Yue Qi took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the blood from her hands. His gaze then fell on the dark figure, his expression filled with undisguised desolation.
"Remember? I told you that I came down the mountain to find someone on orders from my sect after completing my apprenticeship."
Yan Qing knew this; it was mentioned in the book "The End of the World," that he had come down the mountain on his master's orders to find his senior brother. But wasn't the senior brother he was referring to Mu Yang?
What she's experiencing now is quite different from what's in the book. In the original book, Yue Qi's senior brother only reunited with her at the very end when he became the main villain.
In reality, they have already encountered Mu Yang. Although he has many strange traits, he is currently a real, living person.
Why is Yue Qi so indifferent to a living, breathing person, but so heartbroken over a strange, shadowy monster?
Yue Qi looked at her and nodded, then continued, "You probably thought the person I was looking for was Mu Yang, right?"
"No, the person I'm really looking for is it—" Yue Qi pointed to the shadowy monster, his tone unusually calm.
“He is my senior brother. As for that Mu Yang, he is just a traitorous fellow disciple who stole things.”
What?! Yan Qing turned her head sharply, and the dark, monster-like figure's tears fell even more profusely. It was actually true? This monster—no, Yue Qi's senior brother—could actually understand their language!
"Senior brother, I know you understand." Yue Qi's eyes involuntarily welled up with tears. He reached up and touched his eyes, his tone sounding very firm.
"Did Mu Yang cause you to become like this?"
The shadow on the wall didn't move; it neither nodded nor shook its head. Instead, it began to struggle with all its might to try and squeeze into the wall.
Yan Qing naturally couldn't let him escape like that. She gripped the sphere in her hand tightly, and the green light gradually increased, binding the dark figure tightly and preventing him from escaping at all.
Yue Qi gradually became anxious. He said loudly, "Senior brother, it's no use denying it. We grew up together. No matter what you look like, I will recognize you!"
"So, senior brother, can you tell me what exactly happened? What did that guy surnamed Mu do to you?!"
The enormous black shadow began to shake its head frantically, its three heads trying to open their mouths simultaneously, but no sound came out. Instead, the very act of trying to speak seemed to cause the entire shadow to endure extreme pain.
"Yue Qi, your senior brother is being controlled. He can't say anything right now." Seeing this, Yan Qing couldn't bear to let him suffer any longer. She put away the sphere in her hand.
The next moment, the huge black shadow swiftly disappeared into the wall and vanished again.
Yue Qi was a step too slow and watched helplessly as the dark figure fled quickly, leaving only a dark exit in the place.
"Yan Qing, why—?" He found it hard to understand her thoughts. "We've already caught him. All we need to do is ask him what happened, and everything will be clear."
“Yue Qi, that’s your senior brother.” Yan Qing’s gaze fell on the black marks covering the wall, a dense array of handprints and footprints. Because they were in the dark, they couldn’t make out the colors on the wall, but Yan Qing understood perfectly well.
—That must have been a wall covered in bright red, every mark representing the blood and tears of Yue Qi's senior brother's tenacious struggle.
Even though he can no longer be considered human, he still uses his remaining willpower to protect this place, even transforming himself into a source of pollution.
His purpose was clear: this place must hold a secret he wanted to tell the guardian. Therefore, he would absolutely not leave this place.
Yan Qing told Yue Qi what was on her mind, and after calming down, Yue Qi also understood the point. However, they had indeed searched, but couldn't find anything of value.
In the end, the two could only sigh in tacit agreement, take one last look at the fire escape, and then turn and step into the small hole.
Yan Qing followed behind Yue Qi, and just as she was about to lower her head, something light and airy suddenly fell on her head. In the darkness, she didn't have time to see what it was; she could only slip it into her pocket and continue walking without looking back.
The fire escape exit led directly to the elevator entrance on the first floor. Next to it was a black elevator with a "Out of Service" sign. Yan Qing remembered that was the only passage Chen Qi had mentioned leading to the underground laboratory.
Based on their current understanding, they absolutely dare not go to the underground laboratory rashly; otherwise, what awaits them is a cold corpse.
When the two returned to their dormitory building, they could hear a commotion coming from outside, which surprised her greatly.
"Yue Qi, listen, doesn't it sound like a lot of people have come outside again?" Yan Qing asked uncertainly.
Yue Qi was quite certain, "That's right, the next batch of adventurers is coming. It seems we're already relics of the past!"
"But that's not right. Wasn't it said that only one group of adventurers would enter every three days? Today is clearly the second day!"
Yue Qi couldn't figure this out either, but judging from the commotion outside, the adventurers probably wouldn't be able to get in anytime soon.
He looked up at the sky outside; after all this commotion, the sun had already set.
He suddenly had a ridiculous idea: could it be that this new batch of adventurers was going to come in late at night?
Yan Qing wasn't focused on these people; she still had something in her arms! Her immediate priority was to get back to her dorm and check things out first.
So she hurriedly dragged Yue Qi back to the dormitory. As they passed the entrance to the first floor of the dormitory, she suddenly noticed that there was a new administrator position in the dormitory this time.
A bright and cheerful girl, dressed in a staff uniform with a "dormitory manager" sign around her neck, greeted them with a smile.
"Brother Yue, we meet again."
Damn it, this person is none other than Chen Qi, whom they threw into the fire escape.
But how could someone who was unconscious just half an hour ago suddenly appear in front of them perfectly fine, as if by magic?
Also, if she remembered correctly, wasn't this person in a state of being half-dead before? Even if he recovered, isn't it a bit too fast for him to go from being half-dead to being lively and energetic?
Yue Qi tugged at her hand, signaling her to act more natural. Yan Qing thought about it and agreed; this Chen Qi clearly had ill intentions. Since Chen Qi could put on an act, she couldn't fall behind!
The more Chen Qi wanted something, the more Yan Qing would deliberately prevent her from getting it!
So she affectionately linked her arm with Yue Qi's and said coquettishly, "I don't know where this wild pheasant came from, making such a racket here! Brother Yue, don't mind her, let's go!"
Yan Qing pulled Yue Qi away affectionately, leaving Chen Qi, whose face was ashen, hopping mad on the spot.
"You despicable bitch! Just you wait!"
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