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Bloodthirsty Man sensed the metallic scent of blood, which stimulated his overly sensitive sense of smell and ignited a primal excitement deep within him. His eyes flashed, revealing a glint of ferocity. He felt an overwhelming urge... Suddenly, a scent that transcended the mere smell of blood pierced his nostrils—a familiar aroma. In an instant, it dulled the violent emotions swelling within his nervous system.
Gui Ye noticed that the person holding him suddenly fixed their gaze on him. Those eyes, resembling cat's pupils, made him uneasy under such close scrutiny. "What do you want? There’s really no one here that you’re looking for."
"You're lying. Why do you smell like him?"
"Him?" Gui Ye instinctively raised his arm and took a deep sniff, but all he could detect was the nauseating odor of grease and mildew. Furrowing his brow and looking up in confusion, he replied, "There's nothing special about the smell..."
"Tell me where he is."
Gui Ye's mind raced as he recalled everyone he had encountered recently; aside from Wildfire, there was no one else. Could it be him...
"Take me to him."
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The rumbling noise grew closer to Xiao Qiang's hiding spot. The erratic flickering of lights made him suspect that the driver of the vehicle might be intoxicated.
As Xiao Qiang had anticipated, there was definitely something off about the person behind the wheel. The heavy truck approached the hospital entrance without any intention of stopping, careening straight toward the Service Desk.
In a split second, Xiao Qiang turned to the side and closed his eyes... A deafening crash echoed—bang! The truck's front collided with the Service Desk, and its body slid along with the wheels, dragging across the Ground, leaving behind numerous deep scratches before finally coming to a shuddering halt.
Inside the hospital, a night-shift security guard rushed out in a panic to assess the situation and hurriedly called to inform the relevant authorities that trouble had arisen.
Xiao Qiang saw this as an opportunity to enter the hospital; he couldn't wait for Gui Ye. As he observed the personnel bustling in and out, he seized the moment to step out from his hiding place, blending into the crowd and making his way into the hospital.
Once inside, a terrifying scene unfolded at the entrance. He missed it, but later Gui Ye and a strange man collided right at that spot.
Hospitals always exude an indescribable eeriness, especially in the dead of night when everything is silent. The only sound was the faint rustling of hurried footsteps, with no other noises to question.
Gui Ye mentioned that the problem lay in the basement? Xiao Qiang began searching for a passage to the basement. Fortunately, everyone in the hospital had rushed outside to see what was happening, allowing Xiao Qiang to search freely without pressure. His figure glided through the dimly lit space, where the harsh fluorescent lights cast a pale glow on faces that resembled those of corpses, creating an unsettling atmosphere.
Corpses? The morgue? Was Xiao Wu Yi in the morgue? Morgues are typically located in quiet, secluded areas. Xiao Qiang decided he would first locate Xiao Wu Yi's body before considering anything else. With this thought in mind, he followed the directional signs in the hospital corridors toward the morgue.
As he walked down a relatively quiet corridor, a yellow plastic bin marked with a black arrow and a danger sign caught his attention. The bin was empty, but its presence in such a secluded area—where one would expect to find it only in an operating room—felt unusual.
Continuing forward, he caught a faint whiff of formaldehyde in the air; it was pungent... Xiao Qiang covered his mouth and nose, feeling that as he moved deeper, the light grew dimmer. A chilling atmosphere enveloped him, reminiscent of air conditioning, sending shivers down his spine.
When he reached the end of the corridor, there was no path left—only a dark space resembling a staircase entrance loomed ahead. Could this be the entrance to the basement? But then he reconsidered; according to Gui Ye's description, there were unspeakable secrets hidden in the basement. Surely, access to it wouldn't be so straightforward!
Calculating the time, Xiao Wu Yi had been gone for nearly two hours. If he wasn't dead but rather taken away for some secret experiment, that would be disastrous. Time was pressing; Xiao Qiang couldn't afford to hesitate about going down.
He began descending the stairs, but unfortunately, his glow stick was no longer useful; he had discarded it earlier in the haunted house. Now he could only feel his way forward, straining his eyes to adapt to the darkness as he cautiously stepped down.
Halfway down, the chill intensified below him. The more it felt this way, the more certain Xiao Qiang became that he was heading toward the morgue. He hadn't anticipated that it would be located in the basement.
Upon reaching the last step, he felt for a light switch on his upper right and pressed his finger against it but hadn't yet turned it on. However, he caught sight of faint light seeping from not far on his left—a beam cutting through the darkness that filled him with hope.
However, when Xiao Qiang found himself completely surrounded by darkness, that beam of light seemed to indicate something. The light was seeping in from the ceiling of the morgue, and the entire corridor felt lifeless.
With a purpose in mind, he summoned the courage to move forward fearlessly. Xiao Qiang did not believe in the Demon God, but he believed that everything was within human control. The morgue was inaccessible, locked behind a heavy iron door.
He thought, continued to think... Suddenly, he looked up at the ceiling and smiled to himself: there’s a way in.
Every building has ventilation ducts, and Xiao Qiang chose to enter the morgue through one of them. Crawling through the duct, he felt a sense of familiarity wash over him; it reminded him of those intense days spent with Lin Yu, battling the Skeleton Mutants. It was truly exhilarating.
Thinking of Lin Yu filled him with strength, and he silently urged himself to complete his mission quickly so he could see his beloved again... But another dilemma struck, causing his previously soaring emotions to plummet. Without the Reincarnation Card Chain, would he be trapped here for eternity?
As he pondered while crawling, he occasionally looked down to check for any signs indicating he was nearing the morgue. On his last glance downward, he saw something he least wanted to see.
In a small room below, there was a barrel containing something. A male corpse hung suspended in midair, its facial skin decayed and stretched out in a grotesque manner. Behind another transparent glass wall were several faces with complex expressions and various skin tones—were they experimenting on dead bodies?
Xiao Qiang was taken aback and temporarily forgot about searching for Xiao Wu Yi. He crouched down at the top, trying to get a clearer view of what kind of experiment was taking place below.
He leaned closer, straining to read the text on the surface of the barrel; it was in English, accompanied by a black arrow and a skull warning sign. There was no need to guess; this was likely the source of the yellow smoke Gui Ye had mentioned—it could very well be military-grade chemicals.
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