Extra Chapter 23: How to Leave
Li Mu suddenly looked up and looked at the ceiling of the art room.
There was an old, rusty... skylight.
Because it was so high and covered in dirt, I hadn't noticed it before.
Right at this moment.
“Boom!!!”
The door of the art room was finally completely smashed down.
The red-clothed teacher and the terrifying mass of flesh, which was no longer recognizable as a dormitory manager and was formed by countless resentments and darkness, rushed in at the same time.
Boundless malice and icy hunger instantly filled the room.
Their target is clear - the commemorative album and the four people who know the truth.
Death comes.
However, at the moment when the terrifying flesh ball stretched out countless twisted arms to grab Li Mu——
"That's enough."
A calm yet majestic female voice resounded clearly in the art room.
Feng Tianning's figure appeared silently in front of Li Mu.
She didn't look at the yearbook, nor did she look at Li Mu. She just stared at the surging evil aggregate.
She simply raised her hand lightly, with a tiny, invisible chaotic airflow swirling around her fingertips, and lightly touched the horrible mass of flesh.
There were no earth-shattering explosions, no flashy light effects.
That invincible and terrifying mass of flesh, composed of countless resentments and part of "it"'s power, was like a bubble that had been punctured, or like snow that had encountered its absolute nemesis.
It let out an extremely sharp roar, full of unwillingness and fear, and then suddenly collapsed inward, dissipated, and turned into nothingness.
Along with the teacher in red, they disappeared in an instant like a wiped-off stain.
As if it never existed.
The entire art room fell into an eerie silence in an instant.
Only the heavy commemorative album was still in Li Mu's trembling hands.
Feng Tianning slowly turned around, his eyes swept over the four frightened people, and finally fell on the yearbook, his eyes complicated and incomprehensible.
"'It's' true form was temporarily repelled, but it did not perish. It was merely interrupted for a moment by this sudden intervention."
Her voice remained calm.
"The way out..."
She raised her hand and pointed at the high, grimy skylight.
"…it's there. But only for a short time."
Li Mu understood instantly.
"The highest place...light..."
He looked towards the skylight, and there seemed to be a faint, real light coming through from outside, no longer the fake lights inside the school.
"Let's go!" He no longer hesitated and held the yearbook tightly in his arms.
"Gao Meng! Build a human ladder."
Gao Meng immediately squatted down, and Li Mu stepped on his shoulders, struggling upwards, using all his strength to push open the rusty skylight.
A clearer, colder air belonging to the real world rushed in.
It was... dark outside, but I could see the lights of the city in the distance.
"Hurry up!"
Li Mu shouted to Zhao Sha and Wang Ke below.
Zhao Sha climbed up first with Gao Meng's help. When it was Wang Ke's turn, he hesitated. He looked at the commemorative album in Li Mu's arms, then looked outside, his eyes full of desire, but also a hint of deep fear.
“…Are there any other schools like this out there…?” he asked tremblingly.
"I don't know." Li Mu roared.
"But if you stay you will die. Let's go!"
Wang Ke finally gritted his teeth and was pushed forward by Li Mu and Gao Meng.
Li Mu was the last one to climb out of the skylight with the help of Gao Meng.
Gao Meng suddenly jumped up, grabbed the edge, and climbed up with difficulty.
The four of them stood on the cold, rubble-covered roof of the teaching building.
The night wind caressed their hot cheeks, and the lights of the city in the distance were like a galaxy of hope.
They lowered their heads and looked at the skylight entrance - it was becoming blurry and illusory at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it was about to close again.
And below the entrance that was about to close, in the art room, Feng Tianning was still standing there quietly.
She raised her head and looked at the four people on the roof, and the corners of her mouth seemed to curl up in a very faint, imperceptible arc.
Then, she turned and faced the mural in the art room, which was once again gathering darkness and resentment, and more twisted figures slowly emerging from the shadows...
The skylight completely closed and disappeared.
The roof beneath my feet returned to normal, solid ground.
They... came out?
The four of them collapsed on the cold roof, looking at the real night sky, holding the heavy commemorative album of blood and tears, their bodies exhausted, with only violent heartbeats and a sense of loss as if they were in another world.
The cold air from the rooftop filled my lungs, carrying with it the dust and chill unique to city nights, so real it almost brought tears to my eyes.
In the distance, in the direction of the special case team headquarters, several strong searchlights cut through the night sky and were rapidly approaching Yucai Middle School.
The sound of rescue now sounded like the sound of nature.
The people from the special case team have finally arrived.
The sound of rescue now sounded like the sound of nature.
Li Mu held the commemorative album wrapped in rough brown paper tightly in his arms, like a piece of ice and a branding iron.
A reminder of the cruel truth of the hell they had just escaped.
Gao Meng was the first to struggle to sit up. He looked towards the place where the skylight had disappeared before - there was only an ordinary roof surface there now, as if everything just now was just a collective hallucination.
But the blackness on his fist and the faint sweet and rotten smell that had not yet completely dissipated in the air stubbornly proved the reality of the nightmare.
Zhao Sha hugged her knees and buried her face in them, her shoulders twitching slightly and her sobs intermittently.
Wang Ke curled up on the side, staring at the lights of the city in the distance with empty eyes, his face expressionless, as if part of his soul had remained in that art room forever.
Soon, several vertical take-off and landing aircraft with the special case team logo hovered precisely above the school, and strong beams of light illuminated the entire roof.
The logistics and medical personnel, fully armed and wearing special protective clothing, quickly rappelled down, their movements professional and efficient.
"Four newcomers have been found who have escaped. Their vital signs are stable, but they show signs of mental contamination."
Someone quickly reported through the communicator.
A gentle but unquestionable voice sounded in their ears:
"Relax, you are safe. Now you need to cooperate with the basic decontamination and isolation procedures to prevent the spread of residual contamination."
Li Mu felt the cold disinfectant spray covering his whole body, and a strange energy field swept over him, dispelling the attached cold feeling.
He and Gao Meng passively cooperated to raise their arms, and Zhao Sha and Wang Ke were also carefully helped up by medical staff.
No one resisted. The tremendous fatigue and trauma almost made them lose the ability to think.
They were carefully placed in the isolation cabin of the aircraft, and through the small porthole, they could see the Yucai Primary School below, bathed in searchlights.
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