Thriller Night Talk

Chapter 174: Let me see your injury first

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Editor- Koneko, Proofreader- Spring Flower

It only took one minute for Bei Quan to arrive.

He saw a girl standing behind a broken wall, her back pressed against it, crying while looking around in a panic, like a desperate fawn who was frantic and afraid.

The girl was wearing a light-colored T-shirt and jeans and even in the darkness, Bei Quan could see the deep color on her shoulder. With his extensive experience, he instantly realized a crucial fact: the girl was injured, and the bleeding was quite significant.

——However, what exactly caused her injury?

At that moment, the girl was attracted by the fluorescent light emitted by the stones and turned her head towards Bei Quan. When she realized that a living person was approaching her, the girl cried out to him.

“Help! Help!” Bei Quan raised his hand and made a calming gesture to the girl.

In the next second, a white figure suddenly fell from above and landed on the girl’s shoulder.

“Ah!!!”

The girl let out a hysterical scream, a sound that only extreme pain and fear could produce.

That thing was not big, but it was incredibly fast. The surrounding light was insufficient, making it difficult for Bei Quan to see its true form. Based on its flight trajectory and size, it could be a small animal like a flying squirrel. Whatever it was, the girl was struggling and crying out intensely.

She instinctively grabbed onto whatever was on her shoulder and desperately tried to pull it off. However, whether it was biting or clawing, the girl’s cries and tugging couldn’t remove it.

Just as Bei Quan was about to rush over to help, something surprising happened. Suddenly, something appeared in the palm of the girl’s hand.

“Skeech!”

The small creature on the girl’s shoulder was scorched by the hot flame, causing it to let out a painful scream and jump up, seemingly trying to escape.

Unfortunately, it chose the wrong direction because it was heading straight towards Bei Quan.

With quick reflexes, Bei Quan flicked his wrist and the luminous stone flew out of his hand, shooting towards the white figure.

——Crack!

The stone hit its target directly. The little animal, along with the stone, fell from mid-air and landed at Bei Quan’s feet.

Of course, the stone didn’t immediately kill it.

It let out a piercing scream and tried to flip and jump up.

Bei Quan, of course, wouldn’t give it a chance to escape. He immediately stepped on the white fur, ending its life.

It was only then that Bei Quan finally saw the appearance of the little creature.

Overall, it did resemble a flying squirrel, with snow-white fur, a flat and long tail, and webbing connecting its front and back claws. However, its face doesn’t have normal features. Instead, it looks like a fleshy, large trumpet flower, with five petals splitting open from the center. Each petal had a sharp, hooked tip, and the edges had blood grooves resembling shark teeth.

On its back, there was a palm-sized patch of fur that had been burned by flames, revealing charred skin underneath. The smell of burnt protein lingered in the air.

Bei Quan kicked it again to make sure it was dead, then he bent down and picked up the glowing stone, quickly walking over to the girl’s side.

“How are you?”

The girl, still in shock and injured, sat paralyzed on the ground, staring blankly at Bei Quan, with tears streaming down her face.

He smiled at her and said, “Let me see your injury.”

As he got closer, Bei Quan recognized the girl.

He had seen her before in ‘Tianyuan City’. She looked like a high school student. The girl had an older brother, about four or five years older than her, who was very protective of her. They were always together and seemed to have a good relationship. It was her brother who first questioned ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’.

“Is it you?”

The little girl recognized Bei Quan as well.

After all, Bei Quan stood out with his overall look. He had fair skin, exquisite appearance, a gentle and refined temperament with a mysterious aura that caught people’s attention. It was impossible to not recognize him after seeing him, even just once.

“Yes, it’s me,” Bei Quan nodded with a smile, then crouched down beside the girl.

“Come, let me take a look at your injuries.”

Upon hearing his words, the girl trembled and seemed to snap back to reality. She shakily touched her injured shoulder, feeling the blood on her hand.

“Ah!!”

The little girl’s face turned pale, and she almost fainted. She looked at her bloody hands and then turned to Bei Quan, saying, “I-I’m injured… What do I do!? What do I do!?”

“Don’t panic,” Bei Quan reassured her.

He gestured for the girl to take off her shirt and turned her back.

Indeed, two pentagram-shaped wounds were overlapping on her left shoulder and back, totaling ten holes with each at least two centimeters deep.

It seemed like the girl’s injuries were quite severe, with the wounds continuously bleeding. The creature’s saliva might contain anticoagulant properties, or it could be a design in the dream.

