Terror is resurging, but only I am.

Chapter 66 Killing a He Lian

"How could you not have seen the monster?"

The cane-wielding king, his eyes vacant, kept repeating the same sentence over and over.

Seeing the appearance of the Cane King, Yan Ming and the others immediately realized that the guy was definitely having some mental problems, and they all took a half step back.

As Yan Ming recalled what the Cane King had just said, his vigilance instantly reached its peak.

After Lu Mingzhe was assimilated by the Fly People, the rooms in this corridor were replicated.

At this point, there should be 50 dormitory rooms.

When he stepped onto the fourth floor, the number of rooms there had doubled from 50 to 100.

He initially thought that some action of his had caused the corridor to fold in half and be copied, because the timing was too coincidental, but according to the Cane King's explanation, it seemed that this was not the case.

However, according to the Cane King, the second replication of the fourth-floor dormitory should also be because someone was assimilated by the Fly People, right?
Who is this guy?
Yan Ming's gaze fell on the Cane King; the answer to this question was almost effortless.

Like Lu Mingzhe, the Cane King has also started acting strangely.

"Calm down, try to control your impulses, and tell me in more detail everything that happened on the fourth floor."

Yan Ming spoke quickly to the Cane King, wanting to learn more about the fourth floor from him.

The Cane King looked at Yan Ming, who was wearing a human skin coat, with a somewhat wooden look in his eyes. However, he had at least stopped repeating those words. He looked like a wild beast just beginning to understand, pondering what Yan Ming had said.

"Everything that happened on the fourth floor, yes, we encountered some things on the fourth floor."

The cane-wielding king pondered everything that had just happened to him and Lu Mingzhe, and then recounted it to Yan Ming and the other two as if telling a story.

"Following the instructions on your notes, we waited for further instructions in two separate areas on the fourth floor."

"Around the appointed time, I heard Lu Mingzhe in the corridor loudly remind me, so I got into position and entered the place."

"Just like you wrote on your note, as soon as I arrived on the fourth floor, I found myself standing behind a door, and that monster was probably in the corridor, searching for my location."

"As you instructed, I want to sneak into the closet and hide there. As long as the monster can't see me through the reflection in the glass, I can avoid the first attack."

"But I don't know what happened, my hand just shook and I bumped into the cabinet door, which seems to have attracted the attention of that fly-man."

"Fortunately, Lu Mingzhe was there. He also realized that the monster was here, so he took the initiative to jump out of his room and distract the monster."

"I followed his instructions to go downstairs to ask you for help, but somehow, the fly-like people in the 4th-floor corridor suddenly turned into two."

“I didn’t see where Lu Mingzhe went. The situation was very chaotic. It seemed that he was caught by that fly-man and assimilated into the same monster.”

"Then, the rooms in this corridor became two symmetrical parts, and I had to hide here temporarily to avoid those two fly-men."

The Cane King stopped talking mid-sentence, touched his face, and looked at Yan Ming: "I shouldn't have had any contact with that fly-man. I haven't mutated yet, have I?"

“No.” Yan Ming looked at the Cane King and confirmed that the other party’s appearance had not changed to resemble a fly.

The situation on the fourth floor seemed clear. Since there were two node areas there, Lu Mingzhe's side did not initially attract the attention of the Fly People.

The Fly Man was actually targeting the Cane King first, but Lu Mingzhe deliberately exposed himself to save the Cane King, thus drawing the Fly Man away.

As a result, he was unexpectedly assimilated by the Fly Man, which led to the fourth floor becoming what it is now.

Is that right?

Yan Ming had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

After finishing his long speech, the man with the cane, who was hiding on the upper bunk, regained some of his senses and seemed much more normal.

"Did you notice which way those two flies were running?"

He Lian asked, her expression not looking good, but she didn't criticize the Cane King.

Although Lu Mingzhe got into trouble while trying to save the Crutch King, it's not the Crutch King's fault. He Lian was able to control her emotions very well.

"I...I'm sorry, I was too nervous at the time. I only knew they were moving in the opposite direction from me, and I didn't dare to go out and look because that monster has very sharp eyesight..."

The Cane King seemed a little downcast. He shook his head and said this.

He Lian immediately turned to Yan Ming and said, "I'm going to find Lu Mingzhe."

