"Crack, crack, crack." "Clack, clack, clack." "Bzzz-bzzz."
Everything before Lu Mingfei's eyes was pitch-black. The space around him shook. The building was collapsing!
Quick, bend down and duck your head! Cover your nose and mouth! Look for the green exit signs! Listen for emergency announcements!
Lu Mingfei's body burned. The darkness was like solidified LCL, encasing him in that space, leaving him unable to move.
Where was this? Lu Mingfei could not even turn his neck. All he could do was stare at the darkness before him.
But was he really "looking"? He tried to blink, but his body seemed numb. He could not tell whether his eyes were open or closed.
"Help..." Lu Mingfei tried to speak, but his body was so rigid that he could not even squeeze air out of his lungs.
"Asuka, Ayanami," Lu Mingfei painstakingly forced a little air out of his throat. "Shinji..."
"..." He had run out of air. He could no longer speak.
He wanted to tell the people who cared about him that he was not suffering. He only had regrets.
A tear slipped from the corner of Lu Mingfei's eye. How strange. He was about to die, yet what saddened him was being unable to say goodbye.
"Clack, clack." Another sound came from somewhere behind and above him!
Lu Mingfei struggled to turn and look. Pressure suddenly bore down on his right shoulder, as though he had struck a wall. Ahead lay a rectangle of light, like a door turned on its side.
Someone was speaking in front of the door.
"Hehe, nice! Now that's a juicy plot!"
"Fingel?" Only then did Lu Mingfei realize that he had rolled over in his sleep, pressing his right shoulder against the bed.
"Lu Mingfei!" Fingel hurriedly shielded his computer screen. When he