Chapter 139: The Iron Gate

A dull ‘Boom!’ sounded, and the ground trembled. The wall where Liu Hui had just been standing crumbled with a violent crashing noise. Sun Haibo’s huge body, shrouded in darkness, along with his chainsaw, smashed directly into the wall!

Liu Hui had already vanished.

“Xiao Hui!!”

Lü Yang yelled, his eyes red as he charged toward the wall.

“I’m here!” Liu Hui quickly answered Lü Yang, standing up from behind a garbage can placed by the wall. At that critical moment, she had actually managed to dodge just in time!

Lü Yang had no time to think. Seizing the moment while Sun Haibo was stuck in the wall and hadn’t yet turned around, he used his teeth to pull the pin from a hand grenade and threw it into the hole in the wall. Then, grabbing Liu Hui’s arm, he ran forward a few steps before leaping and diving, both of them landing flat on the ground.

“Boom!” With a loud explosion, although the hand grenade didn’t produce the dazzling brightness of a flashbang grenade, it still created a significant flash of light after exploding…

The street-side building that Sun Haibo had crashed into completely collapsed after being hit by the hand grenade. Amidst a roar, Sun Haibo’s massive figure suddenly emerged from the rubble. He raised his chainsaw high once more and charged toward Lü Yang and Liu Hui.

Lü Yang had already taken the portable searchlight from Liu Hui’s hand. Activating its strong light mode, he drew Sun Haibo’s attention. Then, moving back and forth twice along the street, he skillfully destroyed the remaining Black Fog Armor on Sun Haibo’s body. What followed was very straightforward for Lü Yang. With three more evasions, each time successfully dodging Sun Haibo’s charge, he fired three precise bursts from his submachine gun into Sun Haibo’s head or heart.

This boss-level Dark Predator Sun Haibo was indeed much stronger than ordinary Dark Predators. Even after losing his Black Fog Armor, it still took Lü Yang nine submachine gun bullets to finally kill him, and he fell to the ground.

More Dark Predators appeared in Donkey Tail Town. Eerie, menacing howls rose from all around…

Lü Yang gritted his teeth and ran to the wall to activate the timed explosive device. If he didn’t activate the explosive and leave soon, he might never get away.

After checking the timer on the device, Lü Yang couldn’t help but gasp…

Fifteen minutes!

He and Liu Hui had only fifteen minutes to get out of here, and they had to escape beyond a ten-kilometer radius!

Lü Yang spent half a minute trying to adjust the timer on the explosive device but found it couldn’t be changed.

Lü Yang had no time to investigate further.

Now, their only Path of Survival was that BMW. Without a car, even if they broke out of Donkey Tail Town, the scattered Dark Predators on the road wouldn’t let them leave easily. Besides, without a vehicle, even if they ran at full speed without any interruptions, they couldn’t possibly cover ten kilometers in just over ten minutes.

But Liu Hui just couldn’t remember which hotel she had stayed at that night or where she had parked the red BMW.

Two Dark Kidnappers rushed over from the street corner, raising their cleavers high. Lü Yang immediately switched the portable searchlight to strong light mode and shone it at them. The intense light destroyed their Black Fog Armor without giving them a chance to get close. Then, with two precise bursts from his submachine gun, Lü Yang shot both Dark Kidnappers in the head.

Real combat was the best training. Although Lü Yang had previously received firearm training from the Eerie Computer, it was the Dark Predators in this Mysterious Domain that truly helped him leave the ranks of beginners in gunfights.

With less than fourteen minutes left before Donkey Tail Town was destroyed, Lü Yang didn’t dare delay any longer. After killing the two Dark Kidnappers, he immediately grabbed Liu Hui and dashed toward the road leading out of town. Now, he could only leave it to fate, hoping to find a vehicle by the roadside that they could use.

Even a motorcycle would do.

They hadn’t run far when they ran into four more Dark Kidnappers head-on.

Just then, Liu Hui suddenly pointed at a building on the street and shouted to Lü Yang, “This is the hotel! I stayed at this hotel last time! There’s an iron gate next to it. I parked my car through there into the backyard! I remember now!”

“Really? That’s great!” Lü Yang turned on the portable searchlight and shone it at the four Dark Kidnappers one by one. Fighting while retreating, he escorted Liu Hui to the front of the hotel.

“The hotel door is locked…” Liu Hui told Lü Yang, who had his back to the hotel and was focused on the enemies.

“Get in through the iron gate! We just need to drive the car out!” Lü Yang glanced back quickly and made a decision.

“The iron gate is locked too!”

“Climb over!”

