Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 8: Heaven Underworld (856-1023) [Complete]

869: The Push of Jumping off the Building

Lin Sanjiu stopped at the edge of the rooftop and stretched her neck, leaning forward to look below. Due to the angle, she couldn't see everything clearly. She could only make out that she was not far from the main entrance, and the blurry dark shadow below seemed to be a flower bed engulfed by weeds. Looking down from here, the nearby low-rise buildings appeared smaller.

However, for a posthuman, even jumping from the fifth floor wouldn't result in serious injuries.

With this thought in mind, she realized that the possibility pointed out by the flashlight was indeed the only viable path in this building...

As Lin Sanjiu contemplated, she turned back for another glance.

She had ascended without thoroughly searching the floors. If she left now and Yun Yuan was still inside, what would she do?

"Dead ends everywhere," Mrs. Manas sensed her thoughts and interrupted, "From what I can see, the area covered by dead ends is gradually expanding... If you don't leave quickly, even this place might turn into a dead end."

"What kind of danger is it?" Lin Sanjiu wanted to leave as well, but she couldn't abandon the thought that she might be Yun Yuan's only hope for rescue. She felt rooted to the spot, unable to move her feet. "If I knew there was a problem with this medical station, maybe I could go back and find him again..."

"I disagree!" Mrs. Manas immediately retorted, "Your hypersensory state has been active the whole time we ascended. I haven't let my guard down for a second. There are no signs of anyone else in this building except for you!"

As soon as the words left her mind, a heavy muffled sound came from somewhere inside the medical station. It sounded like something had been hit. While Mrs. Manas expressed her disbelief with an "eh?" Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and turned to rush back the way they came.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Manas couldn't help but shout.

"I heard it. The sound seems to have come from the third floor. There must be someone there right now!" Lin Sanjiu was cautious and didn't step a foot outside of the path she had taken. The beam of her flashlight trembled violently as she moved quickly, making it impossible to form any coherent words. "Don't you remember? The third floor is where the recuperation wards are located!"

Moreover, the sound was heavy, loud enough for even someone on the fifth-floor rooftop to hear clearly. It indicated that the object that was struck must have been substantial—a hundred or two hundred pounds, just the weight of a man, right?

Feeling both anxious and hopeful, Lin Sanjiu rushed into the stairwell, hugging the handrail tightly as she descended to the third floor. The darkness on the third floor was as dense as the depths of the ocean, and her dim flashlight beam sliced through it, fragmenting the hazy shadows. The dim light and shadows intertwined, being engulfed by darkness once again, until she stopped at the final step, and the light stabilized.

"Dead end."

When Lin Sanjiu entered the corridor on the third floor, the text in the center of the aperture remained unchanged.

"Yu Yuan!" Lin Sanjiu called out, no longer caring about keeping her voice down. Based on her previous experience, as long as she was still on the escape route, it didn't matter if whatever lurked in the darkness heard her voice, "Are you here? Are you okay? Yu Yuan!"

Her shouts, her flashlight beam, and the airflow stirred by her breath and movements all seemed to be devoured by the dark and silent corridor, without even a ripple being stirred.

"Something doesn't feel right," Mrs. Manas suddenly said in a low voice after a while.

"What is it?"

"Last time, on the third floor, you called him once, right? At that time, you didn't dare to raise your voice too much." Mrs. Manas' voice at this moment was hard to describe, as if it was being thinly pressed by some kind of hidden pressure and fear. Despite the calm tone, it seemed like it could break at any moment.