Chapter 386: Saving People and Risking One’s Life

‘He’s breathing. He’s still alive…’

Gu Heng confirmed the young man was still alive. After failing to open the door from the inside and determining the lock was broken, he immediately resorted to brute force.

“Fuck!”

“This fucking door is tough!”

Veins bulged on Gu Heng’s arms. He had no choice but to use his hands and feet, pulling on the door while kicking it hard for extra leverage.

As Gu Heng began the rescue, more cars started stopping nearby. Many drivers wanted to help, but when they saw the flames completely engulfing the front of the vehicle, they all hesitated.

But despite that, someone still rushed over.

“Young man!”

“Here’s a crowbar!”

A middle-aged man in gray work clothes ran to Gu Heng’s side, carrying a crowbar. “This is a hybrid, isn’t it? When the gas and electric components burn together, they can explode easily!”

“Thanks, sir!”

“I’ll save who I can!”

Now that Gu Heng had a tool, the locked door finally began to give way under his strength as he spoke with a resolute expression.

“That’s the spirit!”

The middle-aged man couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration upon hearing his words.

Risking one’s life to save others—that kind of spirit was always worthy of respect and admiration.

After voicing his admiration, the middle-aged man didn’t stand by idly. He picked up a shard of glass from the ground and helped Gu Heng by cutting open the rear airbags.

“BANG!”

Thanks to Gu Heng’s relentless effort, the driver’s side door was finally pried open. Gu Heng got on the ground again and laboriously dragged the young man out of the car.

“Quick!”

“Sir, carry him away!”

After dragging the unconscious young man out, Gu Heng didn’t even pause to move him to safety. He immediately went to the rear door and started prying it open.

“Right!”

The middle-aged man replied. He hurried over, hoisted the young man onto his shoulders, and before leaving, glanced at the raging fire. “Kid,” he said in a low voice, “the fire’s getting big. It’s about to reach the battery. You’ve done enough to have a clear conscience. Don’t get yourself killed.”

“Okay.”

When Gu Heng first jumped out of his car, he’d been shivering uncontrollably in the wind and snow. Now, he couldn’t feel the cold at all. In fact, he could feel the scorching heat from the roaring flames ahead.

Seeing Gu Heng’s focused expression, the middle-aged man said no more. He carried the unconscious young man toward an open space in the distance.

“BANG!”

Five minutes into the accident, Gu Heng successfully pried open the rear door. He pulled out the unconscious elderly woman first, then climbed inside the car to get the young woman out.

“HISS…”

The car was severely deformed from the impact, and the interior was littered with glass shards and protruding steel. As Gu Heng climbed through, he was cut in several places.

Just as Gu Heng rescued the old woman and the young woman, a terrible situation occurred.

The battery pack of the extended-range EV, constantly heated by the inferno at the front, finally ignited.

While a gasoline fire takes time to spread, a battery fire has almost no build-up. The underside of the car, where the battery was housed, instantly erupted in a deflagration. From a distance, it looked as if the entire vehicle had been engulfed in flames.

“Young man, run!”

“The battery’s on fire! It’s going to explode!”

“Run! It’ll be too late if you don’t run now!”

The onlookers watching from a distance couldn’t help but shrink back at the sight. At the same time, they all shouted warnings to Gu Heng, who was dressed in thin clothes and had already rescued three people.

At that moment, Gu Heng stared at the blazing inferno, caught in a fierce internal struggle.

Because it was a seven-seater SUV, the child safety seat was in the very back row. The toddler was strapped in tight. To save the child, Gu Heng would have to climb back inside—and go in deeper than he had for the two women.

But now the car was completely covered in flames and was at risk of exploding at any moment.

At this moment, he finally understood where Father Tongzi’s warnings of “extremely high danger” and “risk of death” came from.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the four people in this car were all of extraordinary status, perhaps even beyond his wildest imagination.

In other words, they were—

the first-level reward for the Scepter of Momentum that Father Tongzi had given him!

Save him?

Or not?

Gu Heng’s heart was filled with anxiety.

If he chose to save the child, he would very likely die in the process.

But if he chose not to, if he just stood by and watched the child burn to death… leaving aside the fact that his system reward would be greatly diminished, Gu Heng’s own conscience wouldn’t be able to take it.

“Please…”

“Save my son…”

“I’m begging you…”

“Today is his second birthday…”

“His life has just begun…”

Just as Gu Heng was wrestling with his decision, he felt a tug on his pant leg. He looked down to see the young woman had regained consciousness. Her voice was incredibly weak, filled with pleading.

Two years old!

His birthday!

Gu Heng looked into the young woman’s desperate eyes, heard her delirious-sounding whispers, and said nothing. He simply dove back into the car.

‘Fuck it!’

‘I’m doing this!’

Gu Heng never considered himself a good person, but the thought of having a chance to save the child, only to stand by and watch him burn alive…