It seemed no one held out much hope for Xue Tingtao.
Xie Zheng might have survived, but that outcome had actually required extraordinarily thorough analysis and decisive courage.
Xue Tingtao clearly possessed neither.
So, seven minutes after he entered the door, when the face on it relaxed, almost no one bothered listening to what was happening inside. They simply walked straight in.
This time, Wei Guang of the Fourth Branch and three other employees all crowded forward.
The former's face was full of worry and contemplation, his steps somewhat heavy. The other three seemed intent on getting ahead of everyone else. Rather than caring whether Xue Tingtao lived or died, they appeared to be competing to enter for some other purpose.
The first person through the door was named Gao Ming.
His name meant "brilliant," but there was nothing particularly brilliant about him. He was merely a nobody who clung to life and feared death.
Under the present circumstances, all he wanted was to ride the situation's momentum and advance a little further. That also made him more eager to acquire additional Sin Objects to protect himself.
Yet after entering the Sixth Door, his restless heart plunged to rock bottom, only to fill instantly with a complicated joy.
Xue Tingtao was standing perfectly unharmed in the hundred-meter clearing. Not only was he completely uninjured, but even his clothes were neat.
Everything around him was quiet. All that had happened during those seven minutes had been wiped clean, as though some program erased everything afterward without leaving a trace.
Once everyone had entered, most wore rather striking expressions of astonishment.
Not only had Xue Tingtao survived, but he even carried himself with considerable confidence, as though he had resolved the Supernatural Incident here effortlessly, without encountering a single obstacle.
Xie Zheng,