Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 412 [Bonds]

"Zhou Wang, what's going on? Why do we have to go to the smelter?"

As night fell, an Audi was driving on an empty suburban road. Ding Yi, who had gotten into the car completely passively, was puzzled.

Just now, Zhou Wang suddenly looked very serious and pulled her away. Although Ding Yi was confused, she could see Zhou Wang's anxiety, so as smart as she was, she first cooperated with the driver Uncle Li to drive the car over, and then took the opportunity to ask about Zhou Wang.

“If a false fire alarm is reported unintentionally, will there be any serious consequences?”

Zhou Wang asked at this time.

Ding Yi was stunned, thought for a moment and replied: "I have seen similar news before. If it is not intentional, it should be criticized and educated at most, and there will not be particularly serious legal consequences... You mean, the smelter may have caught fire?"

"Well, I think I'll call the police now."

Zhou Wang said this and took out his cell phone.

"Wait a moment."

Ding Yi stopped Zhou Wang and frowned, "Zhou Wang, it's not that I don't want to believe you, even though what you said is ridiculous and seems to have no basis... but this may not just be a matter of reporting a false fire alarm."

"What do you mean?"

"If it gets to the point where a fire alarm is needed, it's considered a 'major incident'. Do you understand what that means?"

Ding Yi emphasized the word "major accident" and said, "You may not understand this, but it will have a great impact on my parents' careers..."

After all, Zhou Wang is no longer the newbie he used to be. Ding Yi just said this, and he already understood what Ding Yi meant.

But judging from the pictures in [Event Overview], the fire was not small. If Nie Xiaoyun was really trapped in the fire, then does career still matter?
Zhou Wang was about to say something when Uncle Li, who was driving, said, "The smelter is just ahead."

Zhou Wang then remembered that the residential area where the Ding family lived was not far from the smelter, and the two of them looked out of the car window at the same time.

Under the night sky, sporadic lights were still on in the vast smelter, but from a distance it was completely quiet, with no visible flames and no sound.

Zhou Wang couldn't help but frown when he saw this. Was he overthinking?
In other words, the fire did not start today?

"Zhou Wang, you see, there is no sign of fire in the factory, but if we call the police rashly, the matter may get out of hand..."

At this time, Ding Yi also spoke.

Zhou Wang nodded slightly when he heard that, but didn't insist on calling the police. Soon, an Audi arrived at the factory gate. Uncle Li rolled down the window and asked the guard at the gate.

"Where is Mr. Nie?"

The guard recognized that this was Mr. Nie's family driver and quickly replied with a smile: "She went in with Mr. Zhao, and she should have gone to the laboratory."

Uncle Li nodded, restarted the car, and took the two of them to the downstairs of the laboratory.

In front of me is a three-story building, which is also the only brightly lit building in the factory. There are many vehicles parked downstairs, and I can see some employees coming in and out.

"Zhou Wang, if you're still worried, I'll call mom and ask her to come down."

"Forget it, let's not disturb Auntie from working, let's go back..."

At this point, everything was still normal. Zhou Wang had begun to believe that he had made a wrong judgment. He was about to ask Ding Yi to turn back, but there was a loud bang. Before the three of them could react, the entire car body suddenly shook violently.

Then, the three of them heard glass breaking and faint screams coming from the small building. A lot of glass debris fell onto the car, causing crisp collision sounds.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhou Wang quickly looked up from the window, and saw that a fire had been lit up in a certain direction on the third floor of the building, and some employees were running out of the building in panic.

Before the three could have any communication, there was another "boom" and a second explosion occurred where the fire had lit up. This time, panicked shouts were heard throughout the building, and some people were even scared and jumped out of the second-floor window.

“It’s really on fire!”

The driver, Uncle Li, was stunned and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Wang in the rearview mirror. There was a hint of weirdness in his look of shock.

Ding Yi was stunned for several seconds before he quickly took out his cell phone and called his mother Nie Xiaoyun, but the call could not be connected.

A look of panic appeared on Ding Yi's face and he quickly got out of the car. Zhou Wang and Uncle Li followed closely behind him. At this time, a middle-aged man in a suit happened to run out of the corridor following the crowd. Uncle Li saw this and quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Boss Zhao, Boss Zhao... Where's Boss Nie?"

The man turned around and saw Uncle Li and Ding Yi. After hearing this, he seemed to remember something. After looking around, his face turned pale.

"It's over. President Nie hasn't come out yet... She should still be in the office on the third floor."

"Was the explosion over there in the office?"

Ding Yi asked quickly.

"The explosion took place in the laboratory. There are several rooms between the office and the laboratory, but, but..."

"but what?"

Ding Yi, who had originally breathed a sigh of relief, became nervous again.

"The laboratory is right next to the office. Look at the direction of the fire. It's heading towards the office... and the two corridors that can be entered and exited are on the other side of the laboratory."

Mr. Zhao said with a bitter look on his face.

After hearing Mr. Zhao's explanation, they looked up and saw that half of the three-story building had been burned, and their faces changed.

