272: Chapter 271 Exploring the Way

Heavenly Secret?

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes and took a few more looks at the youth, especially the few strands of silver hair mixed into his full head of black hair.

Just now, he discovered that when the youth looked at him, there seemed to be a strange color in his eyes, and a few more white hairs appeared on his head.

Chu Xuan directly used the Eye of Insight on the youth.

[Name: Lin Jie

Species: Human

Rank: 2

health points: 72/90

stamina: 9

Strength: 10

agility: 10

spirit: 12

Charm: 7

spirituality value: 5

Talent: ?

sequence: None

Transcendent Skill: Steal (Uses remaining: 1)

Comprehensive Strength Evaluation: C-]

Initially, Chu Xuan only consumed 1 point of spirituality value to investigate most of the other party's information, with only the Talent remaining unclear.

Even after consuming 40 points of spirituality value, the Talent column still couldn't be investigated, remaining a "?". Chu Xuan then gave up, knowing that it was enough to know the other party wasn't a Strange Creatures.

Seeing Lin Jie still speaking excitedly to earn his trust, Chu Xuan spoke to interrupt: "No need to say more, just lead the way."

Lin Jie was slightly stunned for a moment and nodded quickly: "Alright, follow me, we'll go downstairs from the other side!"

Having said that, Lin Jie led the way, walking quickly toward the other side of the corridor. He soon pushed open the fire door, looked back behind him, and his excited voice became somewhat cold: "Whose turn is it to scout next?"

The dozen or so people were silent for a few seconds, then a woman who looked to be in her thirties walked out. She said tremulously: "I am Number Six, it's my turn..."

At this time, the man surnamed Xiao, wearing the standard Night Watchers uniform, frowned and said: "Lin Jie, we've already found Chu Xuan. Do we still need to use human lives to scout the way?"

"Uncle Xiao, my Talent skill is almost overextended; I can't rely on myself for everything."

Lin Jie said in a heavy voice: "Didn't we already agree? From now on, everyone has to listen to me."

The man surnamed Xiao frowned even deeper, but he didn't say anything more. He just turned his head and gave Chu Xuan a deep look.

"Number Six, let's go!"

Next, the woman walked down the corridor, but she moved very slowly, her legs trembling, being extremely cautious as if she were afraid of encountering some danger.

"Number Six, we just came up from the fifth floor. This path probably isn't dangerous, but if you continue to dawdle like this, it might not stay that way."

Lin Jie said in an unfriendly tone: "There's less than ten minutes left. If you keep wasting everyone's time like this, you'll be an enemy to us all!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the others also began to urge her on. Xiao Wei's brow was furrowed into a deep frown, but in the end, he didn't say anything more.

"Alright, I'm going down..."

The middle-aged woman shuddered and walked downstairs with trembling legs. Her speed was still not very fast, only equivalent to a normal person's pace.

As Lin Jie followed closely, he looked back at Chu Xuan and said softly: "Chu Xuan, you should be very strong, right? I feel the guidance of the Heavenly Secret; you are the hope for our escape, but it's not a 100% certainty! I hope we can cooperate fully next. I will use my Talent ability at the appropriate time, and I hope you can take action at critical moments."

"Let's go first," Chu Xuan said noncommittally.

Lin Jie nodded.

Before long, when the group reached the seventh floor, the middle-aged woman seemed exhausted. She grabbed the railing with both hands, her whole body nearly collapsing.

"Is it Number Five's turn next? Hurry up and switch!" Lin Jie looked back at the crowd, clutching a Scalpel, his expression clearly cold and stern, unbefitting of his age.

"Alright, alright, alright!"

An old man who looked to be about sixty years old spoke up quickly. His movements were still quite agile as he replaced the middle-aged woman as the scout and walked quickly downstairs.

"The path to survival is right before us. At this critical moment, if we want to survive, everyone must contribute. I also hope everyone can be more conscious from now on and stop having their own little schemes."

While following them downstairs, Lin Jie didn't forget to remind everyone.

Chu Xuan looked at the youth named Lin Jie and suddenly remembered a similar scene back in the dormitory.

This youth was so similar to how he had been back then.

And these other dozen or so survivors had clearly gone through a screening process.

Even though they seemed overly nervous due to this strange event, they were at least barely able to listen and willing to cooperate.

They quickly passed the seventh floor and reached the sixth floor. Number Four took the lead to scout; it was a woman in her twenties still wearing a hospital gown.

Her face was pale as she walked at the very front. Just as she crossed half the stairs and was about to reach the fifth floor, her body suddenly stiffened, and she immediately retreated.

She lowered her voice and said tremulously: "It's the medical staff wearing black masks!"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

Lin Jie's expression turned solemn as he waved his hand: "Quick, let's get back to the sixth floor!"

Chu Xuan's expression shifted slightly as he saw a pale-faced nurse wearing a black mask slowly stepping up the stairs at the corner below.

It wasn't like what Chu Xuan had seen before, with obviously abnormal body proportions and a snapped neck.

This nurse looked like a man, and other than the black mask which looked a bit strange, like a black hole, there was nothing else unusual.

"I see you..."

A mechanical voice came from below. Before the patient who had been scouting could retreat, she seemed to be hit by some kind of suction, slipping to the ground and sliding down the stairs.

"No! No! Someone save me..."

The patient screamed and cried out, but she couldn't stop her body from sliding. In the blink of an eye, she was in front of the nurse.

Then, the nurse's black mask suddenly expanded, like a giant mouth opening, and it bit down hard toward the bottom.

Clang!

A Slash arrived in an instant.