Chapter 35 — At this moment, only Gaara and Little White were still struggling to hold on below. Gaara shouted while fighting, "Hurry up and get up, I'll hold them off for you!"
"No, we go together!"
"We can't worry about that, you go up quickly, Yukemuri, catch her!" Gaara was also anxious. Right now, the entire sewer was filled with the ghostly shadows of Biochemical Phantoms, and if they delayed any longer, they would likely all die here together.
"Honey, you have to get up quickly too!" Little White kissed Gaara on the cheek and climbed up the iron ladder. Together with Megane, I helped Little White up. "Gaara, hurry up, you're the only one left!"
‘Howl!' A burst of bullets flew out, temporarily dealing with the ghosts in front. Gaara looked upward, slung his gun onto his back, and climbed the ladder using both hands and feet. "Gaara, hurry up!"
Gaara climbed very fast, but the ghosts weren't weak either. One after another, they climbed the ladder right after him. Damn, they really stick! I pulled a pistol from my pocket and fired a few shots at the red creature behind Gaara. Immediately, quite a few fell.
Gaara looked up, gave me a smile, and continued climbing with renewed effort. "Hurry, Gaara, just you left, get out quickly!"
Finally, Gaara emerged from the dangerous underground. We joyfully reached out and grabbed his hand. It was safe now. Come on, get out!
Just at that moment, Gaara suddenly shivered all over, his whole body stiffened, and no matter how we tried to pull him up, we couldn't.
This… could it be? Gaara quickly calmed down: "Yukemuri, it seems I can't get up. The ghostly things below aren't letting me go. Take care of Little White for me!"
"What did you say? Don't speak like that, okay? We still have to go find the virus samples to complete our mission!" Hearing Gaara say this, we all panicked. Could it be that the ghosts below had already grabbed him? No, we absolutely cannot give up!
"Come on, everyone, let's work together and pull Gaara up!"
"No need!" Gaara shook his head and sighed. "The claws from below have already dug into my flesh. I must be poisoned by now. Bringing me up won't help!""Frustrating person, you have to remember what the doctor said in the end: you must find the virus sample!"
"Honey, don't give up, we're pulling you up right now!"
Xiaobai instantly cried, rushing forward to hold Ailo's body tightly, continuously pulling him up. At this moment, Ailo's upper body was exposed outside, but his lower body was firmly grabbed by the ghosts in the sewer.
Ailo shook his head and gave a bitter smile: "Xiaobai, you have to live well, we will play games together again next time!" With that, he forcefully pried Xiaobai's hands off.
"No... no... no!"
Xiaobai wanted to cry but tears wouldn't come, her eyes helplessly watching Ailo being pulled down by the ghosts. Ailo! My God, he was actually pulled down by the ghosts just like that? I was actually watching my companion being dragged down by the ghosts right in front of me! Enduring the pain in my heart, I helped the grieving Xiaobai up: "He's already like this, there's nothing we can do, we should leave quickly!" I then gave a glance to Glasses.
Glasses understood and was about to close the lid when suddenly, extremely loud gunfire came from below. This… this is? This is Ailo's last gunshot?
"No! My husband is still alive, don't close it!" Xiaobai's strength suddenly became immense, even I couldn't hold her back, and she threw me aside in an instant. Xiaobai rushed forward, pushed Glasses away, opened the lid, her gaze full of determination.
Could she be planning to…? No, quickly stop her…
"I want to save him!" Xiaobai gritted her silver teeth and leapt down…
Oh my God! Glasses and I were stunned, Xiaobai actually jumped down in front of us…
I shook my somewhat dazed head and quickly looked down, only to see that the hole below was packed with ghosts' red heads, where could I even find Xiaobai's shadow? Meanwhile, some ghosts were already climbing up the iron ladder. Glasses, quickly, close it! We have to shut it tight!
When the cement lid closed heavily, Glasses and I were dumbfounded for a few seconds.
Sigh! How could she just jump down like that? I couldn't help but sigh, never expecting Xiaobai's feelings for Ailo to be so deep that she would risk her life for him."Alright, now is not the time to talk like this. Although we locked the ghosts below, it doesn't mean all the ghosts in District 13 are down there!" Glasses touched his aching head, walked over to the unconscious Lao Wan, and lifted him up. Oh right, seeing Lao Wan reminded me—this guy is in danger too.
What should we do? Maybe now there are only the three of us left in all of District 13. How should we survive in such a dangerous place?
For now, we still need to first find a safe place to stay. After discussing with Glasses, we thought it would be better to hide in a room upstairs first, because right under our feet is a large bunch of biochemical ghosts. Not to mention whether they can come up or not, just thinking about it makes us nervous.
"Sigh, let's just go upstairs and find a room to hide in!" Glasses said as he carried Lao Wan, and we headed upstairs.
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Third floor. In a certain room.
Glasses and I sat on the floor staring at each other. What should we do? You tell me, what should we do? I asked him, he asked me, and we could only sit here staring blankly, not knowing what to do next.
I didn't expect this. We finally managed to reunite with everyone, thinking we'd be safe hiding in the underground base. But as soon as Dr. Koro appeared, the main troublemaker, we ended up fighting the defenders, and just when we were about to win, a large group of biochemical ghosts appeared.
Really, this is extremely unlucky!
I couldn't help but sigh. At this point, our companions were almost all dead. Even Ai Luo and Xiao Bai didn't survive this ordeal. Now Lao Wan has also been infected by the ghosts, and his life is uncertain. Thinking about this, a sudden, inexplicable sense of despair came over me. Maybe we'll die in this map too, and then return to reality in total failure…
"Forget it, we might as well just let them come and catch us. Once the last of us humans are infected, I guess this game will finally be over!" I had come to not care.
"What did you just say?" Glasses glared at me. "Lao Wan got hurt trying to save me, I will never forgive those ghosts. I will finish this game! Sophie, you're so weak-hearted. Don't you want to take revenge for everyone?"“Hehe, what joke are you talking about? Right now, in the entire District 13, there are only the two of us humans left. We don't even know how many bullets are left. How do you think we're supposed to fight those ghosts? This time, we really failed, and it's a complete and total failure, the whole army is wiped out!”
“Send the Q!” Glasses was a bit anxious: “I used to think your brain was pretty good, how come you're so stupid now? We still have one path!”
“One path? You…” I was taken aback hearing this — this guy…
“The virus sample! Haven't you forgotten what Gaara said at the end? We must find the virus sample! Only then can this game end; only then can we be considered truly victorious! Don't forget, from the very beginning, Rockman's mission for us was to find Dr. Koro, and then find the sample!”
Right! The virus sample might really be able to end this terrible game! I stood up and looked out the window. Although the map of District 13 was greatly enlarged, under the dim light, I could still see the “plus” sign in the hospital across. I remembered Dr. Koro's last words: “In… it's right… right in the hospital's safest place… the lab… uh!”
He said it's in the hospital's safest lab!
“Looks like we can only run to the hospital to find the virus sample!” (District 13 actually has a hospital, but you can only see a “plus” sign from the outside; you can't go inside. It's just above the container where the car is parked in the small yard.)
No! I shook my head: “Not us, but me!”
What? Hearing my words, Glasses was stunned, then clenched his fists: “What the hell do you mean? What do you mean by ‘me'? Are you looking down on me? Are you afraid I'll get you in trouble?”
“No, that's not it!”
I continued shaking my head, explaining: “If we both go, what about Lao Wan? Don't forget he got hurt trying to save you. You have to take good care of Lao Wan here, and absolutely no more mistakes can happen!”
(End of this chapter)