Doesn’t this mean that even if Nie Xiaoyun escaped the explosion, the escape route would be blocked?
"Boss Zhao, is there any dormitory for employees in the factory? Ask someone to get some cushions. The three-story building is not very high. If someone can find a window to escape, the cushions can help."

Zhou Wang looked up and took a closer look, then suggested.

"Yep……"

Mr. Zhao woke up as if from a dream, and quickly turned around and asked people to collect the mats.

"Yiyi, try to contact your mother again and confirm her condition...Uncle Li, please call the fire department."

After Zhou Wang quickly finished talking to the two of them, he ran into the building against the fleeing crowd.

He was probably the calmest person at the scene.

This fire should be what the system calls a "corresponding event", and what he should do is to help Ding Yi save her mother. There may be other involvements behind it, but Zhou Wang had no time to think about it at this time.

Anyway, in the real timeline, Ding Yi's parents should be alive, which means that the fire incident was just a fiction created by the system in the copy. Even if he failed, it would not matter. He would just miss the reward, so Zhou Wang naturally did not feel too much pressure.

That's why he won't just sit there and do nothing.

Ding Yi was surprised when he saw Zhou Wang's actions. He followed while constantly calling his mother.

In front of the hall were the stairs leading to the second and third floors. Zhou Wang and Ding Yi went up the stairs one after another and were forced to stop at the corner leading to the third floor. They were faced with jumping flames.

Although the fire didn't look big, the smoke completely blocked the entrances and exits of the second and third floors. The scorching heat made the air distorted, and it was impossible to force your way in without any protective measures.

"What should I do? Mom hasn't answered the phone. Mr. Zhao said the explosion happened next to the office. Will Mom..."

Ding Yi's eyes were red and he said helplessly.

"No, he's in a few rooms. He might just be injured and unconscious."

Zhou Wang shook his head and said something to comfort Ding Yi. Then he turned around and saw the duty room at the stairs on the second floor. He thought of something and asked Ding Yi to wait there while he ran over quickly.

Soon, in front of Ding Yi's stunned eyes, Zhou Wang ran out of the duty room holding a blanket and ran directly to the bathroom. After another minute or two, when Zhou Wang came out of the bathroom again, his steps had become quite heavy, just because he was wrapped in a thick blanket, and the blanket was "dripping" with water, and was completely soaked in water.

"Zhou Wang, you..."

Ding Yi seemed to understand what Zhou Wang was going to do. There was disbelief in his eyes. He quickly stopped him and said, "No, this is too dangerous. Once the moisture in the quilt is evaporated, you will be burned to death!"

"I know there are risks. Don't worry, I'm well-equipped. I won't die."

Zhou Wang smiled and thought to himself, if this wasn’t in the system’s copy, do you think I would dare to risk my life like this?

"But……"

Zhou Wang complained to himself. Before Ding Yi could say anything else, he shook the blanket on his body and said, "The fire looks OK now, but if we wait any longer, we won't know. You go to the first floor and wait. If I can find Auntie, I'll find a safe window and throw her down. You have to bring others to wait there... That's it!"

After Zhou Wang finished speaking, he covered his head with the quilt and rushed into the corridor full of flames without looking back. Ding Yi's shouting behind him also disappeared.

……

sloppy.

In the smoke-filled corridor, Zhou Wang, feeling dizzy and a little annoyed.

...Damn, he forgot to ask Mr. Zhao which office was exactly.

In fact, the flames were not that serious. There were always some footholds in the corridor, and not every place was burning. The quilt on his body could still block it for a while, so Zhou Wang did not feel too burned.

What is really uncomfortable is the feeling of suffocation when you can't breathe, and the feeling of blockage caused by thick smoke blocking your mouth and nose.

Zhou Wang also smelled some very pungent odors. He suspected that there were a lot of toxic gases mixed in the air, which was also the main reason for his dizziness at this time.

His steps were becoming heavy and his vision was obstructed. Zhou Wang could only try his best to cover his mouth and nose and pray to find Nie Xiaoyun as soon as possible.

boom!
After pushing open another door, Zhou Wang saw a room with half of it on fire. On the other side, a figure in a white coat was curled up. When the person saw him, he quickly shouted "Help". To Zhou Wang's disappointment, the person was not Nie Xiaoyun, but another female employee.

Fortunately, the quilt was big enough, and Zhou Wang did not stand by and watch her die. He covered himself with the quilt, rushed through the barrier of fire, and took her out of the room again.

"Which one is Mr. Nie's office?"

"Just, just in front..."

The woman rescued by Zhou Wang was not completely useless. She pointed to another room diagonally in front of her.

Zhou Wang hurriedly took her with him and finally found Nie Xiaoyun's office. The door panel was burned to pieces and the nameplate disappeared. No wonder Zhou Wang had been wandering around here for a long time and couldn't find the right room.

