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After Mu Qiansè left with a mix of one part confusion, two parts bewilderment, and three parts disbelief, Xia Wen stared at Lin Xiaoyi in silence for a long time.

During those previous ten minutes, the conversation had almost entirely become Lin Xiaoyi's stage; she had stubbornly blurted out everything the two of them had deduced earlier.

"Tell me, do you even realize that by doing this, you're just adding more competitors for yourself?"

Rubbing her forehead with a headache, Xia Wen sighed helplessly.

"And generally speaking, that kind of talk isn't really appropriate, is it?"

"Bai Zhi might not care about such trivial matters, but I can't stand to see him suffer such grievances. Why is it that even though he's done so many good deeds, he still ends up being misunderstood by others? I just can't stand it!!"

Burying her face into her pillow, the Campus Belle spoke in a muffled voice.

"My beloved is clearly a Peerless Hero, not some..."

"Yes, yes, your beloved is a Peerless Hero. One day he'll step on Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds and, amidst the gaze of the masses, come to take your dog's life... By the way, do you even own a dog?"

Xia Wen interrupted her with a touch of speechlessness.

"And you haven't even married him yet, you haven't even confirmed your relationship, and you're already thinking entirely for his sake? Really..."

"...No, I just simply can't stand it."

After a long while, Lin Xiaoyi's voice drifted out from the pillow, muffled.

"The peace we enjoy is only because someone is carrying the burden for us in the dark. She clearly doesn't understand anything, doesn't know anything. While I don't expect her to be grateful, she shouldn't be slandering him behind his back based on her own assumptions... How can we let a hero shed tears after he has already shed blood? I can't stand for that."

"Sigh, that's why you're just too naive, Precious. This world is far more complex than you imagine; people who are too naive can't survive in this world."

Propping her feet on the table and leaning back with her hands behind her head, Xia Wen looked deeply sentimental.

"How about this? Later, I'll recommend a manga I read before. After you finish it, you should be able to grasp a little bit of the truth of life and the impermanence of the world."

"Hm? What manga?"

The Campus Belle lifted her head from the pillow.

"Metamorphosis."

Xia Wen looked solemn.

"A manga with profound philosophical significance that really makes you think. Remember to send me your book report after you finish it."

"Oh..."

"How is this possible? That good-for-nothing jerk..."

Walking hurriedly through the hospital corridor, Mu Qiansè felt her heart full of resentment.

Yesterday afternoon, out of kindness, she had specifically gone to advise the eighth girlfriend of her Ex-boyfriend, hoping to let the Campus Belle see the guy's true colors.

But she never expected that she would be the one getting lectured instead. She felt more indignant the more she thought about it that night, so she skipped class first thing in the morning and ran back to the hospital.

The things Lin Xiaoyi said to her yesterday had completely overturned her worldview. She would rather believe that a meteorite would hit the Earth tomorrow than believe that guy was a hero silently guarding the light in the darkness.

"Hmph, you want proof, right? I'll find you proof... Saying that guy came to the hospital to save these people, that his pale complexion was because he got hurt while saving them, and that he wouldn't defend himself because he didn't want to drag me into that dangerous environment again... If these unconscious students wake up today, I, Qiansè, will eat my phone on the spot!!!"

Muttering such resentful words to herself, Mu Qiansè pushed open the door to the ward.

However, when her gaze landed on the scene inside the room, she couldn't help but freeze.

The once-quiet ward was now occupied by over a dozen doctors. Most of them were gathered around the beds, asking the students who had woken up something with great excitement.

Although these students who had just regained consciousness appeared slightly weak, they all seemed to be in high spirits.

"The feeling before you fell into a coma..."

Facing the inquiry of a doctor by the bedside, the student lying on the bed near the door couldn't help but show a look of reminiscence mixed with fear.

"My body felt like a doll that couldn't move or speak. My soul could clearly feel the existence of my consciousness, but no matter what, I couldn't move; I could only sink into the boundless darkness... until a pair of warm hands picked us up."

"Hands? What does that specifically signify?"

While scribbling rapidly on a medical chart with a pen, the doctor asked the Patient with curiosity.

"Just a hand... it was as warm as sunlight, making us forget our fear and feel an unprecedented peace."

The student lying on the bed looked deeply moved.

"I think the existence that saved us from that dark, cold place must be a hero worthy of admiration."

The doctor in charge of recording exchanged a look with a colleague nearby, then continued to record without stopping.

With Anomaly Incidents occurring frequently in the city, although information regarding such matters was temporarily kept secret from the general public, certain special professions still enjoyed a right to know—such as the police and doctors, who were most likely to come into contact with these incidents.

In the past, there had been many survivors of Urban Legend incidents. However, aside from the few Lucky Ones who were extremely fortunate and suffered no damage, the rest would more or less carry some indescribable sequelae.

For instance, some grew deformed organs, others had body parts randomly stitched together, and there were even special cases like bodies turning entirely into rubber.

But the most common situation was like these 15 students, who fell into a long-term coma like a Vegetative State. No one could wake them up, and they could only fall into an almost Eternal sleep.

Therefore, in such a climate, these students who had awakened from their comas were undoubtedly of great research significance.

Because these doctors had all their focus on the students who had woken up, they didn't notice the figure at the door who silently closed it again.

"..."

Looking down at the phone in her hand, Mu Qiansè was filled with conflict.

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