At the first sound of the commotion outside, Qi Sijing and Cheng Yu took Lin Xingye somewhere else.
He had cried in Qi Sijing's arms for a long time before falling silent. He had lost too much blood and passed out, and the two of them quickened their pace.
Yet, unexpectedly, they encountered no kidnappers along the way. The routes through the Dangerous Building were complicated. They finally found the exit from memory, only to be startled by the dense crowd outside.
They were probably the first to discover these people under someone else's control.
This was the first time Cheng Yu had come face-to-face with the sheer number of people controlled by the system.
He remembered Star saying that the one he was looking for wasn't Qin Ke, but "it"-every "it" that wanted to go after him.
So that was what he had meant.
The two reacted quickly, turning and running in another direction. The crowd immediately charged after them.
But the control over them seemed imperfect. Many headed straight for the police instead, probably to stop them from bringing in reinforcements later.
An Shi was in the car, so he should be fine. They had no idea how things were going for Bo Xi, but they couldn't worry about that now.
They had meant to take Lin Xingye to An Shi, but the crowd blocked their way, forcing them to change course.
They plunged into a dense patch of woods to hide. The area around the Dangerous Building was barren; finding these woods meant they had probably already gone quite a distance.
Even so, their pursuers refused to give up.
All the jolting as they ran brought Lin Xingye groggily awake. His head wound had bled too much, leaving him dizzy.
But an inexplicable panic gripped him.
"Where