Chapter 86 - Elevator Terror!

Lucky Gardens.

This is a low-end community built by Lin’s Group.

It was capped early this year, and firefighting equipment was being installed at this time.

Currently, beside one of the 33-story high-rise buildings, a tower crane collapsed, leaning against the side of the building, wavering precariously as if it might crash down at any moment.

Beneath the tower crane, amidst a large pile of rubble, steel pipes, and firefighting equipment, screams of agony could be heard.

Many workers around the site were frantic, like ants on a hot pan, and cries for help constantly emanated from the crowd.

“Hurry and save them!

Zhang, Li, and a few others are trapped underneath!”

“Call the fire department…”

“Get the excavator over here…”

When Lin Luoluo arrived, the scene was chaotic.

A few injured workers had already been carried out and were lying on the open ground nearby, many of them gruesomely mangled, with blood profusely flowing from their wounds.

Although Lin Luoluo had seen her share of construction accidents, she had never seen one as dreadful as today’s.

At that moment, her face was deathly pale, and her legs were somewhat shaky.

Just then, the onsite safety officer, Zhang Quan, ran over.

His face was ashen too, covered in dust and dirt, with some blood stains, and even his voice trembled as he spoke.

“Ms.

Lin.”

Lin Luoluo angrily said,

“What’s going on here?”

“Ms.

Lin, before construction, we strictly followed the safety inspection measures set by the group.”

“Moreover, a tower crane breaking like this should absolutely not happen, but who knew…”

“I…

I really do not…

do not know why this happened!”

“Don’t know???”

Lin Luoluo trembled with anger.

“As the person in charge of safety on the construction site, all you can say is you don’t know?”

At this moment, Zhou Yu also arrived.

Seeing Lin Luoluo so furious, he quickly tried to calm her,

“Ms.

Lin, don’t panic!”

“Don’t panic?”

Lin Luoluo abruptly turned around and roared.

“Do you realize how serious this incident is?”

You must understand that construction safety is not only a major highlight for Lin’s Group but also a critical concern for the municipal government and an absolute red line.

Now, on Lin’s Group’s worksite, which has maintained zero accidents for over a decade, such a severe accident had occurred, the consequences of which are unimaginable.

Seeing Lin Luoluo was still raging, Zhou Yu wisely chose to remain silent.

He looked up at the teetering tower crane.

When he spotted the break, a shadow flickered across the roof in an instant.

Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes.

Someone was there!

At that moment, Lin Luoluo, suppressing her rage, asked,

“What’s the situation now?”

Zhang Quan hurriedly replied,

“We’ve already rescued a few people, but six are still trapped underneath.”

“The tower crane could collapse at any moment.

We must wait for the fire brigade to arrive and stabilize the crane with professional equipment.”

Lin Luoluo glanced at the swaying crane and decisively said,

“There’s no time, you go figure out how to rescue them, I’ll go up and see if there’s another way to stabilize the crane.”

Saying this, Lin Luoluo started towards the building.

“No.”

Zhou Yu stood in her way.

“This crane broke in a very strange way, it might have been sabotaged, it’s not safe inside the building.”

Li Luoluo’s face was stern.

“It’s just a broken crane, what’s unsafe for me inside the building, can it bring down the building?”

“If you’re scared, stay here, let me through.”

Lin Luoluo glared at Zhou Yu, pushed him aside, and entered the building.

Zhou Yu, speechless, had no choice but to follow behind her.

The building had just been capped, and it was equipped with a construction elevator — basically four pulleys holding up a steel plate.

Lin Luoluo stood on the steel plate and then pressed the start button.

The plate shakily ascended.

When it reached the twelfth floor, suddenly, a snapping sound came from above.

Following that, two cables above one side of the plate snapped simultaneously.

“Ah—”

Lin Luoluo, terrified, lost her balance and screamed as she fell through the air.

Zhou Yu reacted swiftly, diving down and catching Lin Luoluo, holding her close, then reached out to grab a nearby floor slab, dangling halfway in midair.

This was the height of the tenth floor.

Lin Luoluo was terrified, clinging to Zhou Yu like an octopus to its rock.

“Zhou Yu!”

Fear filled Lin Luoluo’s voice.

Zhou Yu spoke softly,

“Don’t be afraid, I’ve got you, it’s all right.”

Just then, a whooshing sound approached.

Zhou Yu looked up, just in time to see three steel pipes hurtling downward from above.

The pipes fell rapidly, and their force and angle suggested they were not merely falling by accident.

In that critical moment,

Zhou Yu let go, holding Lin Luoluo as they fell again.

Midair, Zhou Yu swiftly grabbed a protective steel pipe from the side, threw it upwards.

Clang!

The three pipes were knocked away by Zhou Yu.

Having done this, Zhou Yu twisted in mid-air, agilely diving into the sixth floor of the building.

After landing, Zhou Yu turned to Lin Luoluo and said,

“Ms.

Lin, it’s safe now, stay here, I’ll go check.”

With that, he let go.

Thump!

Lin Luoluo collapsed onto the floor.

The drop from mid-air had been too frightening; at this moment her legs were too weak to stand.

Zhou Yu, exasperated, had to come back and help her up.

But just then, the whooshing sound came again from nearby.

Lin Luoluo’s pupils shrank sharply.

“Be careful!”