On the chest...
There was a long, slanted gash, as if slashed by a butcher’s knife, running from the shoulder to the waist. The charred flesh rolled open, revealing a hint of whitish blood, with tiny arcs of electricity occasionally flickering across it.
It was even...
You could vaguely see the internal organs through the gash!
Crimson blood dripped steadily from the wound.
Smoke was rising from his entire body, sizzling.
"It’s over!"
Only then did Lin Beichen’s taut nerves finally relax.
He quickly ran into the cave, seeing his parents lying on the ground, and hurriedly helped them sit up against the wall, then carefully checked them over.
Confirming that they were only slightly injured, he finally let out the breath he had been holding.
A narrow escape!
Although there were many variables in this rescue, luckily the outcome was as expected.
"That bullet just now..."
"What’s the situation?"
His parents were safe.
Lin Beichen’s thoughts began to wander, and he became captivated by what he had just seen, falling into deep contemplation.
It only took a few breaths.
Thinking about the bullet’s erratic movement in the air, and how it was ultimately deflected without contact...
Suddenly!
A thought popped into his head.
"Energy field?"
The more Lin Beichen pondered, the more he felt that only some form of energy could affect a high-speed bullet like that.
In this situation...
The only thing that could generate that kind of energy was an energy field.
An energy field!
"But..."
"How did the energy field act on the bullet?"
"And where did the energy field come from?"
"..."
Suddenly!
A series of questions about the energy field flooded his mind.
Lin Beichen thought for a moment, but soon shook his head.
He couldn’t figure it out!
However, not figuring it out didn’t bother him.
Because...
He knew where the key to understanding lay.
"I still need to strengthen the Fire Element and Gold Element."
Lin Beichen stopped thinking about the energy field. Perhaps, when he truly sensed it, these questions would solve themselves!
"Ugh... ugh..."
At this moment, a barely audible struggle came from deeper within the cave.
Upon hearing, he was stunned for a moment, then realized.
In the hands of these kidnappers...
Besides his parents...
There was also a child!
Lin Beichen quickly got up and walked towards the depths of the cave. Soon, he saw Tang Ru curled up at the very end.
At that moment, Tang Ru’s face was streaked with tears, with large teardrops accumulating in her big, sparkling eyes—full of fear and dread.
For a three or four-year-old child...
Being alone in such a dark, empty cave...
Was even scarier than being with bad people!
At this moment, seeing Lin Beichen approach...
Tang Ru thought he was one of Hu Nodun’s bad men. She didn’t cry, but her body trembled more violently, inching towards the corner to curl up.
Soon, Lin Beichen reached her side, swiftly untied the cloth gagging her, then went to untie her ropes.
However, before he could start...
Tang Ru’s voice rang out.
"B-bad... bad guy, go away, go away, don’t touch Ruru!"
Her childish voice was halting and full of fear, panic, and deep helplessness.
At the same time.
Tang Ru struggled more fiercely.
Seeing this, Lin Beichen was momentarily stunned, then quickly realized—she thought he was a bad guy!
Smiling wryly and shaking his head, he hurriedly explained, "Little friend... oh, no, you’re called Ruru, right? Brother isn’t a bad guy. Brother chased all the bad guys away. Brother is here to save you."
Before he finished speaking.
Tang Ru stopped struggling, her big, watery eyes staring unblinkingly at Lin Beichen, eyes clear and pure, a puzzled and wary expression on her chubby face, as if saying, "Don’t think I’m so small, I’m very clever!" Her little head was trying to judge if Lin Beichen was telling the truth.
Taking the opportunity, Lin Beichen quickly untied her. Seeing her cute and bewildered face, his heart melted instantly.
"Really, brother isn’t lying. Brother really is here to save you."
Having said that, nothing happened.
If anything...
Tang Ru became even more guarded.
"..."
Lin Beichen was completely speechless.
At this moment.
His eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of something, quickly extending his hand in front of Tang Ru, hooking his little finger, and smiling, "I can pinky swear with you."
Tang Ru’s eyes lit up immediately, her face bursting into a bright expression.
In a child’s world.
A pinky swear...
Means everything.
She timidly extended her chubby little hand, also hooked her pinky around Lin Beichen’s.
"Pinky swear, no take-backs..."
She recited the little chant in her childish voice.
Tang Ru and Lin Beichen pressed their thumbs together.
Stamped it.
And at that very moment.
Tang Ru burst into tears, her sobs flooding like a dam burst, and she clung to Lin Beichen’s arm as if afraid he would disappear.
"Brother, Ruru is scared!"
"Ruru is afraid!"
"The bad people locked Ruru in a dark room."
"Wah wah wah..."
"..."
Lin Beichen was dumbfounded, thinking: A child’s emotions are as unpredictable as a June sky, changing in an instant.
"It’s okay, it’s okay, brother is here."
"Don’t cry."
"..."
He comforted her.
Thinking this couldn’t continue, he decided to call the police to handle it.
At that moment.
"Click—"
"Click—"
Suddenly, chaotic footsteps and voices grew nearer and clearer, approaching the cave entrance.
"Hurry, hurry, they’re just ahead!"
"Everyone, stay together, keep up."
"..."
Hearing this, Lin Beichen’s brow instantly furrowed, his heart skipped a beat, thinking: Given those footsteps, there must be dozens of people!
Could it be more associates of the kidnappers?
Feeling the absence of Electric Element in his body...
An overwhelming sense of crisis surged through him!
"What to do?"
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"How to handle this?"
"..."
Without hesitating further.
Acting proactively might be his only chance!
Even if...
He didn’t know where that chance might come from.
But he knew...
Just sitting idly by...
There would be no chance at all.
"Ruru, it seems more bad people are coming. Can you hold on, not cry or shout? Brother will chase them away, alright?"
"Okay."
In that moment, Tang Ru seemed incredibly well-behaved and understanding. She held back her tears, bit her lip, and nodded earnestly, then softly said, "Brother, you can do it."
With her encouragement.
Lin Beichen felt a sudden wave of calmness.
No longer delaying.
He cautiously moved towards the cave entrance.
However, he hadn’t even reached the entrance when, by chance, he glanced outside the cave...
He froze.
Police officers swarmed the area!
They were coming from all directions at the foot of the mountain, converging towards the cave.
Lin Beichen: ???
He hadn’t even called the police yet...
How were they already here?
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