Nightmare Assault

This was pointless. She was a brave girl, similar to the little beggar from before. The determination in their eyes was the same. If Chu Jiu could say something, she could encourage him to survive. One of them had to survive to end this nightmare.

Hearing the screams from above, Fatty stopped hesitating and ran down the stairs.

…

The figure in the shadow sighed heavily as he watched the bloody woman on the ground. Then, he coughed violently as blood leaked out of his mouth. The strange thing was that the man's blood appeared to be strong acid. As it touched the ground, it burned a black hole through the wooden floor. The air reeked of fire and blood.

The man's right arm dangled unnaturally. It looked broken. Compared to the barely living woman, he still had half his life left. Wei Jingting yanked off the stocking from his head to reveal his scarred face. One of them almost severed the brow bone.

"Well done." He stared at the woman. The walls and the ceiling were ruined in battle. Ruin was everywhere. Some of them looked like scratch marks of a giant beast. For the five minutes, it was a nightmare for both parties.

Thankfully, it was… over.

Wan Xiaoning exhausted the last of her power. It didn't belong to her. It was something she stole from the devil after forcing the door open. It was time for her to pay the price. The side effects arrived. The mutation on her body disappeared. Her face slowly returned to normal.

Half her face was covered by her hair. The woman's figure was amazing. It was alluring in the dark.

Wei Jingting staggered over before kneeling to study the woman who proved troubling to her.

Blood flowed down Wei Jingting's ankle. His every move left behind a bloody footprint.

"I've warned you, but you didn't listen to me." Wei Jingting paused. "In your state, you'll die from corruption, or if you survive this, you'll end up worse than dead. You'll lose your mind." Wei Jingting lowered his voice, "That is the price you have to pay for your stupidity. But you're lucky because I'm here…" He grinned. "You now have a third path.

"The night guardians are willing to send someone like you because they have accurate information." He looked down on Wan Xiaoning's pained visage. He said, "You know someone like me is coming, right?

"Not that many people have the right to that knowledge. You have already infiltrated our core." Wei Jingting said, "Let's make a deal. If you tell me the name, I will help you. You'll not only survive but also… I'll help you take over a door so you can have full mastery over that power." His voice was alluring. It was hard to tell if it was his skill with words or his power.

His words caused the woman to react. He saw the woman raise her shaking hand. Red blood dripped down her fingers. Her vocal cords had been burned apart, but she could write with her hand. Wei Jingting's breathing quickened. He suspected someone had infiltrated their midst. It looked like it was true. When he saw what the woman wrote, he was dumbfounded. Then, his face darkened. At the same time, he heard a snicker.

There was a clear 4 on the floor. The laughter became louder and sharper. Wei Jingting's face became darker. The woman's eyes were ruined, and her fair skin was lashed. She was like a beaten dog. Her body shook from pain. How dare she mock him?

Wei Jingting stood up expressionlessly. He glared at Wan Xiaoning's sneering face. Then, he raised his feet and stomped on her head.

The laughter disappeared from the corridor.

…

"Hao Shuai will be on the 8th floor?!" Banana Wolf, who looked around as he walked up the stairs, whispered.

"Yes." Fatty also observed the surroundings.

"But he doesn't have this drawing. He'll die if he goes there." Banana Wolf was worried. He had a good impression of Hao Shuai.

"Don't worry. He is the quickest and most cunning person I know. Since we're alive, he has to be alive too. My guess is he's hiding in an empty room on the 8th floor." Fatty uttered, "He's not dumb. He will wait for us."

Ten minutes ago, Fatty ran out of the office building. He saw what Banana Wolf did. It was Ping An Apartments.

He entered Building 3 and encountered Banana Wolf, who was hiding behind the stone pillar. They started with some tests. They reunited afterwards.

After a quick discussion, they decided to head to the 8th floor. He didn't know Hao Shuai, so he chose to believe Fatty. Along the way, Fatty used the time to check the drawing. The paper had Wu on both sides. One was despair, and the other was hope.

Banana Wolf didn't need to explain anything. When he saw the Wu in black, the despairing presence suffocated Fatty. When Banana Wolf turned the paper around and the kind Wu was revealed, Fatty felt better.

The two sneaked to the 8th floor. The place was quiet. The corridor was dominated by darkness.

Different from where they stayed, this place was older. The walls and ceiling looked soaked by water. There were patches of mould. It felt like time was a tenant there and left behind its presence.

Several seconds later, a small gap opened in one of the doors. Then, a hand reached out to wave at them.

It was the Doctor!

Fatty was overjoyed, but Banana Wolf held him back. Neither of them entered the corridor and stood outside the safety door.