Liao Jie wasn't among the strongest B-class players, at least not in terms of mental strength. So when he frowned at the reception desk on the first floor, Xu Huo knew it was only a matter of time before he succumbed to the hospital.
They still had to wait for the other players from Hope City to arrive, so Xu Huo first contacted Cong Yu, who was hiding in a locked room.
Since the people from Brown Skin City had been taken hostage, Cong Yu hadn't had the time or the inclination to check Dimension Below. Now, he was hiding behind the door of a hospital room. Looking at the window sealed shut with iron bars, he instinctively went over to test how sturdy they were. But the next second, he heard footsteps coming from the direction of the stairs. They seemed to be heading toward him.
Cong Yu silently returned to the door and listened to the sounds outside. When he glanced up, he suddenly saw someone sitting on the opposite bed. He jumped, but when he saw the person waving both hands and tapping at the air, he calmed down. Hearing someone outside open the doors one by one, he tensely opened his game panel.
He had been about to contact his other companions when he suddenly saw a message from Xu Huo and instinctively opened it.
First, there were several Antidotes. The message explained that they were Gene Potions obtained from Midsummer Night Star River, specially formulated for people from District 013, and could quickly eliminate the fungi parasitizing their bodies.
Reading the message, Cong Yu's eyes filled with tears. It wasn't that he thought the Antidotes could truly save everyone in Brown Skin City. It was because they had come too late: the children who had