"Wow~ what the hell happened here?" I exclaimed. Following Moxiaoi around the corner, I saw a massive crater and broken black arrows scattered everywhere.
"..." Moxiaoi stayed silent, unfazed by the hallway chaos as if it were perfectly normal.
"Xiaoi, did you know Xiaobai before?"
Moxiaoi paused briefly, then kept walking. "I only met him a few days ago. Hah~ I shouldn’t even call it ‘knowing’ him. Just bad karma. If I could, I’d never see them again."
"Them? Uh~ what exactly is Xiaobai?"
"Some things are better left unknown," she said sternly, turning to face me.
"Uh..."
Before I knew it, we’d reached the end. Ahead lay a wooden door split cleanly in two by sheer force, jagged knives embedded in its surface.
Moxiaoi and I approached Li Xiaobai.
He leaned against the stairwell wall, idly twirling a black dagger—Black Claw Dagger spinning smoothly between his long, nimble fingers. William’s corpse lay nearby.
"You’re here! Donghui, hurry and claim the time reward," he said, lifting his head and stopping the knife play with a smile.
"Ah~ oh."
I’d planned to say more, but my wristband showed only ten minutes left. I rushed to William’s body to collect his time.
William’s fatal wound was a bloody hole in his chest, yet his face held a peaceful smile, as if he’d felt no pain.
How exactly did Xiaobai kill him? That smile made my heart race—like he wasn’t truly dead, ready to leap up and hunt me down.
I pressed his wristband to mine, stealing his time.
Six hours. Less than the black-clad couple earlier. Still, it was enough to buy me a good while longer.
My wristband read 6 hours 5 minutes. Game time remaining: 18 hours 35 minutes.
"Six hours? Seems kinda low," Li Xiaobai mused, peering at my wristband.
"Teammate death penalty halves the reward. Six hours means he must’ve killed a lot," Moxiaoi realized, impressed.
"Hmm~ let’s go. I don’t wanna see the corpse explode."
"Right. Move out." Xiaobai led the way upstairs. Moxiaoi and I followed quickly down.
"Bang!"
The moment we vanished from the fourth-floor stairwell, William’s body exploded.
The third floor was pitch black too. We weren’t as cautious as when descending from five to four—we assumed William had wiped out everyone here. Still, we stayed alert; people move, situations change.
"So dark."
"This woman’s fault! She threw my flashlight!"
"...My bad?" Moxiaoi grumbled sarcastically. She probably regretted it.
"Luckily, I’m clever. Found this lighter on William." Li Xiaobai pulled a lighter from his pocket, pride in his voice.
He flicked it on. The hallway glowed faintly—nowhere near a quarter as bright as a flashlight.
"Watch for bear traps underfoot," Xiaobai warned, leading the way.
"Haa~ ugh~" I yawned suddenly.
"Hm?"
"Haa~ ugh~ so sleepy." Another yawn escaped me. I hadn’t slept in ages.
"Same," Moxiaoi murmured in agreement.
"Damn~ we woke at noon! How are we already tired?" Li Xiaobai gaped.
"Your body clock’s broken. Normal people sleep at this hour," Moxiaoi shot back coldly.
"..." Li Xiaobai stared blankly, sighed. "Fine. Let’s sleep. I doubt you’ll manage it here."
We stopped advancing and ducked into a nearby hospital room. In the farthest corner, we found a relatively clean bed with a curtain.
"Seriously this tired?" Li Xiaobai watched us, shocked. He shut the door and dragged a bed to block it.
"Xiaobai, I’m really sleepy," I said, my voice unintentionally whiny.
"Eh~ pfft!" He jumped, staring at me dumbly.
"Heh~ idiot."
"Moron!" Moxiaoi shot him a disdainful look. "You’re not tired? Guard while we sleep. Deal?"
Before I could reply, she flopped onto the bed and closed her eyes.
I smiled slightly at Xiaobai, lay beside Moxiaoi, and drifted off. I’d thought sleep impossible here—but with Xiaobai around, I felt utterly safe.
"..." Li Xiaobai sighed, dragged a stool beside us, and half-pulled the curtain shut.
He meant to rest his eyes too, but his gaze snapped wide open. Something was very wrong!
Before him lay a pretty high school girl and an angelic nurse.
He’d only seen this in certain action flicks... but never with girls this stunning. One was technically male—but that didn’t lessen the impact!
Moxiaoi, the moody lunatic, looked oddly cute asleep. Honestly pretty—if you didn’t compare her to goddesses like Yeping, Wuxiaowu, or Luo Donghui in drag. She was top-tier beautiful for us otaku, approachable without that untouchable aura.
Plus, she had two irresistible traits: high school girl, sailor uniform, and white thigh-highs (her uniform was a proper sailor suit, not those gross Chinese tracksuits).
High school girls? Every man fantasizes about them—from teens discovering girls to balding, beer-bellied old men. They’re mythical creatures (well, the pretty ones).
Sailor uniforms need no explanation—every guy’s romance. Moxiaoi’s knee-high white stockings weren’t seductive like black ones; paired with her uniform, they screamed innocent, radiant schoolgirl.
I’d even glimpsed her bear-patterned panties earlier... ugh, just thinking about it stirred things below. If I shifted seats, I could totally ogle their panties openly~ hehe.
Li Xiaobai started to move his stool—but froze. A huge problem hit him!
He glanced helplessly at the nurse girl curled up like a kitten.
Donghui was an adorable boy! No matter how pretty he looked, how cute the nurse outfit was, how tempting those pale legs... he was still a guy! Peeking at a boy’s underwear was beyond creepy!
Li Xiaobai wrestled with himself, then gave up. He set the stool down and sat, guarding their sleep.
"Hmph~ this girl sleeps terribly..."
Moxiaoi tossed and turned, twisting into weird poses. Donghui slept peacefully, curled tight like a kitten.
"Donghui’s cuter," Xiaobai leered at them.
Suddenly, Moxiaoi rolled over, wrapped her arms around Donghui like a pillow, and clung with all four limbs.
"Mmm~"
She sighed contentedly, finally comfortable. Donghui frowned slightly, disturbed by the tight hold, but stayed asleep, curling tighter.
The nurse girl was being molested by a high school succubus.
"Pfft!" Blood gushed from Li Xiaobai’s nose.
The scene was too beautiful—he couldn’t bear to look.