He took two quick steps and first sent the woman to a room at the other end of the corridor that had not yet been invaded by fire. Then he told her to go to the window and wave. Zhou Wang ran back wrapped in a quilt.

boom!
After breaking open the broken door that was burning with flames, Zhou Wang saw Nie Xiaoyun lying on the ground. There was blood on her forehead and a fallen file cabinet was next to her. The flames spreading from the next room were about to burn the hem of her skirt, but Nie Xiaoyun still didn't react at all.

Zhou Wang forced himself to walk quickly forward, squatted down and tried to test it. Sure enough, Nie Xiaoyun was still breathing. It seemed that she had fallen into a coma after being hit by the fallen cabinet.

It was not known whether it was because he was extremely weak at the moment, or because Nie Xiaoyun only looked thin but was actually very fleshy, but it took a lot of effort for Zhou Wang to finally pick up Nie Xiaoyun by the waist, breathlessly.

boom!
The flames near the door grew a little bit, as if deliberately making it more difficult for him. The bedding on his body had begun to dry out and even started to smoke.

Zhou Wang hugged Nie Xiaoyun tightly in his arms, wrapped the quilt again, then gritted his teeth and staggered out the door.

"hiss!"

This time, Zhou Wang truly felt the burning sensation. The bone-cutting pain made him grimace in pain, and he almost couldn't help but scream.

Fortunately, the whole process only took one or two seconds. Soon, Zhou Wang passed through the flames, ran into the thick smoke, and then came to the only room on the other side of the corridor where the fire had not yet spread.

The window was wide open and he could faintly hear shouting from below. The woman he had just put here had disappeared. Zhou Wang breathed a sigh of relief, quickly tore off the quilt that was already starting to burn, and carried Nie Xiaoyun to the window.

A large crowd had gathered below, with more than twenty people holding three or four thick mattresses, trying to cover different corners.

On the road farther away, sirens were wailing and fire trucks could be seen heading this way. Closer still, several Audis had already arrived and middle-aged men in suits got out of the cars. Zhou Wang vaguely saw the figure of Ding Yi's father.

Seeing Zhou Wang show his head, Ding Yi, who was standing at the edge of the crowd, waved at him excitedly and shouted, "Quick, Zhou Wang, jump down, they will catch you..."

Zhou Wang, who had almost no strength left, didn't dare to take another two steps. After a quick look, he hugged Nie Xiaoyun and sat on the windowsill, then fell headfirst.

The world was spinning and he felt a strong sense of weightlessness. Then his back felt sinking and the noise in his ears became clearer. When Zhou Wang barely opened his eyes, he found that he had landed on the mattress safely.

Until this moment, when his mind began to relax, the nauseous feeling began to invade his brain, and Zhou Wang's eyelids began to twitch.

For a while just now, he was relying on adrenaline to support himself, but now he was finally dying, and his consciousness became confused.

"Where's the doctor? Quick, get the doctor over here!"

"This guy is holding me too tightly. Can someone help me get him to let go of Mr. Nie..."

"Zhou Wang, you can let go now. It's okay. They will carry you to the ambulance."

In a trance, Zhou Wang felt someone pulling him. He heard a lot of tiny sounds, some familiar, but more unfamiliar.

He gradually relaxed, and his arms became empty. The sounds around him disappeared again. After a long while, Zhou Wang felt that he was carried to somewhere. Then, another intermittent conversation came into his ears.

"How could this be an accident?"

"It would have happened sooner or later, but at this time, how dare they do it? How dare they do it!"

"Secretary Lin, I don't care what method you use, just block the news first and wait until everything is investigated thoroughly..."

The voice of a middle-aged man was angry at first, and then turned into a gentle sigh.

"Yiyi, this is the classmate you said you would introduce to Dad today. His name is Zhou Wang, right? Well, the boy is very brave. This time, he not only saved your mother's life, but also..."

"Don't worry, Dad will make it up to him without you having to mention it. We'll talk about it when he wakes up. Tell Dad the whole incident in detail first."

Zhou Wang couldn't hear what Ding Yi answered afterwards, because another voice had begun to sound in his mind.

……

Ding!
[The host has completed the corresponding character event, and the draft round has ended]

[Synchronous rewards have been issued. Because the hidden score has reached the standard, the host has obtained: "Mythology Chessboard·Time and Space Magic Book (unique)"*1, "Character Card·Little Dingyi"*1]

……

Ding!
[The first "character card" is detected to be activated, and the host activates the hidden social mechanism: character-bond (details can be viewed in the system interface)]

[85% of success in life comes from correct communication. By activating reasonable character bonds, you will break through all obstacles and be invincible]

……

Before the countdown for the end of the round ended, Zhou Wang vaguely felt the warmth on his cheek, and then heard a whispered questioning voice in his ears.

"Zhou Wang, can I... apply to the same university as you?"

"Then it's a deal. Let's make a pinky promise. Whoever can't do it... will be the puppy."

Before Zhou Wang could answer, everything in front of him became completely dark, and all sounds disappeared.

(End of this chapter)