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For people who were not used to wearing gas masks, their vision would worsen after wearing them.
And when the infection broke out, there must have been many violent conflicts in this room. Overturned debris, mottled scratches, and dried blood were all over the place; remains of torn and rotten arms, legs, and torsos could also be seen.
Wearing a heavy mask, Ji Dong walked through this chaotic room and only felt his heart clench.
When they turned a corner, in front of them were two large disinfection cabinet similar to the height of a human. They were facing opposite to each other; it had a narrow aisle in the middle, fitted only for two people to walk side by side.
An overturned cart of sundries was blocking the entry to the aisle. A Skeleton Monster, like a housewife who carefully compared the prices of the items on the shelf, squatted in front of the disinfection cabinet on the left.
The bones on this Skeleton Monster’s upper limbs looked broad and particularly impregnable, and when it was squatting, it looked like an orangutan taller than a human.
Through the gas mask, Ji Dong heard himself when he swallowed his saliva.
This meant they had to climb over the debris blocking the aisle, and then carefully squeeze themselves through the crack that was extremely close to the Skeleton Monster’s back.
——This is undeniably damn terrifying!
Ji Xiao’niao felt his feet go weak just thinking about it, almost wanting to kneel.
However, they had no choice.
The people exchanged glances through the lenses of the mask.
Rose took a deep breath, stiffened her body, and was the first to try to pass through the narrow gap.
She looked at the position of the cart, raised her legs, accurately stepped over the messy pile of debris clumped on the floor.
——Phew!
Ji Dong took a deep breath.
Rose turned around, gave them a thumbs up, then got down on all fours. She raised her hips, and slowly “crawled” over the dirty clothes and old sheets blocking the aisle in an awkward and laborious manner. Taking one step at a time, Rose shoved herself through and nearly brushed passed by the monster’s back.
They didn’t know if it had some kind of subtle sixth sense, or if the faint disruption of airflow caused by Rose’s movement alerted the monster, but the Skeleton Monster with formidable thick, bony forearms suddenly straightened its back and made a gesture of turning back to “look”.
Rose was suddenly startled by the Skeleton Monster and broke out in a cold sweat. Her mind went blank. She continued to use her hands and feet to crawl on the ground, to earn some distance between her and the Skeleton Monster before she turned back to look at it.
Fortunately, the Skeleton Monster didn’t find her; it only shook its blanched skull and crouched back bored.
——This was dreadful. If Ji Dong had a heart problem, he was afraid that he would already have a heart attack!
Ji Dong wiped his sweat. At the same time, heartfelt admiration for the nerves of steel of this woman, Rose, was given.
After all, the first challenge was to dance closely with this Skeleton Monster, which was a test of their nerves. Honestly, it wasn’t only disgusting but also notoriously deadly. A single bite from one of these Skeleton Monsters would cause an infection that would separate the flesh from the bone and turn the bitten person into a Skeleton Monster as well. There were dozens of these monsters nearby; as long as they made a slight sound it would cause a chain reaction, and the consequences would be fatal and unpredictable.
——All right!
Ji Dong clenched his fist and looked up at Ren Jianmo.
Ren Jianmo nodded to him.
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Then Ji Xiao’niao grabbed Annie’s arm.
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Ji Dong gave her an “OK” gesture, took the chestnut-haired woman’s arm, and moved forward.
They stopped in front of the cart.
Ji Dong cautiously and tentatively stepped forth with one foot, and treaded over the overturned cart, gently resting his hand on the handle of the cart covered with a sheet. Ji Dong shifted his weight, stood firm, and then put his other foot over as well.
——Excellent! No sound at all!
Ji Dong tried to ignore the fact that he and the Skeleton Monster were less than two meters away, which could pin him to the ground as soon as it turned around and stretched its claws. He stood up stiffly and waved to Annie.
Annie’s two legs were visibly shivering.
Along the way, she had always been under the protection of others and had never been in close contact with a monster.
