Xiao Cheng and Fang He waited for their chance in the room. Not long after, billowing yellow sand filled the air again outside.
Almost all the zombies in the building came out, and led by more than a dozen level-two zombies, they marched in a mighty procession toward the hunting grounds.
This time, A009 didn't follow them. Instead, she stood at the entrance of the building and watched the zombie horde grow smaller and smaller.
"Why are they so persistent?" Xiao Cheng stood at the window, watching the zombies disappear one by one into the sandstorm, and strangely saw a tragic grandeur in them.
"What, are you planning to delve deeper into the psychological process of a zombie?" Fang He said, while briefly checking Qiao Liao's physical condition. "You're still pretty lucky, you won't die for the time being."
"Studying his mental journey is just a way to farm more hidden points." Xiao Cheng let out a long sigh, sounding like a typical office worker. "When will he wake up? It's not good for him to stay unconscious. After all, it's one more person, one more source of strength."
"It's hard to say. Although there are many ways to forcibly wake a person from a coma, it's not very polite to treat someone who has just come back to life so cruelly, no matter which method you use," Fang He analyzed seriously.
His expression was so serious that Xiao Cheng couldn't tell for a moment whether he was being sarcastic or not.
Its main selling point is its sarcastic and unsettling tone.
“A009 has entered the building. He said he’s about to start the final stage of his research, so when do we make our move?” Xiao Cheng didn’t want to delay any longer. After all, Su Xin and Xu Chu were still locked up somewhere, but there was no doubt that if the two were still alive, they would most likely be the next test subjects.
"Wait a little longer." Fang He showed extreme patience at this moment. He opened the peephole and peered through it.
“There are zombies, three.” He deliberately lowered his voice. “They’re patrolling the stairwell. The door across the way is open, so there should be more inside. I’d conservatively estimate at least five.”
"Watching me so closely?" Xiao Cheng was shocked. "What happened to treating me like the queen insect?"
"Is it possible that they deliberately arranged for someone to protect you? After all, you're a frail insect queen, yet you're accompanied by two prisoners." Fang He moved away from the doorway and carefully screwed the peephole cover back on.
"Sorry, my role wasn't clearly defined." Xiao Cheng gave a half-hearted self-examination, then steered the conversation back on track, "So, seriously, when are we going to take action?"
"It's better to be lucky than to act early, so let's do it now." Fang He made the decision rather casually, and before he finished speaking, his hand was already on the doorknob.
"etc!"
An urgent voice suddenly rang out, and Xiao Cheng and Fang He stopped in their tracks, exchanged a glance, and then turned to look.
Qiao Liao had woken up at some point, and even sat up on his own. His glasses had fallen off, revealing empty and confused eyes, making him look completely out of the loop.
"Wait!" he repeated, frantically groping around with his hands. "Fang He and Xiao Cheng, is that you? Tell me, I should have died, why am I alive again?"
"Hmm...maybe it's because you weren't completely dead, and you were lucky enough to be saved by us?" Xiao Cheng asked, shocked and confused, seeing his utterly bewildered expression. "What's wrong? It's not like you were brought back to life, so why is this so hard to accept?"
But Qiao Liao seemed completely absorbed in his own world, muttering to himself in a daze, "No, this isn't right... This isn't what I saw, this is something beyond the prophecy... My eyes won't deceive me, the prophecy is wrong... Impossible, this has completely gone off track..."
"What the hell is this? A prophecy?" Xiao Cheng was completely bewildered. "So he really is a charlatan?"
"Whether he's a charlatan or not, I don't know. If this continues, he might go insane." Fang He decided to calm him down first, so he walked over, patted his shoulder hard, and looked directly into those strange eyes with slightly white pupils.
A hint of hesitation crossed Qiao Liao's face, but he eventually calmed down, blinking his eyes blankly as if trying to see something clearly.
“Look at me,” Fang He said in an unquestionable tone. “The prophecy was right, you are dead.”
Xiao Cheng: ??? Forced death, is that even possible?
But Qiao Liao clearly believed him, and relaxed visibly, even a faint smile of relief appearing on his face: "Indeed, my eyes do not deceive me, nor does the prophecy."
Xiao Cheng: "..." Wake up, buddy! I've been lying to you, buddy! From the eyes to the prophecy to Fang He, everything's been a lie, buddy!
"But," Fang He emphasized, continuing, "you, as the player, died before, but you, as an NPC, are still alive. Do you feel the difference?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Liao touched his body in a daze, then belatedly nodded in agreement, saying, "It's true, there is a difference."
Xiao Cheng: "..." Dude, the real you is indeed dead, you've been possessed, damn it!
"Yes, you sensed it. This is what's hidden behind the prophecy, what your eyes didn't tell you," Fang He concluded. "Do you know why this is happening?"
"It's because my abilities aren't enough. My master told me that before..."
“Wrong, completely wrong.” Fang He interrupted his self-analysis. “It’s the prophecy telling you that you need to learn to accept things beyond the prophecy. For example, that you are still alive.”
Xiao Cheng: !! So how did we get back to this point?!
But Qiao Liao had clearly processed his words and quickly calmed down, returning to his previous gentle and composed demeanor.
"Thank you, I understand." He stood up, meticulously straightening the wrinkles in his clothes, and then bowed deeply to Fang He. "My master warned me before he died that I would meet someone from beyond my destiny in a place beyond fate. Now that it has come true, my eyes will see what you want."
Xiao Cheng: "..." Suddenly it's so mystical, but it's really not strange at all.
Neither she nor Fang He expected Qiao Liao to actually see anything, nor did they expect him to help in this state. They just wanted him to regain his senses and not alert them when they were preparing to raid their base.
But completely unexpectedly, before they opened the door, Qiao Liao, who had returned to normal, spoke again, saying with certainty, "I saw it. They're inside the wall, and something is glowing."
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