Punishment Whisk

Fang Zhongci glared aggrievedly at the loudspeaker in the square.If I hadn't said it earlier, my face was so shattered that I couldn't even pick it up.

Gu Mingyu beside him laughed awkwardly, then patted Ye Qi's shoulder, and retreated away.

Ye Qi took half a step in the direction of Fang Zhongci, and lowered his voice: "If you go in alone, the sky in my heart will really collapse."

Just this sentence, Fang Zhongci's feeling of wanting to find a crack in the ground just now retreated instantly.

"Last reminder, there are 30 seconds left."

Ye Qi reached out to Fang Zhongci and his waist at the same time, quickly took out the two guns, and slammed them on the roof of the car.

The sound of patting the car pulled Fang Zhongci back from his thoughts. The two looked at each other and walked straight to the door.

Under the sunlight, the two guns refracted light together, which was particularly dazzling.

Laughter came from the broadcast: "It seems that you have already made a decision, please go to the north gate. As for the unrelated people, every step closer, I will detonate a bomb, I am not joking."

"From now on, you have 3 minutes to enter the North Gate. Of course, this announcement was also pushed to everyone in the mall. As long as you have enough time, of course, you can use these 3 minutes to save these innocent people But if you fail to enter the North Gate after 3 minutes, I will detonate the explosives at the North Gate. Or you can also hope that the explosives after 3 minutes can blast a gap in the North Gate and let the surviving fools Come out, as long as you have doubts about my blasting technology."

The radio began to laugh again: "Those who are trapped, whether to believe in him, themselves or God, this is a question worth pondering."

The North Gate is the main entrance of the entire shopping mall, and it can accommodate the most instantaneous traffic.It is speculated that there were at least a few hundred people in the mall at this time.

Ye Qi knew that in this situation, there would only be one situation - everyone would flock to the North Gate subconsciously.

The weakness of human nature lies in fear, selfishness, and blind obedience.The group effect will amplify these points infinitely.Fear will contagious; while the effect of responsibility is spread, selfish thoughts will be pushed to the peak; and blind obedience can directly push people who do not have firm beliefs into the choices of most people.

After the shock just now, everyone should gather on the first floor now, and 3 minutes is enough for most people to run to the north gate.When the door opens, how can they enter against the crowd?

And if you can't get in, mass casualties will be a certainty.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution, only problems that are close at hand.

At 8:57, the north gate opened automatically.

The situation was almost as expected, the scene was almost out of control, the confusion overwhelmed the reason, and no one would listen to a word from the outside world.

Everyone was lucky enough to think that they were the ones who could escape, but they never thought that if they made a mistake, they would become victims of the explosion.

Half a minute later, the situation was still irreversible.Fang Zhongci had no choice but to find another way, he looked up and saw the door frame of the mall.The gates of shopping malls are usually set higher than normal doors, which means that even if there are crowds, there is still some space above.

When he turned his head to look at Ye Qi, the other's gaze was also moving down from the door frame.After a tacit exchange of glances, Fang Zhongci didn't say anything, and silently set up the hand ladder.

The next moment, Ye Qi jumped with the help of the hand ladder, grasped the metal door frame firmly with both hands, and then jumped directly into the door with the help of inertia.

When he got into the narrow gap behind the crowd, Ye Qi still bumped into someone inevitably.But the moment he turned around, he no longer knew who was the person he touched by mistake just now.

At this time, Fang Zhongci was still standing outside.Obviously, he has no way to reproduce the way Ye Qi entered.

Before he had time to think deeply, Ye Qi could only squeeze forward.Finally, he stretched out a hand to Fang Zhongci from the front position.

Among the panicked crowd, only one hand was firmly extended towards Fang Zhongci.For some reason, Fang Zhongci's heart moved inexplicably, and he firmly grasped that hand.

In the crowded crowd, two hands were tightly held.

During the collision, Ye Qi was almost taken out, but Fang Zhongci still couldn't get in.With only 40 seconds left, the situation remained deadlocked.

But what no one expected was that when the people who were lucky to survive the catastrophe ran away in all directions.Flames suddenly flashed in the square, and one of the people who ran in the front stepped on the bomb, and instantly fell apart, and the blood mist scattered.

This scene fell into everyone's eyes.

The horn of a police car sounded in the square, and Gu Mingyu's voice echoed: "Everyone, stay where you are! The police..."

Ye Qi and Fang Zhongci couldn't hear the voice behind them clearly, and they squeezed in quickly taking advantage of the time difference when everyone was astonished.

