Watching Chen Guohua stagger backwards from the impact as he braced himself, Lu Ren's eyes narrowed. Instead of retreating, he advanced, gripping the dagger in reverse and charged forward.
Not far away, blood trickled from Xiang Yang's mouth, her lower body with shattered bones; perhaps the impact earlier caused serious internal damage to her organs.
She cast a resentful glance at Lu Ren, then forced herself to take a breath, enduring the intense pain from within her body, and continued to crawl forward with both hands towards the central position of the control room's third-floor control center.
There lay the switch for controlling the high-energy particle accelerator.
While Chen Guohua had not yet turned back, Lu Ren leapt high, aiming the dagger at his neck.
