"Sister Hong Ying..." Si Xiaonan also saw this scene and her face turned pale.
Hong Ying frowned, passed through several pieces of human skin, and walked to the edge of the balcony to look outside.
This dormitory building was the most peripheral building in the entire school. Apart from a piece of undeveloped land on the opposite side of the balcony, there were no other buildings. It was no wonder they dared to hang human skin so openly.
But what if someone else came to visit?
Thinking of this, Hong Ying's eyes narrowed, and she quickly walked out of the dormitory and opened the door of the neighboring dormitory.
On the balcony of that room, there were also four pieces of human skin fluttering in the wind...
Next door, next door, and another next door!
Hong Ying searched several surrounding dormitories in succession. Most of the balconies were hanging human skin, some with one piece, some with two, and some with four.
This meant that a large number of students on this floor had already been transformed into monsters!
"Sister Hong Ying, this is trouble..." Si Xiaonan stood outside the door, muttering to herself.
"It is indeed troublesome." Hong Ying sighed and changed the topic, "However, this also indicates that there must be limitations to the monster's ability to infect others."
"Why?"
"If it really had unlimited infection ability, I estimate that within just two nights, it would silently infect the entire floor. But the fact is not so. We don't know how long it has been secretly active, but we can at least determine that it has been more than two days, and during this time, it could only infect these four or five dormitories, which means..."
"It means there is a limit to the number of people it can infect?"
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"It's possible, but there is another possibility, which is that its infection ability has a cooldown time. For example, one individual can only infect one person within a day..."
Si Xiaonan's eyes gradually lit up, "Yes, if it really had unlimited infection ability, the whole school would have been doomed long ago."
"So, we can actually deduce a lot of things." Hong Ying continued along the train of thought, "From the information provided by Qi Ye, the proportion of boarders among the infected is much higher than that of day students, because day students usually don't live in the school and spend most of their time in groups, making it difficult for the monster to infect them silently. And among the infected, the proportion of girls is much higher than that of boys, not only because girls are relatively easier to target and isolate, but also because..."
Hong Ying's eyes narrowed slightly as she turned her head to look at the dim and narrow corridor.
"The true form of that mythical creature is here."
Si Xiaonan widened her mouth in surprise, "Sister Hong Ying, how did you suddenly become so smart?"
"Hmm?" Hong Ying raised an eyebrow, "In your eyes, am I really that dumb?"
"Well, you've always been dumb, only using your brain at critical moments."
"..."
Hong Ying helplessly looked up at the ceiling. After a while, she took off her earphones.
"Well, I admit, Qi Ye told me all those things just now..."
Si Xiaonan: (?｀∧′)
"He's quite clever," Si Xiaonan pouted and said.
Hong Ying sighed, "Although I don't want to admit it, he does seem to be a bit smarter than me."
Lin Qiye's voice echoed faintly from the earphones:
"Are you sure it's just a bit?"
"...Shut up."
"Oh, by the way, I want to remind you." Lin Qiye's voice became serious, "Just now, I saw a large group of girls heading towards the dormitory building."
Hong Ying furrowed her eyebrows, "Are they infected?"
"I can't sense it from this distance. Be careful."
"Understood."
Hong Ying put on her earphones and gave Si Xiaonan a look. The two of them quickly ran towards the corridor.
Just then, several girls walked up the corridor, chatting and laughing.
Hong Ying's gaze slightly condensed. She pulled Si Xiaonan to a stop and looked at them with vigilance.
The girls in the corridor looked at the two unfamiliar girls standing there with some surprise, then whispered to each other.
"Who are they?"
"Don't know, maybe they're from another class?"
"There are only a few classes on this floor, and I've never seen them before!"
"Maybe they're looking for someone?"
"Yeah, let me ask."
A girl with long hair walked forward and politely asked, "Hello, are you looking for someone?"
A smile appeared on Hong Ying's face, "Yes, I'm looking for Wang Nan from Class 6, but I forgot which dormitory she's in..."
"Wang Nan?" The girl with long hair tilted her head, "There's no one like that in Class 6. Are you sure you didn't remember wrong?"
"Isn't this the dormitory for the third-year students?"
"No, this is for the second-year students. The third-year students are on the first floor.""So that's how it is!" Hong Ying scratched her head apologetically, holding Si Xiaonan's hand, and responded cheerfully, "I'm sorry for the disturbance!"
"It's fine." The long-haired girl smiled politely.
Hong Ying and Si Xiaonan bypassed the long-haired girl and headed straight for the corridor. The girls who were gathered together saw them coming and politely made way for them.
"That girl is really pretty."
As they passed by, Hong Ying heard the surrounding girls whispering, their eyes full of envy.
"Yeah, she has delicate features and good skin, so envious."
"The shorter girl behind is also pretty, she's so cute!"
"Cute enough... to make one want to eat her up."
As Hong Ying and Si Xiaonan brushed past the girls, a hungry light burst from their eyes. Their heads opened up like blooming buds, revealing bloody flesh and densely packed, ferocious teeth!
The dormitory corridor was narrow to begin with, and these girls occupied most of it, leaving too little space for Hong Ying and Si Xiaonan...
So little that they couldn't even dodge!
But at that moment, a faint curve appeared at the corner of Hong Ying's mouth, and a red light exploded from her!
Boom——!!
Rose-colored flames swept out in all directions from her and Si Xiaonan, the terrifying repulsive force directly flinging the monsters in the corridor away!
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The flames rolled, the intense heat causing the emergency lights on both sides of the corridor to burst, plunging the entire corridor and staircase into darkness.
Only the solitary flames continued to burn,
Then, a girl carrying a long case slowly stepped onto the stairs,
The flames illuminated her face,
She tapped lightly on the long case behind her, a soft hum came from inside, and a long spear sprung out from the side of the case!
It landed steadily in her hand.
Hong Ying swung the spear lightly, dancing a spear flower, calmly walked through the rose-colored flames, and looked proudly at the terrified monsters in front,
"Hmph, I knew it, you guys are no good." Hong Ying hoisted the spear onto her shoulder, flicked her earpiece,
"I bet no one will dare to call me stupid again!"