The bed collapsed with a crash.
Chu Liuyue and Zhou Yuan looked at each other in dismay.
"An'an, you were just hitting a zombie rat. Was there really a need to dismantle my bed..."
The latter forced himself to stay calm.
Without changing his expression, Zhou Yuan pushed aside the pile of debris, searching as he spoke.
"Your safety is the most important thing."
"Let me check if that zombie rat is dead or not."
When the bedboards were completely lifted.
It was completely empty underneath, with nothing but shattered wood splinters.
Chu Liuyue's eyes flickered, as if she had connected the dots.
The corners of her lips curled up.
She smiled rather cheerfully.
He did slip away fast.
In a sense, he really was a 'rat'.
Yan Qingdu reacted quickly. It seemed his spatial ability could not only store objects but also hide people.
"It seems the zombie rat escaped," Zhou Yuan's amber eyes darkened.
He seemed to be pondering something.
The commotion just now had also attracted the attention of the others.
Soon, people gathered outside the door.
The first to arrive was Li Xichen.
His nervous gaze swept around the room before finally landing on Chu Liuyue.
"Sister Xiaoyue, are you alright?"
Chu Liuyue shook her head and smiled.
"I'm fine."
Li Xichen's gaze quickly locked onto Zhou Yuan's face.
He looked very displeased.
He raised his hand and glanced at his watch.
"It's already 3:30 in the morning. What are you doing barging into Sister Xiaoyue's room instead of sleeping?"
He had a short temper.
Almost as soon as his words fell, two ice blades materialized in front of Zhou Yuan, ready to strike.
Zhou Yuan pointed to the medical kit.
"Liuyue bumped her head and it hurts, I was applying medicine for her."
Seeing this, Li Xichen asked nervously, "How did Sister Xiaoyue bump her head?"
From the back of the crowd.
Gu Man stood there making snide remarks, mocking,
"Because she's stupid, obviously. Making such a huge racket in the middle of the night."
"You made us think a zombie had broken in."
"Can't you let people get a good sleep?"
As soon as these words came out, they drew a collective roll of eyes from everyone.
Zhou Yuan shot her a sideways glance.
"Shut up!"
Gu Man put a hand on her hip, her face full of displeasure, and said, "Yuan, don't you forget, I am your..."
Before she could finish, she was interrupted.
"I know, my marriage alliance partner." He paused, then added, "If you spout nonsense again, I wouldn't mind if my marriage alliance partner was a mute."
Gu Man let out a soft snort.
She originally didn't plan to say anything else.
Suddenly, she looked around for a long time.
Her tone became a bit anxious.
"Strange! With such a big commotion just now, why isn't Senior Yan here?"
That was true.
Everyone looked at each other and realized that they had all heard the noise and rushed over.
Only Yan Qingdu was absent.
Lao Yu kindly asked, "Could something have happened to Researcher Yan?"
Sister Wan said, "Let's go knock on his door and check."
The group walked towards his room. The door wasn't locked and opened with a gentle push.
Inside was a double bed.
But the room was completely empty.
They didn't know if he could hear the voices outside while hiding in his space.
Chu Liuyue smiled and said,
"Maybe he went to catch the zombie rat."
"Zombie rat?" Pei Ruoxue's face turned pale upon hearing this. She was most afraid of rats.
She didn't expect that they had already mutated into zombie rats.
Chu Liuyue naturally followed up,
"Yes, there was a zombie rat under the bed just now, which is why An'an smashed my bed."
As she spoke, she gave Zhou Yuan a half-smile.
Gu Man, however, felt something was off.
"Yuan, aren't you sharing a room with Senior Yan? Didn't you notice when he left?"
A dark glint flashed through Zhou Yuan's eyes.
Without blushing or skipping a heartbeat, he stated,
"I didn't notice."
"He wasn't in the room when I woke up."
"Who knows where he went?"
The matter was left unsettled.
The group decided to wait a bit.
If Yan Qingdu still didn't show up by daybreak, they planned to search the surrounding area.
As for Chu Liuyue, her bed was destroyed.
Looking well-behaved, Li Xichen took the initiative to offer.
"I'll switch rooms with Sister Xiaoyue."
"I can sleep on the sofa in here."
Chu Liuyue didn't object.
By the time they finished switching rooms, it was past four in the morning.
Zhou Yuan was also glared at by Li Xichen until he returned to his own room, with a warning that if he dared to barge into Sister Xiaoyue's room in the middle of the night again.
Next time.
His ice blades would pierce directly through his eyes.
...
Chu Liuyue let out a yawn and couldn't help but fall back onto the soft bed.
The quilt still carried a faint scent that belonged to Li Xichen.
She pulled at the covers.
Just as she was about to close her eyes and sleep.
A familiar male voice suddenly sounded by her ear.
"Yueyue, I'm a zombie rat?" The tone carried a hint of grievance and reluctance.
Her eyes flickered.
Sure enough, the air twisted and rippled, and immediately after, Yan Qingdu appeared out of thin air in the room.
"A spatial ability that can hide people?"
Yan Qingdu did not deny it, still staring at her eagerly.
He seemed to want an answer.
Chu Liuyue replied mercilessly,
"You're even more disgusting than a zombie rat."
"I'm too lazy to talk so much with you. What did you come to find me for earlier?"
"Get to the point, I don't want to hear nonsense."
Yan Qingdu pursed his lips, hesitating to speak.
Chu Liuyue wouldn't indulge him.
She grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it at him.
"Don't want to say?"
"Get out!"
Yan Qingdu lowered his eyes.
He wasn't angry; instead, a low chuckle escaped his throat.
"It's getting late today, you should rest well."
"I... will tell you when the time comes."
What could be so mysterious?
Chu Liuyue couldn't help but roll her eyes and chase him out.
Just as Yan Qingdu stepped out of the room.
He was met with a pair of eyes as sharp as a wolf's.
Li Xichen hadn't slept at all. He was standing in the corridor, leaning against the wall.
Glaring at him like a tiger watching its prey.
He said coldly,
"I knew you were up to no good."
"You wouldn't disappear for no reason. What do you want to do to Sister Xiaoyue?"
Yan Qingdu took a step closer.
Smiling casually.
"Xiao Chen, don't worry, I'm a good person."
But his expression, his posture, and his words made him look anything but a good person.
Li Xichen quickly closed the distance, a trace of killing intent flashing in his eyes.
"Don't think I won't dare to kill you."
Yan Qingdu didn't panic at all.
He said unhurriedly,
"Don't be like this. Didn't I help you a lot back in the laboratory?"
"We are not enemies."
"Besides, you were the ones who volunteered to test the drugs."
Li Xichen scoffed.
"Yes, we volunteered to test the drugs for money."
"But you never said the drugs would turn people into this."
He pointed to the horde of zombies still wandering outside the hotel, just three meters away.
Although he was young.
He faintly felt a sense of absurdity.
"In this current world, is there even any living space left for humanity?"
Yan Qingdu said meaningfully,
"For ordinary humans, no."
"But ability users will reconstruct this world."
