Just a few more steps forward and you’ll directly enter the Demon Cave, teeming with monsters.
Xiao Shuai and Xu Hao simultaneously swallowed hard, feeling their scalps go numb, unable to utter a single word.
If they hadn’t closed their eyes just now, and instead ran blindly forward to the sound of the alarm...
The consequences are obvious; they would have been surrounded and torn to pieces by those "patients" by now.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the same thought in each other’s eyes.
They held their breath, moving backward in slow motion, step by step.
Each step was taken with extraordinary caution, fearing the slightest sound might disturb this silent "forest."
Finally, they returned to the previous corner, the terrifying hall disappearing from view.
Both leaned against the wall, breathing lightly, their hospital gowns soaked with cold sweat.
The oppressive atmosphere made Xu Hao feel incredibly irritable.
He had mixed with street fights for years, with brawls being a regular occurrence, not afraid of head-on conflicts.
Even if he couldn’t win, he could always turn and run.
But with these omnipresent eerie rules and unknown dangers lurking around, he felt helpless, with no outlet for his strength.
He couldn’t help but think of his boss; if he was here, would he care about these damn rules?
He’d surely slay any god that stood in his way, punch through this broken hospital.
At this moment, Xu Hao noticed an intersection ahead. The left path led to the registration hall, where he remembered there was a stairway to the second floor.
"How long are we going to keep skulking around like cowardly women?"
Unable to hold back any longer, he complained, "Why not just charge up the stairs over there?"
"Charge up? With what? Do you think those patients are the only threats?"
Xiao Shuai quickly interjected and scanned his surroundings, lowering his voice to explain:
"The rules also mention ’nurses’ and the ’chief doctor.’ Being listed separately means they’re much more dangerous than the ’patients.’
"Our mission target is in the dean’s office on the fourth floor, and there are bound to be monstrous blockades along the way. Rushing in recklessly without any understanding is no different from courting death."
"It’s still better than cowering here!"
Xu Hao’s stubbornness flared up as he punched the wall:
"Two paths, one for each of us, let’s see who reaches the fourth floor first. If you’re scared, just find a place to hide."
Xiao Shuai frowned, still trying to persuade:
"Now isn’t the time for impulsiveness; teamwork is the best solution..."
"Save me your useless talk!"
Xu Hao refused to listen, stubbornly saying, "I just don’t believe that my fists can’t break through these ghostly things!"
With that, he paid no more attention to Xiao Shuai and charged left toward the intersection, striding toward the registration hall.
He’d had enough of this oppression; he needed a fight, needed to vent!
Xiao Shuai looked at the receding figure into the darkness and sighed helplessly. Read full story at NoveI~Fire.net
With years in the underworld, he understood this bull-headed nature all too well, unwilling to turn back until suffering a major setback.
Xiao Shuai shook his head and chose the path to the right.
Compared to charging in, he preferred cautious exploration.
A hospital certainly has a safety passage.
If he could find a safety passage, avoiding the "patients" in the rooms and the patrolling "nurses" in the corridors, reaching the fourth floor peacefully was far safer than a head-on fight, wasn’t it?
Resolving his decision, he lightened his footsteps and continued to navigate cautiously through the darkness.
After parting with Xiao Shuai, Xu Hao felt the air become much fresher.
He no longer suppressed his footfalls deliberately, even using the flashlight to bang on the walls, making "thud" sounds.
Soon enough, as he wished, a few "patients" were attracted over.
A battle with no suspense erupted.
Xu Hao treated these monsters as punching bags, enjoying himself with every punch and kick.
Minutes later, the floor was littered with the corpses of "patients."
He shook his hand, dispelling much of the pent-up frustration, feeling like he was playing a mowing-down game.
Seems like that pretty boy just didn’t have the guts, as long as these monsters don’t group over ten, they’re hardly a threat.
He continued deeper, dealing with a few more waves of "patients," quickly finding the stairs to the second floor.
Upon stepping onto the second floor, here was entirely different from the first floor.
The walls were no longer peeling paint but clad in cold white tiles, with black mold seeping from the cracks.
The air’s stench of rot had faded, replaced by a strong formaldehyde odor.
Xu Hao carefully scanned around, seeing no sign of monsters, and just as he was about to step toward the third floor, his foot abruptly halted.
The stairs to the third floor, incredibly, were gone!
Where the stairway should have been stood a seamless concrete wall, smooth as if the building had never intended to have a third floor.
Unwilling to give up, Xu Hao searched around the second floor, his face gradually sinking.
The floor’s structure was absurdly bizarre, the winding corridors often leading him back to where he started.
Many room doors were inexplicably set in corner crevices, unlike any normal architectural design, causing him to almost get lost in the corridors.
Just as he was feeling irritated, a very faint sound reached his ears