62 Her Monster Friend
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The past two days have been neither long nor short.
In order to conserve their energy, the players basically did not engage in any activities other than lying down. At this point, simple sleep can no longer improve their condition. Even if they sleep for a long time, they still feel tired.
Beyond that, there’s hunger.
"Am I still alive?" Zhu Lan lay on the ground, with his palms pressed against his abdomen, which was dry and flat, with no food inside except water.
"Still alive." Lu Jin, who was sitting next to her, spoke up weakly, "How long will it take before we can go downstairs?"
"Three hours." Wu Shanyue looked at her watch. This period of waiting felt like a year. The underground, where no sunlight could penetrate all year round, was damp, cold, and extremely quiet. They could hardly feel the passage of time.
People are prone to hallucinations when in extreme situations. Xu Gui, standing nearby, shook his head and said in pain, "I just thought I saw my mother. I'm so hungry. I really want to eat the food she cooks."
"Me too." Wu Shanyue's eyes became moist again.
"Axue..." She glanced sideways at Qi Qiuxue beside her. Ever since Li Yiqing entered the cell, Qi Qiuxue had been sitting in front of the door and had never left. She didn't know if she had slept during this period. Whenever she looked at her, Qi Qiuxue was always awake.
She was afraid that she had damaged her body due to excessive grief, so she deliberately asked her, "Are you okay?"
After she finished speaking, Qi Qiuxue looked over. Her body temperature was still burning hot due to the fever, and even her cheeks were obviously flushed. If it were in the real world, she would have to be treated as soon as possible after having a fever for so long. But at this moment, there were no such conditions to heal her body. Not only that, she didn't even have the most basic food supply.
Even so, Qi Qiuxue still said calmly: "I'm fine."
“…”
Wu Shanyue pursed her lips, silently looked away, and sighed softly in a voice that Qi Qiuxue couldn't hear.
Time continued to pass, and it seemed like a long time had passed before it was finally time for them to go downstairs.
Qi Qiuxue seemed to have calculated the time long ago. She stood up without waiting for Wu Shanyue to remind her. She took a deep breath, gripped the bone knife tightly in her hand, and swiped the card to unlock the door.
"Just wait outside." She said only this and stepped into the room.
The cell was covered with scratch marks, one after another, horrifying and shocking. The marks looked very new, as if they had been left not long ago.
Qi Qiuxue saw Li Yiqing curled up in the corner. Compared to the last time they met, her skin color had obviously become much paler, so pale that it was sickly and even transparent.
The light blue veins on her cheeks and neck were clearly crisscrossed, making her look like she had lost half of her humanity. Her hair was messy, soaked with sweat, and stuck to her skin in a disorderly manner. Qi Qiuxue moved her gaze to her arms and fingertips, which were covered with dried blood. It was obvious how violently Li Yiqing had struggled before.
But even so, Qi Qiuxue outside the cell did not hear any sound. Li Yiqing on the other side of the wall was always patient, not wanting people outside to hear any noise that would disturb their minds.
Qi Qiuxue looked carefully in the light and found the bite wound and residual blood on the corner of Li Yiqing's lip.
"Ah Qing." Qi Qiuxue called her name calmly and seriously, "Open your eyes and look at me."
——As if he heard her call, Li Yiqing opened his eyes the next second.
Those were a pair of blood-red eyes without any impurities, with a strange beauty. Li Yiqing's eyes were scattered and unable to focus. She was like a lifeless rag doll, whose soul had long been taken away, leaving only a broken shell.
Qi Qiuxue didn't get her answer, but she was still impatient and continued to call her name: "Aqing, how are you?"
"..." Li Yiqing still didn't answer, but this time, she slowly stood up.
The virus transformed her senses without her noticing. Li Yiqing's body became stronger and her sense of smell became more sensitive. She keenly caught the breath of people in the humid air around her. Her pupils slowly focused and stared at the person in front of her.
Qi Qiuxue noticed the change in her condition and became alert all of a sudden.
But she did not draw her knife. She just stood up calmly, backed away silently, and looked calmly at the person in front of her.
Until Li Yiqing pounced on him.
Qi Qiuxue widened her eyes and dodged to the left as quickly as possible. Li Yiqing missed and after a very brief pause, she changed direction again and rushed towards Qi Qiuxue.
Her movements were incredibly fast, just like those monsters, even faster and stronger than them. Qi Qiuxue was attacked by her many times, and each time she had to try her best to dodge. After several rounds, Li Yiqing finally gained the upper hand.
