The last time Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun got off the station normally, they had discussed that in places like buses, bombs cannot be hidden outside, whether you put them under the seats or in hidden places, because of the mobility of passengers, suddenly Something extra is easy to spot.
Considering that it exploded as soon as it was shouted before, this kind of bomb is most likely to be carried with you.
Li Shiqing and my younger brother also speculated whether the bomb would be more concealed if it was too small, but they were all overturned in the end.
First of all, among so many explosions, even if you exclude the accidental crashes into the tanker, the other times are "no bones left". At least Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun stood in the front of the car, and they were still blown to pieces. Such an explosion range determines that it cannot be a miniature bomb.
Although I don't know the purpose of the other party, but judging from the fact that no one in the car contacted the police, and no one asked the society for ransom, the possibility of a group committing the crime can basically be ruled out. Death, it is said that the possibility of revenge against society is definitely greater than crime for money.
What's more, things like bombs are not so easy to get, and they are not firecrackers, and they come in various models and patterns.
Another way of thinking is to use miniature bombs and detonating devices, and spend so much effort just to blow up a bus, and not to ask for money to extort hostages. This motivation is really unimaginable.
But now, all the passengers with large luggage in the whole car have been "checked" by them. Except for the three "suspects" who have already opened the bag and looked at it, only the pressure cooker carried by this aunt is the least likely to be caught. The airtight container found is also the most likely carrier of explosives.
But on this matter, Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun disagreed again.
Xiao Heyun felt that the pressure cooker was not such a dangerous item, because it was too common.
"It's normal for an ordinary housewife to carry a pot?"
Seeing that Li Shiqing was really terrified, the little brother grabbed her arm, "Maybe I want to cook for the family, what is stewed in the pressure cooker, afraid that the smell will go away, why don't I just serve it with the pot?"
"My gut tells me there's something wrong with that pot."
When Li Shiqing thought of her aunt's aggressive reaction when she opened the plastic bag, a deep sense of uneasiness surged in her heart.
"If what you bring is just an ordinary pressure cooker, when someone opens your plastic bag, will you go up and kick them? When you know that someone's health is not good?"
"But it's not necessarily a bomb. This kind of middle-aged woman is very vigilant. Maybe it's just that she doesn't want others to look through her things. And the scene you acted is too exaggerated and fake..."
The younger brother glanced at her secretly, and muttered in a low voice, "Only an honest person like Uncle Bao can be fooled."
While talking, the next stop arrived, and the masked man got into the car again, hugging his hidden kitten.
Seeing that Li Shiqing didn't stop at the stop normally, Aunt Huayi obviously gave her a few more glances. The uncle who gave her the tissue also hesitated to speak, but didn't say anything until the end.
Seeing that they were going to go further, and they were going to the intersection where oil tankers were often hit, Li Shiqing discussed with Xiao Heyun and decided to eliminate the high-risk problem of "pressure cooker" before that intersection.
"What plan are you discussing now? Just grab it!"
Li Shiqing didn't have as many worries as my younger brother. She frowned and said, "Anyway, it's just for confirmation, and it's not about detonating explosives. Just turn on the pressure cooker and have a look! Even if you make a mistake, at most you will be beaten up by auntie or treated as a psychopath. Is there any loss?"
"Also, do you want to open it?"
The younger brother stammered and asked.
"Well, you press and hold Auntie, and I'll open it."
Li Shiqing had a strong premonition that the answer she wanted was in that pressure cooker.
I have cycled so many times, failed so many times, and died so many times in vain;
They have suffered so much and suffered so much, and now that the answer is at hand, if they don't fight now, when will they wait
"I'll go, anyway, just to confirm, I'll try."
Seeing that a girl like Li Shiqing is going all out, it is impossible for the little brother to back down at this time, he is obviously panicked, but he still insists on going by himself.
"You asked her to borrow things before, and she is already wary of you. It might be counterproductive for you to go with me. She is just a thin and weak aunt. It should be easy for me to grab a pot from her feet."
"In case it's about to explode..."
Li Shiqing grabbed his hand nervously.
“Sooner or later it will be fried”
When the little brother said this, he didn't give Li Shiqing a chance to hesitate at all, he stood up and went straight to the aunt's place.
He moved very quickly without any hesitation. He squatted down next to the aunt's place, grabbed the bag of the pressure cooker and pulled it out.
The auntie was really panicked when she saw someone coming to grab the pressure cooker, but she didn't yell like the man in the mask or the old man before, she just kept silent and pulled the bag with her brother with all her strength.
Seeing that her strength is not low, the plastic bag will soon be captured, she showed an almost ferocious expression, and directly raised her hand to unplug the pressure limiting valve of the pressure cooker.
boom!
The moment the pressure limiting valve was unplugged, a huge impact accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion swept through the two closest people.
Before the little brother who was pulling the plastic bag could react, there was a burst of tearing pain all over his body, and he lost consciousness instantly.
—
It's a new cycle.
The sudden explosion of the pressure cooker killed all the people in the car, including Li Shiqing.
But in this explosion, the person who suffered the most serious physical and mental trauma must have been Xiao Heyun who directly faced the explosive blasting on his face.
Waking up from the loop again, the little brother is in such a bad situation that it seems that he will die in the next second.
