"Let go of me, you bastard Yue Yunfei…"
Jing Jie was furious and wanted to break free from Jack and Yue Yunfei's grip, but at that moment, Jack mercilessly slapped her hard across the face, holding her arm with one hand, glaring at her and scolding, "Have you lost your mind? If you want to die, don't drag others down with you!"
Jingjie was completely stunned by him, looking at him pitifully, but Jack suddenly lifted the frail Jingjie up without caring about her feelings, angrily pushing her backside and shoving her into the pipe. However, when he lowered his head again, he happened to meet Yue Yunfei's gaze. Yue Yunfei looked at him with an unusually numb expression, and Jack stared back at him with a blank face. Neither of them reached out nor said anything.
However, just a few seconds later, Yue Yunfei suddenly turned around, took a strong run-up, and kicked hard against the wall. Then, using the tremendous rebound force, he surprisingly and skillfully grabbed the edge of the ventilation pipe. With a swift pull of his arms, Yue Yunfei quickly squeezed himself into the pipe.
"Juan, hurry up and give us your hand!" Yue Yunfei, like the previous Thomas Xu, did not choose to escape alone. Instead, he lay at the pipe opening, stretching out his arms and shouting loudly for Juan.
At this moment, the living corpses on both sides had almost rushed to the couple's side. Juan quickly emptied his poor Glock 17, and after smashing it into the face of one of the living corpses, he could only swing his fist, as big as a bowl, to engage in the most brutal hand-to-hand combat. Although Juan's fighting ability was indeed impressive, and almost no living corpse could get close to him, it was merely a drop in the bucket. He could only hold them off for a moment, not for a lifetime. Moreover, he was injured, and the overwhelming number of living corpses soon made it difficult for him to cope, leaving him exhausted just trying to manage the situation.
After hearing the shout from Yue Yunfei, Juan hurriedly turned to glance at the nearby Bowa, who was cowering behind him like a frightened little rabbit, extremely terrified. Juan felt troubled; he knew very well that as a strong man weighing over two hundred pounds, he could not be lifted by just Jack or Yue Yunfei alone. He didn't have Yue Yunfei's agility, and the only thing he could do was to have both men pull him up together.
After a moment of contemplation, Juan suddenly gritted his teeth, turned around, and threw a powerful straight punch that sent a living corpse flying. He then took large strides towards the pipe entrance, jumped up, and tightly grabbed the arms of two men, climbing into the ventilation duct ahead of them. However, as soon as he hurried into the duct, he immediately crouched down and reached his hand down. Bova's jumping ability was also excellent; timing it perfectly, she jumped up and successfully grabbed Juan's hand.
"Ah…"
Aisha Bova, still suspended in mid-air, suddenly let out a terrified scream. Her long legs were unexpectedly grabbed by two extremely fast zombies, causing her body to tilt as if she were a tug-of-war tool made of flesh. One end was being pulled by Juan, while the other end was being firmly held by the zombies, creating an extremely perilous situation!
"Save me... Please save me..."
Panicked, Bova shouted in her native language. Even Jack, who didn't understand Russian, could hear her severely off-key voice, but he couldn't reach Bova at all; her hands were firmly held by Juan, and grabbing her head would only make things worse.
As Bova's cries grew more desperate, the two zombies seemed determined to compete with Juan to the end. Jack had no choice but to quickly draw his handgun, awkwardly sticking out most of his body from the pipe, and shot at the two zombies holding Bova.
"Bang..."
One zombie was instantly shot in the head by Jack's bullet, collapsing to the ground in a tragic manner. The pressure in Juan's hands suddenly lightened, and Bova's body moved a step closer. However, just as Jack was about to shoot the other zombie, a massive horde of corpses suddenly surrounded them.
Countless decaying arms ruthlessly clawed at Bova's delicate body. With a ripping sound, her beige nightgown was torn to shreds, revealing her toned physique that would astonish any man. Only a narrow thong remained to cover her curvy backside, while the torn fabric was curiously held by seven or eight zombies, who then became furious and threw the fabric aside, viciously grabbing at Bova's young and fit body. Meanwhile, Bova's right hand was slowly slipping from Juan's grasp.
