Chapter 216: Sea of Flame (1/2)
Chapter 216 - Sea of Flame
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
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Standing by the gas station, the squad players were pondering about if there was a more efficient method of siphoning the gasoline out and were caught off guard. A hand grenade had exploded with the gas station as collateral. As the explosion was in close proximity to the gas station, nothing else needed to be said about the fate of those players.
Even if they had wanted to drop the tubes and run away from the gas station, there was no time. The hand grenade exploded a second later and in a flash of blood splattered red, the players felt the overwhelming force of the explosion that obliterated them.
Xue Jian had his back toward the gas station and took no notice of the events taking place behind him. Then ‘Bang’! The force expelled Xue Jian outward like a jet propulsion. Xue Jian was sent flying over two dozen meters away onto the ground.
Xue Jian landed onto the ground, he was in immense pain. Due to the shock wave from the explosion, his eardrums were temporarily blown out. Even if Xue Jian wanted to muster up strength to get up, he couldn’t do it.
Large amounts of broken cement and building infrastructure were sent radiating outward from the explosion, some landing on Xue Jian’s body which held him down. Many more rocks landed nearby Xue Jian’s body. Luckily, Xue Jian’s survival instinct kicked in and he started crawling for dear life towards the flower terrace for cover. In the background, successive explosion noises shook the ground.
As Liu Gan and his group were heading towards the prison, they heard the destructive noises coming from the gas station. By the time, they turned to look at the scene, all they saw was a sea of flame in the place of the gas station and nearby surroundings. They were all shocked, unsure of what to do in this situation.
With the onset of the second explosion, the entire roof of the gas station flew off. It landed onto the middle of the street, sending broken cement and infrastructures off into various directions. Liu Gan and the other players all collapsed onto the ground from the roof hitting the ground, while Yin He somersaulted several times to regain her footing.
A miniature black mushroom cloud rose up to the sky right above the center of the gas station. With the sea of flame covering the ground, the three vehicles were burnt to crisp. All the food storages and resources were burned to the ground with the vehicles.
Emerging from the sea of flame were two burning players, coming out from a nearby restaurant. It took a step and cried out for help, but soon collapsed and burned. It was hard to tell which player it was from how burned the body was. It was definitely not Xue Jian’s group since they were at the gas station. So it must have been from a nearby squad that was supposed to be pillaging the nearby buildings.
Xue Jian’s squad would have been in the center of the explosion so they would’ve been obliterated upon the first explosion.
Liu Gan’s expression was livid as he looked toward the site of explosion. Judging from the sound of the first explosion, it resembles a lot like a hand grenade. Seems like this wasn’t an accident. It was a sneak attack!