Chapter 1376 - 1376: This Scene Feels Familiar

"I'm so hungry!"

At noon, Hua Ling, lying on the slope with her hand shading her eyes, complained, "Are they coming or not?

They said forty minutes, but it's been over an hour!"

Just as she spoke, hurried footsteps sounded.

She sat up and turned her head to look.

She saw a woman with a backpack quickly running towards them.

The other woman seemed to be in her early twenties, wearing a white hoodie, with an oval face. Her bangs were damp with sweat, sticking to her forehead, looking just like a student who just walked out of school.

But Xiao Feng recognized her; she was Yao Qianxue, the one who defused the bomb in the church before.

"We meet again."

Xiao Feng smiled and took two steps forward to greet her.

And due to the downhill slope, Yao Qianxue seemed unable to stop and directly bumped into him.

Seeing this, Du Qingyue quickly moved forward and supported Yao Qianxue, then took three steps back driven by inertia.

"Sor-sorry... I was late because of traffic." Yao Qianxue panted as she spoke.

Xiao Feng smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for her to take a rest first.

He had already explained the reason for calling her over on the phone, so there was no need to waste words.

Once Yao Qianxue had caught her breath, Xiao Feng introduced her to Du Qingyue and Hua Ling.

After their handshakes, Yao Qianxue asked somewhat nervously, "Where is the bomb?"

Xiao Feng pointed to the bridge pier not far away and said, "It should be under that pier. We didn't dare to dig recklessly, waiting for you to take a look first."

Yao Qianxue nodded and walked toward the pier, seeing a complete set of bomb disposal tools prepared meticulously, along with two shovels, a large hammer, a long chisel, and a jack.

These tools were borrowed by Xiao Feng through Miao Yueqian's connections and personally delivered by Zhao Guo'an.

"Is there anything you need that's not here?" Xiao Feng asked.

Yao Qianxue pressed her pink lips together and replied, "It's already very complete. Let me check the bomb first."

Xiao Feng nodded, holding a shovel, and said, "You command, I'll do the labor."

Yao Qianxue didn't stand on ceremony, picking up a detection device from the ground and moving it around the bridge pier.

"Beep!"

A slightly piercing sound occurred, making Yao Qianxue's eyelids twitch. She then stepped on the device area, leaving a mark.

"When digging, don't use the shovel. Use an engineering spade and be very careful. We don't know the trigger type of the device yet; if you're too forceful, it could explode instantly," Yao Qianxue said seriously.

Xiao Feng agreed, switched to an engineering spade, and cautiously began digging at the marked spot.

Du Qingyue and Hua Ling approached to see if they could help.

Yao Qianxue shook her head to indicate no need for help temporarily and shifted her focus back to the ground, not daring to blink.

For a moment, apart from the sound of earth being turned and the car horns from the bridge above, there was no other sound at the scene.

Such silence could easily stir up people's nerves.

Xiao Feng glanced at the three people around him and laughed, "Don't act like you're at an execution. Relax, at worst, we just take it slow."

However, these words didn't lighten the mood much.

Under such circumstances, few could maintain an optimistic mindset.

About fifteen minutes later.

A pit with a diameter of half a meter and a depth of about one meter appeared before them.

At this moment, Yao Qianxue was crouched at the bottom of the pit, holding a magnifying glass, each movement extremely cautious.

A moment later, she looked up and shouted to those above, "High-concentration TNT. While this isn't enough to collapse the bridge, it can definitely break the pier.

The detonation device is remotely controlled. To disarm it, just remove the signal receiver from the device, and the rest won't matter much."

Xiao Feng and the others exchanged a glance. Although Yao Qianxue spoke calmly, they couldn't help but worry.

"How about getting some people to secure the area?" Hua Ling said with concern, "What if someone from Devil's Concentration Camp is nearby and sees the situation, they might just detonate the bomb, and we'd all be done for!"

As soon as she finished speaking, an unhappy voice came from the pit, "Don't say such things!"

On hearing this, Hua Ling was displeased.

Does this thing explode because of anything I say?

Besides, am I not speaking the truth?

Du Qingyue looked at Hua Ling, pulling her aside, and said, "Every profession has its rules, especially in life-and-death matters.

We, as outsiders, might think it's no big deal, but it might inadvertently break a taboo."

Hua Ling nodded. She didn't intend to argue with Yao Qianxue in the first place.

"Do you need the protective clothing?" Xiao Feng, standing by the pit, asked.

Yao Qianxue let out a long breath and said, "No need. With this kind of terrain and high concentrations of explosive material, it doesn't make much difference to wear it."

"What else do you need? I'll get it for you."

"Nothing else is needed now. All you need to do is move away from here, preferably one kilometer away."

Xiao Feng smiled and said, "You've come all this way, and that's already enough. We can't just leave you here alone. Focus on defusing the bomb, and leave the rest to us."

Du Qingyue also said, "Just as you said, once the signal receiver is removed, it will become a dud. We trust your abilities!"

Although Hua Ling didn't say anything, she didn't show any intention to leave either.

Yao Qianxue opened her mouth as if to persuade again, but seeing the reactions of Xiao Feng and the others, she stopped talking and focused wholeheartedly on her current task.

She took several deep breaths, calming herself, with no more distractions in her mind.

The word concentration is the most critical point in the bomb disposal industry and also the hardest to achieve.

It requires extremely high psychological resilience from the bomb disposer!

After a while, Yao Qianxue, holding a pair of tweezers, moved them closer to a tiny, millimeter-sized, square white iron chip through the magnifying glass.

"Snap!"

After a faint, crisp sound, the iron chip was successfully removed.

Yao Qianxue hadn't even taken a breath of relief before a question arose in her mind: Could dealing with such an unprecedented size really be this easy?

The next moment, a faint sound reached her ears.

"Did you succeed?" Hua Ling asked, poking her head in.

"Don't talk!" Yao Qianxue shouted harshly.

Hua Ling couldn't stand it!

Talking to Xiao Feng and the others was friendly, but when it came to her, the tone changed.

Could this blatant double standard be any more obvious?

However, before she could react, she saw Yao Qianxue press her ear against the detonation device.

Xiao Feng and Du Qingyue looked at each other, holding their breath together; a foreboding feeling crept over them...

Just then, Yao Qianxue suddenly shouted, "Run!"

"What about you?" Xiao Feng and Du Qingyue spoke in unison.

Cold sweat instantly appeared on Yao Qianxue's forehead, her breathing becoming rapid, "I removed the signal receiver, but it triggered the timer, which displays no countdown.

It could be five minutes, three minutes, or the next second.

Quick!

If we don't run now, it will be too late!"

"Why does this scene feel so familiar?" Xiao Feng suddenly said with amusement, "You had time to warn us to leave; why not focus on figuring out how to stop it."

Yao Qianxue was burning with anxiety, knowing there was no time to waste.

Now, the path ahead was simple.

Red, yellow, blue, three lines.

Cut the right one, and all is safe!

Cut the wrong one, and death comes immediately!

Without a countdown display, Yao Qianxue couldn't be sure how much time was left, and she could only rely on her knowledge and meager experience to quickly devise a plan.

In no time, she positioned the scissors and aimed for the yellow wire, which she judged, after consideration, to be the most likely safe option.

But!

At the moment of cutting, as if by a stroke of fate, she cut the red wire...