"No…"
Juan let out a heart-wrenching roar, and Bova screamed in a terrifying manner. Suddenly, Juan felt a sharp lightness in his hand. Although Bova's right hand hadn't completely left his grip, the pulling force had abruptly vanished. By the time Juan reacted, he was instantly filled with rage!
Bova's right arm had been violently torn off by the zombies, leaving only a lonely limb in Juan's hand. He could hardly believe his eyes as he looked at the bloody, mangled arm in his grasp. At that moment, Bova was like a crumb dropped in an ant swarm, spewing blood and foam from her mouth, her body slowly sinking into the horde of corpses, until she was completely submerged in the dark mass, her eyes still filled with deep affection for Juan.
"Shava..."
Juan let out another frenzied roar, sounding like a wounded beast. He held the severed arm tightly, crying like a helpless child, causing the entire ventilation pipe to tremble gently.
"I'm sorry, I did my best!" Jack said apologetically, looking at Juan across from him, and sighed deeply.
"She was a good girl, really, especially good..."
Juan shook his head in despair, cradling the severed arm left by Bova in his embrace, lovingly caressing it, his face filled with an expression of utter sorrow. Then, he gently wiped the diamond ring off the ring finger of the severed arm, kissed it tenderly, and carefully tucked it into the pocket of his jacket.
After doing all this, Juan looked up at Jack with great despondency and said, "Although she is my third wife, she is the one I love the most. In fact, I know about her sleeping with Yue Yunfei, but I don't blame her at all. She just wants to protect us. After all, this place is full of Chinese people, and even if I have a gun, it doesn't necessarily guarantee our safety. She has done so much for me..."
"Believe me, those who are in love will be together in the next life. For the sake of Shawa, you must live well!" Jack did not expect that Bova and Yue Yunfei had such an affair, but since Juan didn't mind, he could only reach out and pat Juan's shoulder, saying a very pale and powerless comforting word.
Juan stuffed the severed arm of Bova into his embrace, forced a smile at Jack, and then suddenly lowered his voice to say, "Lin, you are a good person, so I must give you a piece of advice. Yue Yunfei is not as generous and righteous as he appears. My former bodyguard was likely killed by him. You must be on guard against him. Moreover, he just claimed to have seen you die, but it is clear now that this is not the case!"
"I understand. Once we get out of here, I will definitely settle some scores with him myself!" Jack nodded slightly, his expression turning a bit cold. But after a moment, he suddenly bent down and smiled at Juan, saying, "Let's hurry up and leave; this little guy just had a good cry!"
"Who?"
Juan instinctively looked behind Jack, and a timid figure immediately filled him with joy. He exclaimed loudly, "Oh! Tinkerbell, it's you, my little angel! I'm so glad you're safe; God hasn't completely abandoned us after all!"
"Well! Uncle Big Bear, it was Uncle Lin who saved me, and... also my Uncle Ryan!" Ding Lili timidly nodded, shyly smiled at Juan, and then asked pitifully, "By the way, Uncle Big Bear, is Uncle Ryan okay? He said he would come to find us soon, and he also said we would soon become a real family!"
"He... he has already left here. You know it's very dangerous here, and he doesn't need to take the risk with us. So your mother let him go first. Don't worry, we will see him again soon!" Juan said a kind lie to Ding Lili with a stiff expression. Although there was some doubt in Ding Lili's eyes, she still nodded and chose to believe him.
The ventilation duct, although more than four meters high from the ground, is extremely narrow. A strong man like Juan can hardly even turn around inside; he can only squirm backward like a worm, moving inch by inch, and he can only hope to turn his body when he reaches a junction.
Jack was basically the same; after crossing the vent, he couldn't even turn back to help Ding Lili. He could only shout encouragement to her from behind, urging her to be very careful not to fall. Fortunately, although Ding Lili had a timid personality, she was a strong child. Despite the numerous undead reaching out their arms to grab her in the corridor, she still managed to crawl over steadily, her little face flushed.