The door was only a few meters away from her. She only needed to take a big leap to get out of the room. Lin Sanjiu pushed off the ground and dashed toward the door like a leopard. The moment she moved, the heavy wooden door began to close with a creak. She raised her flashlight high up in the air, and the words "Escape" were distorted by the closing door.
"Quick!" Mrs. Manas yelled, "There's still a gap!"
Under the illumination of the flashlight, the slit of the door became narrower and narrower. However, Lin Sanjiu was very fast. She managed to slip out of the slit before the door completely closed. She was as agile as a fish and didn't even touch the door frame.
The wooden door behind her closed with a "dang" sound, and the sound shook the corridor, stirring up faint echoes.
Lin Sanjiu turned around abruptly and shone her flashlight on the door behind her. The moment her gaze landed on the door, the doorknob clicked. The door was locked from the inside. The words on the door turned into "Dead End".
Before she could compose herself, she heard a muffled explosion behind the wooden door. A few droplets of black liquid spurted out from the gap of the door. They splattered all over the floor, and a foul stench filled the air.
The door was unlocked, and the wooden door creaked backward again, revealing the darkness in the room. It was as if it was inviting the next person to walk in.
When the circle of light landed on the headless corpse, it was empty without any obstruction. The words "Dead End" did not move. There were blood, broken bones, and feces in between the words. Aside from the missing corpse, the room that stared back at her in the darkness was as eerie as before.
"Let's go," Mrs. Manas seemed shocked and disgusted. "It seems like that person didn't manage to escape in time. That's why he died in there."
Lin Sanjiu thought that she wouldn't be able to find Yu Yuan here since the medical station was already in such a state. However, if he was really here, it would be terrible.
Lin Sanjiu turned the flashlight around, and the light shone in the corridor became the "Escape". She quickly strode away from the room. The door behind her was like a dark hole. If she did not look back from time to time, it seemed like it would slowly follow her.
The light from the flashlight was not very bright, and it could not illuminate the entire corridor. The front was still immersed in thick darkness. When she remembered that the [Ability Polishing Agent] was glowing brighter, she also remembered what Mrs. Manas had asked her to do. She hurriedly took out her card and looked at it. She was stunned.
"I felt that something was wrong the moment you deactivated your card form," Mrs. Manas said softly. "I didn't expect that either …"
[Ability Polishing Agent]
It was a bottle-shaped object made by an Evolver and named after it. Its contents emitted a bright silver light.
This was not hers at all!
Lin Sanjiu stood rooted to the ground and stared at the card for a few seconds. "How — how could this be? Could it be that it had changed … No, that was impossible. But I've always been holding this in my hand, and the last few times I used it, it was always fine. I've never let anyone — "
At this point, a bright light flashed across her mind.
"Ryuji!" She mumbled as realization dawned on her.
That was the only time she had given the [Ability Polishing Agent] to someone recently, and when she took it back, she turned it into a card without even looking at it. But why would Ryuji switch her item? No, it should be more accurate to say, how did Ryuji know that she had the [Ability Polishing Agent] and even prepared a fake one for her?
Did he know what it was used for?
"Let's think about these questions after we get out of here," Mrs. Manas whispered to her, "There's something wrong with this infirmary. Let's go."
"Shouldn't we take a look at this building before we leave?" Lin Sanjiu was a little hesitant. What if Yu Yuan was on the verge of death in a corner? Then, she was the only one who could save him.
"Forgive me for being blunt, but he was already severely injured by the explosion," Mrs. Manas reminded her a little discontentedly, "If he was sent here again, he would have died a long time ago. It would be pointless for you to look for him."
Lin Sanjiu followed the instructions on the "Safe Path" on the glowing circle and slowly walked forward. Even though Mrs. Manas had said that, she still couldn't make up her mind.
"No," Lin Sanjiu walked for a while and stopped near the staircase, "He might have been sent to this infirmary."
"Why?"
