Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 50 Part 4

Fragments of memory flooded into his mind, and he opened his mouth slightly, letting out an incredulous sound: “I, I smashed a door… and hit someone…”

“Huh?” Xu Turan actually had already guessed most of it, but still asked for confirmation.

Qu Mian looked at her, breathing heavily: “That uncle who was taking care of me. The one wearing a black trench coat. For some reason, I just really wanted to come out, he tried to stop me, so I pushed him away, then smashed open the bedroom door…”

He stared at the vivid blood stains on his hands, belatedly feeling the pain from his wounds. His breathing became erratic for a moment. However, at this time, Xu Turan realized something even more troubling—

They were now seemingly inside some kind of campus.

This campus was obviously very large. In front of them was an open space, with a reception room and greenery on the left, and a bulletin board and a large building of unknown purpose on the right. Further ahead, the outline of a small arched bridge could be seen, with two clusters of buildings on either side of the bridge.

Xu Turan walked a few steps forward and saw the gold-embossed characters on the nearby building.

【Diligent Study Building】

…This was a teaching building.

They were now in a school.

This school had quietly opened its gates when Qu Mian arrived. Then swallowed them both in.

Xu Turan alertly pursed her lips, took a few steps back to Qu Mian’s side, and turned to look behind them.

Behind the iron gate, there was no longer any taxi to be seen. No phoenix trees or street lamps either. Only a deep, bottomless darkness, leading to who knows where.

…Tch.

Xu Turan glanced at Qu Mian beside her, pursing her lips somewhat worriedly.

Being able to successfully enter “Golden Tree” was certainly not a bad thing for her. The problem was, she had Qu Mian beside her…

Xu Turan inwardly held her forehead, and although she didn’t hold much hope, she still reached out to touch the darkness outside the iron gate—as expected, she could only feel a solid wall.

It seemed sending him back out the original way wasn’t going to work. Xu Turan could only look for another approach. Fortunately, the repeated missions during this period had given her quite a bit of experience:

First, this was a “box”. In a box, there would definitely be man-made safe zones. As long as she could send Qu Mian to such a place, he wouldn’t be in any danger for the time being.

Second, she had already entered this domain. But neither her crisis premonition nor her Courting Death Value prompt had gone off, which meant that this area, overall, was relatively safe.

But the truly safe zone couldn’t be this large. It should be a relatively small area, and one that could attract people’s attention…

Xu Turan’s eyes turned slightly, her gaze falling on the reception room beside the iron gate.

Behind the reception room was a long bicycle shed. Opposite the bicycle shed were two trash cans. The door of the reception room was tightly closed, with a faint light coming through the window, the light looking very unstable.

Xu Turan’s lips pursed slightly, and she immediately walked towards the reception room. She hadn’t taken more than a few steps when she was suddenly pulled back by Qu Mian.

“Don’t go over there.” He said in a low voice, “In that direction… there’s something…”

Xu Turan followed his gaze, and sure enough, saw some strange shadows reaching out from inside the bicycle shed—they looked like people peering out, but people’s necks don’t stretch longer than their bodies.

There were also undulating shadows inside the trash cans. Although there were no eyes, Xu Turan could feel that they were all looking at her.

She quietly stared at those shadows for a moment, a faint sadness suddenly welling up in her heart.

There was a time when just one glance at these shadows would have Courting Death Value falling from the sky on its own.

But now, apart from loneliness, she had nothing.

She shook her head inwardly and led Qu Mian forward. Qu Mian was still hesitant, so Xu Turan could only say: “It’s fine, just small monsters. One punch each, that’s all. Come on.”

Qu Mian: …?!!

He followed forward half-believing and half-doubting, until they came to the outside of the reception room. Only when Xu Turan got closer did she see a small piece of paper stuck to the door.

On the paper was a large inverted triangle, with a single word written inside the triangle: key.

Although Xu Turan wasn’t good at English, she still recognized this word. She crouched down following the direction of the triangle’s arrow to feel around, and found a key under the door crack.

The door of the reception room was locked. She inserted the key, and the door opened.

There was indeed no one inside. Xu Turan took a glance and finally understood what that unstable light was about—there were no electric lights in the room, only a few candles burning.

Xu Turan picked up one candle and looked around, feeling relieved—the floor and walls of the reception room were covered in runes. It indeed looked like a place for hiding.

There were also a few pieces of paper on the table. She quickly scanned through them, basically telling newcomers that whether you accidentally entered or deliberately came to hide, this was a trustworthy safe place. You can hide here, but be careful not to let the candles go out.

【If you see a candle go out while you’re conscious, please quickly relight the extinguished candle. If more than three candles go out at once, please leave immediately.】

【Also, if possible—after you escape its pursuit, please come back and relight the extinguished candles. Others will need them.】

…As long as the candles don’t go out, those hiding can stay here all night. For Xu Turan, this was already good news.

She called Qu Mian over, settled him in the rune formation, then approached the window, took out her phone, and tentatively dialed a number.

A ringing sound came from inside the phone. Xu Turan held her breath slightly. Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the call to connect successfully.

“Hello?” Yang Buqi’s not-quite-awake voice came from the other end of the phone.

Xu Turan’s heart relaxed, and she immediately said: “Yang Buqi, it’s me, Xu Turan. I’m now in Big Sophora Secondary School on Xiangzhang Road, Qu Mian is here too, I’ve put him in the reception room here, you come directly to find him later. The entrance is opposite 56 Xiangzhang Road, only for tonight, you must hurry. Also, Qu Mian was confused tonight and hit that long trench coat uncle. Remember to ask about his condition. Additionally, can you help me tell Zhu—”

Before she could finish, the call cut off with a beep. Xu Turan hissed, pressed the screen several times, but the call couldn’t be made again no matter what.

…Tch.

Xu Turan closed her eyes restrainedly. She had guessed the signal here would definitely be bad, but didn’t expect it to be so conveniently terrible.

She could only find a blank piece of paper on the table, quickly wrote a few lines, folded it up and handed it to Qu Mian.

“Brother, I have an important task for you.” She patted her hands, “Yang Buqi—that is, Yang Yuan, will come here to find you later. Remember to give him this piece of paper, and remember to tell him that he can make a call for a while by the window.”

“…?”

Qu Mian looked up at her in confusion: “Well, I also have a phone…”

“Never mind, I’ve said most of what needed to be said anyway.” Xu Turan waved her hand, looked around, then took out a fountain pen and added two more runes on the ground for him. She then put away the pen and reminded him again to watch the candles.

Qu Mian nodded slowly, then thought again and felt something was wrong: “I’m here… but what about you?”

“Since we’re here, I’ll go out and have a look around.”

Xu Turan said nonchalantly, touched the ring on her little finger, and turned to walk out.

Under Qu Mian’s completely uncomprehending gaze, her figure soon disappeared into the heavy night.

At the same time, on the other side.

Yang Buqi was on the phone confirming injuries with his colleague while quickly packing to go out. It wasn’t until he sat in the driver’s seat that he belatedly realized a crucial problem—

It was one thing for Qu Mian to run to Big Sophora at this time.

But why was Xu Turan there too??