I'm Saving Your Lives

Wu Dahai immediately responded to the signal. After all, he had always followed Wang Ziteng's lead.

Bang!

Wu Dahai slammed his fat body into Zhao Hao, knocking him hard to the floor.

Then he joined Wang Ziteng in shoving Fang Xiu out and slamming the storeroom door shut.

With that, the two sides of the door became separate worlds.

Outside, Fang Xiu stood alone at the entrance.

Inside were his coworkers. Through the little window in the door, Fang Xiu could clearly see every expression on their faces.

Zhao Hao seemed to have struck some furniture when he fell and was screaming on the floor.

Wang Ziteng and Wu Dahai braced themselves against the door, their faces contorted.

The one remaining coworker kept their head down, not daring to look at the window.

Inside, Wang Ziteng shouted at Wu Dahai, "Hold that door shut! Whatever you do, don't let Fang Xiu in!"

"Don't worry, Young Master Wang. This lousy wooden door might not stop a Ghost, but it'll stop a person just fine," Wu Dahai assured him.

Yet after holding it for a while, neither of them felt any pressure from outside. There was no pounding or kicking, either.

They exchanged glances, then raised their heads in bewilderment to look at the little window.

A pale, smiling face was pressed against the glass, watching them calmly.

A chill instantly ran down their spines.

"I'd always thought I'd never take an interest in people again. But I never imagined that sometimes, people could be so much more interesting than Ghosts. Hahaha...

Thank you for making this world a little more interesting to me. Next time, I'll repay you properly."

Fang Xiu's voice passed through the battered wooden door into their ears. Neither understood his strange words, but the eerie undertone filled them with foreboding.

Just then, a series of clicks rang out.

The female doctor had appeared.

That familiar sound was like a summons from the king of hell. Wang Ziteng and the others inside the storeroom barely dared to breathe, terrified of attracting the Ghost's attention.

Even though they knew the female doctor's killing pattern, fear still struck instinctively when the Ghost appeared.

Fang Xiu heard it too, of course, but he did not so much as turn his head. He continued smiling at Wang Ziteng and Wu Dahai, as though committing their faces to memory.

The next instant.

Whoosh!

A silver light flashed, and Fang Xiu's head struck the floor with a heavy thud.

"Now! Run!" Wang Ziteng roared from inside, flinging the door open and sprinting out.

As he fled, he instinctively looked back at Fang Xiu's head.

The severed head was still smiling, its calm eyes quietly watching him.

Wang Ziteng felt his heart almost stop. He fled without looking back again.

A cold, slick sensation spread through Fang Xiu's palm.

A long, pale thigh came into view.

"Back again," Fang Xiu murmured. The next instant, a strange smile curled his lips.

The smile vanished so quickly that Zhao Hao, beside him, never saw it.

Fresh from death rollback, Fang Xiu did nothing differently. Like a rerun of a television show, he perfectly repeated everything he had done after his previous rollback.

Touch the thigh, flee, head down the stairs.

The stairwell was dimly lit, its darkness drifting through the air like tangible particles.

Fang Xiu led Zhao Hao racing downstairs. One floor, two floors, three floors...

Before long, a flurry of footsteps sounded ahead of them.

Then came a scream.

"A Ghost! The Ghost caught up!"

Just as before, Fang Xiu leaped down from the stairs onto the next floor, successfully meeting Wang Ziteng and the others.

"It's Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao! You scared me to death. I thought the Ghost had caught up," one coworker said, panting.

Zhao Hao looked at them in surprise. "Why are you moving so slowly?"

"Slowly? We've gone down at least twenty floors. How did you two get here so fast?"

"..."

The same conversation unfolded as before.

"Ghost hitting the wall! It has to be ghost hitting the wall...

Wang Ziteng began explaining ghost hitting the wall, but before he could finish, a bang rang out.

The door opened.

Fang Xiu stood quietly in front of it.

Wang Ziteng froze, as did everyone else. What happened to ghost hitting the wall? How had they suddenly found the exit?

But no one dwelled on it. They charged frantically toward the doorway.

The group soon reached the fork again and stopped.

