Chapter 415
“Boom!”
Before Qin Lingyu could turn around, there was a loud, earth-shattering boom in her ears.
The ground was shaking at this time, and the pigeons by the river all cried out in alarm and flew away.
Qin Lingyu also knew that the university town had been invaded by a number of hunters and bombs had been planted in many places.
But those hunters had all been arrested and the bombs had all been dismantled.
Although Qin Lingyu had always disliked Qin Lingyan, she trusted him.
With Qin Lingyan’s ability, he was definitely able to find all the bombs.
In this world, there was hardly anyone with hacking and surveying skills above Qin Lingyan.
Why did they still explode?
Even Qin Lingyu’s thoughts could not help but stall for a moment.
Three seconds later, she finally reacted.
In the distance, there was a flash of fire, and the booming sound continued.
Qin Lingyu didn’t even bother to turn off the live broadcast, she directly stuffed her phone into her pocket and quickly drove a shared motorbike in the direction of the hotel.
It was not the hotel where Fu Yunshen and Qin Lingyan were staying, but the hotel where Ying Zigui and the other contestants were holding their celebration party.
Qin Lingyu could see clearly that the first explosion came from the competition venue.
The hotel where the celebration banquet was held was right next to the competition venue.
The live broadcast was suddenly plunged into darkness and the fans watching from far away in China panicked.
What happened? The screen is black! Yu-chan!
[Yu-chan, respond.
Qin Lingyu is the number one female top streamer in the entertainment industry, if anything happened to her, the whole entertainment industry would explode.
When the screen went black, all the fans could hear was the sound of wind and fierce explosions, panicking so much that they all started calling the police.
**
And at this time, the hotel where the celebration was taking place.
Because of her ancient martial arts training, Ying’s hearing was far superior to others.
Even though she still had a few days before her divine calculation ability would be restored, she did not relax her observation of the outside world.
Although they had made complete preparations, she always felt that things would not be that simple.
There were some things that the tarot cards couldn’t calculate.
There had been subtle sounds even before the first explosion had sounded.
Having followed Fu Yunshen in defusing many bombs, Ying was very sensitive to such sounds.
“Don’t eat it.” She got up abruptly, dragged Zuo Li, who was still ordering, up with one hand, and for the first time, her calm tone was a little more stern, “Go, get out! Everyone else out too, now, leave the hotel immediately!”
Zuo Li was still a bit confused, but he also obediently stood up.
It was also the next second that the booming sound came.
The explosion started completely!
“Click, click, click, click–”
In an instant, cracks appeared on the wall, and the disease spread at an extremely fast speed.
Feng Yue and Teng Yun Meng and the others also finally knew what was happening and their expressions suddenly changed: “Explosion, it’s an explosion!”
There was no need for Ying Zigui to say anything else, the group quickly ran downwards.
The players and delegations from the other regions also came out in a panic.
The hotel, which was said to be able to withstand a magnitude eight earthquake, couldn’t last five minutes in this explosion.
China’s celebration party was on the fifth floor, and the way was almost blocked when they went down to the ground floor.
The hotel shook even harder, with debris falling and threatening to collapse completely at any moment.
Anyone would have cringed in the face of life and death.
Some students had already burst into tears.
Ying Zidian’s fingers clenched, her eyes slightly frozen, and she whispered, “It’s too late.”
She had internal energy to protect her body, but these people were all ordinary people.
If this continued, they would all die.
Ying Ziji picked up the broken stones on the ground and lifted her head.
With a movement of her finger, the broken stones flew out.
“Bam bam.”
Several shaky cameras were all destroyed.
Immediately afterwards, Ying gathered all her internal energy and gathered it in her palm.
She closed her eyes and her voice was faint: “Professor Zuo, protect yourselves and run as far as you can.”
Zuo Li, who was protecting the students on the side, heard this and was stunned: “What?”
Ying Ziyi didn’t say anything, he just raised his hand.
“Buzz!”
A palm in the air.
This palm directly pushed all the dozens of contestants away from the hotel.
It advanced thirty metres in a second!
