Chapter 459 The dilapidated dormitory building.

Lu Nange reached out and gently patted the back of her tightly clenched, blood-stained hand: "Yu Wei, stop clenching your hand, it's bleeding!"

You are now a member of Flameheart. With us here, no one can hurt you!

Yu Wei belatedly felt the stinging pain in her palm. She released her grip, looked at the bloody marks, then at Lu Nange, and nodded forcefully...

Lu Nange turned around and looked at Lu Xici and Chi Yanzhou: "Brother, Brother Yan, the girl comes in with me. You two stay outside and keep watch, maintaining the highest level of vigilance."

"I'll go get help!" Gu Wan immediately turned around and strode towards the female members of the group.

Lu Xici and Chi Yanzhou exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously: "Don't worry."

Lu Nange turned her gaze to Lu Beiye: "Aye, there are only girls inside. Why don't you stay with your brother?"

"I'm leaving Gangzi with you, I'll be back in a bit..."

Lu Beiye nodded vigorously: "Okay, sister. Be careful!"

He obediently stood back between Lu Xici and Chi Yanzhou, but his eyes remained fixed on Lu Nange.

Chi Yanzhou: "Shi Xu, keep a close eye on all movements around us. Old Gu, take your men and control the blind spots on the east and west sides. He Zhuo..."

On the other side, Gu Wan, Luo Xingyou, and Wen Qing had quickly gathered more than a dozen female superhumans, including Sang Yan and Ren Lei.

Lu Nange led everyone toward the entrance of the dormitory building on the left, and all the female members quickly followed her.

The iron gate at the entrance to the building was locked with a heavy iron chain.

Luo Xingyou used her metal-based superpower, and the chain fell to the ground with a clang.

Pushing open the iron gate and stepping inside, the interior light suddenly dimmed...

Only the light filtering in from the outside outlined the long corridor and the dense array of doors on both sides.

Almost none of the doors on the entire floor were closed properly; they were all either ajar or wide open...

Lu Nange walked towards the first room where she sensed signs of life and stopped at the door.

Gu Wan stepped forward, gathering a warm but not dazzling orange flame in her hand. This was for illumination, as well as to prepare for any possible emergencies, lighting up a small area near the doorway.

Lu Nange pushed open the slightly ajar door.

The old dormitory room was small and cramped, with only one window. The distant lights outside shone in, casting slanted, pale spots of light on the ground.

There was only a lone, rusty iron bed in the room.

On the bed, there seemed to be a human figure, covered by a thin blanket whose original color was no longer discernible and stained with various dirt, motionless.

By the dim light coming in from the window and the flickering flame in Gu Wan's hand, they could see clearly—it was a woman.

Or rather, it is merely a shell that retains the outline of a woman.

His hair was dry and matted, like tangled weeds, and his cheeks were deeply sunken.

An arm, so thin it was just skin and bones, covered with alternating old and new bruises and scabbed wounds, hung limply outside the blanket.

Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was so faint it was almost imperceptible...

"Beasts! A bunch of beasts!" Wen Qing squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, his voice trembling with extreme anger.

Luo Xingyou and Gu Wan also gritted their teeth, their eyes instantly turning red, and they cursed under their breath.

Lu Nange didn't join in the cursing, but her fingers, hanging at her sides, tightened almost imperceptibly, her nails digging deep into her palms, bringing a sharp stinging pain, which was the only way to suppress the violent killing intent surging in her chest.

Perhaps because they heard an unfamiliar, female voice, the body on the bed moved very slightly.

Then, very slowly and with great difficulty, the woman turned her neck and "looked" toward the doorway.

What kind of eyes were those? Hollow, numb, and ashen, as if all the light had been drained away, leaving only boundless darkness.

Wen Qing, Luo Xingyou, Gu Wan and the others wanted to rush forward, but as they took a step, they subconsciously looked at Lu Nange.

Lu Nange nodded...

The group immediately rushed to the bedside as if they had been freed from their restraints.

"Don't be afraid, we're here to save you!" Gu Wan tried to soften her voice, even though it still carried barely suppressed anger.

The woman struggled to get up, but her movements were extremely weak.

As she struggled, the blanket slipped down even further, and Lu Nange and her group finally saw that she was completely naked!

Moreover, her limbs, wrists, and ankles were all firmly locked to the iron frame at the head of the bed by rough, cold chains!

The chains rubbed against the gaping wounds, leaving fresh bloodstains.

"Damn it! These beasts! They deserve to go to hell! To be torn to pieces!" Luo Xingyou finally couldn't hold back her tears and started cursing. Her voice was choked with sobs.

"You're worse than pigs and dogs!"

She manipulated her metal-based supernatural power, and with a few soft clicks, the chains opened.

Lu Nange silently took out water, soft bread, and a simple long dress from her spatial storage.

Wen Qing and Sang Yan approached cautiously.

They helped the woman up, one on each side, and when their fingertips touched the hard bones, Wen Qing's breath caught in her throat for a moment—the body was terrifyingly light.

They helped the woman put on the long dress, and the woman's body trembled uncontrollably.

Wen Qing unscrewed the water bottle, brought it to the woman's chapped lips, and after a few sips, a faint ripple seemed to appear in her bleak eyes.

It was only then that they saw that the woman's open mouth was empty—her tongue had been cut off at the root.

Wen Qing gently placed his hand on the woman's battered body. A soft, healing white light flowed from his palm, and wherever the light touched, the purplish bruises gradually faded, and the torn flesh slowly healed.

With red-rimmed eyes, Sang Yan held the woman's withered hand: "Don't be afraid, we're here to save you!"

Wen Qing: "We'll take you away, we'll definitely take you away from here."

However, after catching her breath, the woman used the flickering firelight in Gu Wan's hand to slowly scan Lu Nange's face and everyone else's face.

There was no joy in those eyes, only bottomless fear.

She suddenly raised her trembling hand, first pointing to herself, then shaking her head violently, as if trying to shake off something terrifying.

Then, she waved her hand repeatedly toward the door with all her might, her thin arms drawing anxious arcs in the air.

Her mouth was open, and broken "ah ah" sounds came from her throat. The expression on her face changed from numbness to anxiety, and even a pleading look.

Luo Xingyou: "Don't get agitated, we'll take you away right away! Don't be afraid!"

Yu Wei, who had been standing at the door, finally lost control.

She covered her mouth, tears seeping through her fingers, choking as she translated.

"She said...she said she'd had enough of living, and just let her die like this, please leave her alone!"

She said, "You all need to get out of here...get out of here! They'll find out soon...it'll be the end of you!"