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Ziya felt that the Masked Man was just a wall away. She pressed her fingers tightly against the cold wall, her chest rising and falling rapidly with anxiety. Calm down, calm down... She scanned the room: scattered torn paper, a long table, and Liu Yi's lifeless body...
The Masked Man sensed that his prey was nearby. He stopped scraping the wall and slowly approached the doorway. With a sudden force, he pried open the door with his Scythe and slid into the room step by step.
The room was dark. The Masked Man, confident in his weapon, perked up his ears to listen to every sound within, including breathing. He sniffed the air for a long time but frowned; there seemed to be something off about the atmosphere in the room.
He knew there was a light switch in the room. Thinking of this, he fumbled around until he heard a click as he turned on the light. Suddenly, a rustling sound came from behind him. He thought it might be a mouse; after all, this place was infested with them.
Just as he thought this, the Masked Man turned to look and saw a living corpse, mouth agape, bloodied tongue sliding towards him...
Seeing this scene made one word flash through his mind: resurrection... He was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly retreated. Just as he reached the doorway, a gust of wind rushed at him from behind.
Ziya raised the steel pipe in her hand and struck hard at the back of the Masked Man's head. To her surprise, it seemed like he wasn't affected at all. He turned to see Ziya and viciously raised his Scythe to slash at her arm.
"Watch out!" came a loud shout. A surge of force propelled Ziya down just in time to avoid the Scythe's edge. A strand of hair fell to the ground; that Scythe was sharp. In her shock, Ziya quickly looked for the person who had pulled her down.
"Zhiqing..." Zhiqing did not immediately respond but lifted the steel pipe in his hand and launched another attack.
The Masked Man had been startled by Liu Yi's corpse when entering the room, leaving him disoriented. Now, with Ziya's ambush, although he tried to react, his strength was clearly diminished compared to before.
At this moment, Zhiqing seized the opportunity and pressed forward relentlessly. His chaotic strikes caused multiple joints in the Masked Man's body to crack painfully, tearing through every inch of his skin with agony. Blood gushed from his nostrils as his wrist dislocated, rendering it limp like a chicken’s foot. Holding onto the Scythe became increasingly difficult for him. Finally, after being struck hard by Zhiqing, he fell half-kneeling to the ground with a clang as his Scythe was knocked from his grasp by Zhiqing's swinging steel pipe.
Covered in blood, Zhiqing stood before the Masked Man like a giant of blood. His gaze burned fiercely as he stared down at him. Taking a deep breath, he prepared to end this wretch’s life once and for all, raising his steel pipe high with righteous fury ready to bring it down.
"Don't move!" a commanding voice shouted, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps from the corridor. Ziya looked at the fully armed Public Security Personnel, tears of excitement welling in her eyes.
Zhiqing paid no attention to the arrival of the Public Security Personnel. His thoughts were consumed by Xiao Ranhong and the other victims as he stepped forward and kicked fiercely at the Masked Man with his leather shoe.
"Ow..." The Masked Man grimaced in pain, raising a hand to point at Zhiqing, as if he wanted to say something.
The rushing officers ignored the Masked Man's gesture. One Public Security Personnel stepped forward and, with a sharp click, placed handcuffs on him. Then, in front of everyone, he pulled off the Mask, revealing a blood-stained face with panicked eyes.
"Liang Bo..."
Zhiqing dropped the steel pipe in his hand and embraced Ziya, staring at the unveiled Masked Man in shock.
"Hmph! To the victor belong the spoils; I have nothing to say." Even stripped of his defenses, he remained defiant, struggling against his fate.
"Wait, there should be another Masked Man." Initially thinking this Masked Man was Xu Bansian, Zhiqing's eyes flashed as he suddenly shouted.
"There's someone else over there; you need to rescue her," Ziya recalled Sun Meng and urgently told the Public Security Personnel.
"Don't worry; we've already dispatched teams to search one by one. This is an elderly activity center that sank during the earthquake, leaving only three gun emplacements above ground. Due to certain circumstances, the situation here has become unclear, allowing criminals to take advantage. Yes, there is more than one Masked Man; you'll understand everything soon enough," a Public Security Officer said coldly as he looked at Liang Bo.
Medical personnel from the ambulance quickly arrived and carried Ziya, Sun Meng, and Zhiqing out of the gun emplacement. As they were settled into the ambulance and saw the bodies of victims being taken out one by one, a heavy sadness weighed on their hearts.
Ziya had questions for Zhiqing—why was he still alive? She had clearly seen the knife plunge into his chest. How did he know there was more than one Masked Man?
Zhiqing's tired smile didn't answer her immediately. It was only later, during a hospital check-up, that it was discovered that Zhiqing's heart was oddly located on the right side, while Liang Bo had struck the left. This peculiar twist allowed him to escape a disaster—what a strange person!
Zhiqing also asked Ziya how she came up with the idea of using Liu Yi's corpse to scare the Masked Man. Ziya smiled and recounted the entire process to him. The scene shifted as Ziya entered the room and noticed Liu Yi sitting in a swivel chair. An idea struck her; while the Masked Man had yet to enter, she quickly used the bandages from Liu Yi's arm to tie up the swivel chair's wheels, pulling Liu Yi closer to the door.
When the Masked Man entered, Ziya had already silently slipped out of the room. She didn't leave but instead stood at the doorway, observing the Masked Man's actions. At the right moment, she pulled on the swivel chair, causing the panicked Masked Man to believe it was a corpse coming back to life. Seizing this opportunity, she grabbed a steel pipe she had prepared earlier and swung it at his head.
Indeed, there was more than one Masked Man. While Zhiqing and Ziya were busy helping Sun Meng, Liang Bo sneaked into the house and saw them working hard. Taking advantage of the situation, he used a scythe to hook onto the dead Masked Man's body and slowly dragged it away, removing the entire mask from him and putting it on himself.
This created an image of an American horror movie character (Jason) in Zhiqing's mind. The human heart is inherently fragile; sometimes people scare themselves. Zhiqing thought about how the Masked Man was seemingly indestructible, which naturally heightened her fear. Coupled with the fact that he was well-prepared, Liang Bo had once trained in martial arts out of revenge for losing a finger in middle school. Although he only learned some unimpressive skills, he confidently believed he was invincible.
As for how the police knew about the situation here, they had to thank that child who tricked Sun Meng. When Sun Meng couldn't see the child, he hid not far away and witnessed her running into the wild grass towards those three abandoned bunkers in the dark.
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