Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 690 The Apocalypse (12)

"Xiao Long, time is running out, hurry up!!"

Xiao Long quickly turned around and glanced at Yan Zhen, his hands still busy rummaging through supplies without pausing for a moment: "Okay, I'll be right there."

Yan Zhen: "..."

If she didn't know Xiaolong's personality, she would have actually believed his "immediately".

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Xiaolong, Yan Zhen glanced at his watch; there were still forty seconds left before the final evacuation time.

Since we can't persuade them, we might as well lend a hand.

Yan Zhen rushed in and helped Xiao Long stuff supplies into the sacks.

Refined rice, refined flour, refined salt, white sugar, various canned pure meats, and freeze-dried vegetables—it's clear that the researchers at this institute enjoy a very high standard of living.

When the forty-second timer expired, the watch beeped to remind Yan Zhen to pack the sack, hoist it onto his shoulder, grab Xiao Long's arm, and drag her out of the room.

Xiao Long struggled for a moment, but before leaving, he didn't forget to take a dozen cans of food with him.

The two hurried toward the indoor dock where the boats were moored.

He rushed to the indoor dock, where Yan Jingchen was already on the boat. He started the boat, exchanged a glance with Yan Zhen, and Yan Zhen immediately threw the sack on his shoulder to him.

Jing calmly caught the object and placed it on the boat. He then reached out and pulled Yan Zhen along. After Yan Zhen boarded the boat, he turned around and pulled Xiao Long.

As soon as the three boarded the ship, a loud "boom" rang out in the laboratory, accompanied by the earth-shattering force, and several pieces of plaster were shaken off the ceiling of the indoor dock.

Xiao Long's expression changed drastically: "Holy crap, is that camouflage guy serious?"

Yan Zhen slapped her on the back of the head: "Otherwise, you thought it was fake?"

Xiao Long: "..."

She muttered to herself, "Didn't they say he was your ex-boyfriend? I didn't think he would be this cruel."

As they spoke, Jingchen steered the boat away to escape.

However, after starting the boat, it only traveled a dozen meters before the engine made a few strange noises and then stalled.

Yan Zhen: "..."

Jingchen tried to restart the ship, but failed twice.

The sound of explosions in the research lab grew louder as they approached. Even through the walls, they could feel wave after wave of earth-shattering shocks. They realized that if they continued to delay, all three of them would die here.

Yan Zhen glanced at the flustered Xiao Long and Jing Chen, who was repeatedly restarting the ship, then made up his mind, took off the wristwatch he was wearing, and stuffed it into Xiao Long's hand.

The boat is not large and can be pushed by manpower. At this moment, it is only twenty meters away from the outside. As long as she can push the boat away from the dock, Xiaolong and Jingchen can save their lives.

Thinking that it was better for one person to die than three, Yan Zhen turned around and was about to jump into the water.

But as soon as she turned around, she was grabbed by the back of her neck and pulled hard, falling backward uncontrollably. The next moment, Jing Chen lifted her to the steering wheel.

"Keep your grip on the steering wheel!"

After Jing Chen finished speaking, he jumped into the water without hesitation and pushed the boat outwards.

Yan Zhen was stunned. She watched as Jing Chen jumped into the water and then quickly popped his head out of the water to start pushing the boat. It would be a lie to say she wasn't surprised.

If he could think of jumping into the water to push the boat, he couldn't possibly be unaware of what that action meant.

He was risking his life to save her and Xiaolong's lives.

Neither I nor the shelter treated him very well, so why did he go to such lengths?

The explosion in the research lab had already reached the door to the indoor dock. Yan Zhen didn't have time to think about it. He turned around, took control of the steering wheel, and made the boat move outward with the propulsion of the mirror sinking, while repeatedly trying to start the boat.

After several attempts to start the ship failed, Jing Chen's roar suddenly came from behind: "Get down!"

Yan Zhen reacted quickly, pulling Xiao Long over and tackling her onto the boat.

The next moment, the shockwave from the explosion tore through the metal door and swept menacingly toward them.

Yan Zhen felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, as if a layer of skin was being scraped off her back, causing her to tremble all over in pain, and her ears to ring.

Once the shockwave subsided, Yan Zhen immediately got up, glanced at Xiao Long, and confirmed that she had suffered minor injuries but was not in mortal danger. She turned around and ran to the stern of the ship. The shockwave had moved the ship forward by more than ten meters, and they were now at the edge of the indoor dock.

But the Mirror that pushed the boat was nowhere to be found.

Yan Zhen's heart sank suddenly.

he died?

For a fleeting moment, Yan Zhen felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his heart.

Before she could figure out where this illogical "heartache" came from, the boat suddenly started moving again.

Yan Zhen quickly looked down into the water and soon found a dark figure underwater on the right side of the boat—Jing Chen was not dead and was continuing to push the boat.

But at his location, thin streaks of red kept seeping from the water's surface.

he got hurt.

Jingchen pushed the boat very fast. Yan Zhen and Xiaolong worked together, using their hands as oars to row. Just as the boat left the indoor dock, another explosion was heard behind them.

This time, the distance was a bit greater, and the power of the shockwave was greatly reduced. Yan Zhen decisively knocked on the hull, and the moment Jing Chen surfaced from the water, she grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him out of the water.

Jing Chen clung to Yan Zhen's hand and boarded the boat, collapsing inside and panting heavily.

Yan Zhen dared not relax, continuing to row the boat as far away from the source of the explosion as possible while asking Jing Chen, "Where are you hurt?"

Jing Chen finally caught his breath, touched the back of his head, and felt his hand covered in blood.

"Brain".

"Turn around so I can see."

Jing Chen turned around cooperatively, and Yan Zhen used one hand to brush his hair aside. A piece of metal from the explosion was embedded in his scalp.

She frowned as she looked at it, not knowing how long the shard was or how deep it was embedded. The injury was in such a sensitive area as the back of the head; if not treated properly, it could be fatal.

"Don't move around, let's go back as soon as possible."

The boat rowed forward for a while, then returned with the gasoline it carried away from the other two boats.

With the help of the two towed ships, Yan Zhen successfully brought Xiao Long and Jing Chen back to the front of the research institute.

Before going ashore, Yan Zhen thought the research institute would be a collapsed ruin, since it had already been bombed.

But when she saw the research institute standing motionless in the same spot, with no apparent change in appearance, she was stunned.

This construction is really durable.

As soon as Xiaolong got ashore, he went straight to Lin Yu and kicked him.

"You fucking blasted me! You almost killed me in there!"

Lin Yu lay motionless on the stretcher, enduring the blow to the chest without offering any explanation.

Xiao Long was about to hit him again when Yan Zhen grabbed him and said, "Xiao Long, that's enough!"

Xiao Long's eyes turned red with anger, his hands clenched into fists, and he glared fiercely at Lin Yu.

Yan Zhen called the team's doctor to examine Jing Chen's wound. After examining it, the doctor said, "The wound is quite deep. It would be best to have surgery in a less difficult place to remove the metal fragment."

The refuge has all operating rooms, which, although simple, contain air purification systems and disinfection facilities that Yan Zhen painstakingly salvaged from occupied hospitals, which can minimize the risk of infection.

Yan Zhen made a quick decision and assigned two team members to escort Jing Chen to a safe place first.

At this moment, Jing Chen said, "No need, I'm tough. I'll just take the iron piece here. I won't die."