Two days ago, Lin Sanjiu found out that the Twelve Organization had rescued a dying man. Taking into account the time it took for the news to reach her, she deduced that the rescue of Yu Yuan should have happened less than a week ago. Logically speaking, after Yu Yuan was rescued, he should have been sent to the medical station immediately. The accident in the medical station must have happened not long ago. In other words, when Yu Yuan was rescued, the medical station was still in good condition.
Otherwise, the Twelve Organization wouldn't be so indifferent to the destruction of the infirmary.
"There is no one here because the Twelve Organization didn't realize that something had happened here." Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath. She simply didn't want to think about the possibility of Yu Yuan's survival. "No matter what happened, since it just happened, I might still have a chance to save him," Mrs. Manas was rendered speechless by Lin Sanjiu's words.
Mrs. Manas was rendered speechless by Lin Sanjiu's words. Finally, she sighed, "Fortunately, you found a suitable item."
Lin Sanjiu scanned the staircase on the third floor with her flashlight. The words on the staircase changed, and a few more words appeared: "Safe Path with Dangerous Path".
"What kind of danger is hidden in the infirmary?"
Lin Sanjiu scanned the remaining half of the corridor with her flashlight. The long corridor plunged into the darkness, and the words "More Dangerous Than Safe Path" left an orange mark on it.
"This flashlight is really a life-saving timely rain."
Fortunately, there seemed to be no sickrooms or treatment rooms in the half of the corridor. Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to walk into it. She just peeked at the staircase. She could vaguely see a few storage rooms. At least, all of them had the sign of storage rooms.
"The sickrooms are probably on the third floor," Lin Sanjiu thought as she scanned the area with her flashlight. "Even though this building has five floors, the number of sick posthumans in this apocalyptic world can't possibly fill up the entire building … Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She quickly scanned the staircase leading to the first floor with her flashlight.
"Dead end" — the two words were reflected on the staircase, illuminating the back of the head.
"We can't go downstairs?" Lin Sanjiu was shocked, "Does that mean we have to jump out of the window or the rooftop?"
"That's true … It's indeed a little strange that the head was left on the staircase," Mrs. Manas muttered. Mrs. Manas muttered, "After all, we don't know if the head and the body belonged to the same person. Maybe they were two different people who died in different places."
"Now, there's one more dead end. Can Yu Yuan stay alive here? "
Lin Sanjiu didn't want to think too much about it. She climbed the staircase quickly and silently.
The moment she reached the last step, she stopped abruptly. The entire corridor on the third floor was a "dead end".
It was even darker here. It didn't seem like the light had escaped from the darkness. Instead, it seemed like it had never seen light before. There were a few inpatient wards on this floor, but when Lin Sanjiu called out to them softly, she only got her own echoing voice.
"This place has become a dead end. What's the point of going in?"
After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and looked at the staircase leading to the fourth floor.
The flashlight flickered a few times. Lin Sanjiu realized that she couldn't take even half a step into the corridor. She could only go up the stairs. However, even if she wanted to go up the stairs, she had to stick close to the handrail and slowly move her body sideways to avoid stepping into a dead end.
When she finally reached the top of the stairs, Lin Sanjiu realized that she didn't dare to turn her back to face the dark corridor on the third floor. She pressed her back against the wall and moved her body sideways. That way, she could still see the scenery on both sides of the staircase.
"Dead end, dead end, still dead end …" It seemed that as long as she walked up the stairs, the danger wouldn't be so great. Every floor she passed was like a hell where even the ghosts were dead. Not to mention Yu Yuan, there wasn't even a trace of human presence left in this place. There were only doors in the dark that silently watched her go up the stairs.
Finally, Lin Sanjiu reached the rooftop. The deathly stillness had faded away, and the night breeze ruffled her hair. She could see a row of small light spots floating in the distant sky. They should be a set of round street lamps. She felt as if she had returned to the real world. She couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief.
"Dead end." She looked up at the words on the circle of light and saw the edge of the rooftop.
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