"What should I do? Which wire should I cut?!"
It was a scorching summer day, the sun intensely hot.
Inside a room at Wanyang Mall in Rong City.
A figure in an explosion-proof suit stared at the bomb in front of him, his face as anxious as the blazing sun outside.
In the center of the room,
A young woman in a white dress was tied to a chair, with a bomb blinking red and ticking, its red, green, and blue wires extremely conspicuous.
"Save me! Please!" the girl pleaded.
"My dad is the richest man. If you save me, my father will give you a lot, a lot of money!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely get you out of here!"
Liu Baixue outwardly comforted the girl gently,
but inwardly, she was in agony. If she cut the wrong wire, she would be buried with the girl, but with these three wires, who knew which one was correct?
With only one minute left, Liu Baixue finally couldn't bear the tense and heavy pressure. She picked up the scissors and simultaneously spoke into her earpiece:
"Help me tell my idiotic mother, who went to the bar, not to go to bars anymore. I might not be able to give her pocket money to fool around with anymore."
"Is, is this a last will and testament?" a voice came through the earpiece.
Liu Baixue didn't answer, nor was she in the mood to answer.
Her bloodshot, reddened eyes beneath the explosion-proof suit stared intently at the bomb.
"Please, you must cut the right one!"
Bai Xiaobing watched the scissors getting closer, her heart pounding faster and faster, and the rise and fall of her chest beneath the ropes quickening as well.
"Wait, let me do it."
Just as Liu Baixue was about to cut.
A somewhat pale and thin young man walked past the riot police outside and came directly to Liu Baixue's side.
A peculiar scent emanated from the young man.
This scent felt somewhat familiar to Bai Xiaobing, similar to the smell of a Hospital.
"Sir, who are you?" Liu Baixue looked at the young man who had suddenly walked in, feeling a bit bewildered.
Who was this?
How did he get in?
"I am Xu Yueguang, the Shenlong Country's International Professional Bomb Disposal Special Expert. When it comes to bomb disposal, I've never been outmatched."
Xu Yueguang casually gestured with the ID badge under his clothes, putting it back before Liu Baixue could get a clear look.
Looking at the bomb, Xu Yueguang's eyes narrowed slightly: "C10 plastic explosive, composed of explosive material, plastic binder, plasticizer, and a taggant. It's extremely powerful. If it explodes, everyone in this room will likely not survive."
He then looked at the time on the bomb; the timer had forty-five seconds left.
"Give me the scissors."
"Sir, sir,"
Liu Baixue wanted to say that she had never seen Xu Yueguang before. A special bomb disposal expert, she should have some impression, but she had none of him.
Moreover, looking at his collar, although it was tightly wrapped by the outer layer, why did the inner layer feel a bit like a Hospital gown?
"Don't dawdle. Do you suspect I'm fake? Who would run over here to seek death for no reason?"
Xu Yueguang saw that Liu Baixue had no intention of giving him the scissors. His brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of displeasure appeared on his handsome face.
"There's not much time left. If you want to die, don't drag me with you!"
Xu Yueguang's serious voice brought Liu Baixue back to her senses. She looked at the time on the bomb; only thirty-eight seconds left!
Liu Baixue's pupils suddenly dilated, and she quickly handed the scissors to Xu Yueguang.
Xu Yueguang was right; no one would come here to seek death at this moment, unless they were insane!
"Click~"
Xu Yueguang took the scissors and, without a second thought, cut towards the green wire, muttering to himself, "I hate green."
"What?!"
Liu Baixue's ears twitched. Upon hearing this, her eyes widened.
Could one cut a wire on a bomb just because they hated the color?!
She tried to reach out to stop him, but it was already too late.
Snip~
The two girls watched with wide eyes as the green wire was cut.
It's over, it's over, we're done for, we're done for!
Both girls simultaneously trembled, clenched their fists, and closed their eyes.
However,
After waiting a few seconds,
There was no sensation of a heatwave, nor the tearing feeling of being blown to pieces as imagined.
All that remained was the pounding of their hearts and the sound of the man's footsteps.
Opening their eyes, the bomb's timer had already stopped.
"It, it stopped?"
Bai Xiaobing looked down at the bomb, its timer stopped.
Her bright eyes gradually shone, though her legs still trembled uncontrollably.
But at least, she had survived!
"Phew~ Where's that bomb disposal expert?"
Liu Baixue also let out a sigh of relief, stood up, and waved, signaling her colleagues outside to help Bai Xiaobing untie herself.
"He's already left," a man in a bulletproof vest said.
The others outside also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the bomb stop. It had been too tense; everyone had been on edge until it stopped.
Liu Baixue nodded, thinking that she must thank Xu Yueguang. He had saved her life.
Whether intentional or not, he had saved her.
...
A few minutes later.
Liu Baixue arrived downstairs.
Seeing Liu Baixue emerge, a stylishly dressed man immediately came forward with concern,
"Baixue, are you all right? What about the bomb?!"
"I'm fine, the bomb has been defused."
Liu Baixue's face was still a bit pale, showing signs of fatigue.
"You worked hard."
A middle-aged man came up to Liu Baixue and patted her shoulder.
"It's no hardship, Boss. This is my duty, and it's not my credit, but the credit of that special bomb disposal expert."
"Special bomb disposal expert? When did we hire a special bomb disposal expert?"
The middle-aged man was a bit surprised. How did he not know when a special expert had been hired?
"Huh?!"
Liu Baixue's expression froze. Her boss didn't know Xu Yueguang? Then where did Xu Yueguang come from?
Just as she was about to ask, a colleague suddenly approached them with a nurse.
"Boss, there's something here." A person brought the nurse to the three of them.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Baixue looked at the somewhat agitated nurse opposite her.
"They are from Rong City's Qingnan Mountain Mental Hospital. They said they lost a patient who seems to have entered this mall."
"Entered the mall? Everyone inside has already been evacuated, so he probably left. But, a Mental Hospital patient? Is he dangerous?" Liu Baixue's first thought was about the safety of civilians.
"Not dangerous, not dangerous. He's not dangerous to others, just more dangerous to himself." It was a young nurse speaking.
"More dangerous to himself? What does that mean? What's his name?" Liu Baixue didn't understand.
"His name is Xu Yueguang. He has suicidal tendencies and delusions, and they are quite severe. Here is his information." The nurse handed over a data sheet.
"Xu Yueguang?"
This Mental Hospital patient's name sounds so familiar!
Liu Baixue suddenly had a jolt. This name, wasn't it just now...