thinking at the time.
At this height, it should not be difficult for them with their speed and strength. I wasn't blaming them, I continued to climb. When I grabbed a horizontal bar, I used the momentum of my swing to reach a platform, and then without stopping, I jumped up again, grabbed another wooden board. I don't know if this building was intentionally designed for people to climb, as there were so many protrusions, but if not, we would have no other way.
When I had climbed about half the way up, I stood on an iron plate to rest. However, I saw that the fire had already started to spread to the bottom of the iron pillars, approaching with extreme ferocity. At the current speed, they would be submerged by the fire in less than 5 minutes.
The moment before, I saw He Jinghui and He Bailing disappear. Liu Yuning and the others watched the surrounding flames spread, but there was no fear. Everyone seemed ready to sacrifice at any moment. The firefighters and the police gathered together, looking at the flames outside. From my current height, looking down at the scene, the gasoline plant had almost turned into a sea of fire. Only the area around the nCe building in the center was still a safe zone.
That scene, no matter how many years passed, would still make us tremble with fear. To know that the surrounding hundred miles were a sea of flames with no escape routes, such a terrible fire was the first time in my life I had witnessed it firsthand.
The flames covered the entire gasoline plant, and they were spreading towards the central gasoline depot...
The endless flames, visible to the naked eye, gradually approached. Even from my high vantage point, I could feel the intense heat, and the sweat on my body soaked through my clothes. One could only imagine the situation of those downstairs.
The nearby towns must have been destroyed, and the villages were probably in dire straits. Fortunately, we had rescued quite a few people earlier, and they were now with the police and firefighters.
At this moment, a few employees of the gasoline plant suggested that everyone retreat into the nCe building, as there were asbestos protective walls inside that should be able to withstand it for a while. With no other choice, everyone retreated into the nCe building.
They would probably try to go upstairs next, but without stairs or elevators, the difficulty would be great. I knew that only I could change this situation now. I hesitated no longer and continued to climb. Fortunately, I had often practiced climbing in the past, otherwise I would have lost my strength by now. After resting for a while, I felt much better. Then I casually grabbed a few more iron bars, used the inertia of my swing to swing to the iron plate on the opposite side, steadied myself, and then dived and jumped onto a platform. I was at about the twelfth floor. I saw a window nearby. Since I couldn't go up any further, I had to climb over the window and enter the building.
I hoped there would be stairs or something to get me to the roof, but after entering the building, I found that the stairs were broken and the corridor was empty. To go further up, I would need to find a place where I could continue to climb with my bare hands.
But after searching everywhere, I found no such place. Later, my attention shifted to the elevator area. It was empty long ago, with only a dark and deep elevator shaft remaining. I looked up at a rope and some protruding structures nearby, thinking that if I risked my life to climb up from here, it might be possible. There was no time, so I had to take a gamble. I tied my flashlight to my waist, then seized the opportunity to grab the rope, swung in mid-air a few times, and with my bare hands grabbed a horizontal bar, then placed my feet on the horizontal bar below. Then another word appeared in my mind: "Climb!"