Hu Qiang’s colossal frame materialized like a collapsing mountain range, sealing the storage room’s sole egress! An icy aura, thick with sweat and machine oil, suffocated the already thin air. Chen Mo pressed against the cold, rough wall, the agony in his right shoulder flaring anew under the oppressive force. The heavy blue registry—a ledger of unspeakable sins—crushed against his chest, threatening to smother him.
Zhang Hui convulsed violently in his arms! Cold as glacial ice! Her faint, almost vanished breaths came in terrifying, broken gasps!
“Hand it over!” Hu Qiang’s voice rumbled like subterranean thunder, saturated with annihilating intent. His bloodshot hawk-eyes fixed on the registry clutched to Chen Mo’s chest, burning with raw, devouring greed and savagery—a desire to s