At 9 o'clock sharp, the wall clock to tell the time rang, and the north gate closed on time.

The moment the door was closed, Fang Zhongci saw Gu Mingyu holding an amplified walkie-talkie through the quickly closed door, and he said silently in that direction: "This time, I'll leave it to you."

The sound of collapse reappeared, and the world inside and outside was once again isolated.

Looking down his palm, Fang Zhongci saw Ye Qi's bluish-red scars.Before he could care about anything, Ye Qi moved forward and pulled him out of the crowd.

Ye Qi suddenly stood up straight, and said in a moderate voice: "Everyone, this police officer beside me and me is the policeman you heard on the radio just now who was asked to enter by name. The Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bureau, the presence of Police Officer Fang here means that he will be responsible for everyone's safety."

When he finished speaking, all eyes were cast on him.But completely different from Ye Qi's expectation, those eyes were not hope, but mixed with indescribable hatred.

Seemingly sensing a threat, Ye Qi took half a step forward, blocking Fang Zhongci's half body.

Ye Qi was convinced that there was nothing wrong with what he said. Hearing the harsh electric sound coming from the radio, Ye Qi suddenly had a bad idea—maybe there was a possibility that the radio they heard outside, There are two different versions of broadcasting and internal broadcasting.

Immediately afterwards, a teenager's voice confirmed his thoughts.The boy suddenly yelled at the angry crowd: "What are you doing? Do you believe what the radio says? He said that we were trapped here because of these two people, so you firmly believe that? Don't even think about it, the guy who was talking on the radio is the one who trapped us in this building."

The girl next to the boy tugged at his cuff buttons and said in a low voice, "Stop talking..."

The young man flicked his sleeves and continued, "A moment ago, none of you squeezed out with all your might? You all know what you did to someone around you, right? Only these two police officers, in order to save Everyone has been desperately digging in, are you all blind?"

Dare to provoke public outrage under such circumstances, I am afraid that only teenagers who have not been severely beaten by society can do it.

Under his generous speech, the normal cognition of several people was aroused.

A man in his 30s pushed his glasses and took a step forward: "Although this kid's words were a little agitated, they were not unreasonable. In fact, now we have no other choice but to rely on these two police officers." .”

The boy gave the man with glasses a blank look, then swept his forehead with disdain: "What are you talking about, who is the kid?"

The two people's remarks were reasonable, and the crowd began to have a tacit understanding one after another. They must first find the tacit understanding of the "broadcaster".

Ye Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and retreated to the side of Fang Zhongci.A conflict that was about to start was resolved in this way, saving him from spending too much effort.

Fang Zhongci walked forward slowly and thanked the two people who had just started talking.Besides, Fang Zhongci caught a glimpse of some inconspicuous burn marks on the clothes of the man with glasses who spoke just now, so he asked, "You were near the explosion site just now?"

The man pushed his glasses and nodded: "It's on the second floor, but as far as I know, there are only people with minor injuries. After all, I didn't see anyone who was injured and unable to move."

No wounded, it means that they can focus on dealing with suspects.This is undoubtedly good news for the two of them.

Just when a group of people were about to move, the broadcast sounded again: "Welcome to my game, everyone, have you been active in the escape game just now?"

As if waiting for an answer, the voice paused before continuing: "However, most of you may not have the opportunity to continue participating in my script for everything that follows."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of panic.

"No, no, no," the voice laughed, "It's not about killing you, then there's no fun. Within 20 minutes, everyone, regardless of people, should gather in two to three rooms on the first floor, and the rooms must be connected. .Among this group of trash, you can choose four to accompany you to complete this game. I also kindly prepared 10 minutes for you to choose, thank you? Well...don’t try to come to me, you guys Will regret it."

Fang Zhongci crossed the crowd and walked to a relatively open place: "Since you want us to play games with you, you should at least tell us the final reward?"

"I killed Gao Shuping. If you can survive to the end, I will go with you. Is this enough?"

Ye Qi immediately patted the back of Fang Zhongci's tightly clenched hands soothingly, and asked above, "Then what if we fail?"

"It's very simple. I want all of you to be buried with me."

The corner of Ye Qi's mouth twitched unconsciously: "I want you to promise that if we win, you must ensure that these people can walk out of here unscathed."

"Why do you think you can negotiate terms with me?"

"Or, you can choose to sentence me to lose now." Ye Xi said without changing his face.

There was a moment of silence on the radio, and there was commotion in the crowd, and there were even small protests.

After about 2 minutes, the voice of the radio reappeared: "Okay, then I promise you."