"I... I didn't expect so much." Li Yifei sighed.
"We are grateful that you came down to save us," the boy bowed slightly, "but unfortunately, your retreat plan is not feasible."
"Then do you have a better solution?"
"To hold our ground." His voice sounded calm, "Although these monsters look scary, they are not strong enough to completely overpower us. As long as we continuously reinforce the defense of the doors and windows, holding them off is not a problem. I believe that someone will come to rescue us soon."
Li Yifei fell silent for a moment, then looked at the boy in front of him, who wore glasses and looked gentle. "I still don't know your name."
"An Qingyu."
"An Qingyu? Are you the An Qingyu who ranks first in the city?" Li Yifei widened his eyes.
"I don't care about rankings," An Qingyu's gaze fell on the disgusting pieces of flesh and blood outside the corridor, his eyes flickering with a strange light. "It seems that this world... is much more interesting than I imagined."
For some reason, Li Yifei felt a chill in his heart when he saw his eyes.
"Since you don't want to come with me, then I'll go back to the fifth floor." Li Yifei turned around and prepared to leave. After all, he was no longer needed here, and there were still many students on the fifth floor.
"I think you might not be able to leave now."
An Qingyu walked to the window and pointed to three monsters running from the right corridor, while three monsters climbed up from the left corridor.
They... were surrounded.
The most crucial thing was that one of the monsters, while passing through the corridor, casually broke the thick rope hanging on the outside, completely cutting off Li Yifei and the others' retreat!
Li Yifei's pupils suddenly contracted!
They might be able to kill two monsters using chairs and fire axes, but if they were facing six at the same time... they would undoubtedly die!
"Quick! Put the tables and chairs back!"
The boys in the classroom quickly moved the tables and chairs that had been moved away from the door back into place. Soon, the monsters arrived at the outside of the classroom, using their bodies and sharp teeth to constantly shake the tables and chairs, making them sway dangerously.
More than twenty boys used all their strength to hold the tables and chairs, their faces turning purple.
Inside and outside the classroom, this was a struggle that risked dozens of lives!
The girls in the classroom had pale faces, screaming as they hid in the corners of the classroom. The faces of the other boys were also very grim.
Only the slender An Qingyu stood aside, frowning as he looked at the scene in front of him, seemingly contemplating something.
"Killing two monsters immediately results in six more appearing. This shows that the mental presence of these monsters is connected in a network... controlled by a main brain that rules over all the sub-brains, and the main brain possesses high intelligence, no less than that of humans.
But the problem is... how did they know to cut the thick rope?
Assuming that the vision of all the monsters can be shared, Li Yifei and the others should not have been visible from the monsters' perspective when they descended from the rope... How did they know that the rope was the link between the two floors?
And also..."
While An Qingyu was pondering alone, Li Yifei and the others at the front were gritting their teeth, gradually being pushed back by the pressure in front of them.
"Damn... we can't hold on anymore!"
Just as everyone was about to reach their limit, a figure swiftly flew past the window. A pale blue light flashed, and in the next moment, the head of a ferocious monster was thrown high into the air.
The other five monsters hadn't reacted yet. The figure's footsteps slightly changed, and in an extremely strange posture, he swung his knife!
The blade sliced through the closest monster from its shoulder to its waist, cutting it in half!
Blood gushed out, and the remaining four monsters finally reacted, roaring as they pounced towards the figure!
Just as they were about to touch his body, a burst of intense light suddenly erupted from the person's eyes, like a burning furnace, dazzling!
Terrifying divine might surged out like a raging sea, impacting the minds of the four monsters!
Their movements simultaneously froze!
Then, a faint blue light flashed again, cutting through a smooth arc like a crescent moon, and at the same time, it sliced open the necks of the four monsters!
The whole process flowed smoothly, without any hesitation!
Although the young man quickly stepped back, his school uniform was still stained blood-red by the splattering blood. He furrowed his eyebrows, and the furnace-like glow in his eyes slowly dimmed and disappeared.
The straight blade returned to its sheath.
A large group of students stood by, dumbfounded.
What did they see?
A high school student wearing the same uniform as them, easily taking down six monsters with just a few strikes?"Qi Ye, you're finally here!" Li Yifei saw the man, his voice carrying a hint of aggrieved sobbing, "I thought you had abandoned me and ran off."
"Cut the cheesy talk." Lin Qiye rolled his eyes silently.
"Classmate... are you here to save us?" Someone in the crowd asked excitedly.
"Sort of." Lin Qiye nodded, then turned to look at Li Yifei, "Briefly tell me what's going on."
"Okay." Li Yifei organized his thoughts and began, "After that strange scream, most of the monsters went berserk, and the entire building fell into chaos.
Our fourth floor is relatively okay. On the first floor, half of the students in a class turned into monsters, slaughtering their classmates, and completely blocking the stairs. We couldn't get downstairs to escape from the school. Some tried to jump down from the second floor, but they were torn to pieces as soon as they landed.
So, basically, all the students started running upstairs.
I led a group of boys with fighting capabilities, killed a few monsters on the fifth floor, guided most of the students from the second, third, and fourth floors, blocked the corridor, and started a hard fight with them. Later, we heard that there were survivors on the third floor, so we came down."
Lin Qiye asked, "How did you deal with those who were uncertain whether they were monsters or not?"
"Luckily, you told me before that Han Ruoruo is also a monster. She didn't transform but blended into the crowd. I recognized her at a glance. To avoid startling the snake in the grass, I isolated her and a few boys who had more contact with her, as well as some girls from the same dormitory building, in a classroom with someone to watch over them."
After listening, Lin Qiye nodded repeatedly, "It's fortunate that you were here, otherwise more students would have died."
Li Yifei scratched his head and chuckled, "I performed so well, there shouldn't be a problem for me to join the Night Watchman, right?"
"Not much of a problem."
Lin Qiye seemed to have noticed someone's gaze, turned his head, and locked eyes with the weak-looking boy with glasses.
From his eyes, Lin Qiye read emotions different from others.
Most people looked at him with fear, reverence, admiration, and love...
But the gaze of the boy in front of him... was like seeing a rare species, wanting to take him back for dissection and study.
"Who are you...?" Lin Qiye asked in confusion.
An Qingyu stepped forward, politely extending his right hand, "Hello, my name is An Qingyu."
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then shook his hand.
"Lin Qiye."