Su Bai had remained fully conscious all along, but the "drowsiness" side effect meant his body could only relax and remain in its most comfortable state when he rested with his eyes closed. Conversely, if he kept forcing his eyes open, his body felt as though several mountains were pressing down on it-stiff, heavy, exhausted, with indescribable pain filling even the bones throughout his body.
The pain Su Bai endured might have been more terrifying, more terrifying, more terrifying than the pressure Yue Zhengqing, Zhang Yibu, and the others felt when facing whatever was outside the door. Yet his body had gradually adapted to that pain over the past month, making this "sickly weakling" the most at ease of everyone present.
To calm himself and find more Clue Puzzles related to this game, Su Bai forced his eyes open, endured the immense pressure on his body, and looked up toward the reception room doorway.
Beyond the door, amid the reek of blood and vicious energy, lay a corridor with white-painted walls. Yet both the walls and the light had already turned a faint red under that terrifying power.
With his extraordinary eyesight, Su Bai could see a small room fitted with a sliding window at the end of the corridor. Above the open window hung a sign reading "Security Office."
Su Bai could also see a figure in a security guard's uniform sitting there with its head bowed. Behind it was a blood-red vortex that flickered in and out of sight. The guard's head hung low, and the brim of its cap cast a shadow that swallowed its face entirely in darkness.
"Su..." As a genuine rookie, Zhang Yibu had the weakest resistance to the terrifying aura permeating the apartments. When the bloody smell surged in, the boy, who had