Stay alive...
Su Mo wanted to stay alive.
He never thought of himself as a noble person.
Before his journey through time, he was just an ordinary person. If anything could come before his own life, it would be his parents who gave birth to and raised him.
The grace of upbringing is impossible to repay.
And now he's crossed over, with no parents and nothing else ahead of his life.
When it comes to the fundamental issue of "living," he would always consider himself first, then others.
As for that outstretched hand... who cares what it does?
Hero saving the damsel?
With his current pathetic state, does he match up?
Be a little selfish, just stay alive for now.
This was the initial thought in the subconscious of Su Mo.
But ultimately, he suppressed this thought.
Su Mo resolutely stepped forward, grabbing Nuobai's hand firmly: "Nuobai, listen to me! There's no time to explain now, just lie here, don't move, don't destroy the load-bearing structure on you, wait for me to come back!"
Before Nuobai could react, Su Mo turned and left.
Watching Su Mo run further away, a sense of panic welled up in Nuobai's heart.
But she quickly suppressed this instinct and trusted the man who had been her companion through hardships, waiting for his return.
"Rumble——Rumble——"
Soon, the familiar sound of a motorcycle engine arose.
Nuobai looked up dazedly.
In the brilliant light curtain cast by the sun, Su Mo was driving her motorcycle, steadily stopping in front of her, his eyes full of determination.
"Nuobai, I'm here."
Nuobai's motorcycle was previously parked in a safe place, unnoticed by Alote and the others, with enough supplies and fuel.
Riding this motorcycle back to any city, Su Mo would be free, able to live carefree in the vast Dawn Realm.
But he didn't do that; instead, he rode it back here.
To come back and save Nuobai.
This has nothing to do with being self-righteous.
But because he owes her, and it must be repaid!
When he was on the brink of death due to the side effects of medication, Nuobai did not abandon him.
She could have taken the genetic compilation protein and fled far away, yet she had resolutely come back to save him.
So when Nuobai was at her most desperate, he wouldn't abandon her.
He wanted to stay alive, no doubt.
But, a person can live selfishly, not twisted.
At the very least, never be ungrateful!
Su Mo got off the motorcycle and ran to Nuobai's side, looking at the rubble and steel pressing against her legs, muttering to himself continuously: "Force analysis... learned it in high school... force analysis..."
"This piece of stone is pressing on her leg, with steel bars crossing on top, there's a gap here, their force interaction direction is about forty-five degrees to the horizontal plane, further up is..."
Relying on his hyperthymesia, Su Mo kept noting the relative positions of those rubble and steel bars, as well as their force analysis results.
Finally, he placed his hand on a bent steel bar: "This is it! Pull this out, and the structure above will collapse to both sides!"
He took off his clothes, tying one end to the bent steel bar, the other end to the motorcycle's tail, then got on the motorcycle.
He shouted: "Nuobai, get ready, I'm going to use the motorcycle to pull that steel bar, as soon as it's pulled out, you must crawl out with all your might! You must be quick!"
Nuobai pressed her lips tightly and nodded firmly.
Su Mo: "Ready! Three, two, one!"
He twisted the throttle to full, the motorcycle sprang forward, and the massive pull force directly extracted the steel bar.
"Crash—" The pile on Nuobai collapsed instantly.
She felt the pressure on her legs greatly reduce, using all her strength to push herself out, finally crawling free.
At the same time, the missiles in the sky had already started their descent, not even a minute away from striking.
Su Mo shouted anxiously to Nuobai: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry! You drive! There's no time!!!"
Nuobai stumbled over, mounted the motorcycle, took the handlebars, and sped away with Su Mo.
The Life Sequence Exploration Center was connected to the outside world by just one bridge; it was the only entrance and exit, and they could only return the way they came.
The roaring wind hit their faces, making it hard for Su Mo to keep his eyes open, his heart rate peaked.
He had done all he could.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Now he could only pray that the missile slowed down a bit.
"Screech—"
Suddenly, the sharp friction sound between the tires and the ground erupted.
The motorcycle came to an abrupt stop.
Su Mo was shocked: "Hurry up and go! Why brake?!"
Nuobai sat there, staring blankly ahead.
Following her gaze, Su Mo felt a cold current run down his spine, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
The bridge they came on...
The only exit...
Had been blown up.
The middle of the bridge had collapsed and broken, the edges were covered in scorch marks, it was a deliberate detonation.
An unmanned Scorpion armored vehicle stood next to the broken bridge, its pitch-black turret seemingly mocking the two of them.
Apparently, this was Alote's doing.
To prevent the two of them from escaping again, he left no stone unturned.
For Alote, this mission had only two outcomes.
If the mission failed, he would be liquidated by the company, and a retreat would be meaningless.
If the mission succeeded, he could call for a rescue helicopter when the time came.
So, this bridge was not important to him.
He simply blew up the bridge, cutting off all paths of retreat for a fight to the death.
Su Mo and Nuobai never imagined that after all the dangers, they would end up with this result.
The missiles in the sky were very close, just seconds away from hitting the ground.
The only nearby building had already collapsed, leaving no other cover.
The missile's flames were enough to reduce them to ashes.
All hope seemed to have vanished...