chapter50：A Critical Moment

In this critical moment of life and death, Jack's body seemed to be controlled by a mysterious force or perhaps driven by an innate instinct.

Without the slightest hesitation, his actions were executed in one smooth motion.

He spun around abruptly, like an indestructible fortress, and unhesitatingly positioned himself in front of Amy.

The determination in his eyes was as unwavering as a lighthouse that never extinguishes in the darkness, showing no sign of hesitation or retreat.

"Amy, don't be afraid." Jack's voice, though slightly trembling with nervousness, was like a booming bell piercing through the storm, exuding reassuring firmness.

Amy's eyes widened instantly, and her originally clear pupils were filled with terror.

She screamed at the top of her lungs, "Jack, no!" She frantically stretched out her arms, trying to grab Jack's clothes and pull him back from the impending disaster.

But everything happened too fast, far too quickly for anyone to react.

The huge impact was like an invisible and enraged beast, crashing into Jack forcefully. At that moment, Jack felt as if his body had been slammed head-on by a speeding truck.

Intense pain surged from every part of his body, and his internal organs seemed to be shaken into powder by the force.

A strong sense of weightlessness instantly enveloped his entire body.

A mouthful of blood gushed uncontrollably from his mouth, and his body flew backward like a broken kite.

With a dull thud, he hit the cold and hard wall behind him and then slowly slid down like a withered leaf.

"Amy..." Jack summoned his last ounce of strength and weakly called her name.

His vision was shrouded in a thick fog and began to blur, but he still struggled to pierce through this haze to see Amy's face clearly.

Amy was knocked off balance by the aftershock of the explosion and fell forward to the ground.

There seemed to be countless bees buzzing in her ears, her mind was in a complete mess, and the scene in front of her eyes was as hazy and illusory as if seen through a frosted glass.

When her vision gradually focused and she saw Jack seriously injured while protecting her, tears welled up in her eyes and poured out like a flood.

"Amy... you... must..." Jack's voice was intermittent, each word seemingly exhausting all his strength, like a dying candle in the wind, on the verge of going out at any moment.

Amy fought back the pain in her body and the fear in her heart, struggling to crawl towards Jack.

She exhausted all her strength and finally reached Jack's side.

Then she hugged him tightly, as if as long as she held on tightly enough, she could keep Jack in this world.

Her tears kept streaming down, dropping one by one onto Jack's blood-stained face. "Jack, why are you so stupid? Why did you take this hit for me?"

Jack tried to move the corners of his mouth, squeezing out a weak smile.

He trembled as he raised his hand, which was like a withered branch shivering in the autumn wind, trying to wipe away the tears constantly streaming down Amy's face.

"Amy... don't cry... We... we will meet again... Things... haven't ended..."

Amy tightly held Jack's hand and cried even more heartbreakingly. "Jack, what do you mean by that? You can't be okay.

What will I do without you? We promised to find out the truth together." Jack's breathing became increasingly weak, like a dying candle, with the weak flame flickering in the wind.

His eyes were almost unable to stay open, his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, but he still managed to hold on with great willpower and said, "Amy... you have to be brave... Keep looking for the truth... This is our mission..."

Just as Jack's voice was getting weaker and Amy was crying desperately, suddenly, a shrill scream broke the mournful atmosphere.

It was Bom's scream. He was terrified to find that the tunnel had somehow caught fire spontaneously.

The raging fire spread rapidly in the tunnel, and the searing flames were like the tongues of demons, greedily devouring everything around.

Bom was so scared out of his wits that his eyes were filled with horror.

At this moment, only one thought echoed in his mind - to get out of this dangerous basement.

And just then, Police Constable Mark arrived with a group of policemen. "What happened here?" Police Constable Mark asked urgently as he rushed towards Amy and Jack, his voice filled with worry and tension.

Amy saw the policemen coming.

The nerve that had been tightly stretched suddenly snapped. Her exhausted body, still holding Jack, could no longer support itself, and she slumped backward and fell.