30: Chapter 30: A Triple Kill, On the Road to Constant Growth!

Reaching the fourth floor, Chu Xuan didn't search much because they had come down from there earlier.

After calling Qin Qing's name several times and finding no answer, the group didn't pause and ran straight for the fifth floor.

With more people, searching became much more convenient.

Chu Xuan remained full of stamina and didn't rest; he led the search on one side of every floor, but unfortunately, there was still no harvest on the fifth floor, so they continued to the sixth.

On this floor, Chu Xuan killed three monsters in a row.

With his agility attribute reaching 8 points, Chu Xuan's physical fitness already crushed ordinary people in every aspect. With a Sharp Weapon in hand, even monsters in human form were only fit to be killed instantly, even if they activated Berserk.

Killing three monsters in a row earned him 52 points of spirituality value. Adding the 1 point remaining from before, it totaled 53 points.

Chu Xuan still didn't keep any for backup, converting it all into attribute points to enhance his strength.

Of these 5 converted attribute points, 2 were added to stamina, 2 to agility, and 1 to Strength.

Thus, Chu Xuan's five attributes were as follows:

[stamina: 10]

[Strength: 10]

[agility: 10]

[Charm: 8]

[spirit: 9]

With stamina, Strength, and agility all maxed out, reaching the Peak level of a normal adult human as prompted by the System, Chu Xuan looked the same as usual, but earth-shaking changes had already occurred.

Bursting with strength, full of stamina, and agile.

Despite the continuous high-intensity rapid searching, Chu Xuan still felt in good condition.

Especially the glass shards embedded in his left hand that hadn't been cleaned out; although still slightly uncomfortable, as his stamina attribute reached 10 points, it could barely be ignored and didn't affect his use of the hand at all.

While Chu Xuan was hacking away at monsters, monsters also appeared on the other side.

Although they were just in human form, Chen Yinghao was caught off guard and struggled to deal with someone who had gone Berserk; he took a punch to the eye socket and almost had his knife taken for a counter-kill.

Fortunately, Tang Zheng, who was on standby for mobility, rushed up in time and helped kill the monster.

Then, the two searched together and encountered four more monsters; Tang Zheng and Chen Yinghao each killed two.

Unlike Chu Xuan, Tang Zheng and Chen Yinghao both felt that the improvement was significant when killing the first monster, but subsequent kills resulted in a greatly weakened improvement.

In this regard, Chu Xuan guessed that it might be because he possessed the System, which allowed him to convert all spirituality value into attribute points and immediately improve a certain physical attribute.

But even so, the physical fitness of these two was now far beyond that of ordinary people.

Especially Tang Zheng; having killed four monsters in total, his already tall and sturdy build now looked even more burly and powerful, with muscles bulging like small snakes all over his body.

It was just a pity that he still hadn't managed an Awakening of a talent.

"Does it require extreme anger..." Chu Xuan lowered his eyes in contemplation, recalling the message Future Tang Zheng had sent him in the dream.

In a flash of thought, Chu Xuan looked up and saw that three more survivors had been added here on the sixth floor.

Their group had started with only six people from the first floor and had now reached fourteen.

More than half the floors had been passed, but Qin Qing was still nowhere to be found. Although the others didn't say it, they began to doubt if Chu Xuan's judgment was wrong; perhaps this person wasn't in the dormitory at all.

Or perhaps, they were already dead.

Chu Xuan's mood was dark, but he wasn't overly discouraged.

He hadn't pinned all his hopes on the Qin Qing he had never met; otherwise, according to Xu Zhiyou's words, just shouting a few times on each floor would have sufficed—why go through all this trouble?

By killing his way up, his strength was constantly growing.

If it really didn't work out in the end, then he would break into Dormitory 1104 alone!

Do one's best and leave the rest to fate.

"There are monsters in the dormitory... everyone must understand one thing now... we can only leave this place by following Chu Xuan..."

Under Xu Zhiyou's tireless explanation, repeated over and over, the survivors following along all roughly understood what was happening. Amidst their terror, their gazes toward Chu Xuan were filled with gratitude.

"Continue upstairs!"

Chu Xuan led the way into the stairwell, continuing toward the seventh floor.

"Big brother, shouldn't we be going down?" The three survivors who had just been found on the sixth floor were a bit uneasy.

"We can't get out from the first floor, otherwise we would have left long ago. Rest assured, you can't go wrong by trusting Chu Xuan," Xu Zhiyou soothed.

"I'm a bit cold, can we go back and put on some clothes first?"

The four people Chu Xuan had rescued from Ma Tao on the third floor were all shivering; they hadn't had time to put on clothes, and one person was even wearing only a pair of underwear. Blown by the cold wind in the stairwell, their teeth were chattering.

That person's roommate curled his lip: "Just strip some off a dead person later..."

"Stop talking!"

Chu Xuan, walking in front, suddenly stopped. Everyone behind him fell silent, incredibly nervous.

Chu Xuan shook his flashlight and squinted his eyes to look up. Through the gaps between the floors, several massive figures were above, also looking down at their group.

As the light swept over, those figures quietly retreated.

The others also looked up and noticed, feeling a chill down their spines. The person from before shivered again and spoke: "Should we... go back down after all?"

