Chapter 174
As soon as Fourth finished speaking, a vortex appeared beside Black Robe’s hand. Without any hesitation, he reached his hand in. The exit of the vortex was right next to Shen Shuyu.
“Careful!” Shen Xili slammed into Shen Shuyu hard, making him miss Black Robe’s hand.
At the same second, the main door was kicked open violently from the outside. Before the others had time to see who had come, Shen Xili was pushed forward.
“Catch!” Shen Shuyu shouted loudly. At the same time, he deftly picked up the swiss army knife, turned sideways, and stabbed fiercely at Black Robe’s hand, but he stabbed empty air.
On the other side, Wen Jiafei, who finally arrived, reached out to block Shen Xili, making sure he wouldn’t fall. Glancing at his two loosely hanging arms, Wen Jiafei only said, “Bear with it.”
After spitting out these two words, he reset one of Shen Xili’s arms in a few moves. Shen Xili grunted, “Thanks.”
Then he reset the other one himself.
The situation didn’t look good for the others in the warehouse. If it were just Shen Shuyu and the kid who suddenly rushed out, their chances of winning would be relatively decent. But now that Shen Xili’s arms were fixed, the four of them knew all too well how ferocious his fighting style was.
Shen Shuyu slowly retreated backward until he was between the two of them. First, he exchanged a glance with Wen Jiafei, then turned to look at Shen Xili. His arms finally didn’t hang loosely like just now.
“Are you okay?” Shen Shuyu asked.
Shen Xili shook his head. “I’m fine.”
Shen Shuyu said, “Hold on for ten minutes, Brother is coming soon.”
Brother?
Shen Xili instantly reacted. “You called him too?”
“Yeah.” Shen Shuyu looked at the people in the warehouse and said quickly, “Just increasing the odds of winning.”
Wen Jiafei came up too. He frowned at the explosives around Shen Shuyu’s waist, finally understanding what Shen Shuyu meant when he said he had a way to hold on until he arrived.
He said, “Dangerous, take it off.”
“It’s fine,” Shen Shuyu said. “If I take it off, they won’t be apprehensive anymore. Don’t worry, I don’t want to die that much yet.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw another vortex appear in front of him. He quickly said, “Careful!”
Saying that, he stabbed the swiss army knife forward again. This time, he still stabbed empty air. Black Robe’s move was actually just to attract their attention. The trio on the other side had disappeared at some point.
Wen Jiafei and Shen Xili didn’t have time to think about the explosives on Shen Shuyu either; they both went on alert.
Sure enough, after their attention was attracted, the other three had already circled to their side, ready to ambush. Seeing that the three of them had discovered them, they didn’t panic, directly raising their weapons and charging over.
Shen Shuyu stuffed the swiss army knife in his hand into Shen Xili’s hand. “Hold it!”
He still had a knife hidden in his sleeve, and he had explosives strapped to him. The other three were still somewhat apprehensive.
Star Thieves, to put it bluntly, were still human. They might be good at fighting and have various abilities he hadn’t seen, but in front of explosives, everyone was equal.
Black Robe still stood far away, but Shen Shuyu kept guarding against the vortexes that might pop up suddenly.
Shen Xili and Wen Jiafei went to tangle with the other three, fighting fiercely.
While watching Black Robe, Shen Shuyu asked the System: [How much longer for my brother?]
[Seven minutes.] The System was also nervous. It didn’t know why the protagonist shou in a sweet BL novel became so good at fighting after triggering the plot outside the plot.
Just as Shen Shuyu wanted to say that was enough, Wen Jiafei fell beside him.
Shen Shuyu was stunned and hurriedly helped him up. “Are you okay?”
Wen Jiafei shook his head. “I’m fine.”
He glanced at the explosive pack on Shen Shuyu’s chest. “Hold the detonator steady.”
Shen Shuyu nodded.
On the other side, Shen Xili was still tangling with Third. The other two, who had fallen to the ground, were struggling to get up.
