The deep, tide-like echoes mingled with the crackling sounds of burning firewood.
Huai Shi woke from a long nightmare. He opened his eyes and saw the cliff edge close at hand, and the turbid, rushing river below it.
The rain had stopped, but no stars were visible.
He lay on a rock that protruded from the flood, his head pillowed on his saddlebag, with a burning fire nearby.
He tried to move his limbs but felt pain all over his body, rendering him almost immobile.
Hearing his moan, the gaunt figure in front of the fire turned around, reached out, and removed the gas mask from her face, revealing mottled gray hair and an old, unfamiliar face.
"You're awake?"
She grinned, a creepy and sinister smile spreading across her face. She looked down happily and patted the surgery kit beside her, "The sex change operation was very successful, HEHEHE, from now on you're a pretty little girl..."
Huai Shi couldn't help but roll his eyes and sighed softly, "Don't scare me, Senior Sister."
