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Chapter 158 - 158 152 149 Trapped in Xiangming Mountain

158: Chapter 152, Chapter 149: Trapped in Xiangming Mountain 158: Chapter 152, Chapter 149: Trapped in Xiangming Mountain Throughout the journey, the car’s hazard lights were flashing incessantly, entirely obliterating any clear view of the road ahead— all that could be seen was a vast, sweeping ocean.

It was as though the sea had invaded the land, swallowing the entirety of Jianghuai City.

Driving on the road, no one knew whether they had reached the end of the path; nor did anyone know if a trap awaited them ahead.

Ye Chen could no longer afford to worry about such things.

He floored the accelerator, racing forward in a frenzy.

The crushing waves splashed against the vehicles beside him, eliciting a string of curses from their drivers.

Ye Chen sped along, rushing furiously towards Xiangming Mountain.

The speed was high, the rain outside torrential, and the hurricane was fierce.

The surrounding landscape trees were thrashed about violently, a multitude of palm trees toppling over.

Giant leaves rained down from the sky, plunging the whole of Jianghuai City into an apocalyptic scene.

The number of cars on the road began to increase, and the rising rainwater made the road ahead congested.

Cars stalled as they filled with water.

Those trapped inside their cars, unable to open the doors, screamed frantically; some resorted to smashing their windows to escape.

Many people stood on the roofs of their cars with water up to their knees.

In this desolate wilderness, there was nowhere to flee.

The wails of women, the piercing cries of children, the helpless pleas of men…

But Ye Chen could no longer spare a thought for them.

At that moment, his mind was wholly consumed by the thought of Li Ruo; there was no time to rescue anyone else.

Ye Chen’s little Oto was the only car that could charge through the water.

Veering left and right, he broke through barrier after barrier on his way to Xiangming Mountain.

On Xiangming Mountain, Li Ruo and Lin Ziwen huddled at the foot of the hill, the water already invading the house where they were located.

They had come here to survey the area earlier that day, not the mountain itself but its foot—a remote part of Jianghuai City that rarely saw visitors.

The survey hadn’t lasted long before a gale from the sea hit, nearly blowing Li Ruo off her feet.

Shortly after, a torrential downpour fell from the heavens.

Several bodyguards had disappeared during their escort duties, their fate as yet unknown.

Li Ruo and Lin Ziwen crouched together at the mountain’s base.

When the typhoon struck, they nearly raced down from the mountain peak, but how could they outpace the speed of the typhoon?

In no time, it seemed the typhoon had reached the mountain’s foot, along with a few tourists who had been on the mountain.

At this moment, the tourists were panicking, some calling for help on their phones, others alerting the police.

But at a time like this, the police were virtually unable to reach the scene.

Not to mention that cars couldn’t even make it to the foot of Xiangming Mountain, the sheer number of emergency calls coming into Jianghuai City was overwhelming.

Thus, the police were spread too thin to respond.

The Jianghuai City Police Department, the fire brigade, and the Armed Police Battalion stationed in Jianghuai, totaling over three thousand soldiers, mobilized collectively.

Armed Police Soldiers, clad in raincoats, sped through the city streets in their military trucks, and even assault boats and motorboats were commandeered for the operation.

“Captain Zhang, there’s trouble!” Fang Qin ran breathlessly into Zhang Yantong’s office.

“What’s happened?” Zhang Yantong was taken aback.

“Just received an alert: Mr.

Li from Tianya Group is trapped at the foot of Xiangming Mountain!” Fang Qin hurriedly exclaimed, “We’re short on manpower, should we send a rescue team?”

“Damn it!” Zhang Yantong leaped from her seat, saying, “Find someone immediately to come with me!”

Then, Zhang Yantong quickly requisitioned an SUV—a Honda with a slightly higher chassis, confident that it could reach Xiangming Mountain.

She, along with several police officers, rushed toward Xiangming Mountain in haste.

Zhang Yantong’s drive to save Li Ruo was purely a matter of humanitarian concern.

Ye Chen reached the foot of Xiangming Mountain a few minutes ahead of the police, but by then, the mountain had become as sinister as a haunted peak.

The sky roiled with dark clouds that gathered at the mountaintop, then the torrential rain fell.

The terrifying aspect was not merely the downpour but the road to Xiangming Mountain, now utterly submerged by muddy rainwater, appearing as nothing more than a vast river.

Ye Chen’s anxiety mounted, realizing the stream that once gently circled Xiangming Mountain had transformed into a demon capable of devouring life.

“Damn it!” Ye Chen clenched his teeth, eyes fixed on the scene, his heart fraught with worry for Li Ruo.

He stared desperately at the opposite side, where Xiangming Mountain loomed, and bellowed with all his might, “Xiao Ruo!

Xiao Ruo!!”

The sound was loud but failed to penetrate the heavy rain; there was no response from the other side.

All that was visible was a shroud of dark clouds over Xiangming Mountain.

