HHH Chapter 27

Ningma instantly broke out in a cold sweat. If he had been 0.1 seconds slower in connecting the two wires just now, the consequence would have been certain death in the darkness…

A short circuit would only cut off the lighting in the stairwell and was completely unrelated to the door access system.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. The only solution now was to touch the two wires to the electromagnetic lock catch on the doorframe simultaneously, short-circuiting the door access system. Only this way could the door be opened!

So, how to make them touch?

Ningma first pulled out one of the wires. There was still at least half a meter’s distance from the top light to the doorframe. If the wire wasn’t long enough, the entire plan would fail completely.

An unexpected situation occurred—the wire in his hand didn’t budge. Even with forceful pulling, it only extended less than the length of a finger, far from reaching the doorframe…

Frustrated, he tried the other wire. Unexpectedly, this one was long enough. He guessed that during the installation of the top light on the first basement floor, the workers were too lazy to cut it and simply stuffed the remaining wire into the gap.

Now, one wire was long and the other short. Only one could reach the doorframe. What about the other one?

Ningma bit his lip, staring at the two dangling wires. If he gave up now, all his efforts would be in vain. He might as well have waited to die earlier. Perhaps in his final moments of clarity, he could have seen the light of the world again…

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But what if the remaining length of the short wire was compensated for by the human body? The body itself is a good conductor, so a short circuit would form in an instant, and the overloaded electricity might cause injury, at most better than starving or freezing to death!

So, he adjusted his posture again. His physical strength had reached its limit, and the dizziness was getting stronger. After taking a few deep breaths to steady himself, he used the narrow wall space to straighten his body as much as possible and carefully moved towards the top of the door…

One inch, two inches, three inches…

Finally, with his body bent at a 45° angle, his right hand reached the doorframe as much as possible!

Ningma carefully stuffed the long wire into the gap of the electromagnetic lock catch. Only the last step remained: use the other free hand to grab the wire in mid-air, allowing his entire body and the electromagnetic lock to form a circuit. The huge current would break through the air switch in the distribution box!

His body was trembling slightly. The semi-sloping posture itself was extremely strenuous, especially since he was already on the verge of exhaustion. Ningma had no more time to consider. Taking advantage of the fact that he could still maintain his final posture, he directly grabbed the wire in mid-air with his empty hand!

“Bang!”

A flash of electric light streaked before his eyes, and a muffled sound came from the air. Instantly, all the lights in the stairwell went out, including the red indicator light that was always on on the door access system!

At the same time, Ningma felt a huge force strike him. His entire body instantly flew out, slammed against the wall, and fell heavily to the ground. The air was filled with a burnt smell.

But this smell was quickly carried away by the cold wind pouring in from the crack in the door, and the moisture-laden wind wet his face.

Ningma groaned. The moist air stimulated his parched nasal cavity. Accompanied by a sharp pain in his fingers, the thirst for water overwhelmed everything!

His body was now involuntarily hunched over. As expected, the powerful electric shock had caused some damage to his nervous system, but at least both arms were still usable.

More worrying was whether the hotel had a backup power system. If so, it might be activated immediately, and the first thing to be powered on again would be the door access system!

Straining the last bit of strength, Ningma crawled towards the door two meters away, his body pressing against the broken glass shards, until he pushed the door open a crack. The heavy pressure in his heart was finally released when he confirmed that this damn door could no longer be closed!

But he hadn’t completely escaped danger yet. His body was exhausted and urgently needed to replenish water, but where to get water? Besides the “whooshing” sound of the rain, there was also a faint “gurgling” sound of flowing water from the door.

The first basement floor was the parking lot. Fortunately, not far from crawling out of the door was the parking lot exit. With a faint ray of light reflected from the atmosphere, the sound of the water came from the drainage ditches on both sides of the slope!

Rainwater mixed with occasional gravel flowed across the concrete surface. Ningma greedily sucked it, knowing that he had once again narrowly escaped death. The source of life nourished every cell in his body. He lay on the ground and drank for a long time…

Finally, he flipped over into a “big” shape and gasped for breath. His bodily functions were slowly recovering, but hypothermia was becoming more and more obvious. The danger was not completely gone. After a few more minutes, he once again mustered all his strength to stand up. This time, he could barely move while holding onto the wall.

The slope in the underground garage was steep, and the freezing rain overhead had never stopped for a moment. It had been raining heavily for dozens of hours. Ningma was completely soaked and shivering uncontrollably while barely supporting himself.

When he finally reached the ground, there were still about dozens of meters from the garage exit to the hotel door. The key was that if he lost his strength and fell into the rainy night, he would not be discovered at all.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Ningma’s upper and lower teeth made a “creaking” sound. The sweatshirt was tightly fitted to his body, and pain came from his fingers from time to time. Fortunately, this pain prevented him from falling down…

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

The hotel’s revolving door was constantly enlarging in front of him. It was closed at this time, and the only way in and out was through the small transparent glass door next to it. Ningma finally crashed into it, making a “thud!” in the dark rainy night.

Then he slumped to the side. His vision began to blur, and after he completely fainted, a tall figure appeared in his field of vision…

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“How is he?”

“High fever of 39.8 degrees Celsius. He was given a fever reducer shot half an hour ago. If the fever continues, it could be life-threatening.”

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“Do you think he can make it?”

“Hard to say, it’s possible…”

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“Is that thing on him?”

“Yes!”

“Is this it?”

“It should be…”

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“How is it now?”

“The fever has gone down, his vital signs are stable. Look at his ID card, is it 76?”

“What do you mean?”

“Almost 50 years old, and still has such physical fitness. Is he really just a broker between buyers and sellers at the auction, as he said?”

“What do you mean?”

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“Is he waking up?”

“I think it should be soon. He’s been in a coma all day. We’ve used the best medicine. Although he still has a high fever, he should be fine.”

“Hmm!”

“There is one thing I don’t understand, why not—”

“Shut up! Do what you’re supposed to do! Don’t ask too much about the other things!”

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Sensing a glimmer of light suddenly appearing on his eyelids, Ningma slowly opened his eyes. The entire world was spinning, until after a while his pupils finally struggled to focus and restore the image:

Snow-white walls, a small room, a dripping IV drip, and the smell of disinfectant filling the air.

Besides that, there was also a delicate and charming woman’s face. The woman was holding a small flashlight in her hand, shining a white light on his pupils. It was this light that woke Ningma from his coma.

“He’s awake!”

The woman’s tone was surprised, but there wasn’t much joy in her voice.

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