He remained motionless; just a little closer, just a little more, and he could drag this monster to hell with him.
"Gu Xiang Kai!"
A woman's voice rang out, and in the next instant, he saw something like a black mist sweep in, coiling tightly around the "person."
"Agh!"
A scream that sounded both human and inhuman, enough to make one's scalp crawl, erupted from the creature's mouth as it fled to the side in utter panic.
Gu Xiang Kai was still dazed in disbelief when he was suddenly yanked hard, stumbling a few steps before realizing it was Nan Yue pulling him.
"Run! Do you want to die?!"
Nan Yue's face was incredibly pale; Gu Xiang Kai had already been spotted by the creature, and forcing it back had cost her far more energy than she had anticipated.
She was only still standing through sheer force of will.
Gu Xiang Kai naturally saw this as well; there was no time for words of gratitude as he grabbed Nan Yue's hand and ran, and the two of them didn't stop until they reached the lobby, where they heard Zhang Haojun's blood-curdling scream from outside.
Neither Gu Xiang Kai nor Nan Yue mentioned Zhang Haojun's death.
Given the situation, it was a miracle they had escaped at all; if not for Zhang Haojun, such a terrifying situation wouldn't have happened in the first place.
"Come to my room to rest."
Nan Yue had originally been resting at the hotel, but it was impossible to go back out now; the receptionist opened a room for her on the top floor, looking with some terror at the blood-soaked Gu Xiang Kai.
"It's fine, I just took a fall."
Nan Yue's lie was half-hearted at best, yet the receptionist treated it as absolute truth, respectfully handing over the room card.
She had also heard the commotion outside, but she knew better than to ask questions.
People who were still outside at 3 AM almost never showed up for work again; no wonder this woman was a leader who could be promoted to V4 in just a month—she was truly different.
Gu Xiang Kai and Nan Yue bypassed the front desk and headed to the elevator hall, where they heard the sound of sobbing.
"Zhu Xi Ning?"
Gu Xiang Kai recognized Zhu Xi Ning's voice and looked at her with a frown; why was this person crying here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?
"Ugh... hic, Gu... Gu Xiang Kai?"
Zhu Xi Ning looked up in disbelief, and when she saw Gu Xiang Kai and Nan Yue covered in blood, she let out a loud wail.
"I thought you were dead for sure!"
Seeing her like this, Gu Xiang Kai quickly pulled and dragged her into the elevator.
"What happened?"
After calming down a bit, Zhu Xi Ning briefly explained the scene she had suddenly witnessed.
"...I saw Zhang Haojun hiding behind you, he made a sound, and then you both died... It was so awful, your head even fell off."
Gu Xiang Kai was speechless.
Nan Yue had no strength left; she leaned against Zhu Xi Ning and asked softly, "Your ability has grown stronger."
Zhu Xi Ning wiped her tears and thought about it. "Oh, it has! This is the first time I've been able to accurately see a specific future scene; before, it was just a premonition, at most a sense of a bad omen."
Gu Xiang Kai watched the rising elevator numbers. "When did you see it?"
Zhu Xi Ning thought for a moment. "Two minutes before three."
Gu Xiang Kai and Nan Yue exchanged a look; they knew exactly how powerful this ability was, as it was equivalent to foreseeing a fatal danger.
"But... but it wasn't accurate."
Zhu Xi Ning patted her chest. "I really thought he was dead."
"And it was such a gruesome death, it actually made me feel a bit nauseous."
Gu Xiang Kai was silent again.
"I didn't foresee that Nan Yue would appear."
Nan Yue thought it over. "You likely foresaw the scene two minutes into the future and judged the subsequent development based on the direction things were going at that moment."
"I didn't arrive until three or four minutes later, which was beyond your foresight duration."
Zhu Xi Ning considered this and realized it made sense, and her mood brightened again.
"But it's still a bit niche right now; that two-minute limit is too restrictive, and most of the time you probably can't do much."
Nan Yue patted her head with a faint smile. "What's the rush? Abilities can grow, can't they? Once you can foresee an hour or even longer, we'll really be in business."
Zhu Xi Ning giggled foolishly; she was actually very exhausted and her head throbbed after using her ability, but Nan Yue's words gave her something to look forward to.
"By the way, how did you save Gu Xiang Kai? He had already been seen."
Zhu Xi Ning was curious; for death rules of this level, unless a top-tier powerhouse broke the situation with brute force, one usually just waited for death.
Nan Yue didn't know how to explain for a moment, so Gu Xiang Kai saw her hesitation and casually raised his hand.
"See this? I drove it back with my fist as big as a sandbag."
Zhu Xi Ning was skeptical; he was currently covered in blood and looked pathetic, which wasn't convincing at all.
"The truth is, we have no way to directly kill that thing; we lack the power, so we could only fight for an opening to escape."
Gu Xiang Kai flicked the blood off his knuckles. "Look at Zhang Haojun—he was left behind."
Zhu Xi Ning had naturally heard Zhang Haojun's scream; she shuddered as the elevator stopped at the top floor, and the three of them stepped out.
Although the environment here was nowhere near as good as the hotel, the V5 rooms were still more high-end than what most people had; at least this floor wasn't as cramped as a rabbit warren, with only five rooms.
The room was spacious and refined enough that there was no problem with the three of them staying there.
Zhu Xi Ning even found a medical kit in the room and gave Gu Xiang Kai a basic bandage.
The wound on Gu Xiang Kai's shoulder blade was deep; although the bleeding had stopped, his movement was still restricted, and more importantly, they didn't know if it would get infected.
"Should we go to the hospital tomorrow?"
While ordinary employees didn't get sick leave, Gu Xiang Kai was already a V8 and had Nan Yue backing him, so he didn't have to worry about the logistics of seeing a doctor.
Nan Yue shook her head. "No, we need to leave this mission first thing tomorrow morning."
Gu Xiang Kai and Zhu Xi Ning looked over in surprise; was it that urgent?
Nan Yue's expression darkened. "Just now... I was with Lan Jing Shui."
"Both of us received notice of the company's initiation; once tomorrow night's initiation banquet is over, we will completely become members of the company and won't be able to leave."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other two turned serious; if that was the case, they definitely had to figure out how to get out.
However, Gu Xiang Kai was still confused; he felt this mission was strange, with a large map but no real objectives other than requiring them to work hard.
He had no idea how to actually leave.
"Did you see the Mobile Division?"
Zhu Xi Ning was concerned about another aspect. "What did you see? What is the company's secret?"
Nan Yue's expression instantly went cold; she remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.
"...I... I saw the truth behind the company's operation."
"The company... operates by utilizing the lives of countless employees."
"I saw... the corpses of all the employees who had resigned."
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