The power of ancient martial artists could not be explained by science at all.
By the time Zuo Li reacted, he was already outside the hotel.
“Boom!”
There was another loud bang, and at this time, the dozen-storey hotel finally couldn’t support itself and collapsed instantly.
The fire spread and the green gra*s turned black and scorched.
Zuo Li shouted, “Ying!”
Teng Yun Meng also lost her voice, tears flowing unconsciously, “Ziggy!”
In front of them was a ruin, the ground had caved in and large chunks of rubble were still shaking.
Ying Zidian didn’t make it out, she was buried underneath.
Everyone was frozen.
“How did we get out?” Feng Yue was even more dumbfounded, his speech was out of tune, “We got out, why didn’t Ying Shen come out?”
Just now he was clearly going to be behind Ying Zigui.
The explosion had happened so suddenly, if he ran, he would have been buried first.
Zuo Li’s body trembled as he remembered what Ying Zigui had said to him earlier.
He gave Feng Yue a sharp push: “Run first! Nothing should happen to anyone.”
Just after they had run out a dozen metres or so, an even more intense explosion came.
“Boom boom boom!”
It was deafening.
Flames erupted from the hotel, shaking down the surrounding trees.
The explosions were concentrated in several locations.
The hotel, the competition venue, and the accommodation area.
These three places happened to be where the isc international finalists were clustered.
On the contrary, there were no explosions at Helga University and Forsyth University, two of the top three universities in the world.
The explosion came so suddenly that the guards didn’t even have time to react.
It took a few minutes before the alarm sounded.
[Alarm! Alert! Attention all students, all citizens!
[All take shelter!
[All evacuate!
At the same time, the guards were quickly mobilised and began to evacuate the entire university town.
While everyone was running out, Fu Yunshen was going against the grain.
He was far away, and even less at the centre of the explosion.
By the time he heard the explosion, a minute had pa*sed.
He pushed his speed to the limit
Qin Lingyan chased after him on his motorbike, all out of breath.
“Old Fu, don’t be impulsive, the explosion is still going on now, if you go in, not only will you not be able to save Big Brother’s sister, you will also get yourself killed.” Qin Lingyan was also anxious, “She has your ibi’s special clothes on her, they can withstand the blast.”
No sooner had he said this than he realised something was wrong.
They had defused the bomb, yet the explosion still happened.
I’m afraid that it wasn’t necessarily the bomb that they perceived.
Fu Yunshen didn’t say anything, his expression was cold.
His inner strength surged up and he directly carried the boulder blocking the door, threw it aside and bent in.
Behind him, Qin Lingyan shouted, “Fu Yunshen, you’re sending yourself to your death, do you know that!”
The man’s slender figure disappeared into a black cloud of smoke.
Only a faint voice fell, and the tone was still the same sa*sy dude.
But firm as ever.
“Then die with her too.”
**
#O Continent University City, Big Bang
#Ying Zidian and many other participating students were buried #
#♪ The cause of the explosion is still unclear ♪
On the Chinese side, not even two hours had pa*sed before Weibo crashed once again.
By the time the programmer fixed it ten minutes later, the top three Weibo hot searches had not only changed, they had all exploded.
Netizens were stunned.
One second, they were celebrating that China had won the isc championship.
How come the next second, it turned out to be bad news?
[What’s going on? What’s going on?
What’s going on? [Are the precautions on the other side of the continent so rubbish! How do you do things when you can’t even detect a bomb?
[Why aren’t they testing the place where so many students live?
At this time, 9pm, the headquarters of Skybound Entertainment.
“Is the news from o-continent accurate?” Luo Wenbin was also reading the news on Weibo, “There are quite a few senior executives of Primeval Light Media buried as well? It’s even possible that even the Executive Director is there?”
First Light Media is taking this isc international final very seriously, and several of its directors have personally followed them to o continent.
They were also the ones in charge of the general broadcast in China, and were particularly close to the explosion site.
Even if they didn’t die, they would be badly injured and disabled.
“Yes, General Luo.” The secretary was respectful, “It’s true that a senior member of First Light Media was buried, but it’s not known if their executive director is around.”
