"Captain, should we..."
The firefighters from Team One and Team Two were ready to go, looking anxiously at Lin Beichen who had rushed into the fire scene. They were just waiting for Li Bin’s order to immediately rush in and catch up with Lin Beichen.
Li Bin nodded and said, "You guys, hurry up and follow him."
Lives are at stake!
At this moment, he didn’t give a second thought to orders from his direct superior and immediately issued the command.
However, at this moment...
"Boom—!!"
With a huge explosion sound, the entrance to the hallway in the residential building was blocked tightly by a pile of falling debris.
The debris was ablaze with furious flames.
This made the firefighters from Team One and Team Two, who had responded quickly to Li Bin’s command, instantly stop their sprint.
Before they could say anything...
Li Bin’s voice rang out, "Quickly control the fire at the entrance first!"
He was speaking to the direction of the fire truck.
Suddenly!
A thick water column sprayed towards the entrance, and in the blink of an eye, the fire at the entrance was controlled.
The firefighters from Team One and Team Two seized the opportunity and rushed in one after another.
Inside and outside the hallway were like two different worlds.
Outside the hallway, the weather was clear, the sunshine was bright, the flowers and trees were lush, presenting a beautiful scene.
Inside the hallway, thick smoke billowed, and the blazing flames dyed everything in sight a bright yellowish red, as if they had crossed into an apocalyptic world.
"The situation is worse than what we saw from outside!"
The firefighters carefully and cautiously moved forward, searching for the stairway to go upstairs.
Each step carried great risk.
Burning pieces of wood and various kinds of debris kept falling down.
If they couldn’t avoid them and got hit, whoever got hit would surely be injured!
To get injured in such circumstances...
Basically meant death!
Fortunately, the six firefighters were experienced and coordinated, and they reached the second floor without any mishaps. However, looking at the vast sea of flames without any other silhouette, they couldn’t help but wonder.
Where did Lin Beichen go?
Why couldn’t they see him?
The firefighters thought their coordinated speed should be much faster than Lin Beichen groping alone in the sea of fire, and significantly faster.
Although they were delayed a bit while coming in, they should have caught up with him by now.
But until now...
There was only one way up, and they didn’t take a wrong path, but they couldn’t see anyone.
This puzzled them greatly.
Did he really have the ability to advance faster than their six-man coordinated speed?
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Or...
Did he get lost in the dense black smoke and went the wrong way?
The firefighters considered the former possibility very small, but they didn’t hope for the latter, because getting lost in the fire meant...
It goes without saying!
They wanted to contact Lin Beichen, but then remembered that Lin Beichen entered with just an oxygen tank and nothing else, making contact impossible.
"We can only go to the fifth floor first!"
The firefighters believed that everything could be determined on the fifth floor.
They could determine if their teammate and trapped residents were still alive and needed rescue.
They could determine if Lin Beichen was indeed ahead of them.
At this moment, Lin Beichen, whom they were thinking about, was about to reach the fifth floor.
Lin Beichen had now comprehended the Fire Element and had a body strength tougher than pure steel. Walking through the fire scene was no different from walking in an ordinary hallway.
"The greater the fire, the more intense the Fire Element in the world, and the more apparent the fiery attribute within the Fire Element becomes."
All along the way, Lin Beichen had been understanding the Fire Element and exploring its characteristics. Although he didn’t gain much, he indeed had a clearer understanding of the Fire Element compared to before.
This made him look forward to his next trip to the Divine Light Country even more.
Perhaps...
He could directly attain enlightenment of the Fire Element’s Third Realm?
Based on his experience transitioning from the Second Realm to the Third Realm with the Electric Element and Gold Element, continuous training can only push strength closer to the Third Realm, but can’t achieve the Third Realm.
To reach the Third Realm...
Apart from strength, an opportunity is needed!
Lin Beichen believed that going to Jingli Mountain in Divine Light Country was the chance for elevating to the Fire Element’s Third Realm.
At this moment.
A faint conversation floated from afar.
"If this continues... cough cough cough... I fear we might really meet our end here."
"I’m, I’m not willing to die in this fire scene, cough cough, I’m really not willing."
"The captain shouldn’t give up on us, but we probably can’t wait for the rescue."
"We’re just short of rescuing three trapped people. If we could get them out in time, we might not find ourselves in such a desperate situation."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Beichen’s eyes lit up. Without thinking, he knew it must be the trapped firefighters and residents calling for help.
They were all alive!
Lin Beichen felt happy inside; at least, the two goals he had before entering the fire scene were about to be achieved.
He followed the sound.
Soon, he saw in the vast sea of flames a corner where the fire wasn’t as intense compared to the surroundings.
In the corner sat six people, three of them wearing heavy firefighter uniforms but without helmets, revealing young men in their twenties. The other three were elderly men wearing tank tops and shorts, each with a protective mask against smoke on their heads.