Although she has been vaccinated and wouldn’t get mutated into a skeleton monster with its bite; not being infected didn’t mean she wouldn’t die. The corpses all over the Research Institute were the best proof.
But she still took a deep breath and stubbornly took a step forward.
Although Annie had the intention to imitate the movements of Ji Dong just now, it was clear that this was not an easy task.
She clumsily climbed over the pile of sundries and almost stumbled over the tangled sheets and clothes under her feet. Fortunately, Ji Xiao’niao was quick-witted and gave her a hand in time to stand still.
Immediately afterward, the two of them did not dare to delay, and pressed their backs to the cabinet, wishing they could shrink their body into a piece of paper, moving laterally step by step like a crab from the monster’s back and the sterilization cabinet to squeeze in between the narrow gap.
Ji Dong smoothly crossed.
He learned from Rose just now. Ji Dong held back the panic in his heart, hardened his mind, slowed down, and slowly brushed past the monster.
When he moved, the Skeleton Monster was oblivious, not even craning its neck.
But Annie was in trouble.
She had done well enough and neither made a sound nor had panicked.
But Annie was about seven or eight centimeters shorter than Ji Dong. When they were walking—pressed against the disinfection cabinet—she was suddenly “pulled” back.
At that moment, Annie almost cried out.
Fortunately, she promptly came to her senses and swallowed back the scream that was already in her throat, and then realized that something from her gas mask got caught into something.
The chestnut-haired woman almost cried.
She couldn’t turn back, and didn’t dare to struggle. Annie had no idea how she should break free from her predicament; she could only reach out and grab Ji Dong’s shirt and ask for help with her eyes.
——Shit!
Ji Dong took a closer look and also felt like crying.
What kind of bad luck was this! The metal handle on the cabinet door was stuck in the mesh filter behind the gas mask!
He was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. Even Ji Dong’s toes felt cold.
There was no other way; Ji Dong could only bite the bullet and stretch out a hand, groping hard behind Annie’s head and trying to separate the gas mask from the door handle.
This was the worst situation ever!
The two of them were now standing directly behind the monster; even if their knees were slightly bent forward, they would be able to hit the Skeleton Monster’s thick and unnatural wide hip bones.
But Annie couldn’t even move, so Ji Xiao’niao could only try to separate the gas mask from the door handle with one hand in such a challenging state.
——How did it get stuck so tightly?!
The cold sweat on Ji Dong’s forehead fell straight down, and a thin layer of fog moistened the lenses of his mask because of his breath.
The more time spent, the more Annie, who was silently crying, became frightened. Her big, dark brown eyes were round and wide, tears falling uncontrollably.
However, blessings were unparalleled, and misfortunes didn’t come single-handedly. When people would encounter misfortune, they would be clearly afraid of what would happen.
Because at that moment, the Skeleton Monster before them suddenly moved.
It raised its head and stretched out like an ape, twisting its body in their direction.
Annie completely froze; her upper body instinctively pulled back. Her masked head and the hand of Ji Dong behind her head knocked on the cabinet door together, making a very light “dong”.
Frankly, the sound was really small. As long as it was a few meters away, no monster should have been able to hear it.
But the distance between them and the Skeleton Monster was too close.
The squatting Skeleton Monster suddenly stood up, as if trying to identify the source of the sound. It tilted its head, raised its hand, and then grasped toward Annie.
At the critical moment, Ji Dong’s reaction was faster than the Skeleton Monster’s!
With a hard tug of his fingers, he pulled the button under Annie’s jaw, and then removed the gas mask off of her head. Ji Dong grabbed her and slid through, flashing to the side.
——Oh!
The panic on Annie’s face eased, and she instinctively wanted to breathe, but Ji Dong covered her mouth with one hand and her nose with the other and dragged her aside.
Simultaneously, the Skeleton Monster’s claw had grabbed the gas mask that was hanging in mid-air by the door handle.
