Chapter 269: Chapter 269

Jing Shu kicked the door open with a CLANG. The detonator was already whirring at high speed; Jing Shu could even see electrical arcs SIZZLING on it!

Just at this critical moment, Jing Shu rushed in. "Store them!"

In an instant, Jing Shu had stored all the explosives in the room into her space. However, the detonator had already activated. In that thousandth of a second, a small amount of explosives hadn’t been collected, so they exploded with a loud BANG!

Jing Shu was blasted away by the shockwave for a second time. This impact was much more severe than the last. Her forehead was smashed open, and blood streamed out, making her look utterly disheveled.

The entire conference room was rocked by a loud BOOM, but thankfully, its force had been reduced a millionfold!

Jing Shu lay there for a while. She didn’t want to move, her whole body aching. This day has been so damn thrilling! If there were any more explosives, I really wouldn’t know what to do.

Just then, the sound of a large troop’s footsteps came from outside. Jing Shu cursed inwardly. Of all times, they had to come now! Not earlier, not later! After thinking it over, Jing Shu reluctantly took out nearly four tons of explosives. She prepared to create the illusion of having cut the detonator wires, knowing full well that everyone outside was exceptionally sharp.

As someone quite familiar with TNT, Jing Shu knew how to stop explosives once the detonator was active. She just needed to ’cut the power’ to the remaining charges. This was easy to say but hard to do. In her previous life, she hadn’t dared to try it. This life, however, she used the more reliable method: her space.

Bright lights suddenly switched on, and Jing Shu shielded her eyes from the glare.

"There’s someone there, a living person!"

"Wait, Captain Wang, this is someone I recognize! She must be the person Mr. Su and Mr. Qian have been looking for."

Lying on the ground, Jing Shu saw a pair of familiar military boots approaching her step by step. Looking up, she saw Yang Yang’s handsome yet serious face.

Jing Shu’s ears were still ringing, and she could barely hear. "Mm," she managed.

Yang Yang ran over, his footsteps THUDDING rapidly. He helped Jing Shu up. "Are you badly hurt? Mr. Qian brought an old traditional Chinese doctor!"

Jing Shu shook her head. "Not too badly, but I should still get it bandaged." Thɪs chapter is updated by novel(ꜰ)ire.net

Captain Wang furrowed his brow. "Yang Yang, what happened here?"

"Captain Wang, this is Jing Shu, a classmate who was with Su Malie during this incident. She protected Su Malie and brought her all the way here. She’s the one Mr. Su was asking about just now. Originally, she was with Su Malie, but she said she suspected Lin Yi planned to blow up the castle, so she went off alone to find clues."

Captain Wang’s expression then eased considerably. "Alright then, get her to a doctor quickly to get bandaged up. The rest of you, check the rubble."

Jing Shu pointed in a direction. "There was a woman inside who used a detonator to set off the TNT explosives. I only managed to disable most of them before she detonated a small portion. Check if she’s still alive."

Captain Wang’s face showed surprise as he pointed to the nearby explosives. "You cut the wires while the detonator was active?"

Jing Shu nodded. "I knew it was possible but had never done it before. I figured if I didn’t act, we’d all die."

"Great! Great! Great job! You really saved all of our lives! We started defusing explosives as soon as we arrived but only managed to clear two decoys. I never expected the main charges to be here. Jing Shu, you’ve made a significant contribution!"

I’ve disarmed several big ones . Too bad I can’t take credit for it publicly, Jing Shu thought.

Her heart ached. Four tons of TNT! Explosives are so precious in the apocalypse and have so many uses! Oh well, I shouldn’t be too greedy. I still have 14 tons of TNT left, which should be enough for the apocalypse. Am I now truly the queen of munitions?

"Report! The woman’s upper body was obliterated; only her lower half remains."

Captain Wang waved his hand. "Take what’s left back for DNA testing to confirm her identity."

Jing Shu was helped back to the castle’s main hall. Many people were gathered there, yet no one dared to speak loudly. The atmosphere was chillingly tense. Outside, the bombing had gradually ceased. Jing Shu guessed that the entirety of West Mountain had probably been blown to bits by now. The rumor that West Mountain’s richest man had an entire mountain blown up will probably start spreading like wildfire from today, won’t it?

At this moment, Jing Shu even felt a flicker of curiosity to examine the richest man’s so-called castle. Previously, she had only ever passed by and glanced at it from a distance, thinking it was an impressively grand fortress. Now, her first impression upon entering was its sheer enormity. It was as vast as a palace, with a 10-meter-high ceiling unsupported by pillars. The spacious hall exuded an understated yet luxurious feel.

Though not ostentatiously lavish, every item was priceless.

It’s good to have money. It’s even better to have money in the apocalypse.

Having money is satisfying for a moment; always having money is always satisfying.

"Jing Shu? Jing Shu, how are you? Wuwu, don’t scare me!" Su Malie cried, running over anxiously.

Jing Shu attracted everyone’s attention. When everyone else had just sighed in relief at finding Su Malie, she was the one who had claimed someone was going to blow up West Mountain. Then she went off alone to look for the bomb. Subsequently, West Mountain was indeed bombed. What was worse, even a corner of the castle had been destroyed.

Qian Duoduo’s originally ashen face relaxed slightly. "Quick, get her wounds bandaged," he ordered, then asked, "What’s the situation?" Qian Duoduo had claimed the castle was the safest place, but it wasn’t long before he was proven spectacularly wrong—a large amount of explosives had been planted right inside the castle!

Only when a specialized team came in to inspect did they discover a host of problems.

Qian Duoduo then learned that underground tunnels had been dug beneath the steel fortress he had spent a fortune on. However, due to the material used, the perpetrators couldn’t break through to the entrance.

Therefore, if he hadn’t ordered all the steel fortress’s defenses to be opened today, which allowed someone to exploit a vulnerability and open the tunnel door, they wouldn’t have been able to plant so many explosives!

Yang Yang spoke first: "Mission accomplished! Jing Shu severed the wires to the detonators on four tons of TNT, successfully preventing them from igniting the explosives and saving all of us!"

"Really? That’s incredible!"

"It must be true; look at her injuries."

Qian Duoduo let out a heavy sigh of relief and gently patted Jing Shu’s shoulder. "Today, I truly thank you. You not only saw through their plot but also successfully thwarted their actions. I, Qian Duoduo, owe you a great debt of gratitude."

Su Xiangnan’s grim expression also softened. He said to Jing Shu, "I’m not as stingy as Qian Duoduo; I owe you two such debts. After all, you saved not only Su Malie but also me."

"Then I owe you four! You saved my entire family of four!" Qian Duoduo snorted.