Chapter 505 - Incomparable (12) (2/2)

The woman closed her eyes. She was wrapped in a thin towel and hid away in a corner of Gu Yanran’s lifeboat. She was expressionless and silent. Gu Nianzhi looked at her again before s.h.i.+fting her attention to Gu Yanran. “You know each other?”

Before Gu Yanran could reply, the woman laughed weirdly. “Of course she knows me. She was even my guarantor to let me leave the country hahahhahaa… All idiots!”

“Shut up!” Hearing such words from her, Gu Yanran couldn’t take it, either. “You’d better be grateful that I saved your life!”

Gu Nianzhi looked at Gu Yanran and the woman. Pursing her lips, she stuffed the gun back into her diving suit before turning around to start the lifeboat’s engine.

“Hey! Gu… Nianzhi, what are you doing?” Gu Yanran tried to stop her. “Are you going to save Mr. Huo just by using this little lifeboat? It’s no use!”

Gu Nianzhi paused. The image of how the lifeboat that was the same model as hers got electrocuted flashed in her mind. However, she continued to lower her head and focused on starting the engine of her lifeboat. She couldn’t bring herself to not save him just because she knew it was dangerous.

A short while later, the engine started. Gu Nianzhi navigated the lifeboat in the direction of the Blue Hole without looking back.

Panicking, Gu Yanran shouted after her, “Come back! You come back! Don’t die! We can think of another solution!” However, the noise from the engine was too loud, and there was no way Gu Nianzhi would be able to hear her.

“Why is that child so b.l.o.o.d.y stubborn?!” Gu Yanran sighed and saw the woman hiding in a corner of her lifeboat. “Why did you return? Where are your subordinates?” she asked the woman, confused.

“Gu Nianzhi killed them. This young lady is really something. She kills without a thought.” The woman spat and looked at Gu Yanran from the corners of her eyes. “Since I’m already on your boat, be nice and take me back.”

“I’m not obliged to save you.” Gu Yanran furrowed her brows and said impatiently, “I’ve told you not to leave on your own before, but you refused to listen. Look, now. You have no one with you. How are you supposed to report to the people on your end after you get back?”

The woman laughed. “I don’t need you to worry about how I’ll report after I get back. I think you’d better…” She s.h.i.+fted her gaze and looked at Gu Nianzhi nearing the waters of the Blue Hole, the area with the violet-colored electric arcs in the waters.

Gu Yanran’s gaze followed. “Sigh, what a pretty girl. Why must she be so stubborn?” Gu Yanran couldn’t bear to look anymore. “Let’s go back.” She ordered her lifeboat to return to her s.h.i.+p. The woman, however, continued to watch the lifeboat that Gu Nianzhi was on.

…

Gu Nianzhi looked at the water covered with violet electric arcs. Her eyes showed fear. She was afraid, indeed. To date, her scariest memory was the beginning of everything she could remember, the accident when she was 12. After that, when Huo Shaoheng entered her life, she was protected safely and extremely well. The past six or seven years had been the happiest in her life…

However, this person who had given her a second chance at life was in danger right now, so even if she was terrified, she would never allow herself to be talked out of going to the “dead sea.” Even if she had to die, she wanted to die with Huo Shaoheng.

Gu Nianzhi had found a new sense of determination. She looked at the water covered with violet electric arcs and forced herself to think of a solution in ten minutes. According to her calculations, Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze’s oxygen supply would last only for a maximum of three hours. It had already been two and a half hours. She needed to have a substantial amount of time out of the remaining 30 minutes for last minute emergencies. Therefore, technically, she was only left with less than ten minutes.

Could she think of a solution within ten minutes?! If she had had a super calculator or different tools with her, she’d have a better chance to settle this huge area of violet electric arcs. However, she didn’t have anything with her. She only had a mobile phone, and it was used for gaming. It was impossible to do extensive calculations with it.

Then, she saw a Swiss Army knife in her diving suit. Could this be a tool for soldiers? What a joke… Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and told herself to calm down, and that she’d definitely find a way out. As long as this had been set up by a person, she’d find a way to bypa.s.s it!

She wasn’t the same girl anymore who was trapped in the car, helpless as she looked at the raging fires in front of her. She would find a way. She would definitely find a way!

Gu Nianzhi’s eyes snapped open as the first question popped into her head: since the water was able to produce violet electrical arcs, what kind of starter would it require to produce electrical arcs of such magnitude?!