"Fang Xiu, have you... awakened your Spirituality?" Wang Ziteng asked, his expression conflicted.

At those words, everyone's gaze immediately focused on Fang Xiu.

They had been listening to Wang Ziteng insist that only Spirit Tamers could fight Ghosts, and that only those who awakened their Spirituality could become Spirit Tamers.

Hearing him ask Fang Xiu that question naturally gave each of them hope of surviving.

It was no wonder Wang Ziteng asked. Fang Xiu had broken through ghost hitting the wall differently this time. Last time, he had felt around for the exit, but this time, he had walked straight to the door and opened it.

Wang Ziteng therefore mistakenly assumed that Fang Xiu had used his Spirituality to sense the door's location.

Faced with their expectant, conflicted looks, Fang Xiu did not answer immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and checked the time.

Then he raised his head. "One minute left. The Ghost will appear in one minute."

Everyone was instantly alarmed.

"You even know exactly when the Ghost will appear! You really have become a Spirit Tamer. Fang Xiu, if you can get me out of this Ghost Domain, five million! I'll give you five million!" Wang Ziteng said urgently.

"Fang Xiu, hurry and get us out of here."

"You must know which path to take, right? Just get us out, and we'll definitely repay you."

But Fang Xiu shook his head and said calmly, "No hurry."

His declaration nearly drove everyone frantic.

"Before we leave, there's one more thing I need to do."

Wu Dahai was so angry he almost started cursing. "What could possibly be more important than getting out ali-"

"AAAAAH!!!"

An agonized scream rang through the area, cutting Wu Dahai off.

For a moment, everyone stared blankly at Fang Xiu as he slowly lowered his foot, and at Wang Ziteng, who lay curled up like a shrimp on the floor.

Wang Ziteng's face was contorted and flushed red, his veins bulging. His entire body shook uncontrollably as one agonized scream after another burst from his mouth.

Looking at him, everyone could almost hear the sound of eggs shattering.

"You... you... aaaaah!" Wang Ziteng was in too much pain to get out a complete sentence.

His lackey, Wu Dahai, came to his senses and angrily demanded, "Fang Xiu! What are you doing? Why did you suddenly kick... kick him!"

Several other coworkers chimed in.

"Yeah! Why did you attack him out of nowhere?"

No one had expected Fang Xiu to strike so suddenly, let alone so viciously. Even Wang Ziteng himself had never seen it coming.

He might never understand why offering five million had earned him a kick. Was it not enough money? If it wasn't enough, just say so!

Then Fang Xiu offered an explanation.

He said calmly, "This Ghost is far faster than a human, so once that minute is up, someone is bound to die. Now that Wang Ziteng can't move, he'll be the one who dies. So I'm saving your lives."

Saving... saving our lives!?

Everyone froze. They could have racked their brains forever and never imagined that this was Fang Xiu's reason for attacking him.

Without giving them time to react, Fang Xiu kicked again.

The next second, another agonized scream rang out.

This time, it was Wu Dahai who fell.

Wu Dahai landed in exactly the same position as Wang Ziteng, clutching his crotch and wailing on the floor, his screams ringing out incessantly.

But his tolerance was clearly worse than Wang Ziteng's. After only two screams, he passed out.

Everyone knew that a man's balls were his most vulnerable spot. Fang Xiu had held nothing back, either. His kicks had landed squarely, crushing them completely.

Neither Wang Ziteng nor Wu Dahai would be able to move anytime soon.

This time, everyone completely lost it. Fang Xiu had suddenly kicked twice for no apparent reason, severely injuring both Wang Ziteng and Wu Dahai.

"Xiu, you... you... what are you..." Zhao Hao instinctively stepped away from Fang Xiu, his hands unconsciously covering his crotch.

The others also watched Fang Xiu with wariness and suspicion.

"Fang Xiu, what the hell are you doing? You attacked Wang Ziteng to save us, but why attack Wu Dahai?" one coworker demanded angrily.

No one wanted to stay with someone who might attack them without warning, especially someone vicious enough to destroy their ability to have children.

Fang Xiu's expression did not change under their questioning. He remained calm. "Keeping a spare."