No need to say that both Qiao Shan and God Raven were shocked. While the girl thought of this man comparing his strength to God Raven, the black bird suddenly felt like it mistakenly jumped into the hands of a slave driver. Then again, after witnessing the power of the two spawned Kings, it had no choice but to obey. However, Liu Xiaodan only meant that it was convenient if God Raven could handle the strongest enemy.
The two still walked to the first floor. Liu Xiaodan realized that the protection placed by Jiu Yuanli only saved the actual bedrooms of the patients. As for the nurses and doctors, they were left to fend for themselves. The duo reached a hallway, but they saw someone at the side of the hallway. She was on her tablet, brows frowned at whatever she was looking at.
Qiao Shan twitched and walked faster towards her. She then smiled faintly as if hoping that Qiao Yun would not be mad if she ran off. "Big Sister Yun! Why are you here alone?"
"...not good..." Chu Youlan murmured to herself. This girl recognized the disguise so that meant that Song Qixi must have used this on her. She didn't even know the name of this girl. All she knew was that this girl was the daughter of the Qiao Family Head. All in all, Chu Youlan could only freeze.
"Hm, you look very different, Miss Chu. So your name is Chu Yun?" Liu Xiaodan only walked past them. However, he actually stopped and stared directly at Chu Youlan's eyes. "Is Sergeant Song here? I have a feeling that the two of you are birds of the same feather. Where is he?"
Chu Youlan's eyes widened gradually. She couldn't readily accept that Liu Xiaodan, who had only seen her once, could see through the disguise. Wait, no… he shouldn't be able to do that! Ay, she forgot that she was talking to a monster. She could only scoot away from Qiao Shan and care about Liu Xiaodan alone. "He's not here. Erm, this floor had no ghosts or whatsoever. You should leave… wait, where are you planning to go?"
"Conference room?" Liu Xiaodan smiled at her, but it made her skip a beat in terror. The smile on his lips looked so mesmerizing, but she knew that it was like death smiling upon her. What's worse was that he even reached out his hand as he walked towards her. "Come with us. It's dangerous for a pretty lady to stand around alone."
'This is the consequence of sleeping with Boss...' Chu Youlan practically died inside as Liu Xiaodan held onto her arm and pulled on her to walk with them. His hand was so cold, but Chu Youlan was already used to Song Qixi. She could only be used as a live hostage right now; hopefully, Liu Xiaodan would keep it that way.
Qiao Shan was confused. However, she only walked behind them. If Liu Xiaodan thought that this woman could lead him to this Sergeant Song, then her Big Sister Yun would be dragged around mercilessly. It's just that… she was acting very strangely. He was acting like a different person, rather. Qiao Shan knew that Qiao Yun was not a woman, and she had seen his face before. This scene… was just so wrong.
Tingle. An existence was in front of them… ah, no… there were actually many. Liu Xiaodan remembered that the shaman earlier should have killed every entity in the Rooms Hall. Where did these guys come from? Did the shaman die in the end? Liu Xiaodan felt a little angry since he bothered saving that one.
"Xiaodan, a lot of them are gathering in front of the conference room." Qiao Shan knew that this hallway indeed led to the conference room. She also watched Liu Xiaodan check a smartphone he had on him. Her voice sounded out again. "It's not worth our time. Let's go—"
"What time?" Liu Xiaodan let go of Chu Youlan and drew a deep wound on his arm. At this point, he was just reopening a wound again and again. From his blood came out four spawned Kings with shocked the two women. Asana, Student, Big Nurse, and Cyclops formed quickly and rushed forward as if on cue. He then took a hold of Chu Youlan again and pressed on while they listened to the cries of the devoured entities.
When they got there, only the four Kings remained. Liu Xiaodan recalled them all and felt the heavy negative energy from the food they had collected. His wound gradually closed so it would stop bleeding before banging at the conference room door. "Hello! We're here! Open up!"
The locks of the door disengaged, and Liu Xiaodan stepped back in case they attacked whoever came to rescue them. A scary-looking doctor stared at them from inside. "...did He'er really…?"
"It's safer on the fourth floor. Please come there. In the first room from the left, the others are waiting for you there. We still have to look for more survivors." Liu Xiaodan tried his best to sound so reliable. Since the two were not wearing patient clothes anymore, they now looked like nurses that were not on duty. It's just that… they were still not buying what he was saying...
"You can stay here if you want, but I can't guarantee that nothing could get inside these doors. As much as I know a stronger monster is actually lurking nearby. Come on, it won't hurt to climb to the fourth floor." Liu Xiaodan wasn't particularly persuasive or pursuant about matters that he was not passionate about. If these people didn't want to go, he could only apologize to Qiao Shan for being wrong.
However, Chu Youlan channeled her inner Qiao Yun and pushed the door open wider. "Look here, you guys are already breaking protocol. Who said you can use the conference room as a hiding spot? The fourth floor has protection against those entities, and if you want to serve as their food, then be my guest. We won't ask again."
One of the nurses shrieked. "Guys! He'er already said it's safe up there! Even if the dangerous guys are there, He'er would never lie to us! Let's go!"
"Okay, okay. But keep quiet!"
"Are you sure it's safer going there?" The scary-looking doctor asked again, and Chu Youlan raised a brow. "Are you doubting our contingency plans?"
In the end, the group of three had walked them to the staircase. The doctors and nurses continued to climb up the stairs before Liu Xiaodan turned to Chu Youlan who closed the door to the steps. He asked, "What made you convince them, Miss Chu?"
Chu Youlan stared at the door, on her reflection in the small window instead. "I made the decision to stick with Sergeant Song even if he was becoming a very cruel man. I never wanted to be part of this insanity, but he kept on dragging me deeper into it. I can't watch him kill dozens of people again just for his personal vendetta." She then smiled bitterly at Liu Xiaodan. "You'd probably kill me for bringing you to him."
"...I think it's more of you bringing him to me." Liu Xiaodan only smiled. "Let's go to the Lodging Hall now."