Learning About My Time Of Death For An Insane Life - Chapter 33

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After finalizing the plan, other than the firefighters battling the blaze, everyone else assisted Chen Yeliang.

He learned from the engineer the details of the natural gas production area.

“There’s a four-storey building behind the natural gas production area. The gas valve is at the top most level and the wastewater valve is at the bottom most.”

“The building is served by one staircase only, and there are rudimentary cat ladders on the walls outside. There are no elevators!”

“The way to tum off the valve is very simple. You just need to…”

He had never spoken so quickly in his life as he rapidly explained everything and then retreated discreetly to one side.

The chief commander was still worried. He pulled Lu Ruijin aside and asked, “Are you willing to go in with him?”

“It’s my duty to protect the lives and property of the people!”

The chief commander was both reluctant and gratified. After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath under Lu Ruijin’s watchful gaze.

“Good! I hereby acknowledge your courage and determination! The country and the people will never forget your sacrifices! You must return safely!”

Lu Ruijin puffed up his chest and raised his head. His words were powerful. “Understood! I promise to complete the mission!”

The engineer estimated that the chemical plant would explode in fifteen minutes at the latest.

The firefighters began to clear out the site. All the team leaders directing workers on site, the television reporters, and the workers who were staying nearby were told to evacuate to a safe place.

The buses crossing the Hanghe Bridge back and forth were full of people from around the vicinity of the chemical plant.

The passengers by the window pressed their faces against the glass, staring at the blazing chemical plant. Everyone’s eyes filled with tears of worry, for the firefighters risking their lives, and for their soon-to-be destroyed homes.

‘The bridge was jammed with vehicles fleeing from the industrial district. The traffic police were busy directing traffic at the end of the bridge, ensuring that the evacuation routes were not blocked.

Red vehicles rushed towards the fire site in the reverse direction. In response to the rallying call of their superior, they sped from various parts of the city to the hellish chemical plant.

The audience in front of the screen, be it in front of the television or on the internet, couldn’t help but tear up.

At this moment, at the Xilin TV Station.

Reporter Ni Yu stayed in the temporary safety zone with the engineers and other team leaders. She was temporarily away from the dangerous front line, but the missionary zeal of a reporter’s conviction drove her to bring real-time live reporting to the public.

Just a few minutes ago, she overheard a conversation between the engineer and the mayor. She’d learned that the fire department had decided to use a helicopter to go deep into the facility compound in order to stop the poisonous gas leakage.

And among these two heroes who were willing to put their lives on the line, one of them was the undergraduate Chen Yeliang who had turned down her interview earlier!

Not only did he snatch back the lives of the trapped workers from the hands of Death, he was now returning to the death zone to create another miracle?

Ni Yu could not suppress the excitement in her heart. She felt that a hero like Chen Yeliang should be remembered by everyone in Xilin City! Tonight, any viewer following the news on the fire disaster should hear the words “Chen Yeliang”!

The higher-ups had already warned her that, although news must be based on real facts, she still had to take into account the emotions of the public to avoid causing panic.

However, she really could not hold back the passion in her heart. Her eyes slowly tumed to the place where the helicopter landed.

She made up her mind, grabbed the cameraman and said, “Bring your camera! Follow me!”

‘The cameraman hesitated for a moment. “The firefighters just warned us that there might be an explosion nearby. They told us not to run around!”

Ni Yu turned a deaf ear to him and hauled the video camera onto the shoulder of the cameraman before clicking on the power button.

She held the microphone tightly and said solemnly, “Dear audience, some names are worth remembering forever…”

“Previously, our firefighters had already rescued all the people trapped in the facility. Currently, there is no casualty. Furthermore, all the city’s available fire engines that can be mobilized are on their way here now!”

“We believe that the disaster’s current development is within our control!”

“But just two minutes ago, we received a very important piece of news.”

Ni Yu paused briefly. Her palms started to perspire. Despite working as a reporter for so many years, she still couldn’t help feeling nervous whenever she had a daring piece of expose to reveal to the public.

She took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “Our viewers and friends might have heard that there is a natural gas production area behind Warehouse 8, which happens to supply household gas to half of Xilin City. But we have discovered that the valve of the natural gas has not been turned off, and the

fire is already spreading there!”

“There are safety violations in the chemical plant, which involved accumulating a large amount of poisonous gas and wastewater. These similarly pose a great danger.”

“Although the fire engines near the chemical plant have arrived one after another and the firefighters are trying their best to control the fire, the situation is not satisfactory. The wind direction has changed and the situation is fast becoming a life-threatening peril!”

Ni Yu stared at the camera lens. She knew that these words would cause a huge commotion.

All the viewers who were watching the television program felt their minds go blank with a buzz. It was as if someone had emptied their hearts and they couldn’t help feeling unnerved.

Meanwhile, in Chen Yeliang’s live streaming channel, the conversation between him and the two leaders had already been broadcast live before Reporter Ni Yu’s segment.

The live stream viewers immediately understood that Chen Yeliang’s live stream channel was the place where they could get hold of first hand information.

‘The number of viewers entering the live stream channel was rising in a vertical line. It was already past 2am, and the real-time online viewers had already reached 6 million!

It was not just the residents of Xilin who were riveted by the blaze in Xilin, It also affected people from all over the country who entered the live stream channel one after another. For a moment, different provincial dialects appeared on the comments screen.

“Tjust finished telling my momma about the fire, but crikey! She flipped on me!”

“DOH! What do we do now? I just checked. The poisonous gases in the chemical plant include sulfur, benzene, and other miscellaneous components. Even scientists might not be able to figure it out! If the gases spread out, everyone along the banks of Hanghe River will be goners!”

“The natural gas explosion is probably going to create a mushroom cloud! Even if the kaboom doesn’t reach the other side of the river, it can still blow up the Hanghe Bridge, and flatten the whole industrial district!”

“F*ck, Ican avoid the explosion but I can’t avoid the poisonous gas. Xilin is in danger!”

“Everyone, evacuate! How horrible! I can’t watch this!”

“Where’s Chen Yeliang? My big bro Liang really wants to go deeper. No! It’s too dangerous!”

“Homie Liang really knows how to do it. Eh? Why is the video image so crappy? I can’t even appreciate Homie Liang’s style.”

“Come on, buddy Liang, We’re always here. We’re all Xilin residents tonight.”

At this moment, the viewers in the live stream channel were all comforting Chen Yeliang and the firefighters, as well as worrying about the future of Xilin City.

At the same time, the television viewers were still watching the television screen earnestly. They watched as the female reporter’s expression gradually became more solemn.

Then, the camera view slowly panned to the two o’clock position and locked onto an orange MH-60 rescue helicopter. Two personnel who resembled firefighters put on rescue and protective equipment and then boarded the helicopter.

Ni Yu gave a running commentary throughout the proceeding off-camera, allowing the entire scene to focus on Chen Yeliang and Lu Ruijin.

She said word by word, “They are the renegades who are about to enter the blaze and turn off the valves!”