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.
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