Chapter 218: Chapter 217: Worm of Erosion (Part 7)_1
“What’s my name?”
The man in the black T-shirt was obviously flustered by Fu Qian’s question, feeling it was somewhat out of place.
“Liang Yuntian, what’s wrong?”
“Nice name.”
Fu Qian casually commented without answering his question.
Turning, Fu Qian walked to the window and pressed his face against the glass.
With the visibility outside, nothing could be seen amid the rolling fog.
However, amidst the continuous roar, one could faintly distinguish the voice of that monster brother.
Of course, by now his voice had gradually become distorted, as if in reckless destruction, his vocal cords were already torn and shattered.
Sister Ox-head is truly formidable!
But Fu Qian’s focus wasn’t on this; it was on the name the man in the T-shirt had just reported.
In such circumstances, the probability of lying about a name was extremely low, but the name Liang Yuntian…
If previous conjectures were correct, it would mean that all the pest infectees in the school right now, were infected due to reading that book in the backpack.
Considering the book was currently in his possession, aside from himself and Liu Yi, everyone should have previously borrowed that book, then been infected by the pests, and then activated on this “darkest of nights.”
This was why Fu Qian cared about the T-shirt man’s name.
The library card used as a bookmark in the book covered a long time span, and Fu Qian had already memorized the names on it.
He was sure there was not one named Liang Yuntian.
Of course, it was not impossible; Liu Yi had glanced at it a few times while flipping through the book and got infected.
But if that was the case, then there must be another infected person, and likely someone very familiar with Liang Yuntian.
Where had that person gone? It was a thought-provoking question.
Fu Qian remembered clearly, Liang Yuntian had said that aside from himself, there were no other normal people left in the dormitory.
For safety, Fu Qian had not turned on the lights on the roof before, only a lamp in the corner.
Now, illuminated by the dim light, Fu Qian turned back and looked Liang Yuntian up and down.
Overall, he appeared normal.
However, on his face and neck, one could vaguely see patches of green veins, chaotic and dense.
“Is that so? I actually feel the same way.”
Liang Yuntian’s expression suddenly became odd as he seemed to notice Fu Qian’s gaze.
The next moment, his mouth curved up in a smile, and he bragged unabashedly.
The boy was very arrogant!
Fu Qian ignored this, withdrawing his gaze and casually stretching out his right hand to examine it under the lamp’s light.
Somehow, his entire right hand was covered in a layer of dark carapace, with fine, hair-like yellow stripes that interconnected into dizzying patterns, and his nails had even grown out a bit more.
Listeining closely to Sister Ox-head’s roar earlier had nearly severed the connection he had established with his body.
In the attempt to reacclimate, he could feel an even greater integration with his body than before, as if it was undergoing a mutation.
He just hadn’t expected it to be so dramatic.
Fu Qian clenched his fist, feeling an increase in strength as the sharp nails almost dug into his flesh.
It was another form of breaking to rebuild.
…
At this point, Liang Yuntian across from him noticed Fu Qian’s action and followed his gaze.
Seeing this, his gaze froze instantly and his smile faded.
“Looks like that thing is trapped?”
After listening at the window for a while, Liu Yi also discerned the monster’s voice in the fog.
Assured that the monster was still there and hadn’t caught up, she was somewhat excited.
Because her attention was outside, she didn’t notice the change in atmosphere and was only puzzled by the content of the two men’s conversation.
In such a tense moment, the two men were actually discussing whether a name sounded good?
Truly an incomprehensible train of thought.
“Wait a moment, there seems to be another change…”
Before Fu Qian could speak with Liang Yuntian, Liu Yi’s expression became serious again.
“There is a bit.”
Fu Qian, standing by, could naturally hear it too.
At that moment, the monster’s roaring had gradually come to a stop.
This situation was a bit hard to determine. Optimistically, the creature might already be incapacitated, unable to roar anymore.
But at the same time, it was also possible that the creature had broken free from its restraints.
“What should we do? Has it escaped? Will it track us here?”
Liu Yi’s eyebrows knitted together involuntarily.
“I’ll go take a look.”
Unexpectedly, Liang Yuntian suddenly spoke up.
“No, that’s too dangerous!”
Never having thought Liang Yuntian would say such a thing, Liu Yi almost subconsciously shook his head.
“Don’t worry, I’ll just take a quick glance from afar. It won’t notice me.”
Liang Yuntian pretended not to see the smile on Fu Qian’s face that was not quite a smile and continued.
“It was a sneak attack last time. It won’t be so easy for it to catch up with me now that I’m on guard.”
“If it really does spot me… I’ll lead it down another path to avoid exposing this place as much as possible.”
“Thank you.”
After hearing these resigned words, Fu Qian simply nodded his head, saying no more.
“But—”
Liu Yi wanted to say something else, but Liang Yuntian had already walked to the door.
He listened against it, ensuring there were no sounds outside, then directly pulled the door open and went out.
…
“It’s still too dangerous!”
Watching Liang Yuntian with a worried face, Liu Yi took a long time before withdrawing his gaze.
“How do you feel?”
Without expressing any opinion, Fu Qian then suddenly asked.
“Me? I’m fine, don’t worry.”
Liu Yi subconsciously shook his head.
“I was a bit uncomfortable just now, my head was spinning from the roaring, but it’s much better now.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah, it just seems like I have an allergy. Ever since then, I’ve been itchy. Do you think this fog could be poisonous?”
Scratching his arm, Liu Yi still tried to make sense of their current predicament in a way he could understand.
“Perhaps.”
Fu Qian’s eyes fell on the other’s hand.
On the fair skin, coin-sized red patches were now emerging.
Noticing Fu Qian’s gaze, Liu Yi sheepishly hid his arm behind his back.
But the next moment, she could hardly suppress a scream.
“Your… your hand?”
After hiding her arm, she instinctively glanced at Fu Qian’s body, finally noticing his clawed hand, full of an ominous aura.
“It seems there is indeed a poison. I’m allergic too.”
Fu Qian spoke as if it were nothing, even placing his hand on a nearby office desk.
The next moment, he pressed down hard, and his sharp nails easily left a mark on the desk’s surface.
In that instant, Liu Yi felt an urge to flee.