Wei Pingsheng slapped his head, his face filled with exasperation.
"That brat! Did he forget everything I just said in the car?"
"What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and use the high-pressure water guns to cool down the building!"
The intern team members snapped back to reality and quickly got to work, high-pressure water jets hitting the building.
Wei Pingsheng ignored everything else, his left mechanical eye blinked twice, emitting an even stronger red light as it directly scanned the building.
He immediately contacted Ren Jie via his walkie-talkie.
"There are four live ones left. That child is on the sixth floor, central door. You go save him, I'll handle the rest!"
"Understood!"
Inside the fiercely burning residential building, with a "boom," Ren Jie kicked open the deformed safety exit door, and a surge of hot air rushed at his face.
Even with the fire suit protection, he felt scorching hot, burning with pain, and sweat had already soaked his cheeks.
Everywhere his eyes could see, raging fires burned, and there were charred corpses everywhere.
Even though Ren Jie had experienced a lot and his mental maturity far exceeded that of his peers, he had never seen such a scene and felt a bit of a tremor.
"This two hundred… it's not easy money, is it?"
After muttering a complaint, Ren Jie rushed straight towards the central door.
Just then, a demonic roar mixed with an explosion came, and the building collapsed with a deafening sound, even forming visible sound waves.
"Boom!"
All the windows of the residential building shattered, and Ren Jie's body was directly blasted away by the shockwave, slamming into the central door.
Ignoring the pain, Ren Jie quickly got up and looked in the direction from which the sound wave had come.
He saw a Lava Giant Demon, over three meters tall and shaped like a toad, sprawled on the building's ruins, with magma constantly oozing from its skin, emitting astonishing heat.
Black smoke swirled around its body, like a demonic mist.
Aside from the Jin City Class A Devil Disaster he witnessed when he was eight years old, this was the first time Ren Jie had seen a demon at such close range.
Below the Lava Giant Demon was a figure, appearing much smaller compared to the demon's massive size.
Due to the dazzling starlight enveloping her, her face was completely obscured.
This should be the young girl who had been fighting the demon.
"Gene Warriors are truly terrifying, aren't they? To be able to fight such a monster…"
My life is probably hopeless.
"Waaah~ Mom! Waaah… *cough cough*!"
Ren Jie turned his head, pulled out a fire blanket, and walked straight towards the source of the crying.
Outside, Tian Yu and the others were getting anxious. Instructor Wei had already come out carrying three people, but why was there still no sign of Ren Jie?
The fire was too big; it couldn't be put out at all!
Seeing that Ren Jie still hadn't come out, Wei Pingsheng turned to re-enter the fire.
At that moment, Ren Jie, holding an eight or nine-year-old child in one arm and a black bag in the other, rushed out of the building!
Tian Yu and the others' eyes lit up:
"Hahaha! Brother Jie is awesome!"
Even Wei Pingsheng's face showed a relieved smile!
But just then, the Lava Giant Demon, with the starlight figure on its back, leaped up and crashed directly into building 27, creating a tremendous roar!
The building couldn't bear the weight and collapsed like a row of dominoes!
Ren Jie abruptly looked up, and shattered floorboards, steel beams, and burning debris came crashing down on him.
He was doomed!
Almost instinctively, Ren Jie used all his strength to throw the child towards Wei Pingsheng!
"Ren Jie!"
"Rumble!"
A loud noise came, and Wei Pingsheng caught the child, watching helplessly as Ren Jie was crushed beneath the rubble, instantly swallowed.
Smoke billowed, and in the ruins, Ren Jie lay on his back, his left arm pinned by a steel beam, his body pierced in multiple places by rebar, his chest caved in, barely clinging to life…
Blood gushed out as if it were free, spraying onto his oxygen mask!
He only felt an intense burning in his chest, as if it were about to be burned through, as if something was undergoing Fusion with him…
Ren Jie half-opened his eyes, a bitter smile on his face.
He really became a heroic ghost…
This two hundred, he earned it, but he wouldn't live to spend it?
He saved the people, but the building collapsed. Is that even allowed?
This truly is life's impermanence, a big intestine wrapping a small intestine.
Just then, Ren Jie's eyes suddenly widened.
Because in his dying moments, he saw a different sight.
At that moment, a young girl wearing a gray pleated skirt, black stockings, and a white athletic top stood on the steel beam.
Her black hair fluttered with the Mars, bathed in starlight, holding a gleaming longsword, as sacred and beautiful as a Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.
The girl looked down at Ren Jie, who was pinned beneath the steel beam, her eyes filled with guilt…
"I'm sorry… I'm useless…"
At that moment, Ren Jie lay under the steel beam, unable to hear what the girl was saying, nor could he clearly see what she looked like.
