Chapter 1233: Sudden Accident

Ten minutes passed quickly; Ning Chen glanced at the time and immediately stood up.

One could only say that Ning Chen's powerful recovery ability was enviable; although everyone had acted and rested together, they were all so tired their legs and waists ached, yet Ning Chen seemed to feel nothing at all.

However, everyone also knew something was wrong with this situation, so they quickly stood up as well.

The less time one spent in this place, the better.

The group entered the main building; as soon as they came in, Ning Chen frowned, for this place gave him a very bad feeling.

He couldn't say exactly what that feeling was.

Lin Yi and Gu Yanqi obviously sensed something as well, and their entire bodies immediately became alert.

Seeing the serious expressions on the three of them, Lin Xiaoling and Mu Xinruan unconsciously looked around.

The group began exploring again, starting from the first floor just as before.

The entire main building was quite large; just the first floor took them fifteen minutes.

Ning Chen glanced at the time, led the group quickly from the stairwell to the second floor, and that strange feeling returned.

Ning Chen frowned slightly, took the lead, and quickly explored the surroundings.

The second floor was also uneventful, so Ning Chen led the group to the third floor.

As soon as they ascended to the third floor, Ning Chen stopped.

The gloomy aura rushing at him from here was something he could no longer ignore.

The eerie atmosphere here was exceptionally heavy.

Seeing Ning Chen stop, Lin Yi boldly asked, "Ning, Ning-ge, what is going on? I feel very bad right now."

Gu Yanqi also instinctively grabbed the corner of Ning Chen's clothes: "Me too."

Mu Xinruan and Lin Xiaoling, who felt nothing beside them, exchanged a glance.

Lin Xiaoling asked in confusion, "Huh? What are you two talking about?"

Since these two girls were currently following them, Gu Yanqi, although she disliked them, had to set aside her prejudices in this situation.

"Didn't you feel it? A very eerie sensation."

Mu Xinruan and Lin Xiaoling shook their heads together; to be honest, they felt absolutely nothing.

"Did you feel it wrong? We don't feel anything at all."

Hearing Mu Xinruan's words, Gu Yanqi stopped speaking; since they couldn't feel it, saying more would be useless.

Ning Chen led the group out from the stairs, and the oppressive pressure from the surroundings almost rushed at them.

He extended his hand, letting white-gold light surround the group; this served as a layer of protection.

The moment the white-gold light enveloped Mu Xinruan and Lin Xiaoling, the two of them cried out simultaneously.

"Ah!"

That cry startled Lin Yi, who was already tense; he immediately turned around, saw nothing but the two of them with awkward expressions, and then gritted his teeth, saying, "What are you doing! Don't you know that scaring people can kill them? If you keep jumping around like this, why not wait for us downstairs!"

Lin Xiaoling also awkwardly touched her nose: "I, it wasn't that we wanted to cry out, b-but we also felt that sensation."

Ning Chen glanced at the two of them; he roughly understood why they hadn't felt that aura just now.

It was probably because their abilities were too low; they simply didn't have such strong perception.

And since his ability had just wrapped around the two of them, they must have felt it because of his ability.

Mu Xinruan looked around and trembled, saying, "W-what is going on here? Why does it feel so gloomy?"

Lin Xiaoling swallowed hard and quickly nodded: "I, I feel the same way."

Suddenly, Ning Chen raised his hand and made a stopping gesture; the two immediately fell silent and looked at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen expanded his ability; he frowned as many things suddenly appeared from downstairs—those things should all be the same 'people' from before, and those people were still constantly coming up the stairs.

"Quick, hide!" Ning Chen led everyone quickly to a room door nearby; Ning Chen opened the room, released his ability to explore, ensured nothing was inside, and then led everyone in, leaving only a small opening to see the situation outside.

That intense, eerie sensation gradually intensified, and everyone heard various footsteps coming up.

"W-what is this? Why are there so many footsteps?" Lin Yi asked softly beside Ning Chen.

"I don't know." After saying that, Ning Chen stopped speaking.

The footsteps became clearer and clearer, obviously moving upward; Lin Yi quickly shut his mouth as well.

Through the crack in the door, Ning Chen could clearly see many of those eerie 'people' passing by outside; all of them had empty eyes and were pounding their heads.

They seemed to be coming up from the stairs on the other side, intending to go up the stairs in the middle.

Judging by the number of those 'people', there were probably several hundred.

After that group of 'people' went upstairs, that eerie sensation completely disappeared.

Ning Chen frowned slightly; it seemed that eerie sensation had something to do with those 'people'.

"Ning-ge, what should we do now?" Lin Yi's legs felt weak; he could already feel his calves trembling.

He had seen that group of people just now; if they were discovered by them, they would be in serious trouble.

Lin Yi still remembered that just now, one of those 'people' punched a hole in the ground with a single fist.

Ning Chen glanced at the stairs that group of 'people' had gone up.

Lin Yi's heart jumped; he immediately grabbed Ning Chen's arm and trembled, saying, "Ning-ge, y-you don't mean you want to go up, do you?"

And the gaze Ning Chen cast over made Lin Yi understand that he indeed intended to do so.

"Ning-ge, I feel, I think, that this place up here is a bit too eerie; something bad might happen."

Ning Chen thought for a moment; currently, there were five people in the group. Although Gu Yanqi and Lin Yi's abilities were not low, they had far too little actual combat experience, let alone the two who had no experience at all and were purely dead weight.

"Let's go down first and regroup with Xiao Han and the others." Ning Chen turned around and prepared to go down.

But at this moment, an accident occurred.

"Ruanruan!"

Lin Xiaoling's sudden shout made everyone look over.

Only Mu Xinruan was seen sprinting up the stairs; Lin Xiaoling tried to chase after her, but Gu Yanqi, quick-eyed and swift-handed, grabbed her.

Ning Chen came to Lin Xiaoling's side: "What happened?"

"I, I don't know. Just now, Ruan Ruan suddenly froze motionless. I called out to her, but her eyes were utterly vacant. I tried to pull her, but she shoved me aside and ran up."

Lin Xiaoling's voice now trembled with sobs, her face bearing an expression of utter collapse.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on coming along, Ruan Ruan wouldn't have met with this. If, if anything happens to her, what, what will I do?"