He Yi Ning reached out to pull Chong Ming's hand, but he only managed to touch the corner of his clothes in time.
Chong Ming crazily held onto the barrier that was stuck on the elevator and even he could feel a distinct shaking sensation on the elevator.
The countdown from the alarm became mechanical and cold. "Countdown, 30 seconds, 29 seconds —"
He Yi Ning suddenly became anxious and rushed out to help Chong Ming.
Chong Ming threw something towards him, "Catch!"
He Yi Ning instinctively grabbed it!
Lowering his head, he saw that it was the drug he had just synthesized in the laboratory.
An ominous premonition flashed at the bottom of He Yi Ning's heart: "Chong Ming, what are you planning to do?"
Chong Ming looked up at He Yi Ning, bared his teeth and laughed, then said: "He Yi Ning, today, we can only go out by ourselves! I'll have to trouble you to tell Shen Lu that I, Chong Ming, have lived for so many years and have never had any feelings for him. But I love him! "
"What are you trying to do!?" Are you crazy? I'll go down and help you! " He Yi Ning prepared to jump down.
Chong Ming immediately stopped He Yi Ning's actions: "It's useless for you to come down, you don't even know how to operate this elevator! He Yi Ning, I'll send you up! This time, you have won! "
With that, Chong Ming bellowed, and used all his strength to kick towards the barrier!
The barrier was successfully kicked away, and because of the recoil, Chong Ming was like a kite with its string snapped, falling down into the endless abyss below!
"Chong Ming! "No!" He Yi Ning stretched out his hand to grab at Chong Ming. This time, he couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes, and could only grab a lump of air.
Without any obstructions, the elevator automatically ascended.
He Yi Ning lied on the ground of the elevator and silently shed two streams of tears.
Chong Ming, is that all?
How could that be?
How is this possible?
Where did he fall? Could he climb up again?
The ice-cold countdown had shattered He Yi Ning's wish.
"Countdown, 10, 9, 8, 7 —" The oxygen in the air dropped to 5%.
He Yi Ning immediately adjusted his breathing, and looked at the bottom of the elevator with tears in his eyes.
It was too late.
Even if he grabbed hold of the rope, it would be too late for him to climb up.
A muffled roar came from the interior of the laboratory, signalling the activation of the self-destruct mechanism.
By the time he counted down to zero, the oxygen content in the air had already reached zero.
The next second, at the core of the laboratory, an explosion suddenly occurred!
The powerful explosive force swept through the huge underground laboratory like a wave of dried weeds.
He Yi Ning watched helplessly as the flames slowly engulfed the experiment lab beneath his feet, and also swallowed the chance for Chong Ming to survive.
He Yi Ning's fingers grew tighter and tighter, his tears flowing as he watched everything beneath his feet with all his might.
He, who was used to seeing life and death, was actually unable to say a word at this moment.
Chong Ming, the king of the dark world, the man that over a hundred countries had joined hands to kill without being able to find any trace of him, the man who disliked him and wanted to take his place, the man who was related to him, disappeared just like that?
Was he really not coming back?
Isn't he known as an undying body?
He's not —
Did he say that he would come back?
He Yi Ning gently closed his eyes as two streams of tears fell.
Shen Lu, Xiao Qi, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
I didn't fulfill my promise!
I lost Chong Ming!
I lost him.
The flames beneath the lift were layer after layer, when the flames were about to engulf the elevator, He Yi Ning rolled on the ground, rushed out of the elevator and landed on the ground.
A group of people surrounded him. "CEO!"
He Yi Ning stood up from the ground and turned around. The elevator that he had just escaped from was instantly engulfed by the flames and burned into a pile of scrap, speechless.
Xiaochun looked at He Yi Ning with unease: "CEO, Mr. Chong Ming, he —"
He Yi Ning did not say anything, he only passed the bottle in his hand to Xiaochun, and said softly: Send it to the Shen family!
Xiaochun took the bottle and seemed to have guessed something. He nodded silently and replied: "Yes, CEO!"
Xiao Xia also became silent.
Everyone present fell silent.
Chong Ming did not come back.
The elevator was destroyed.
It was as though everything was now very clear.
He Yi Ning suddenly became agitated, turned around and ruthlessly wiped the tears off his face, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Look! Transfer all your strength to me! If he is alive, I want to see him, if he is dead, I want to see his corpse! "
Chong Ming's men were silent for a moment, then immediately went to carry out his orders.
Without Chong Ming, He Yi Ning would be the first leader.
Returning to the ground, Shen Lu and Shen Qi anxiously sent a video message.
Looking at the Shen siblings in the video, for the first time, He Yi Ning felt that he had nothing to say.
He didn't know how to explain it to them.
They trusted him so much that they entrusted Chong Ming to him, but what did he do?
She watched use his life to send her out of hell!
How could this be?
Why did it become like this?
He Yi Ning looked at the Shen Qi and Shen Lu in the video and gaped, unable to say a single word.
"Yi Ning, how is it? Did you succeed? Where's Chong Ming? "Where is he?" Shen Lu anxiously asked in the video: "Is he alright? Did he resist his inner demons? Yi Ning, what's wrong with you?
Shen Qi followed and asked anxiously: "Yi Ning, I just received Xiaochun's call, saying that you guys have successfully obtained the medicine. Are you all right? The war is chaotic over there, please come back as soon as possible! "
He Yi Ning's phoenix eyes drooped. He did not dare to meet their gaze, and still remained silent.
On the other side of the video, Shen Qi and Shen Lu who were originally happy seemed to have noticed that something was amiss. Shen Lu could not help but ask, "He Yi Ning, look at me! Where's Chong Ming? Where is he? Had he failed to resist the demons in his heart and become a killing machine? Answer me! "
He Yi Ning took a deep breath, raised his head to look at Shen Lu, and said with a trembling voice: "Shen Lu, sorry!"
Shen Lu's beautiful face suddenly changed. "What do you mean? Where is he? You made him video chat with me! I will wake him up! "
He Yi Ning continuously shook his head: "No, it's useless."
"What about him? Let him do it! " Shen Lu stood up immediately and moved closer to the camera, pausing after each word, "He Yi Ning, have him come see me!"
He Yi Ning kept shaking his head: "I'm sorry, Shen Lu, Chong Ming is — missing!"
Shen Lu's eyes that were filled with light and gloom suddenly dimmed. After being silent for a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "You are purposefully lying to me, you want to see me so anxious, right?"
He Yi Ning did not speak.
Shen Lu chuckled: "I know, you must have lied to me! Who was Chong Ming? How could he have disappeared? Alright, He Yi Ning, stop messing around, hurry up and get him to come and see me! Now that he had this medicine, he could obtain the approval of his grandma and the approval of the Shen family! "Stop messing around, this is what he wants, stop messing around, please, stop messing around."