The creature’s bites caused heavy bleeding, if this wasn’t stopped, it could lead to shock. Thankfully, she had Bei Quan to help her.

Luckily, this girl met Bei Quan. It seemed like she had good fortune by her side.

Bei Quan pricked his finger and drew a blood-stopping talisman on the girl’s back, then pressed a few acupoints.

This basic technique proved to be very effective, as the girl’s wound quickly stopped bleeding.

“It should be fine now,” Bei Quan smiled and signaled for the girl to put her clothes back on.

The girl didn’t know what Bei Quan had done behind her back, but after his actions, she felt a significant reduction in the itching and pain of her wound.

When she touched it again, it seemed like the bleeding had also stopped.

She immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly put her T-shirt on and hastily wiped her face, choking back her tears.

“M-my name is Luo Lan, the character ‘Lan’ in ‘Shang Shan Xia Feng’.”

She stood up, feeling momentarily dizzy from the blood loss, swaying a bit before steadying herself with a hand against the wall.

“What should we do now?”

“I’m Bei Quan,” Bei Quan said, pulling Luo Lan along with him.

“Let’s go, we need to leave this place.”

Luo Lan blinked, still seeming a bit disoriented, her expression filled with confusion.

“Where are we going?”

“You forgot? Just now, ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’ said that every fifteen minutes, the outermost circle of the map will collapse.”

Bei Quan replied, pointing towards the East.

“To ensure our safety, we need to take a detour towards the central area.”

Luo Lan reflexively turned her head and looked in the direction Bei Quan had pointed at.

At some point, a bright moon rose on the eastern horizon. The moon was like a mirror, shining brightly. In the moonlight, the girl faintly saw a towering spiral-shaped tower in the distance, standing out amidst the crumbling ruins.

Luo Lan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“N-No way…” she stammered, trembling.

“Are those… really real?”

Even after being attacked by the bat flower, Luo Lan still couldn’t fully grasp the reality of it all. After all, she was just a high school student, still sheltered and protected by her parents.

When faced with a real situation, she became completely panicked and lost her composure.

She found it hard to imagine how a mere dream of hers had escalated to such a life-or-death situation.

“Before figuring out a solution, it’s best to follow the rules,” Bei Quan said while grabbing the girl’s arm, helping her climb onto the tall wall behind them.

“Because, that’s the only way to ensure our safety.”

———————-

Meanwhile, about a kilometer away from Bei Quan and Luo Lan, Wei Fuyuan found himself in danger.

Just like Bei Quan, he remembered standing in front of Ran Qu’s room. But as soon as Bei Quan opened the door, he suddenly lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he found himself in the ruins of ‘Tianyuan City’, and then he heard ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’s’ declaration of the ‘Great Battle Royale.’

All of a sudden, Wei Fuyuan felt his heart race at speed, unsure of where to begin.

But, he didn’t have time to dwell on it because the countdown had already begun.

——He had to find Bei Quan as soon as possible!

Although not enthusiastic, Wei Fuyuan had played a few rounds of ‘chicken dinner’ and was sensitive to the keywords ‘danger zone.’

Bei Quan would probably make his way to walk towards the direction of that so-called ascension tower.

For safety reasons, Wei Fuyuan decided to leave the area he was in and head towards the central zone.

Unfortunately, his luck wasn’t great this time, as there was a monster spawn point nearby. When the countdown ended, Wei Fuyuan started moving forwards whilst in the dark.

He walked about ten meters among broken stones and suddenly heard a peculiar ‘sha sha, sha sha’ sound.

That sound, when first heard, seemed like the murmuring of flowing water, or the sound of a small sand hammer being played by a child.

It was getting closer and closer to him at a rapid pace.

Wei Fuyuan’s whole body trembled and he suddenly turned around.

In the moonlight, he saw something long and thin swiftly moving on the ground, coming towards him.

Instinctively, Wei Fuyuan took a big step back.

At the same time, the long, slender object appeared in front of him and suddenly sprung up, shooting towards him like an arrow.

Wei Fuyuan was shocked, but his reflexes were faster than his brain’s thinking.

Without hesitation, he kicked out with a sweeping leg towards that unusual creature.

This time, Wei Fuyuan went out wearing Doctor Martin boots with high padding and thick soles, made of high-quality calf leather. The toe of the shoes were adorned with a provocative bright silver metal plate, and the upper was decorated with over twenty rivets.

This foot swept over and hit the target, simply kicking it off the ground.