Most of the time, she would follow Yan Ming's orders just like Lu Mingzhe, but this time her attitude was clearly very firm.

Yan Ming understood what she meant; he had never intended to give up on Lu Mingzhe.

The situation on the fourth floor is probably more complicated than imagined. If we abandon Lu Mingzhe and run away now, we may not be able to escape this infinite city-like fourth-floor space.

However, after noticing the unusual situation, Yan Ming secretly made a preparation.

While the three people around him were not paying attention to him, he implanted the "ears" into their bodies.

The ears that grew on the backs of He Lian, Zhao Yunyao, and the Cane King had no negative effects; they were simply "heartbeats" collected by Yan Ming using the ears on the human skin suit.

All three of them had seen his current appearance normally, so they were all considered to have violated a taboo once, and Yan Ming took this opportunity to implant ears for them.

This process wouldn't attract the attention of the three of them, as long as the ears were placed discreetly and they didn't discover it themselves, there wouldn't be any problem.

Having prepared this backup plan in advance, Yan Ming walked ahead and left the dormitory, looking in the direction that the cane-wielding king had pointed.

It is said that Lu Mingzhe and the Fly Man went in that direction.

Yan Ming closed his eyes and tried to focus on the sound coming from that direction.

When he fully immersed himself in perceiving the sounds of the outside world, he immediately distinguished between two different sounds.

"Tap, thump, thump."

"Boom, boom, boom."

"..."

The sounds were continuous, somewhat similar, yet distinct.

They consist of a crisp sound and a heavy sound, striking once every second in a very rhythmic manner.

Yan Ming could almost immediately guess what it was without much thought.

Morse code.

A crisp sound likely symbolizes a short tone, while a heavy sound symbolizes a long tone.

Is someone sending us a signal in Morse code?
Is it Lu Mingzhe?
A thought flashed through Yan Ming's mind: the only person who would give them a secret signal in this way was probably Lu Mingzhe.

This means that Lu Mingzhe has not lost his self-awareness, which is definitely good news.

However, there is also bad news.

He doesn't understand Morse code at all; normal people wouldn't understand it anyway.
What exactly did Lu Mingzhe want to say to them?

Thinking of this, Yan Ming felt helpless.

Wait a minute, since most normal people probably wouldn't understand, Lu Mingzhe should know that too, but he still uses this method to convey information...

This means that someone among them must understand. What pity?
Yan Ming subconsciously thought of He Lian, who had always been with Lu Mingzhe, and that He Lian most likely knew the password.

He looked at He Lian, whose expression was normal, but she looked warily to the other side, as if she had not heard anything.

Therefore, this code is one that only he can hear, but only He Lian can crack.

In that case, should we just have He Lian translate it?

Yan Ming frowned slightly, instinctively feeling that this was inappropriate.

Are the other two people in the team really trustworthy?
The music teacher was transformed back from the dormitory manager, and the cane king was even more mysterious, appearing on the fourth floor. Yan Ming had never fully trusted either of them.

It would be best to get the answer from He Lian in a more discreet way.

Yan Ming walked at the front, his pace gradually slowing down until he finally stood in front of a dormitory door.

The knocking sound originated from this dormitory room.

He looked back and noticed that the dormitory should not exist.

Yan Ming let out a long breath and opened the door to the room.

A fresh smell wafted over, completely different from the smell of the boys' dormitories in the past.

The room was spotless, everything was arranged very neatly, and it was even sprayed with some kind of refreshing perfume, making a very good first impression.

Yan Ming took a half step back and looked at the room number at the dormitory entrance.

2478.

2 refers to the second-year high school dormitory building, 4 refers to the floor, and 78 refers to the room number.

This is the seventy-eighth room.

The rooms in the corridor on the 4th floor are not simple copies; otherwise, it would be impossible for there to be a 78th room.

Moreover, this dormitory is clearly completely different from the boys' dormitory we saw before.

“I heard some noise in this room. Spread out and search the area. If you find anything, come and let me know. If there is any danger, remember to shout as loudly as possible.”

Yan Ming said in a low voice, then added, "Don't worry, I haven't heard the fly-man monster's voice yet, so there shouldn't be any problems nearby."