He still wanted to put his own clothes back on.

"Kill our way up!"

Coldly spitting out these words, Chu Xuan's eyes were filled with killing intent as he took large strides up the steps.

The more monsters he killed, the more he felt his blood boiling.

Chu Xuan didn't know if it was because his subconscious was anticipating spirituality value or if some other reason was at play, but he felt a surge of restless emotion that he couldn't suppress.

They soon reached the seventh floor.

The lights here were all out. Under the beam of the high-power flashlight, everyone saw that this place was just like the fourth floor—the corridor was littered with severed limbs.

Blood pooled and coagulated on the ground, and a pungent, foul stench assaulted their nostrils.

"What should we do? Do we still need to search this floor?" Chen Yinghao asked.

"No need. The people inside should all be dead. Just shout a few times to see if Qin Qing is here."

The group shouted several times toward the seventh-floor corridor. Just like on the fourth floor, there was no response, so they moved on to the eighth floor.

Opening the fire door to the eighth floor, everyone was stunned.

Because behind this fire door, there were actually two layers of iron bed frames wedged in.

Through the gaps in the bed frames, one could see heavy objects like cabinet boards blocking the way behind.

These iron bed frames were clearly dented, and many of the wooden boards on the inner side were shattered.

"Let me try." Tang Zheng stepped forward and gave a push, but it didn't budge.

"Hmm?"

Tang Zheng frowned and suddenly increased his strength, slamming into it fiercely.

Screech—

A tooth-aching, piercing sound came from inside, followed by a burst of commotion.

"Quick, hold it! Another Specter is trying to get in!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Hold the other side too, don't let the Specter break through!"

"Don't panic, it's daytime now. Let the Specter in, and we'll kill it together!"

Specter?

Chu Xuan's gaze sharpened.

Bang!!

Chu Xuan stepped forward and delivered a kick. A shallow dent immediately appeared on the bed frame, and a gap of nearly ten centimeters suddenly opened. Then, Tang Zheng and Chen Yinghao pushed hard together, opening it a few more centimeters.

In a flash, Chu Xuan flickered and slipped through the gap.

Entering the eighth-floor corridor, the first thing blocking his way was an iron bunk bed placed horizontally. Facing him across it was a group of people with shocked expressions.

At a rough glance, there were about twenty of them.

Looking around, the fire door on the other side not far away was also blocked by iron bunk beds and about twenty people.

These people completely filled the space in front of the elevator.

Seeing Chu Xuan covered in blood and stepping over the bed rail with a sword, several people who had wanted to rush forward all subconsciously took a step back.

"How come this Specter is carrying a sword?"

"Everyone, be careful!"

These people were all full of wariness, and the lead young man with a buzz cut, holding a butterfly knife, shouted:

"Don't huddle together! Those with weapons, stand in front! Everyone else, get back! Let's finish this quickly—kill this Specter, don't let it drag on until nightfall!"

At this man's shout, several people holding steel pipes stood out, and from the other fire door, several students carrying mop handles and wooden poles also ran over.

"Don't be impulsive, everyone! We're not monsters!"

Meanwhile, Tang Zheng, Chen Yinghao, Xu Zhiyou, and the others also filed in from the stairwell. Xu Zhiyou ran to Chu Xuan's side, panting, and raised his hand to shout again:

"Don't be impulsive, everyone! We're not monsters, let alone some Specter!"

"Xu Zhiyou? You're still alive? How is this possible?"

The lead youth was slightly stunned, but as he saw more people coming in from the stairwell, he found it even more unbelievable: "So many people... No, that's not right! You must all be Specters in disguise!"

Xu Zhiyou clearly knew the lead youth and said urgently, "Lin Tong, don't misunderstand. We all followed Chu Xuan up here. Let's not fight among ourselves."

"Who the hell is Chu Xuan? I don't know him! This stairwell is full of monsters, how could you possibly come up? Unless it's her..."

Lin Tong's gaze suddenly fell on the high-power flashlight in Chu Xuan's hand, and then he looked at the others who had entered. Many held homemade long-handled fluorescent lamps, and even those who didn't were holding stacks of phones with their flashlight functions turned on.

The expression on Lin Tong's face softened slightly, but he still didn't relax his guard. He was about to say more when suddenly his vision blurred, and a chilly sensation touched his neck.

"Unless it's her? Who is she?"

Chu Xuan had reached Lin Tong's side in just one step. Before the other could react, the sword's edge was already resting on his shoulder.

"You know the rules of day and night, you know the term 'Specter,' and you even had the sense to work together to block the fire doors with iron beds—it seems you safely survived the night? Ordinary people shouldn't be able to do all this... Is it because of the 'her' you mentioned?"

"I... I... I..." Lin Tong immediately lost his nerve, raising his hands and stammering, "Brother, don't be impulsive, it's all a misunderstanding..."

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. You only need to answer yes or no." Chu Xuan tilted his wrist slightly, and the sword's edge immediately pressed against the other's neck, easily breaking the skin.

"Yes!" Lin Tong answered quickly, feeling the icy, stinging pain at his neck, not daring to move an inch.

"What is her name?"

"Qin Qing."