"Bzzzt-"
A long electrical buzz cut through the deathly silent corridor, like a piercing sound wave tearing through the air.
As the sound faded, the corridor lights suddenly brightened and returned to normal. Everything that had been bathed in flickering light immediately became clear.
Yet everyone still held their breath, so tense they hardly dared to move. They simply watched the thick, withered branches piercing the walls and the nurses attached to them like "fruit."
Under the restored lighting, the nurses that had still been moving slowly seemed to suddenly lose their lives, stopping dead. Their movements ceased entirely, as though the power controlling them had been cut off. The smiles on their faces still resembled the gentlest of invitations, yet looked especially eerie and terrifying.
After about a minute, the thick, withered branches in the walls trembled faintly and began to retract, slowly disappearing into the depths of the walls as though they, too, were alive. The nurses attached to the branches also retreated step by step to their original positions. Soon, they stood motionless again with their heads lowered and arms hanging at their sides, once more becoming "statues" lined up against the walls.
Everything had returned to normal, but this time, it was not as though nothing had happened.
"Feiyu!" Xu Rui's voice rang out, filled with anxiety and concern. He hurriedly wheeled himself over to Xiang Feiyu. The wheelchair made a faint scraping sound, breaking the corridor's silence.
"Sorry." Xiang Feiyu slowly straightened his upper body, his expression complicated, full of helplessness and confusion. He looked down at his hands. "I didn't react in time just now. I think... I think I already broke the... rules..."
"Hm?" Standing nearby, Su Bai frowned slightly. He noticed a subtle change in Xiang Feiyu's voice. Though the difference was