The temperature slightly retreated at dawn.
Xiao Bailu finally convinced Huo Tingzun to lie down and rest.
She herself found a soft cushion and sat on the carpet in front of his window, scrolling through her phone.
Searching everywhere for remedies.
No one can cure the "Nightmare Disease."
Online, all she found were stories of families wiped out, or entire villages decimated, making her heart beat with fear.
There was even an article, of questionable authenticity, detailing the condition of Nightmare Disease patients before death. It claimed that although patients were asleep, they experienced immense pain, eventually feeling like they were being choked to death, unable to breathe, until, at last, passing away after lengthy agony.
This description seemed plausible because the virus attacks the lungs, leading to respiratory failure and death.
But in the cold dawn, Xiao Bailu shuddered as she read, her skin prickling with goosebumps.