“Careful!”
Wen Jiafei shoved Shen Shuyu hard. A vortex appeared beside them, and Black Robe’s hand reached out again. Seeing he missed Shen Shuyu, he turned his hand and grabbed Wen Jiafei’s neck.
Shen Shuyu was just about to stab that hand with his knife, but the next second, both the hand and the person disappeared.
Looking inside, Wen Jiafei was dragged to Black Robe’s side.
Black Robe raised his voice, “Your attitude isn’t sincere at all.”
As he spoke, he tightened his grip. Wen Jiafei couldn’t exert any strength in his hand at all.
Shen Shuyu said quickly, “Hold on, I’m going to save Wen Jiafei.”
Shen Xili nodded, but the force of the swiss army knife in his hand became heavier and heavier. Maybe he had the mind to delay time just now, but now he only wanted them dead.
Third couldn’t withstand this powerful attack either. Fortunately, Second got up and gave Shen Xili a punch deftly, saving Third from Shen Xili’s hands.
Shen Xili took two steps back. He raised the back of his hand, wiped the corner of his mouth, and wiped the blood on the back of his hand. He had already been injured once when he first came, but now he couldn’t feel any pain.
He glanced at the warehouse out of the corner of his eye; Shen Shuyu had already walked in.
Shen Xili took a deep breath. Second and Third rushed up again.
Shen Shuyu walked in slowly. He said, “Let him go.”
“Let go?” Black Robe couldn’t help laughing. “Why should I let go? Since you aren’t trading with me in good faith, you should be mentally prepared.”
Shen Shuyu said, “Don’t sound like a victim. You never intended to let us leave, did you?”
“Oh my, discovered,” Black Robe said. “So what? People are in my hands; the rules follow me. Originally, if you gave me the item, only you would die. But now, buy one get one free, I don’t lose anything.”
Shen Shuyu sneered, “Why don’t you have the guts to say three?”
He took out the keychain again. “Release him, and I’ll give you this keychain. If not, I’ll let this explosive blast it into powder. You take the powder back to report.”
“Would I still trust you?” Black Robe didn’t listen at all. “Might as well kill one directly; I can be happier.”
Shen Shuyu’s gaze fell on Wen Jiafei. He was already having some difficulty breathing, but he still shook his head lightly, indicating he was fine.
But how could he be fine?
Wen Jiafei obviously looked like he couldn’t breathe. Shen Shuyu asked the System: [How much longer for my brother?]
[Two minutes.] The System was also monitoring in real-time.
Shen Shuyu asked again: [Do you have any way to make Wen Jiafei feel better?]
[Host, my energy can only maintain the illusion on your explosives now. If I go help Wen Jiafei, I won’t be able to maintain it for you.]
Shen Shuyu took a deep breath. [Don’t maintain it. Just ensure Wen Jiafei breathes normally.]
Shen Shuyu looked at Black Robe again. He said, “Then let’s be destroyed together.”
After speaking, he pressed the detonator, and the countdown on the explosive began.
Shen Shuyu rushed toward Black Robe.
Shen Xili, who had dealt with the others outside, ran in.
Wen Jiafei’s eyes widened.
Black Robe cursed, “Madman!”
He quickly released Wen Jiafei, opened a vortex, and fled before Shen Shuyu could touch him.
The roar of helicopters sounded outside.
Shen Shuyu pounced on empty air and fell directly to the ground.
“Shen Shuyu!”
“Shen Shuyu!”
Two voices sounded simultaneously.
Shen Xili and Wen Jiafei both froze in place, their minds blank.
But the expected explosion didn’t come. Shen Shuyu, who fell to the ground, rolled over. He climbed up and looked at Wen Jiafei, who was closest. He said, “It’s fine, I bought fake ones.”
A large patch of ketchup on his chest looked like blood flowing.
Saying that, he looked at Shen Xili not far away and shouted, “It’s fine! I’m…”
His words were stuck in his throat because he was hugged tightly by someone.
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