“At this time, I guess Primeval Light Media is also in a mess.”
“Good.” Luo Wenbin pondered for a moment, his voice deep, “Contact Times Media and start making plans to attack Primeval Media, and release all the previously suppressed revelations in turn.”
“This summer, I want to see Primeval Light Media’s signboard smashed down.”
As for those online netizens who were most worried about Ying Zigui?
He didn’t care.
If he’s dead, then he’s dead.
It was not like a school god could help him build an entertainment empire, so it was of little use to him.
Chapter 416
Luo Wenbin did not want to make a move against Primeval Media so soon.
In his plan, he would at least wait until after the international film festival had ended before targeting First Light Media.
After all, compared to First Light Media, Skybound Entertainment has too few international stars under its belt.
If it wasn’t for Era Media behind it, there was no way Skybound Entertainment could have grown to the size it was today.
This explosion in the university city of O Chau has given Luo Wenbin the hope to suppress Primeval Light Media.
He wanted to kill him while he was sick.
As a businessman, not only would Luo Wenbin not be merciful, he would instead step up and make up for it.
The most important thing is that there is absolutely no way to keep Primeval Media anymore.
This cooperation between First Light Media and Total TV had even established the name of the number one entertainment company in China.
“Okay, Mr. Luo.” The secretary nodded, “Everything is at your command.”
“Let’s start with Shang Yaozhi.” Luo Wenbin was light, “He doesn’t have any black material, so we’ll make a set for him, this internet nowadays, just one screenshot can make a lot of people believe.”
Netizens who eat melons are not like fans who will go to the root of the matter and look for evidence.
As long as the rumours are strong enough, no one will pay attention to the truth.
The senior management of First Light Media had suffered heavy losses and certainly didn’t even have time to care.
Shang Yaozhi was an important artist for Primeval Media and had to be destroyed first.
Originally, Luo Wenbin wanted to recruit Shang Yaozhi, after all, there are not many artists with strength and face value in the entertainment industry nowadays.
But Shang Yaozhi refused without even meeting their people.
Unable to have, then they could only destroy.
“Understood.”
The secretary exited the office and went down to prepare.
**
Meanwhile, Norton University.
The Vice Chancellor had been wandering around the alchemy and astrology departments for the past few days.
Although he didn’t know alchemy, he had given Norton a lot of hand jobs, and he still had some theoretical knowledge.
It had been a long time since these two SS-level colleges had recruited any new students, and the vice-principal was also very worried.
Alchemy is fine, there are very few people who have the talent of divination.
After coming out of the Astrology Department, the Vice Principal was ready to go to the Mechanical Department where Wen Huilan was also.
It was at this time that the head of the admissions department rushed over, out of breath: “Vice-Principal, something’s happened! Something big has happened!”
“What is it?” The vice-principal poured him a gla*s of water and was busy rea*suring him, “Take it easy, tell me slowly.”
“You know about the isc international final, right? There was an explosion there and quite a few people were buried.” The head of admissions managed to catch his breath, “A few students we were particularly concerned about were at the centre of the explosion!”
The vice-principal’s expression changed, “The ones from China are there?”
“Yes, Ying Zigui, she was there.” The head of admissions wiped his sweat, “The drone went late and only observed her buried underneath.”
At this moment, the vice-principal’s entire body panicked, wanting to go forward to the o-continent university city immediately.
But he knew that he absolutely could not go out.
There were quite a few people staring at him.
To be precise, it wasn’t staring at him, but at the Divine Calculators.
Although the rival forces hadn’t found out who the Divine Reckoner was until now, they hadn’t given up.
Norton University and the Laurent family, both of which were the targets of their key surveillance.
And these hostile forces would rather kill a thousand by mistake than spare one.
If he dared to go to the scene now, Ying Zidian would be branded as a “suspected divine calculator”.
At that time, it would be even more dangerous.
“Immediately, send the school’s rescue team out! The most elite one.” The vice-principal shouted, “Save the people! Get them all out!”
“I’ll allow you to use all your equipment as long as you get the people out!”
