Chapter 9 Hide and Seek
◎You met a group of pig teammates◎
Gu Nian ran all the way to the 27th floor according to the room number the aunt said. Before he entered, he smelled a strong smell of blood. When he pushed open the door, his brows frowned.
The glaring red almost turned the corridor into a sea of blood.
There were pieces of meat all over the ground, and blood was splattered and dripping from the ceiling. It was like hell on earth.
Gu Nian walked in with a solemn expression. The sticky feeling under her feet made her very uncomfortable, but she didn't have the mind to pay attention to these at the moment. She looked at a half-open door not far away and quickened her pace.
There were messy bloody handprints on the half-open door, and drag marks on the ground. It seemed that someone wanted to hide in there, but obviously, he did not succeed.
Gu Nian pushed the door open and it was quiet inside.
The lights in the living room were not on, only a ray of light came through the crack of the bedroom door not far away. Gu Nian moved his fingers, and the black line swam out silently.
The bedroom door was unlocked and opened easily. When Gu Nian took in the layout inside, she was stunned. This room was exactly the same as the main personality's room in her dream.
She subconsciously looked towards the bed and, as expected, saw the person lying on it. The bedroom was clean and there was no blood on the bed. It seemed that the monster had not come in, and Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
She walked to the bedside and glanced at the person lying there. It was indeed the main personality. The other person also opened his eyes at this moment, his gaze as indifferent as in the dream.
But in the dream she was always wearing a mask and a cloak, so the other party probably didn't recognize her.
Gu Nian said: "Are you Xie Han? I'm here to save you."
The young man on the bed showed no joy at being rescued. He just nodded coldly without asking anything, as if he didn't care about anything.
Gu Nian didn't say much. She looked around and asked, "Is there no wheelchair?" Generally speaking, if someone has mobility issues, there should be a wheelchair at home. Gu Nian didn't find it in the bedroom and was about to go out to look for it when she heard the person on the bed say, "No."
After saying that, he fell silent again.
As a psychiatrist, Gu Nian had some experience with adolescent mental health. He knew that even a normal adult, after experiencing a monster slaughtering multiple people just outside a door, would be psychologically affected, let alone a paralyzed teenager. Furthermore, this teenager had been left behind.
Gu Nian didn't continue looking for a wheelchair and said directly: "Then I'll carry you."
Because she had recited it in her dreams before, this time it was easy. When she reached out to help the boy up from the bed, Gu Nian's fingers suddenly touched a wet spot on the pillow. She paused for a moment, then carried the boy on her back as if nothing had happened.
Before leaving, Gu Nian kindly reminded him, "You can close your eyes."
The person behind him didn't move.
Gu Nian didn't say anything else, but on the way out, he grabbed a coat from the hanger and put it on the two of them. Blood was still dripping from the ceiling of the corridor, making it look a bit dirty.
Stepping on the sticky ground, Gu Nian carried the boy on his back and left the 27th floor. On the way down, he met the people coming up from behind. The others had to continue to investigate how many people had died. Just then, Flathead Brother followed behind and stayed to help carry the boy.
Gu Nian wasn’t actually that tired, but she didn’t refuse in the end.
The two men took turns carrying the person to the fourth floor, where someone was already waiting. Seeing the two men carrying the person down, the building manager went to find a family with an elderly person and borrowed a wheelchair.
People around who heard about this incident began to scold the nanny, and many people came forward to express their concern, but in the end they were scared back because of Xie Han's aloof expression.
Gu Nian asked the flat-headed brother to stay and explain the situation on the 27th floor to everyone, and he pushed everyone to a temporarily vacant room.
Turning on the light in the room, Gu Nian asked, "Would you like something to eat or drink?"
The young man, who had been silent all the way, raised his head with a cold expression: "You don't have to help me because of Lu Yiming. I have nothing to do with him."
Gu Nian was stunned for a moment, then raised an eyebrow: "You recognized me?"
She had never mentioned her identity before, and the name she had reported before was Xie Han. The other party's tone was so confident, he must have recognized the identity in her dream.
Xie Han looked at her: "Your height, build, tone of voice, gait, every action you take reveals your identity. Besides, I was just deceiving you."
This was the longest sentence the other person had ever said after Gu Nian found him.
Gu Nian was not angry, but instead became interested.
At the beginning, she was indeed concerned about the main personality because she wanted to repay the black-haired boy's favor, but this does not mean that she is completely uninterested in the main personality. You have to know that this is a ruthless person who split himself into dozens of personalities to fight pollution.
Simply put, it's genius.
Gu Nian nodded: "You are very smart."
Since you are so smart, you can use your intelligence and talents to contribute a little to the collective, so as to avoid worrying about too many things at such a young age.
Gu Nian walked over to the sofa next to the wheelchair and sat down. "You probably guessed what's going on now. It's still dark outside, and a monster has appeared in the building. We're trapped here."
Xie Han didn’t understand why the topic suddenly turned here. His eyes were very clear, so what?
Gu Nian didn't pretend not to see it and continued, "Since you're on the 27th floor, you should have heard the monster's song. I initially thought this was a game of hide-and-seek. The monster eats once an hour, so what we have to do is hide when the monster appears."
At this point, Gu Nian frowned, "But the pattern of monster appearances has changed since then. Perhaps it's because we've violated some taboo. We can put that aside for now. The important thing is that the monsters aren't as strong as we imagined. To be more precise, they're just transformed from corpses, so they're very weak. We can defeat them."
Even without her, as long as people unite, they may still have a chance of survival.
There's a sense of ambivalence about the whole thing.
Xie Han didn't care at first, but as Gu Nian revealed more and more clues, he began to think about it. He had been staying in the room the whole time, and although he had guessed some things, they were not so detailed.
Gu Nian asked, "Do you feel that there is something wrong with this?"
Xie Han was successfully diverted from the topic. After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "That's indeed not right."
He looked at Gu Nian and said, "It's true that things are wrong, but you did the right thing. Bringing people together is indeed the easiest way to pass this game. However..."
Before he could finish his words, a flat-headed man ran in from outside, shouting in despair, "They came down from the 27th floor. Thirteen people died this time!"
Xie Han finished his words calmly: "But, you met a bunch of stupid teammates."
Flathead Brother: “…” Seriously?
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