She threw Qi Qiuxue to the ground, and her whole body seemed like a huge shadow, pressing her tightly under her body. Qi Qiuxue's figure was reflected in her blood-red pupils, so pure and so clear.
But she seemed to not recognize the person in front of her at all, and lowered her eyes, ready to bite Qi Qiuxue's neck.
"Wake up, Aqing." Qi Qiuxue still did not draw her knife, but struggled to take out the antidote, pierced the back of Li Yiqing's neck with a needle, and pushed the medicine in at an extremely fast speed.
The antidote and the virus reacted again in the body. Li Yiqing collapsed in pain and began to struggle. The players outside the door heard the noise and guessed that the situation in the cell must be very grim. They quickly pushed open the door and said, "Zhang Xue!"
"Don't come in!" Qi Qiuxue shouted loudly, but she never even glanced at the players behind her. She stared intently at Li Yiqing who was convulsing in pain on the ground, and clenched the knife in her hand tightly.
Reason told her that perhaps now was the time to take action.
But her emotions told her to wait a little longer.
"Li Yiqing." Qi Qiuxue came up to her and looked down at her. Even though Li Yiqing didn't answer, she still asked seriously, "Do you want to bite me?"
"What do you want? My flesh? My blood?" She stared at the man in front of her intently. After a few seconds, she pointed the blade at herself. She mercilessly cut her skin with the knife. Bright red blood flowed from the wound on her wrist and fell to the ground drop by drop.
Li Yiqing's eyes suddenly became excited and he struggled to get up.
Qi Qiuxue kicked her to the ground and pressed her shoulder with her toes. She stretched out her bleeding wrist and stopped it above Li Yiqing's lips.
"Plop, plop." The blood slowly fell and flowed into Li Yiqing's mouth along the seam between her lips. Some of the blood that she didn't have time to drink flowed down the corners of her lips, and some splashed on her cheeks.
Qi Qiuxue fed the monster in front of her with her own blood.
Gradually, Li Yiqing seemed to have regained some consciousness. Her eyes were no longer as aggressive as before. Confusion occupied her pupils. She began to observe the person in front of her. The taste of blood lingered between her lips and teeth, gradually relieving the pain in her body.
Finally, she recognized the person in front of her: "...Axue?"
"Axue, what are you doing?" She didn't want to see Qi Qiuxue injured, and struggled to get up, so Qi Qiuxue let her free, retracted her arm, and tore off a piece of her clothes to quickly bandage the wound.
"How are you? Does it hurt?" Li Yiqing's eyes were full of concern. He wanted to go forward, but was afraid to touch her wound and let Qi Qiuxue be infected with the virus. So he could only stand there uneasily like a child who had done something wrong.
"Ah Qing, are you okay?!" The players outside the door looked at this scene in surprise. Wu Shanyue was the first to enter the cell and stood in front of Li Yiqing, asking excitedly, "You, you haven't been alienated?"
Obviously not. The changes that occurred in Li Yiqing had already blurred the boundaries of her as a human being, but somehow, her consciousness still existed, distinguishing her from those monsters.
At this moment, she is both a monster and a human.
"Maybe this is why the hospital is trying so hard to study us..." Xu Gui, who was standing by, realized belatedly that just like the first time they were alienated, they were the only six people who had no adverse reactions after being injected with the antidote and completely recovered to normal.
But this time, due to his own reasons and the help of the antidote, Li Yiqing unexpectedly did not completely transform.
Of course, this is also thanks to Qi Qiuxue. Because of her patience and blood, she was able to finally call back her mutated companions. However, everything was too thrilling, and luck was inevitably involved. If it happens again, such luck may not appear again.
"No one among us can get hurt anymore." Qi Qiuxue obviously realized this. She took a deep breath and reminded the players to be extremely careful in the next action.
Then, she looked up at Li Yiqing in front of her. Both of them had wounds of varying sizes on their bodies, and were unable to give each other a hug as if they were reunited after a long separation.
But she still raised her hand and gently touched Li Yiqing's head, just as she often did in the past.
There was relief and nostalgia in her eyes. No matter what, this time, she saved her companions.
She opened her mouth and called out to her monster friend, her tone sincere and serious: "Aqing, thank you for your hard work."
"Welcome back."
【Author’s words】
Come on, give it a big bite~
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