His fingers were trembling.
Nothing must happen to Ying Zidian.
If anything happened to her, not to mention Norton’s return at that time, even he himself would not be able to forgive himself.
The head of admissions took a deep breath, “We’ve already sent someone over, but it’s too urgent, even if we activate the latest type of plane, it’ll be two hours later.”
Two hours, a lot could happen.
Norton University was a full four thousand kilometres away from the university city of O Chau.
If a new type of plane had not been developed, it would be impossible to get there in a short time.
“Professor Joseph, disconnect the network that transmits between your mechanical department side and the outside world.” The Vice Chancellor remembered the most important thing again and made a busy phone call, “Don’t let student Wen know about the explosion.”
With Wen Listen Lan’s nature, once she heard the news, she would definitely go crazy.
“I’m afraid it’s already too late.” On the other end of the phone, Professor Joseph obviously also knew what horrible things had happened in the outside world, he let out a bitter smile, “Listen Lan has been watching the live broadcast for the past three days and following other news, he knows everything he should know, it’s useless to cut it.”
Norton University had an intranet and an extranet.
The intranet connected everything confidential about Norton University – alchemy, astrology, high-tech thermal weapons.
It was impossible to get on the intranet without a student number.
The extranet is shut down at all times to prevent attacks by hostile forces.
“Then it’s blocked.” The vice-principal’s expression was rare and stern, “You tell him that his sister wouldn’t want anything to happen to him.”
“If he’s doing his sister a favour, then he’ll go out after he’s finished his studies at Norton, otherwise he’ll just be sending a target up for someone to hit.”
He didn’t know if this explosion was aimed at Ying Zigui.
The only thing he could be sure of was that it was aimed at those young geniuses outside.
Ying Zidian just happened to be among them.
The vice-principal’s mind went through the list of all the hostile forces and could not identify a single one that was attached to this bomb attack.
Who and which side, exactly, would target so many people?
“Take me to the school’s main command room.” The vice-principal dressed and strutted like the wind, “I’ll take command remotely.”
**
o this side of the university city on the continent, the explosion that had lasted for two hours had finally stopped.
Rescue teams had been dispatched.
Thankfully, the blast did not affect a particularly wide area, and those injured made up the majority.
The rescue teams split up into three groups and rescued people in turn.
Soon, a number of students and professors who had not had time to run and were buried underneath were carried out, placed on stretchers and sent out of town immediately.
The death toll was lower than expected, a total of nine people as of now.
“Captain, there are still a dozen people missing from the list.” One of the team members said, “Let’s survey the territory, the death toll shouldn’t increase.”
“Speed it up.” The rescue captain wiped a sweat from his face, “One dead is an international loss.”
Who were the people buried down there?
The geniuses of the nations.
This was a premeditated attack.
The team didn’t relax either, surveying and clearing the way.
Just then, there was a faint white smoke coming out.
One team member’s arm was instantly eroded and the white protective suit turned a charred black.
“Toxic gas!” Seeing this scene, the rescue captain’s expression changed, “Retreat, retreat!”
Explosions have always brought things like poisonous fog, which is why they had put on their protective suits.
As a precaution, the protective suits worn were all A-grade protective suits.
But now, under this unknown white mist, the a-grade protective suits had been eroded so quickly.
The rescue leader estimated that it would only take a few minutes for the whole suit to be completely eroded.
This was unheard of in their rescue career!
“But Captain, there are still a few people.” One team member took a few steps back, “Not all the people on the list were rescued!”
“Look carefully, this poisonous mist is coming out from inside the ruins.” The rescue captain took a deep breath, “The people inside, they’re still alive?”
He ordered once more, “Retreat, get the other wounded out first.”
**
Outside the university town.
Elder Zhong watched as one by one the stretchers came out, but not Ying Zigui.
His nerves, which had been tense, couldn’t hold out.
He was on his way to the hotel Fu Yunshen had booked when the explosion happened.
Because he was so far away, he was immediately taken out of town by the guards.
“Tian, Tianliu.” Master Zhong grabbed Ying Tianru’s arm, his voice trembling, “D**key will be fine, won’t she?”
