"I...I didn't think of that much." Li Yifei sighed.
"We are very grateful that you came down to rescue us," the boy said, bowing slightly. "But unfortunately, your retreat plan is not feasible."
"Then do you have a better idea?"
"Hold on to the death." His voice sounded perfectly calm. "These monsters may look terrifying, but they're not so strong that we can't fight them off. As long as we keep reinforcing the doors and windows, holding them off shouldn't be a problem."
"I believe that someone will come to rescue us soon."
Li Yifei paused for a moment, then looked again at the bespectacled, seemingly refined young man in front of him.
"I don't know your name yet."
"An Qingyu."
"An Qingyu? You're the An Qingyu who got the top score in the city?" Li Yifei's eyes widened.
"I don't care about grades." An Qingyu's gaze fell on the nauseatingly mangled pieces of flesh outside the corridor, a strange light flickering in his eyes.
"It seems this world... is much more interesting than I imagined."
For some reason, Li Yifei felt a little uneasy when he saw the look in his eyes.
"Since you're unwilling to come with me, I'll go back to the fifth floor." Li Yifei turned around and prepared to leave, since he was no longer needed here, and there were still a large number of students on the fifth floor.
"I think you might not be able to leave now."
An Qingyu walked to the window and pointed to the three monsters rushing towards her from the right stairwell. At the left stairwell entrance, three more monsters climbed up.
They... were surrounded.
Most importantly, one of the monsters, while passing through the corridor, casually tore apart the thick rope hanging on the outside, completely cutting off Li Yifei and the others' escape route!
Li Yifei's pupils suddenly contracted!
They might be able to kill two monsters using a chair and a fire axe, but if they faced six at the same time... they would surely die!
"Quick! Put the tables and chairs back up!!"
The boys in the classroom quickly moved the desks and chairs that had been moved away from the door back in. Soon, the monsters arrived outside the classroom and used their bodies and sharp teeth to constantly stir the desks and chairs, making them teeter on the verge of collapse.
More than twenty boys strained with all their might to hold up the tables and chairs, their faces turning purple from the effort.
Indoors and outdoors, this is a battle that risks dozens of lives!
The girls in the classroom turned pale and screamed as they hid in a corner of the classroom. The other boys also looked very unwell.
Only the frail An Qingyu stood to the side, frowning as she gazed at the scene before her, seemingly lost in thought.
"Killing two monsters immediately causes six more to appear, indicating that these monsters have an interactive network of minds... with a mastermind ruling over all the sub-brains, and the mastermind possesses extremely high intelligence, no less than that of humans."
"But the question is... how did they know to cut the thick rope?"
"Assuming all monsters can share vision, from the monsters' perspective, they shouldn't have been able to see any of this when Li Yifei and the others descended from the thick rope to the stairwell... How did they know that the thick rope was the hub connecting the two floors?"
"Besides..."
While An Qingyu was pondering alone, Li Yifei and the others at the forefront gritted their teeth, their figures gradually being pushed back by the pressure in front of them.
"Damn it... I can't hold on much longer!!"
Just as everyone was about to be exhausted, two figures swiftly flew past the window, a pale blue blade flashing across the crescent moon, and the next moment a hideous monster's head was tossed high into the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
A figure repeatedly fired at six monsters, instantly forcing them to shed their human disguises. Six shots, six headshots! Then she kicked one of the monsters toward the other figure.
Before the other five monsters could react, the other figure slightly changed his steps, twisted his body, and swung his knife out in an extremely strange posture!Blade sliced the nearest monster from its shoulder down to its waist, cutting it in two in one stroke!
Blood gushed out, and the remaining four monsters finally reacted, roaring as they lunged at the figure!Just as they were about to touch his body, two blazing lights suddenly burst forth from the man's eyes, like a raging furnace, dazzling and blinding!The terrifying divine power surged forth like a tidal wave, impacting the minds of the four monsters!
Their movements simultaneously froze!
Then, a pale blue blade of light slashed out again, cutting through a crescent-shaped arc and slicing open the necks of the four monsters!
The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, without the slightest pause!
Although the boy had retreated quickly, the splattered blood still stained his school uniform crimson. His brows furrowed slightly, and the furnace in his eyes slowly dimmed and disappeared without a trace.
The straight sword was sheathed.
A large group of students stood by, dumbfounded.
What did they see?
Two high school student wearing the same school uniform cut down six monsters with just a few slashes and gunshots?
"Qiye, Xi Chen, you guys have finally come!" Li Yifei's voice trembled with a hint of a sob when he saw the man. "I thought you'd abandoned me and run away."
"Stop saying such mushy things." Lin Qiye silently rolled his eyes.
"Hey classmate... are you here to rescue us?" someone in the crowd asked excitedly.
"I suppose so." Lin Qiye nodded, then turned to Li Yifei. "Give me a brief overview of the situation."
"Okay." Li Yifei organized his thoughts and said, "After that strange cry, most of the monsters went berserk, and the whole building fell into chaos."
"Our fourth floor was relatively safe. On the first floor, there was a class where half of the students turned into monsters, slaughtering the other students and completely blocking the stairs. We couldn't get downstairs and out of the school at all. Some people tried to jump from the second floor, but they were torn to pieces as soon as they landed."
"So, almost all the students started running upstairs."
"I led a group of capable boys, wiped out the monsters on the fifth floor, lured most of the students from the second, third, and fourth floors, blocked the stairwell, and fought them off. Later, we heard there were survivors on the third floor, so we came down."
Lin Qiye asked, "What did you do with those people who weren't sure if they were monsters?"
"Luckily, you told me before that Han Ruoruo is also a monster. She didn't transform; instead, she blended into the crowd, and I spotted her at a glance. In order not to alert her, I locked her, a few boys who had been in close contact with her, and a few girls from the same dormitory building in a classroom, where they were supervised by someone."
After listening, Lin Qiye nodded repeatedly, "Luckily you were here, otherwise even more students would have died."
Li Yifei scratched his head and chuckled, "With my performance this good, joining the Night's Watch shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"It's not a big problem."Lin Qiye seemed to notice someone's gaze, turned around, and met the eyes of the bespectacled, frail-looking boy.
Lin Qiye sensed an emotion in his eyes that was different from others.
Most of the other people looked at him and Xiao Chen with fear, awe, worship, and adoration...
The boy in front of them looked at them as if he had spotted some rare species and wanted to take him back for dissection and research.
"Who are you...?" Lin Qiye asked in confusion.
An Qingyu stepped forward and politely extended his right hand. "Hello, my name is An Qingyu."
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then took his hand.
"Lin Qiye."
"I'm Lin Xi Chen!" Lin Xi Chen waved at An Qingyu with a happy smile on her face. She had to quickly wipe away the blood splattered on her cheek after taking down the monsters.