He panted violently like a fish out of water, and kept making "ho ho" sounds in his throat, as if he would faint from suffocation in the next second, and his body was shaking violently.
Li Shiqing was much weaker than him, but she could only struggle to raise one hand, put it on his arm, and trembled with him.
Before that, they thought that the fear of the unknown was the most terrifying, and the pain of seeking and failing to find the target because they didn't know where the target that hurt them was the most terrifying;
Now, they have found the source of their pain and witnessed the explosion, only to discover:
——Compared with the unknown horrors and unexpected disasters before, this kind of horror of seeing the explosion happen in front of oneself but being unable to stop it is even more desperate.
Li Shiqing only felt the crushing and tearing caused by the explosion, but Xiao Heyun felt it more deeply.
The moment he was bombed at close range, the pain penetrated from his pore skin to the flesh and bone marrow. In an instant, he could feel that his head, limbs and even bones were all separated from his "cognition".
It is not clear whether he fainted in the end because of the pain beyond the limit, or because of his own imagination.
This kind of fear reached its peak when the aunt with the pressure cooker got into the car again in front of them.
"How are you? Are you feeling particularly uncomfortable?"
Li Shiqing woke up earlier, and her consciousness was clearer than Xiao Heyun's.
Watching the auntie sit down in her original position as if no one else was around, Li Shiqing also trembled with her brother, but the reason for the trembling did not come from the negative state of her body.
"Don't let anything happen to you, don't leave me alone, I, I'm afraid!"
That auntie was sitting in front of them with explosives!
At this moment, the little brother was still immersed in that severe pain, and couldn't hear what Li Shiqing was whispering in his ear at all.
It was a terrible pain. You could feel every inch of your body being torn and broken, but you couldn't feel any inch of your skin, muscles, or bones. He can't move his hands and feet, as if everything is fake, but only "pain" still exists in your body, constantly reminding you that it is true.
Xiao Heyun felt that he was constantly being broken and reassembled. He had never experienced such pain. Every minute and every second in this state became extremely long.
At a certain moment, he only wanted to die quickly, and he didn't want to bear such pain;
At another moment, the little brother was secretly glad that he went alone.
If it was the little girl who endured such pain with him, how distressing it would be...
After a long time, when the little brother finally recovered from the terrible pain, the first thing he saw was Li Shiqing's crying face covered with tears.
"Uh uh uh… "
He raised his hand to let her not worry, but he could only make a series of unknown breath sounds from his throat.
"How are you? Are you all right?"
Hearing his hoarse guttural voice, Li Shiqing burst into tears.
"Okay, much better."
Xiao Heyun leaned against Li Shiqing's body with eyes closed wearily, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
"I'll take it easy, just let me lean on it."
This time his situation was so bad that he almost thought he couldn't make it through, so he just "dissipated".
This also gave him a faint premonition...
The damage caused in the cycle may not be harmless to them, and those damages may not be "rolled back" through the cycle. Once their willpower is not strong enough, terrible things will still happen.
At least, in terms of the pain he had just experienced, life was worse than death.
Li Shiqing let the little brother lean on her, and didn't bother to urge or ask him what he found just now...
The situation of the little brother just now scared her.
Whether she wants to admit it or not, in the process of the two of them "living together and dying together" and "never giving up", the little brother has gradually changed from a stranger who is not very familiar with him to a person whom she can trust and trust in her heart. The spiritual pillar to rely on.
"No matter what happens next time, we have to face it together!"
Li Shiqing wiped her tears, and began to regret letting the younger brother determine the situation alone.
"Even if they die together, it's better than being alone in fear."
The two of them are ordinary people, they have always supported and helped each other, and have stumbled to this point. At this point, no matter who has an accident, the remaining one will not be able to persist .
"This time it was an accident."
Xiao Heyun knew that the little girl was terrified by his miserable state, so he wiped her tears with his hands, and comforted her in the calmest tone possible:
"Look, although it's a little uncomfortable, after time passes, won't you recover?"
"It's good that you recover, I'm afraid that something will happen to you."
Knowing that the little brother was worried about her, Li Shiqing also tried her best to calm down the fear in her heart, making herself look less hypocritical.
"And, the sacrifice just now was not worthless."
The little brother recalled every detail before the explosion.
"I know what the detonator is..."
"—It's a pressure limiting valve."
The little brother smiled bitterly and said, "Although I don't know the reason, but the pressure limiting valve on the top of the pressure cooker was pulled off by the aunt, and the pressure cooker exploded violently!"
Knowing who the culprit was and what the explosive was, they didn't feel any easier.
Because this means that they will face a more severe test.
But before facing such a severe test, Li Shiqing gave the younger brother a more "worse" conclusion.
"It was so bad when you woke up, so I took out my phone to check the time."
When Li Shiqing recounted the situation, her face turned pale.
"We were still awake at 1:15 in the afternoon, and the time node was stuck when the aunt just got in the car..."
"What?"
The little brother instantly understood the meaning of Li Shiqing's words, and felt his eyes go dark.
"I hope I'm mistaken, too."
She leaned against her companion tightly, as if only in this way could she get a little warmth from him.
"But it seems that God won't give us more time..."
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
Reader: Did the bomb go off today
Author: (nods) It exploded.