48 Hours a Day - Chapter 474

Chapter 474: 474

Chapter 474 Dragon Flame

Rabbit looked back to Zhang Heng rushing in the giant dragon’s direction instead of escaping with her . Earlier, everyone paid attention to three giant dragons that had suddenly appeared above the city . Zhang Heng was the only one that divided half of his attention to Han Lu’s mother .

When the crowd began to flee in panic, Han Mu ran toward the air-raid shelter as well, but before she could run far, someone pushed her from the back, and she fell to the ground .

Falling amid a stampeding crowd that was fleeing in panic was extremely dangerous . Han Mu tried to get up, but someone stepped on her waist . The person happened to be a young student and was very polite . And he immediately apologized to Han Mu after he realized that he had accidentally stepped on her . A few seconds later, someone accidentally stepped on Han Mu’s calf again .

The young student was trying really hard to get Han Lu’s mother to stand up amid the chaotic frenzy . However, it was a fruitless attempt . Driven by the survival instinct, everyone was shoving those in front to get to the bomb shelter as fast as possible . The young student couldn’t stop the people behind him, as he too got shoved . He almost fell to the ground, and when he looked back again, he saw that a lot of people were stepping on Han Mu .

Suddenly, he felt that someone was squeezing his side . The young student opened his eyes wide and wanted to know who the person that ran past him was . Af of now, he couldn’t control where he was headed to, as if being caught in a giant wave . Though he wanted to help Han Mu very severely, he was utterly powerless against the tide of human bodies . At the same time, it was hard for him to imagine that someone would go against the huge wave .

A single person was like a small boat in this storm . Anytime now, it would be torn to shreds by the massive storm . He could, however, always find a gap to squeeze through the crowd .

And just like that, Zhang Heng managed to grab hold of Han Mu . Having lost count of the people that stepped over her body, she didn’t look too good . Her right hand was severely injured as well, and she managed to survive the stampede by the skin of her teeth . If she stayed on a little longer, she would be indefinitely killed . Zhang Heng paused for a while, found the perfect opportunity, and grabbed her from the ground .

At the same time, he glanced at the dragon in the sky . The three dragons began to move separately, wandering around the city and spitting fire everywhere . This time, even if Zhang Heng hid in a tall building, he would not be able to avoid the dragon’s attack . A single breath from the dragon was enough to raze the entire building to the ground .

The most dangerous dragon had to be the one that attacked the bus earlier . Compared to the other two, it was closest to Zhang Heng and Han Mu . It had also turned both streets into a sea of flames in a blink of eyes .

It now landed on the restaurant’s roof, with four of its long clawed legs resting on the eaves . It adjusted its position and chose its next target . After a while, it spotted the bomb shelter that was filled with people . The rabbit had managed to get to the shelter’s door, but Zhang Heng had a little trouble since he was with an injured Han Mu . With an extra person, he couldn’t squeeze through the crowd like he so flexibly did before .

This meant his current situation had become more dangerous . After resting for a bit, the dragon expanded its black wings again . It dived into the crowd and took a deep breath of air . A few seconds later, it started spewing a stream of fire from its mouth . Half the street turned into a sea of flames in the blink of an eye .

The flame scorched a large area around the bomb shelter, charring those who had not been able to enter it in time . Even those who had just entered the shelter couldn’t escape the brunt of the far-reaching inferno .

Like a neverending sea of napalm, the dragon’s breath had immense destructive power!

Zhang Heng got lucky, being right beside the dragon when it attacked the crowd . As a result, he got to witness the dragon killing all the unlucky ones . The extremely high air temperature singed the hair on his head, causing them to frizz up . Unlike the rest which turned around and fled in terror, Zhang Heng stopped for a while, then covered his mouth and nose with his clothes and rushed into the sea of flames ahead of him .

It was impossible to outrun a flying dragon . For the same reason, sticking with the crowd was almost equivalent to committing suicide . The dragon, too, was very cunning . It would only target places where there were most people . The only way for Zhang Heng to survive was to run toward the area that the dragon had already scorched . Obviously unsatisfied with the damage dealt, the dragon didn’t look back, continuously looking for its next target and leaving a trail of burnt mayhem and destruction behind .

It was not easy deciding to go into the blaze . In addition to overcoming the dragon’s fear, the ridiculously high temperatures and toxic smoke in that area were enough to stop anyone attempting to approach . When Zhang Heng’s stepped on the ground, he felt as if he was standing on magma in a volcano crater . The rubber on the soles of his shoes started melting, producing a sickening sizzling noise .

Even with Zhang Heng’s extraordinary physique, it was hard to last long in such a hostile environment . He almost had to give Han Lu’s mother up, but fortunately, they were now was not too far away from the bomb shelter’s entrance .

Zhang Heng ran as fast as possible, managing to get to his target location in less than eight seconds . The one-foot-thick iron gate was half-melted, exposing a black hole behind it . At the same time, Zhang Heng could smell something strange burning .

Upon his arrival, he felt a burning heatwave rushing towards him . He even went into a momentary trance, where he thought he made the wrong bet this time, and the giant dragon had turned and attacked him . Zhang Heng soon realized that the dragon’s deadly flames weren’t targeting him, but it was simply the draft from the dragon flapping its wings . The crowd was still its main target .

The temperature around Zhang Heng was so high to the point he thought that the dragon was actually aiming for him . Seeing that it was just hot air, Zhang Heng bent down and sprinted into the bomb shelter . By then, his body had almost reached its limits, just like barbecued meat on a stone slab . His mouth, nose, and respiratory tract were severely irritated from the overbearing smoke and poisonous gasses .

After enduring ten meters of torture, Zhang Heng got to breathe fresh air again . The underground city’s ventilation system was well built, where it was said that more than two thousand ventilation shafts cris-crossed the bomb shelter . It ensured that nobody would be stuffy even after long periods . Zhang Heng ran for some distance before finally ending up at a relatively safe place . He put Han Lu’s mother down and leaned against the wall . Only then did he have the time to check on her condition . She was still breathing, albeit unconscious . Her face was bluish, with an almost delayed reaction to external stimuli . It appeared to be the effects of excessive carbon monoxide inhalation . Fortunately, she survived .

Zhang Heng breathed a sigh of relief . Han Mu was the only useful clue that he had obtained ever since entering Han Lu’s dream . If the dragon killed her, he would have to start looking for another needle in a haystack . Clearly, it was an outcome he didn’t desire . He would rather risk it a little and make sure she survived .

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