After removing the exhaust fan, Xia Linyin crawled into the ceiling above, moving on all fours in the narrow space. A series of loud, clattering noises came from below. Xia Linyin crawled over and looked down into the ward through the gaps in the exhaust fan.

It was that big, goofy guy who liked to clap his hands and say "yes" to everything he saw during the day. Two nurses pounced on him like ferocious beasts, pinning him to the ground. Another nurse held a syringe in both hands, grinning maliciously as she prepared to stab the needle into his body.

The strong, muscular man roared, the veins on his forehead bulging menacingly, the muscles on his arms bulging like hard rocks. With a sudden burst of strength, he swung his ape-like arm and flung one of the nurses who was pressing down on him away. The nurse crashed heavily into the wall and fell to the ground.

The other nurse was grabbed and thrown violently, her body hitting the cold, hard hospital bed. The bed moved a distance before rolling to the ground with a loud thud.

With a roar, he threw another punch at the nurse holding the syringe. His fist, filled with rage, slammed heavily into her face, and several bloody teeth flew out of her mouth.

Logically, after receiving such a heavy punch, the nurse should have been clutching her mouth in pain and unable to stand up. However, the nurse seemed oblivious to the pain. After regaining her balance, she opened her mouth, which was stained with blood, and charged towards the man with a sinister laugh, holding a syringe in her hand.

The two nurses who had fallen to the ground quickly scrambled over and grabbed the man who was almost at the door, holding onto his legs tightly on either side.

The man raised and kicked, but the force was so great that he couldn't kick away the nurse who was clinging tightly to his calf.

The two nurses stuck to his legs like the strongest plaster.

The nurse holding the syringe rushed over from behind. The man bent down to avoid the sharp needle, grabbed the syringe, and swung his fist at the nurse.

Just then, one of the nurses who was holding the man's leg suddenly lifted up and bit the man's crotch. Her fierce eyes and vicious strength made people's scalps tingle.

"Hiss—" Xia Linyin gasped as she looked down at the man with bulging eyes, prominent veins on his forehead, and a face as red as liver.

Just looking at it makes me feel pain.

The man who was bitten in the groin immediately lost most of his fighting ability. When he was in so much pain that he almost fainted, three nurses tackled him to the ground again and pressed him down on top of him.

The man, who no longer had the strength to overturn the nurse who was pressing down on him, could only watch helplessly as the needle got closer and closer to him.

The man's eyes were filled with intense resentment and anger. Even though he had no strength left, he was still struggling to break free from the oppression he was under.

Those bloodshot eyes seemed to burn with a raging flame, fueling his desire to live. He didn't want to die! He wanted to live!

That intense desire to survive made Xia Linyin's blood boil, even though she knew it was all fake, that the people in front of her were fake, just something constructed in Xiao Li's mental world.

But when you're actually there, everything around you feels incredibly real; the people's pain and fear are real.

This man's desire to survive is genuine! Here, he is a living, breathing human being!

However, Xia Linyin also knew that her current physical condition was no different from that of an ordinary person. In order to prevent her from arousing Xiaoli's strong rejection of foreign objects before she entered Xiaoli's mental world, Su Yu lowered all the data that were increased by the X virus.

So that she could better enter Xiao Li's mental world.

Just as Xia Linyin was hesitating whether to go down and help the man, her body reacted before her brain could.

Xia Linyin jumped down, rolled over to her feet, and just before the black liquid was about to be injected into the man's body, she slammed a stool leg into the nurse's wrist. Although she didn't have the same strength as in reality, the blow was still quite heavy.

She was still skilled, and every move she made was fast, accurate, and ruthless, hitting the vital points. Xia Linyin swung the bench leg and slammed it hard on the nurse's knee joint, then kicked the nurse in the chest, sending her flying.

The appearance of Xia Linyin brought a glimmer of hope to the man's eyes. With her help, the pressure was suddenly relieved, and the man, now free to vent his resentment and pain, focused all his anger and pain on his fists.

He swung his fists, venting his anger by punching the nurses repeatedly until several of them were lying on the ground, unrecognizable.

Seeing that the three nurses had lost their ability to move, Xia Linyin stopped fighting and turned to run out the door.

Seeing Xia Linyin leave, the man hurriedly followed. He struggled to keep up with her pace, hissing and gasping for breath, his features contorted in pain.

Xia Linyin turned to look at him, glanced at the man's blood-stained crotch, and said, "You'd better find somewhere to get it bandaged up quickly. The medicine room is over there. I'm going to find someone, you don't need to come with me."

Out of the corner of their eye, they saw a nurse covered in blood dragging her broken legs as she crawled out of the ward, wriggling like a worm, stretching out her hands in their direction with a smile on her lips.

It's as if they're saying, "You can't escape, you can't escape, I'm going to catch you."

Xia Linyin felt a chill run down her spine and became even more eager to find Xiao Li.

Withdrawing her gaze, Xia Linyin gave the man a quick glimpse of her departing back.

Only after Xia Linyin was out of sight did the man cover his groin and walk toward the medicine room.

The handsome young man sat against the headboard, his slender white fingers turning the pages of a book. His soft black hair was smooth and silky, and he exuded a quiet aura that was different from the noise outside the room. He seemed to be completely immersed in the book, undisturbed in the slightest.

Even though the banging on the door was incessant, even though the door was almost smashed down by the frantic nurses, even though screams and cries filled the room.

With a loud bang, the ward door was finally smashed open by the nurse with a fire axe. The nurse, whose uniform was stained with blood and bits of flesh, walked step by step toward Xiao Li with the axe in hand.

A strong smell of blood wafted in, and the boy frowned slightly. As the nurse raised the fire axe to chop at him, the boy sat up and got out of bed. His movements seemed perfectly natural, as if he were just getting up and putting on his shoes as usual, but the nurse's axe missed its mark.

As the nurse raised the axe to chop at him again, a bed sheet was wrapped around her neck, pulling her backward.

After the girl pulled the nurse to the bedside, she tied the other end of the sheet to the bed frame. The whole process was done in one go, clean and efficient.

Then, the girl ran over and took his hand.

...

Hmm? You took his hand?