Chapter 1752: We Are All Behind You

The repair shop was on fire.

But...

How could it catch fire??

No one knew this factory better than Li Shangfeng. He hadn't left any flammable materials inside, and the shelves only held various repair tools. How could such a large fire start out of nowhere!

And Li Shangfeng was no ordinary person. He sniffed and smelled the faint scent of gasoline inside the factory, and he instantly exploded, roaring ferociously:

"Who... who started the fire?!!"

"Who the hell is seeking death?!!"

Although Li Shangfeng was furious, only one thought remained in his mind: find Li Lanhua... He rushed through the sea of fire regardless of everything, kicked open the door to his sister's room that was burning fiercely, but only charred furniture remained inside, and he didn't see his sister's shadow.

Immediately after, he turned the house upside down—the bathroom, the dining room... Every time he kicked open a door, Li Shangfeng's heart felt like it was about to explode with tension. He was afraid that after opening the door, he would see a charred corpse...

Fortunately, he didn't find Li Lanhua's corpse in the sea of fire.

But,

There were clear signs of a struggle and dragging in the house.

Li Shangfeng's mind was blank. Although he had initially modified his body, it was still very superficial. Under the shroud of the raging fire and the extreme sense of suffocation, he was reaching his limit... He didn't hesitate and rushed out of the sea of fire again.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough... cough, cough, cough, cough!!!"

Under the silent night sky, a charred figure rushed out of the sea of fire.

He stumbled to the ground like a drunkard, coughing violently. With every cough, a large amount of black smoke and debris sprayed from his mouth and nose, and he looked incredibly disheveled.

But he didn't rest. After catching his breath, he climbed up staggeringly, his charred hands grabbing a passerby's shoulder!

"You were already here, right?!"

"Did you see my sister? She's about this tall, wearing a school uniform..."

"She might have been kidnapped... Do you know where she went???"

The passerby was clearly frightened. Being so close to such a charred figure, he could even feel the scorching air sprayed out as he spoke, and those red, ferocious eyes were like a demon from hell.

"I... I don't know... It was already burning when I arrived, I don't know anything."

The passerby replied in a hurry and then turned to run away.

"Then what about you?"

"You, you, and you..."

"Who of you saw my sister?! Who can tell me where she went!!"

Li Shangfeng had completely collapsed. He rushed toward the crowd of onlookers like a madman, but all he got were their terrified and fearful gazes... The crowd scattered, and no one could give him an answer.

Li Shangfeng's charred, cracked face was now unrecognizable. His repair shop was burned, but he had no reaction at all, only worry and anxiety for his sister!

"Please... I beg you!"

"Who of you saw my sister... please tell me, even just a vague direction is fine..."

"She only has me as a relative, I must go save her!!"

"I beg you..."

“……”

Li Shangfeng's voice gradually turned from an angry roar to a humble plea. This man who had refused Tai Shi Si's invitation now knelt on the ground helplessly, waiting for even the slightest possibility...

At the top of the burning repair shop, Plum Blossom 8 saw this scene, his lips pressing together slightly.

He seemed to have made a decision and stepped out...

"Plum Blossom, what are you doing?" a member pulled him back.

"Now... only we can point him in the right direction." Plum Blossom 8 didn't look back, saying in a deep voice.

"You saw it too, the people who kidnapped Li Lanhua are not weak... Li Shangfeng is only Tier 2 right now. Pointing him there is sending him to his death! You are harming him!"

"Letting him watch his sister get killed while he can do nothing—that is harming him!!" Plum Blossom 8 replied decisively. "Better to be a clear-conscienced ghost than a cowardly incompetent survivor... That is the kind of life he pursues."

The member stood frozen in place.

Plum Blossom 8's ethereal body fell lightly from the top of the repair shop... He didn't go to find Li Shangfeng; there was no glass here, no radio, and they had no way to communicate at all.

He tapped his toes lightly in the void and stood slowly on the lampshade of a dim white streetlamp.

"Lanhua..."

"I beg you..."

The fire at the repair shop had been extinguished.

The onlookers had also been scared away by Li Shangfeng.

Black smoke rolled, and in front of the empty ruins of the repair shop, a charred figure hung his head, kneeling on the ground like a corpse, his eyes filled only with endless regret and pain.

If he hadn't left in the middle of the night, this wouldn't have happened... In the end, it was his failure to protect Li Lanhua.

Just as Li Shangfeng was feeling extremely guilty, a slight sound of electricity came from in front of him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Rip!

Li Shangfeng looked up slowly in a daze, only to see a streetlamp on a nearby street start to flicker uncertainly...

The dim white light shone, extinguished, shone, extinguished, like some mysterious signal in the night...

When it finally shone for the last time,

The light had turned an eerie crimson!

Li Shangfeng was startled for a moment.

Immediately after, it was the second, the third...

On that deserted, remote path, the dim white light was quickly replaced by red. A winding red snake spread between the streets, all the way to the end of the night sky.

This unbelievable scene left Li Shangfeng completely stunned. The winding red light was like a signal left by heaven specifically for him, allowing him to find direction in his most desperate and helpless moment...

Li Shangfeng didn't know why those lights had turned red; he couldn't even know if this was an accident or if someone was helping him in this way... But undoubtedly, he was like a desperate drowning man at this moment; when any possibility appeared, he would grab it regardless of everything!

Li Shangfeng stood up from the ruins, moved his charred legs, and rushed after the red streetlamps!!

A crimson serpent spanning eras extended rapidly under the night sky;

A black shadow sprinted on the boundary of reality and illusion, chasing the tail of fate...

Illusory shadows from the previous world led the young Li Shangfeng under the night sky. This time, they were no longer objects of mutual sarcasm and mockery, but the young man's final guardians.

"Come on... this time, you will have no regrets." Plum Blossom 8 muttered to himself under the night sky, watching Li Shangfeng's stubborn running figure,

"This time..."

"We are all behind you."