He Lian and the other two nodded and began searching the room. Yan Ming, who had sent the three away, secretly found paper and pen in the room, wrote down the Morse code he had previously noted down, and carefully handed it to He Lian.

"This is..." He Lian asked in surprise, looking at Yan Ming.

Yan Ming nodded slightly, indicating that she should continue watching.

“This is Morse code. I learned it with Lu Mingzhe before.” He Lian glanced at Yan Ming’s markings and immediately began to decipher the code.

The deciphered content was a string of English words. He Lian simply broke down the string of English words into sentences and quickly got a normal sentence.

“Look closely, it’s right in the hallway.”

He Lian's expression changed immediately after she finished translating: "The corridor?! That thing is in the corridor?"

She instinctively turned her head to look at the corridor outside, trying to pinpoint the monster's location.

The other two didn't notice He Lian's movements and continued doing their own things.

He Lian turned to Yan Ming and asked in a low voice, "Could this fly-man possess some kind of mimicry ability? It has natural camouflage in the corridor, which is why we can't find it?"

She thought for a moment, then continued, "But you couldn't hear it either. Does that mean you have to touch it to see what it looks like?"

"I don't know, let's go to the corridor and check the situation first." Yan Ming frowned and shook his head, then followed He Lian to leave the dormitory.

"it is good."

He Lian nodded and was about to leave when she suddenly seemed to sense something and quickly turned back to look at Yan Ming.

"Wait, you!"

As if struck by a sudden realization, her beautiful eyes widened in terror, and her mouth involuntarily opened, but it was too late.

Yan Ming suddenly sprang into action, charging towards her in a single stride.

The pen in his hand became a deadly weapon at this moment. He showed no mercy and, taking advantage of He Lian's open mouth, plunged the pen all the way into her mouth, piercing her brain from bottom to top.

"Ah...ah...cough..."

In an instant, blood gushed from He Lian's mouth, and a large amount of blood became stuck in her throat.

She pointed at Yan Ming, seemingly wanting to say something, but with blood stuck in her throat, she couldn't speak normally and could only make sounds like phlegm.

This sudden turn of events shocked both Cane King and Zhao Yunyao, who had never witnessed such a bloody scene. One of them couldn't help but take several steps back and leave the dormitory, while the other stood there with his mouth agape, not knowing what to do.

Yan Ming did not stop what he was doing. He laid He Lian down and took a hollow metal tube from the bed frame next to him, and began to massage He Lian, who was trembling on the ground.

After a few blows, He Lian had almost lost all ability to move, while Yan Ming closed his eyes.

"Pfft-"

The metal tube pierced He Lian's abdomen, and under such a fatal attack, she had almost no chance of survival.

"Cough cough." He Lian coughed several times in succession, and a large amount of bright red blood came out of her mouth, while the blood flowing from her abdominal wound gathered into a pool on the ground.

Yan Ming waited silently until He Lian completely breathed her last, then he looked up at Zhao Yunyao, who was still standing there in a daze.

"what!"

Zhao Yunyao noticed Yan Ming's gaze and, in a moment of panic, cried out in alarm.

"Shh-"

Yan Ming put his finger to his lips, then glanced at the corpse on the ground: "Take another look at her."

"Huh?" Zhao Yunyao was stunned for a moment, then looked down at He Lian's corpse. Just a moment ago she was a beautiful high school student, but now she had turned into a humanoid creature with a disgusting fly head.

The good news is that it appears to be dead.

"This is... He Lian just now was a monster in disguise?" Zhao Yunyao seemed to wake up from a dream, while the Cane King in the corridor, hearing the commotion, also peeked in to look, revealing a surprised "Oh—" expression.

Yan Ming nodded in agreement. He hadn't expected that the evil spirit on the fourth floor would be easier to deal with than he had imagined.

It's very simple. The Morse code he heard was playing on a loop, and the other person must have meant to say a complete sentence.

However, the content recorded by Yan Ming on paper was not the whole story; it was only two-thirds of the Morse code.

In this situation, He Lian was able to provide a sentence with complete meaning, which aroused Yan Ming's serious suspicion.

He then tried to activate He Lian's ears to listen to her heartbeat.

It turned out that the heartbeat was coming from the abdomen.

Ha, it would be strange if they could resist taking action.

(End of this chapter)