Only after the white-coated figure completely disappeared from the elevator entrance did Xia Guang breathe a sigh of relief. She loosened her grip, and with a thud, Si Rui fainted to the ground. Xia Guang was immediately at a loss and dumbfounded.
At the end of the corridor, a few people who were already prepared to act according to circumstances heard the commotion and hurriedly came out.
Xie Xiaoxian took the lead, reaching out to pinch Si Rui's philtrum hard, forcing her to wake up in time to avoid being confronted by the white coat again.
She gripped him tightly, and Si Rui indeed slowly woke up. However, her face was pale and she was covered in cold sweat, indicating that she was too weak to even hold on.
"Quickly, quickly, carry her inside!" Xie Xiaoxian called out to the group.
With the help of four men, they lifted the dizzy girl back to her original room.
Cheng Shuang and Du Jun followed at the back and locked the door.
Once inside, Xia Guang squatted in a corner, slapping her head in frustration. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! If it weren't for me, Si Rui wouldn't have gotten hurt!"
"Whether it's strange or not, what exactly happened?" Shao Yang, the oldest and calmest of them all, reassured Xia Guang, "Your companions still need you to finish the journey. It's not too late to reflect on your actions once you're safe!"
Xia Guang wiped his face, looked at Si Rui who was watching him with concern, and nodded with reddened eyes.
Si Rui was in poor condition and was immediately spotted by the doctor in white coats when she was injured, so she was unable to take medicine to treat her wounds in time.
Without asking if there were any more medicines in Si Rui's spatial storage, Xia Guang took out a red pill and a white pill and handed them over.
Si Rui did not refuse. After her body was mostly restored in an instant, she mustered her strength and told him what had happened.
It turned out that Si Rui's room was on the third floor and didn't have a balcony, so Xia Guang switched rooms with her that night. It was originally a trivial matter, but an unexpected accident occurred early in the morning.
Xia Guang's schedule was less regular than Si Rui's. The two agreed that Si Rui would knock on the door on the third floor after getting up, and then they would go to the buffet restaurant together. However, as Si Rui turned around to get the newspaper, she was suddenly hit on the head with a club, and before she knew it, she was pushed into a room next door.
She was already dizzy and hadn't reacted yet. When she entered the room, it was pitch black. She heard a sound like a wild beast's howl, and a foul stench hit her. She felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and fainted from the pain.
In the instant she fainted, she heard someone speaking at the door.
The man said, "It seems the things in this room are not to be trifled with."
Another person chimed in, "Forget it, they're not the person we're looking for anyway!"
The people inside fell silent.
Although it's only two sentences, it reveals so much that it leaves one's thoughts in disarray.
The healing effect of the white pill varies depending on the severity of the injury. Si Rui's wound almost penetrated her abdomen, and a single pill would only have a cure rate of at most fifty percent.
Xie Xiaoxian helped her disinfect the wound with alcohol, while Cheng Shuang acted as her assistant, handing her gauze and medicine.
The wound is in the lower abdomen.
The five claw-like finger holes resemble human fingers, but are sharper and more pointed than ordinary human hands.
For an ordinary person, such injuries that damaged their internal organs and encountered an unknown monster would almost certainly lead to death. However, Si Rui had passed through several reincarnation gates and her physical fitness had greatly improved. She managed to hold her breath and remain silent the moment she woke up, climbing out of that dangerous room without disturbing the unknown monster inside.
Unfortunately, Si Rui, who had finally escaped, was greeted by two people in white coats.
If Xia Guang hadn't known Si Rui for a long time and was familiar with her as a person who keeps her promises, and hadn't sensed something was wrong and rushed over, Si Rui would probably have been dragged away by the doctor in the white coat long ago.
"Shuangshuang, thank you!" Si Rui's injuries stabilized, and she took Cheng Shuang's hand, her eyes slightly moist as she thanked her.
The little girl was a bit embarrassed, scratching her cheek, "It was just a coincidence, I didn't expect it to actually work!"
It was no coincidence. The little girl had no idea what a woman's monthly period was like, and even elementary school students' physiology and hygiene classes couldn't explain how much menstrual flow there was.
Logically speaking, the bloodstains on Si Rui's clothes were almost as bad as a hemorrhage.
"Is the person they're looking for me?" A thought suddenly flashed through Xia Guang's mind, who had been silently pondering. His expression turned serious, a card between his fingers. "Could it be because of this card? I was originally staying in this room, and Si Rui suffered an undeserved misfortune because of me." He gritted his teeth, seething with hatred. "If I find out who it is, I will never forgive them!"
"So, they shouldn't be the maintainers." Shao Yang frowned. "The maintainers' methods aren't that simple." Of course, risking offending people for a card of unknown star rating is something most maintainers wouldn't do.
"Then why don't they come to me?" Cheng Shuang asked, tilting her head. A little kid who received a prize from the line art should be more eye-catching and easier to deal with than other adults.
Xia Guang's gaze swept over Du Jun and the other two. "There are more of you, and you even took you back to your room, so you have fewer opportunities to make a move."
Xie Xiaoxian nodded, "Yes, Shaoyang and I share a room." She looked at Du Jun and said with certainty, "You three young men are on the same floor, right?"
"They really are picking on the weak." Hei Zishan scoffed coldly.
Soft Persimmon in the Dawn: If this were on land, you'd see an army of insects :)
"What exactly is in the house next door?" Lie Fu was more concerned about this unknown danger. "Why do those people seem to want to go in even though they know there's something wrong with the house?"
"Or else..." Kuroko's eyes lit up, eager to try.
Cheng Shuang and Du Jun naturally understood Hei Zishan's meaning, because they shared the same thought. Without the lure of profit, no one would be willing to take the risk; there must be both gains and dangers in some rooms.
Shao Yang glanced at his wife, and seeing her nod, he agreed, "We should indeed investigate this."
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