Squeak…

A car stopped behind Ye Chen’s little Oto, and Zhang Yantong, clad in a raincoat, jumped out.

Ye Chen turned around, surprised, and said, “It’s you?”

“Ye Chen, how did you get here?” Zhang Yantong was taken aback as she saw Ye Chen in a black suit, now completely drenched by the rain.

Ye Chen glanced at Zhang Yantong anxiously and said, “Li Ruo is trapped on the mountain, I’m afraid she’s in trouble!”

“We have just received the alarm, but because Jianghuai City is already entangled with various problems, we are unable to assign more manpower for rescue, so I personally brought three people with me, hoping to be of help!” There was also a touch of urgency in Zhang Yantong’s words.

The rain soaked her face, where droplets traced down her exquisite features, making a lock of hair on her forehead wet and eliciting a look of pity.

“Okay,” Ye Chen nodded and said, “There could be landslides or flash floods on the mountain at any moment, I’m worried about Li Ruo…”

“It won’t happen, it definitely won’t!” Zhang Yantong quickly shook her head.

Although her uncle Zhang Siyang had various rivalries with Li Ruo, even on the business front, Zhang Yantong did not want anything bad to happen to Li Ruo.

As for why, Zhang Yantong wasn’t clear about her own feelings.

She hurriedly said to Fang Qin, “Get the rescue gear down!”

“Yes, Captain Zhang!” Fang Qin quickly turned around and immediately took the items from the car.

A rope, a lifebuoy, and a life jacket.

It was very difficult to get so many items, given that these were already scarce in Jianghuai City.

Zhang Yantong hastily took the items from Fang Qin’s hands and said, “Let me do it!”

“No way, Captain Zhang, with such heavy water, you won’t be able to handle it!” Fang Qin immediately shook her head and said, “Let me do it!”

“Stop arguing.

Here, I’m the only man!” Ye Chen pushed the two aside assertively, then snatched the rope, the life jacket, and the lifebuoy from their hands.

He swiftly took off his suit and put on the life jacket, slinging the lifebuoy around his arm, and said to Zhang Yantong, “Captain Zhang, this time, let me do it!”

“Ah?!” The two were stunned, watching the sudden seriousness of Ye Chen, they both could see from his expression that Ye Chen was indeed so handsome and charming.

When he got serious, there was something irresistibly attractive about him, making people want to throw themselves into his arms.

Zhang Yantong suddenly realized her cheeks had turned slightly red.

She quickly nodded and said, “Then…

be careful!”

“Okay,” Ye Chen nodded.

Zhang Yantong, Fang Qin, and the other two policewomen all tugged at the rope, one end of which was tied to Ye Chen.

Wearing the life jacket and carrying the lifebuoy, Ye Chen slowly walked into the water.

His task was to carry the rope across to the other bank, find Li Ruo and Lin Ziwen, and bring them back.

Ye Chen firmly believed he could do it because, at this moment, failure meant death.

Ye Chen cautiously stepped into the river, where the current was incredibly fast, making him wary of taking large steps; he could only inch forward.

Gradually, the water rose over his knees, then his waist, his chest, and finally his neck…

Zhang Yantong watched tensely from the shore, seeing only the lifebuoy shifting slowly in the water, with hardly a glimpse of Ye Chen’s figure.

At the foot of Xiangming Mountain, Lin Ziwen anxiously peered through the blurry rain to the opposite bank, and suddenly, she spotted Ye Chen coming across.

She exclaimed, “Mr.

Li, Ye Chen is here; Ye Chen has come to rescue us!”

“Where?

Where?” At that moment, the desire to survive had never been so intense.

Li Ruo stood up from where she had been sheltering and strained her eyes toward the opposite bank.

Indeed, she saw Ye Chen taking steps toward them.

Her heart raced with an urgency she had never felt towards Ye Chen before.

She cried out, “Ye Chen, I am here; Ye Chen, I am here!”

But the rain drowned out her voice.

The typhoon slowly neared the mountain’s peak, monstrous waves buffeting the surrounding trees into a crazy sway.

Li Ruo and Lin Ziwen dared not enter the building, knowing that once the typhoon struck, anyone inside would surely die.

However, that didn’t stop the tourists, who rushed into it en masse.

Ye Chen continued to move slowly, the water now over his neck, lapping his mouth, walking on his tiptoes with painstaking slowness…

He believed he definitely could make it to the other side, he could certainly save Xiao Ruo.

For some reason, all of a sudden, Ye Chen felt a wave of tenderness for Li Ruo—perhaps it was fondness, perhaps it was affection.

At that moment, Ye Chen’s feelings for Li Ruo were suddenly elevated…

“Captain Zhang, it’s bad, a flood is coming down!” Fang Qin shouted.

Zhang Yantong turned her head and saw, indeed, a huge wave of water rushing downstream, which would engulf Ye Chen in a matter of seconds.

Zhang Yantong panicked and screamed at the top of her lungs, “Ye Chen, move quickly, the flood is coming!”