“No, absolutely not.” Ying Tianru struggled to calm his breathing, “Grandpa, she’s definitely fine, trust her, the rescue team is inside, she’ll come out.”
“No, I’m not at ease.” Elder Zhong’s body shook and pushed Ying Tianru away, “I want to go in, I want to go in and save her myself!”
Ying Tianru held down Elder Zhong forcefully and couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.
He wanted to go in just now, but was stopped by Elder Zhong dead in his tracks.
Now instead, it was Elder Zhong himself who wanted to go in.
But they really couldn’t help much, and going in would only add to the mess.
Ying Tianru took a few steps in to see what was going on in the city.
Instead, he saw the rescue team dashing in.
They had placed a dozen stretchers on the ground, with unconscious students and professors on them.
Ying Tianru stepped forward and still didn’t see Ying Zigui.
His eyes changed abruptly and he snapped, “Is no one there? My sister hasn’t come out yet! How did you get out?”
“There’s a poisonous fog inside.” The rescue captain took off his completely blackened protective suit and managed to catch his breath, “The way is already too far gone to see, there’s no way to rescue her.”
If they hadn’t run so fast, the suits wouldn’t have supported them.
Ying Tianru’s body stiffened in disbelief, “What did you say?”
There was still poisonous mist?
Elder Zhong heard it too, he was almost on his knees, old tears streaming down his face, “Please, please save my granddaughter, she’s in there, she must still be alive, you have to go in and save her!”
“I’ll give you anything you want, as long as you save her.”
What great storms had he not experienced in his life?
Master Zhong had always been bold in his art and would not be afraid.
But at this time he was truly afraid.
He couldn’t imagine what would happen if something happened to Ying Zigui.
“Master, we know you’re worried, but there’s nothing we can do.” The rescue captain couldn’t bear it in his heart and had to say, “The poisonous fog is too strong now, as you can see, the suits can’t withstand it, so going in would only be a death sentence.”
“And-”
After a pause, he still didn’t say the last sentence.
This kind of poisonous mist, the testing machine can’t detect what it is, but wearing a protective suit can only withstand it for five minutes.
How long could a mortal flesh body last?
I’m afraid it’s mostly hopeless.
The university town was protected against this, but they had no warning at all of this explosion.
Now most of the people had been saved, the few that remained had to be sacrificed.
Elder Zhong’s body swayed and finally failed to bear up, fainting instantly.
“Grandfather!” Ying Tianru’s expression changed and he was busy holding him up.
Immediately, a doctor who was with him came forward and carried Old Master Zhong to a stretcher on the side.
There were cries all around and people screaming.
After Zuo Li calmed down a group of students, he also went forward, gritting his teeth, “What kind of poisonous mist is it?”
The rescue captain shook his head, “It’s not detected.”
“You give me the protective suit.” Ying Tianru gritted his teeth, “Give me a few more, I’ll change if I can’t stop it, if you don’t look, I’ll go in and look.”
“That’s impossible.” The rescue captain looked serious and refused without even thinking, “You simply don’t have the time to change, we did the test when we left.”
“A quarter of a second of skin exposure in the air and the poison gas will enter your body.”
“I’m not afraid.” Ying Tianru didn’t back down, he looked straight at the rescue captain, “You are afraid of taking responsibility, right? In that case, if I die, I’ll be asking for it.”
The rescue captain was forced into a helpless position.
He turned his head and ordered his team, “Take ten Cla*s A protective suits and give them to him.”
“DEATH.”
At that moment, a faint voice rang out.
Several people were stunned.
Ying Tianru took the protective suits and turned his head.
Upon seeing that the owner of the voice was Wen Fengmian, he couldn’t help but be stunned, “Uncle?”
“This is death poison mist, it will damage one’s lungs, stomach and all organs.” Wen Fengmian’s expression, however, was unusually calm and his words were clear, “A-grade protective clothing can’t stop it, I know you have an S-grade protective clothing.”
“You give me this s-grade protective suit, I’ll go in, no one knows this poisonous mist better than me.”