The mask was swaying from side to side and hit the cabinet back and forth like a pendulum.
Inorganic objects didn’t interest the Skeleton Monster. It tugged left and right twice, tilted its head in confusion, and stretched out its claws to keep groping around as if it would not give up until it found the source of the sound.
Cold sweat had soaked Ji Dong’s entire back, while Annie, who was held in his arms and was holding her breath, was at her limit. Her ten fingers were scratching on the back of his hand, scratches and tints of blood had started to appear.
——What to do?!
——What to do?!
Desperate, Ji Dong could only plead with his eyes to Annie to hold on a little longer.
Annie’s tears rolled down her cheeks.
She seemed to realize that she was going to die, but Annie gritted her teeth and tried to hold her breath longer.
——Screw this!
Ji Dong felt that he had probably gone crazy.
But his rational side told him that this was not the time to give up!
In this Research Institute, which hid an unknown number of secrets, Annie was the only one who knew and understood it well.
Without her, it was still unknown whether they, the outsiders, would be able to reach the core without any problems.
——So, Annie, mustn’t die here easily!
In addition to these rational thoughts, Ji Dong also knew that he would have a difficult time forgiving himself if he chose to just watch a person die in front of him.
Definitely, now was not the time to give up!
Fighting for that tiny chance was better than doing nothing at all!
Thus, he removed his hands from Annie’s mouth and nose, then took off his gas mask and snapped it onto the chestnut-haired woman’s head.
Immediately after, he raised his hand; Ji Dong’s palm was touching the metal door of the disinfection cabinet beside him.
An electric current flowed out of his palm and ran through the metal in an instant—with a click, the whole disinfection lamp tube in the cabinet burst.
Although separated by a cabinet door, the sound of broken glass was distinctly heard by the Skeleton Monster nearby.
It jumped up at once and slammed its head against the cabinet door.
“Bam!”
The sound was extremely loud.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Skeleton Monster leaped, Ji Dong grabbed Annie’s shoulder, and drove her forward—pushing her far away.
Annie didn’t have time to turn around, she held the gas mask—crookedly worn—with one hand, while the other hand on the ground supported her as she staggered towards Rose.
Ji Dong took the chance to roll forward to the indented space between the two disinfection cabinets. He hugged his head, and rolled himself up as much as possible.
This was the only hiding place he could find now.
But the Skeleton Monster that smashed the cabinet door into pieces seemed to be determined to find its prey. While turning around impatiently, it stretched out two sturdy and surprisingly long arms and groped its surroundings.
To make matters worse, this series of movements had alerted the other monsters nearby!
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The author has something to say~
Seeing many readers have some arguments, allow me to rant in some words~
The reason why the protagonist chooses to save people is that the protagonist is now a relatively capable person in the team, and at this time he does have the opportunity to take action. If he sits and watches the situation just because he was afraid of taking risks, the team will soon fall apart!
Moreover, the person he saved is the only insider who is familiar with the inside story of this [Film]. If all the important people in the [Film] dies, there is no need to type this instance~
Also, the protagonist himself doesn’t expect anyone to save him. After saving people, he is also working hard to save himself. The reason why the boss makes a move is that he agrees that the other party is his own companion~
In the absence of absolute combat effectiveness, the team is very important, and whether the protagonist only cares about his own life at the critical moment also determines whether his partners can trust him!
Thank you for the chapter!
Ji Dong you have nerves of steel!! Even I’m getting nervous!!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Ji Dong is ❣️… Thank you for the chapter…
Ji Dong!!! You can do this!!
Thank you for the chapter!!! <3
Hello, I like your profile picture, if you don’t mind can I ask? Which webtoon or manhua is it? Thank you.
Thank you for the chapter🤗.
😔 Can the author let the Boss be the one who take the risk now ?!
gasp wheeze anyone else feeling like they are getting asthma from subconsciously holding your breathe in all these scenes of characters holding their breath.