The one closest to her seemed to have died recently. Yan Qing watched as he stared longingly at a thigh that had been squeezed onto the ceiling.
It's not hard to tell from the pained look in his eyes that the leg was his.
To her surprise, she recognized this person! It was Xiao Shuo, whom she had worked with before.
However, Xiao Shuo seemed to be out of his mind. Apart from muttering to himself about finding his leg, he did not show any familiarity with Yan Qing.
On the contrary, in the depths of the corridor far away from her, many strangely shaped spirits seemed to be more lucid.
Without exception, all of them revealed an extremely covetous look in their eyes.
"Big sister, they're after you!" Xiao Tao suddenly exclaimed, striking a fierce pose at the ghostly spirits.
"What are you looking at? If you look again, I'll wipe you all out!"
These words were incredibly powerful, and everyone instantly began to tremble.
Little Peach is awesome!
Yan Qing observed for a while and noticed something was wrong. "The closer they get to the end of the corridor, the clearer their minds become, which means there must be something there."
She decided to go and see. With the Heavenly Dice clearing the way, all the souls that encountered the golden light emitted by the dice immediately rushed wildly to both sides like fire. In this way, Yan Qing slowly arrived at the end of the corridor.
There was only a bare wall there, with nothing on it.
Yan Qing was not giving up; there must be something here. The Heaven and Earth Dice on her wrist seemed to sense something as well, automatically emitting a beam of red light that pointed to a certain spot on the wall.
Yan Qing took out a small hammer and started smashing it against the wall.
"Bang—bang—bang—"
In the quiet night, the sound seemed exceptionally loud, yet it appeared that no one in the entire building came out.
The wall looked very old, and a small dent was easily made by tapping it. After cleaning away the grayish-white plaster, Yan Qing found a very small box.
It's hard to tell what material it's made of, but it feels quite heavy in my hand. It's considerably heavier than ordinary metal.
A groove on the box caught her attention. Judging by its position, it appeared to be a diamond-shaped square.
This was a real problem. The only red pebble she had was confirmed to be the key to the underground laboratory. Now, with this metal box appearing, she was completely helpless.
"Big sister, I know how to open it."
Xiao Tao's voice startled her. Turning around, she saw Xiao Tao take out an identical metal box from her ever-present red cloth bag and hand it to her with a smile.
"Big sister, I have the key."
She remembered that Xiao Tao had brought this metal box from the temple, the place where Xiao Zhonglin and his wife were buried. It was the only thing she had brought with her.
Yan Qing was somewhat moved. She finally understood what Xiao Boqian meant when he said "The end is on the way here" before he died.
It turns out that the mandatory task of sending Xiaotao to meet her uncle was actually a hidden reward for completing the game! The reward was the key she held.
Yan Qing opened the metal box with a complicated expression. Inside, a rhombus-shaped ruby lay quietly.
When I placed it on the groove, it fit perfectly.
After opening the box, inside was a transparent test tube. Inside the test tube was less than ten milliliters of iridescent liquid. Its shimmering light was breathtakingly beautiful.
Upon seeing it, Yan Qing's first thought was of Mu Yang's pool of blood, where his entire body had been dissolved and left only with bare clothes.
Such a gruesome death is shocking to behold.
She was hesitant to drink it.
Seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, Xiao Tao couldn't help but urge her, "Big sister, hurry up and drink it! This is a good thing!"
To be honest, Yan Qing was really hesitant to try it, but from the moment the test tube appeared, all the strange spirits around her seemed to go crazy and desperately rushed towards it.
"How dare you! Are you out of your minds?!" Xiao Tao suddenly became furious. Without her even making a move, the first few souls that rushed towards the test tube instantly turned to ash.
This scene did indeed shock many souls, but they were only stunned for a moment. When they saw the colorful liquid in the test tube, they all began to rush towards Yan Qing without regard for their lives.
Unable to bear it any longer, Yan Qing activated the "Nana's Blessing" necklace once again. As soon as the blue protective shield appeared, all the souls were isolated outside the shield.
Xiao Tao couldn't stand it anymore. "Big sister, drink it quickly, otherwise it will disappear completely in a while, and then someone else will benefit from it!"
Yan Qing then noticed that the colorful liquid in the test tube was inexplicably dissipating little by little. The air was filled with colorful light, and the souls closest to her all looked on with longing.
"Fine, let's take a gamble!" Anyway, Xiao Tao would never harm her. So Yan Qing didn't say another word and tilted her head back to pour the whole thing into her mouth.
"No—no—!!"
The air was filled with cries of anguish; as the spirits watched their possession vanish, they instantly erupted into a frenzy.
"Oh no, it's not safe here, run!"
Xiao Tao took the lead, grabbed Yan Qing's arm, and ran downstairs. With the treasure gone, the souls were completely freed from their restraints.
Nowadays, dormitory buildings have become the most dangerous places.
Yan Qing was completely overwhelmed by pain at this moment. Her whole body felt like it was on fire, as if she would be burned to ashes at any moment.
However, she was very determined. After using up her last bit of strength to run out of the dormitory building, she finally collapsed weakly into Xiao Tao's arms.
Behind them, the entire dormitory building instantly turned into a living hell, with only screams echoing everywhere.
Inside the sanatorium building, the woman in white emerged at some point. She stared silently in the direction of the medical staff dormitory, a strange expression on her face.
"Could it be that I've missed something?"
Her response was still a chorus of screams.
Yan Qing and Xiao Tao simply vanished from the sanatorium. No matter how many people the woman in white sent to search, they could never find them.
When Yan Qing woke up again, she found herself lying on an extremely luxurious bed.
That's not right. She remembered that when she last lost consciousness, she should have been at the entrance of the dormitory building. How did she suddenly end up in such a strange place?
Could it be that she has entered a new instance again?
However, there was no notification sound for the dungeon in my mind, so I must still be in Wenshan Sanatorium.
Yan Qing looked around at the furnishings; it was a rather luxurious room.
The room was furnished in a Chinese style, but every single item was priceless. The large bed she was lying on was made entirely of Phoebe zhennan wood.
Golden nanmu wood is so valuable that an inch of it is worth its weight in gold. Moreover, the grain and texture reveal that it comes from the same tree, making this ancient tree of such age even more priceless.
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