His vision already blurred, he only saw, beneath the pleated skirt, the ice-silk, skin-friendly fabric of loose-fitting lace-trimmed safety shorts with 21 dog heads printed on them.
What the hell?!
Why would someone wear that under a pleated skirt?
Where was the most basic trust between people?
"The dog head print is nice, don't wear it next time…"
After saying that, Ren Jie completely lost consciousness.
Jiang Jiuli: ???
She was about to say something, but the Lava Giant Demon, shaking its head, had already charged up. She could only raise her sword to meet it, the starlight on her longsword blazing!
Meanwhile, Wei Pingsheng rushed over, disregarding the danger.
Seeing Ren Jie's injuries, his eyes reddened!
"Don't sleep! Don't you dare sleep! There's still hope! I'll take you away right now!"
…
Outside the emergency room, Wei Pingsheng, Tian Yu and the others, and the mother and child were all anxiously waiting!
But in a short while, Ren Jie was pushed out of the emergency room by a nurse!
Wei Pingsheng quickly said, "Why was he pushed out? Keep saving him!"
The doctor shook his head: "There's no hope. His left arm is amputated, his lower spine has a comminuted fracture, his internal organs are ruptured with severe bleeding, and he has multiple fractures and degloving injuries. These injuries would be fatal even for a Gene Warrior, let alone him, who isn't one!"
"Unless there's Gene Life Elixir, or a high-level recovery-type Gene Warrior makes a move, there's a chance he could live, but such resources aren't easily mobilized!"
"I've also considered mechanical prosthetic implantation surgery. With so many organ replacements, his physical condition wouldn't be able to withstand it…"
Wei Pingsheng gritted his teeth and punched the wall: "How could this happen!"
The doctor sighed: "I injected him with an overdose of adrenaline. He might regain consciousness later. You should make arrangements for his last wishes…"
"During the rescue, he kept clutching that black bag, and we couldn't pry it away. It might be something important?"
At this moment, everyone gathered around the emergency bed, their eyes reddening at Ren Jie's horrific injuries!
And Ren Jie slowly opened his eyes, looking at everyone with confusion!
Wei Pingsheng's eyes were red, and his nose felt sore:
"It's your last moments. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, just say them!"
Ren Jie licked his dry lips and looked at the child he had personally rescued!
The mother's eyes were full of guilt: "Xiao Ming, hurry and say a few words to big brother…"
Xiao Ming sobbed, grabbing Ren Jie's arm:
"Big brother… are you going to become a star in the sky like Daddy? I'm sorry… if it wasn't to save me…"
Ren Jie smiled weakly: "Don't blame yourself. I wasn't saving you; I was just trying to earn those two hundred yuan…"
"Don't live with guilt like me, okay?"
When Wei Pingsheng heard this, he thought of something, his heart trembled violently, and he clenched his fists. Tian Yu and the others also had reddened eyes…
Even the doctor's nose felt a little sore.
How gentle he is, truly, I'm crying to death.
Xiao Ming sniffled and nodded heavily.
"Mm! Big brother, I promise you!"
Just then, Ren Jie's face turned a strange flush, clearly a final burst of energy before death.
He directly thrust the black bag he had been clutching into Xiao Ming's arms, forcing himself to say:
"And this, this is your schoolbag. It's filled with your summer homework. I checked, you haven't written a single word! When I saved you, I saved this too, by the way."
"Don't think you can get out of homework just because your house caught fire, okay? Study hard, make progress every day, and don't let down big brother's good intentions!"
Xiao Ming was stunned, holding the schoolbag, looking at the bag full of summer homework inside, he looked up and burst into tears with a wail.
His tears were like a water gun.
Wei Pingsheng and the others' expressions froze.
They thought it was something important, and you're using your last moments to say this?
Everyone's faces couldn't help but show smiles, but tears couldn't help but roll down their cheeks.
They cried while smiling…
Smiling in this situation, Karma should probably be -1, right…
The mother quickly nudged Xiao Ming: "Quick! Why aren't you thanking big brother?"
Xiao Ming cried even louder for a moment:
"Big brother! Thank you and your ancestors for eight generations!"
The mother's face was full of embarrassment, and she scolded him:
"You naughty child, how can you talk like that? This is big brother's kind intention!"
Ren Jie's face showed a look of satisfaction.
He must have been moved by my selfless dedication and sincerity, right?
I, Ren Jie, am worthy of the name of hero!
Then he rolled his eyes, kicked his legs, and completely stopped moving…