This actor is full of tricks.

boom!
The sound of the dormitory door closing was like a sledgehammer hitting Xiao Qiu's heart hard. His face changed drastically, and he felt like he was about to collapse.

Damn it! Didn't we agree to come out together?! What kind of nonsense is this, leaving me all alone outside?!
Looking at the dark, blood-soaked corridor, Xiao Qiu was on the verge of tears. He hurriedly pounded on the door, pleading, "Big brother! Let me in!"

"Brother! You can't do this! I can't handle this alone outside!"

No matter how much he shouted and pounded on the door, it remained unmoved. Instead, the noise attracted other things, and rustling sounds came from the rooms on both sides of the corridor.

"Damn it!" Xiao Qiu cursed in frustration, banging on the door while turning his head to look around warily. The darkness of the entire floor seemed to be surging, as if something had been drawn out.

It was a terrifying-looking monster covered in blood, with not a single good piece of flesh on its body. When it saw Xiao Qiu, its eyes lit up: "Flesh, flesh!"

The monster seemed to have been starving for a long time, and it lunged at Xiao Qiu in a crooked and unsteady manner. Xiao Qiu screamed and dodged to the side.

The monster missed its target and became increasingly frenzied, charging at Xiao Qiu once more, seemingly determined to devour her whole.

Xiao Qiu only knew how to hide, screaming and running wildly, which made the darkness of the entire floor even deeper, and the eerie noises in those rooms became more and more intense, and more things were about to come out.

Squeak.

When Xiao Qiu's cries returned to the door once more, Lin Jue opened the door a crack and looked outside.

The sensation emanating from the cursed black lines on his arm reminded him that the strange creature chasing Xiao Qiu was about as strong as Xiao Qiu, which was a perfect opportunity to test Xiao Qiu's courage.

“What’s the use of just running away? The longer you stay outside, the more things you’ll attract.”

"Kill him, and I'll let you in."

Lin Jue spoke calmly, and Xiao Qiu was about to say something, but as soon as Lin Jue finished speaking, he slammed the door shut.

"Damn it!" Xiao Qiu couldn't help but blurt out a curse. He now completely understood that the other party was trying to force him to increase his courage.

But if his mother really had guts, would she need to hide in the closet all the time? Instead of increasing her courage, she'd just be feeding everyone else!
Seeing the hungry monsters rushing towards him from behind, and hearing the increasingly violent noises around him, Xiao Qiu forced himself to retract the leg that had unconsciously stepped forward. He gritted his teeth, gripped the kitchen knife tightly, closed his eyes, and slashed fiercely behind him.

The strike came a little too early, hitting nothing but air. Due to inertia, Xiao Qiu staggered forward a few steps.

Just then, the monster attacked, pounced on Xiao Qiu and knocked him to the ground, tearing at his body with its hands: "Flesh! So much meat!"

"Delicious! Delicious!" The monster tore off a piece of flesh from Xiao Qiu's arm, swallowed it, and chewed it vigorously.

The intense pain and the visual shock of watching another monster devour him caused Xiao Qiu to scream. Stimulated by death, he also unleashed a strange ferocity, repeatedly slashing at the monster with the kitchen knife in his hand, while simultaneously raising his head and biting the monster's neck hard.

They were like two lions locked in combat, each wanting to kill the other and devour him whole.

Lin Jue slowly opened the door only after the tearing sounds outside stopped.

Outside the door, everything was in a mess, with black blood flowing all over the ground. Xiao Qiu was slumped on the strange corpse, covered in wounds, panting heavily like a living person.

Seeing Lin Jue open the door, Xiao Qiu looked up with murderous intent. Perhaps the fierceness from the earlier fight with the strange creature hadn't subsided, or perhaps it was because he harbored resentment towards Lin Jue. But soon his eyes rolled back, as if he was about to faint.

Lin Jue hurriedly dragged Xiao Qiu and the strange corpse into the room and then closed the door.

"How are you? Are you alright?" Lin Jue looked at the swaying Xiao Qiu. After all, the other party was a ghost, and wouldn't faint like a human.

"What do you think?" Xiao Qiu replied irritably. He was covered in blood, with several pieces of flesh torn off, and the knife he used as a weapon was dulled.

Lin Jue was about to say something when footsteps and some unintelligible whispers came from outside the door.

The items from the other rooms also came out!

And it sounded like there were quite a few of them. They stopped outside the door, and the next moment the door was slammed shut, and a mournful wail came from under the strain.

The sound made Xiao Qiu shudder. He looked at Lin Jue warily, worried that the other party would force him to go out and fight again. In his current state, going out would be no different from sending himself to his death.

Feeling the power emanating from the cursed black lines, Lin Jue made a rough judgment about the strange strength outside the door. He turned to Xiao Qiu and said, "I'll give you five minutes to eat that monster on the ground. After five minutes, no matter how much you've eaten, you must come out and help me."

"There are 4 minutes and 59 seconds left!"

After saying that, Lin Jue flung open the door and rushed out.

Xiao Qiu stared blankly at the closed door, listening to the eerie roars outside. She wondered if she should lock the door and let that human experience what it was like to be locked out.

But when he thought of the aura emanating from Lin Jue that made him feel fear, he gave up the idea and instead focused his attention on the strange corpse on the ground.

"You really want to eat this stuff?"

Because he possesses sentience, he, like humans, is naturally resistant to such rotten things, but just now, in the bizarre struggle, he also swallowed two pieces of the other's flesh.

It wasn't as disgusting as I imagined... Maybe it's because my taste buds are different from people's, and now that I think about it, it even tastes a little sweet.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow hard. After hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to devour the strange creature.

Whether for healing or to enhance his strength for self-preservation, he had to devour this monster.

Five minutes later, Lin Jue rushed into the room carrying a strange head and blocked the door with all his might: "Five minutes are up, and there are more and more things outside!"

He saw Xiao Qiu sitting on the ground with blood all over his mouth. The corpse of the monster had disappeared more than halfway, while new flesh was growing from the wounds on the former's body. The force of the cursed black line was stronger than before.

This made him nod with satisfaction. Almost all the monsters on this floor had come out. When he went out just now, he was attacked by three monsters at the same time. Fortunately, he was experienced in combat and managed to deal with the three monsters for a while before finding an opportunity to cut off the head of one of them.

But with the death of one ghost, even more rushed out, and he couldn't hold them off any longer. Now that Xiao Qiu's strength had increased, as long as they blocked the door, they could effectively reduce the chances of being surrounded and kill those ghostly creatures one by one. (End of Chapter)