As he shouted, Lü Yang used his gun to fire two accurate bursts, blowing the heads off two Dark Kidnappers who had gotten close. However, more Dark Predators were gathering from all directions, and Lü Yang heard the familiar sound of a chainsaw again.

“I can’t climb up!” Liu Hui looked at the nearly three-meter-high iron gate and yelled to Lü Yang.

“Step on me! Hurry!” After forcing back a few approaching Dark Predators, Lü Yang immediately crouched into a horse stance, holding his gun with both hands resting on his waist, signaling for Liu Hui to step up.

Liu Hui placed one foot on Lü Yang’s gun stock and the other on his shoulder. Then she brought both feet onto his shoulders. Lü Yang stood up straight, giving her a boost, and Liu Hui easily climbed over the iron gate.

“Come in quickly too!” After jumping down inside, Liu Hui shouted to Lü Yang outside.

“No time! Go find your car!” Lü Yang yelled back at Liu Hui. After helping her over the gate and shining the searchlight around again, he saw more than ten Dark Predators closing in from all directions. In this situation, Lü Yang didn’t dare turn his back to them.

The portable searchlight couldn’t cover all directions at once. Lü Yang adopted a delaying tactic: whichever Dark Predator charged the farthest forward, he would shine the light on that side. He tried his best to slow down the advance of the ten-plus Dark Predators. When some of them lost their armor, he accurately raised his gun and finished them off.

But soon, another large group of Dark Predators swarmed over. This time, there were dozens of them, including three tall, strong Dark Lumberjacks carrying huge chainsaws!

Lü Yang had no way to escape. He could only watch as these Dark Predators, braving the searchlight’s strong beam, quickly closed in on him. The three Dark Lumberjacks stomped the ground loudly, clearly preparing to launch a charging attack!

Lü Yang kept sweeping the area with the searchlight’s strong beam. The powerful light could even cause the charging Dark Lumberjacks to freeze, interrupting their advance.

Relying on the searchlight’s intense illumination, Lü Yang struggled to hold his ground, barely preventing the Dark Predators from getting within three meters of him!

But just then, the searchlight’s beam flickered a few times and then went out completely.

Damn! Misjudgment! The portable searchlight’s power wasn’t unlimited!

The world turned pitch black in an instant. Countless Dark Predators surged out of the darkness, all charging madly toward Lü Yang. Their expressions were extremely fierce and crazed. Behind them, a large flock of Dark Pheasants even appeared!

Lü Yang dropped the portable searchlight and submachine gun. He turned, leaped up, and tried to climb over the iron gate behind him to escape temporarily. But at that moment, several chainsaws and cleavers struck his back simultaneously. Clearly, he couldn’t escape the attacks of these Dark Predators.

After a screeching brake sound, extremely dazzling car headlights shone from inside the iron gate. Lü Yang instinctively covered his eyes. The super-bright headlights were like scorching flames, searing the Dark Predators attacking Lü Yang, causing them to freeze in place. Their Black Fog Armor quickly disintegrated, and the swarming Dark Pheasants were directly burned to ashes by the light.

Liu Hui had found the red BMW in the hotel’s backyard. She sped out and, at the critical moment, turned on the headlights, saving Lü Yang!

Seizing the opportunity, Lü Yang jumped up and flipped over the iron gate.

“I remember that night, I filled up the car with gas before checking into the hotel.” Liu Hui was very happy to have saved Lü Yang just in time.

“Reverse, then charge out! We don’t have much time. Let’s get out of here fast!” As soon as Lü Yang sat down, he urgently told Liu Hui.

“Okay, fasten your seatbelt!” Liu Hui replied to Lü Yang but didn’t follow his instruction to reverse.

After Lü Yang fastened his seatbelt, Liu Hui suddenly unfastened her own, leaned over onto Lü Yang, held his face with both hands, and forcefully kissed him.

Lü Yang instinctively tried to pull away, but the seatbelt held him firmly in place. Liu Hui succeeded in her forced kiss…

However, she really had no kissing skills; it was just her lips rubbing against Lü Yang’s.

“Please! There’s no time! This place is about to explode!” Lü Yang finally managed to free his hands and pushed Liu Hui off him, his face frantic.

Women will be women. Even at a time like this, she still had the mind to do such things. Was she asking for death?

“That was my first kiss…” Liu Hui told Lü Yang, sounding both proud and a little sad.

“Forget about first kisses! We’re about to die! Can we please leave here first?” Lü Yang felt an impulse to strangle Liu Hui.

“If you doubt my love for you, I can give you my whole self…” Liu Hui looked stubbornly at Lü Yang, completely disregarding death or explosion. Probably even if the sky fell right now, she wouldn’t care.