Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 867 Security Guard's Restroom

crunch...

Wu Xian gently pushed the door open a crack, and the hinges made a slight sound.

The four of them peered through the crack in the door. Compared to the previous shops, this room was quite narrow, about the size of a student dormitory, and looked like a security guard's rest room.

Below were two iron-framed beds, as well as some wooden tables and chairs, washbasins, electric fans, old televisions, trash cans, and other items. There was a wall clock by the window, and by the moonlight shining in from outside, it could be seen that the time was 11:30 p.m.

At first glance, nothing seems out of the ordinary.

But if you simply look up, you'll see a scene that will almost take your breath away.

On the ceiling of the security guard's rest room, three things were hanging upside down, just like the previous one, stitched-up security guards with multiple arms!
The one on the innermost side was a whole size larger than the other security guards, with eight or nine withered arms hanging down like cured meat. This thing should be the 'leader' of the stitching security guards, and we'll call him the stitching captain for now.

The three new recruits were trembling slightly. The pressure from just one of the stitching security guards was already immense. If Wu Xian hadn't been holding them off, they might have been instantly killed by that terrifying speed. If all three of them came down at once...

Wu Xian, on the other hand, felt alright.

If he's really pushed to the limit, he can take down all three of them by himself.

But he didn't know what he would encounter tonight. If he used up all his resources beforehand and then faced danger, even he would be powerless to save the situation.

Therefore, he slowly closed the door, not intending to provoke this bad luck for the time being.

But just as he opened the door halfway, Wu Xian suddenly remembered something. He mustered his courage and pushed the door open halfway, sticking his head in to observe. However, there was only faint moonlight in the security room, enough to make out the general outline, and he couldn't find what he was looking for.

So Wu Xian led the three newcomers back slowly to the middle of the corridor and looked at bassist Liu Nana:
“I have an idea. You have the supernatural ability to land silently, so you can walk without making a sound. That way, you can enter the security room without alerting the security guards. Could you go into the security room for me and look for something useful?”

Upon hearing this, Liu Nana immediately bristled, her slightly chubby face turning deathly pale with fright: "No, I can't..."

Wu Xian, with a serious expression, stated his thoughts:
"We changed into clothes suitable for exploration in room number one on the left, and found a weapon for self-defense in room number two on the left. This shows that the items that can help us survive in this blessed land are hidden in the rooms inside the building."

"Just like you said at the clothing store, not looking for clues for the sake of temporary safety is just waiting to die, so we can't let go of any clues that might be in the security room!"

Liu Nana shook her head like a rattle drum, her cheeks trembling, the air thick with the smell of shampoo: "I really can't do it, what if those things come to life halfway through?"

Wu Xian took a deep breath, forced a warm and kind smile, and used a gentle and soothing tone to seduce the young girl:

"Don't worry, we made such a commotion in the corridor just now and none of the three stitched security guards woke up. So the condition for them to wake up should be 'time' or making a loud enough noise in the break room."

"Even if something really happens, I will never abandon you."

Li Xiaohu, who was listening in, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Didn't that curly-haired guy just abandon Hu Zhongjian?
Perhaps because of Wu Xian's reassurance, or perhaps because she had come to her senses, Liu Nana finally mustered the courage to step into the security room.

Before she entered, Wu Xian gave her a piece of advice: "Remember, no matter what happens, don't scream." The security room was filled with a musty smell, like the smell that would come from a group of middle-aged and elderly men smoking in a small room.

Liu Nana was wearing hard-soled shoes, but her feet made no sound when they touched the ground. The entire security guard's rest room was unusually quiet, and only her own breathing could be heard.

The ceiling is stitched with the arms of security guards hanging down, some of which almost touch the ground, so you have to be very careful when moving around in this small room.

She bent over and moved slowly, groping around the room.

At first, she hesitated for two seconds before taking each step, and when she passed by the drooping arms, she trembled and dared not even breathe.

But after going back and forth a few times, she realized that it wasn't a big deal.

The night is still long. If she can't even overcome this little difficulty, how can she possibly live to see the dawn?
Throughout the exploration, Liu Nana was filled with inner monologues, but because the room wasn't very big, she actually didn't spend too much time looking around.

After she finished exploring, she became bolder and even dared to look up from below the sutured guard to observe the details of the guard's body.

This observation led her to discover something extraordinary.

Inside the stitching captain's pocket, there was a card sticking out halfway, which should be an electronic card for some kind of device. And embedded in the dried flesh on the stitching captain's chest was a strange key that looked to be at least ten centimeters long!
Liu Nana held her breath, slowly stood up, and quietly used two fingers to pinch the card, carefully taking it out.

The three people at the door were also on tenterhooks when they saw her movements, fearing that such a touch would cause the stitching team leader to suddenly erupt.

Fortunately, the stitching captain did not make any unusual moves until the card was completely taken out of his pocket.

Liu Nana turned to the three of them and smiled smugly. She pulled the card down and stuffed it into her jeans pocket. With that, her exploration was over; the key embedded in her flesh was no longer something she could remove.

But just as she was about to crawl toward the door, she saw Wu Xian gesturing wildly, as if trying to express something to her. Chen Chao and Li Xiaohu were pointing upwards, while Wu Xian was pressing his palms down repeatedly, seemingly signaling her to lie down quickly.

Liu Nana looked up at the ceiling and saw that all three of the stitched-up security guards' arms were raised, making a scratching motion!

puff!
She immediately fell to the ground.

Under the moonlight, three exaggeratedly withered arms of the stitched-up security guards were seen waving wildly and forcefully above Liu Nana's head, slapping her around illogically.

Liu Nana could only lie on the ground, her body convulsing with fear, looking pitiful and helpless.

One of the arms even grabbed a strand of her hair and violently ripped it off her scalp. Liu Nana's face twitched in pain, but she remembered that Wu Xian had told her not to scream, so she didn't make a sound from beginning to end.

Although the scene was horrifying, the stitched-up guards were not actually awake. Their movements lasted for about thirty seconds before slowly stopping.

This must be some kind of stress response from the security guard after the card was taken away.

Liu Nana lay on the ground for a while before crawling out of the lounge in a disheveled state. She crawled all the way to the middle of the corridor, where she leaned against the wall, hugged her knees, and sobbed softly, snot and tears streaming down her face...

(End of this chapter)