I Think I Can Still Be Saved

"Drip! Drip!"

Foul-smelling blood dripped from the sharp knife onto the ground, making a steady dripping sound.

Lu Xiao stared at the unknown creature before him with his dead-fish eyes, lost in thought.

After a long while, he raised his hand and gestured over the heap of mangled flesh on the ground with his still-dripping knife.

"Cut off the head and tail. Mm!"

He grinned.

Crimson moonlight fell across his face, making his smile look utterly sinister and terrifying.

Just as Lu Xiao was about to eat, a clatter of footsteps reached his ears.

"Target located!"

"Repeat! Target located!"

"All personnel, prepare for combat!"

At the same time, a squad of well-equipped soldiers surrounded Lu Xiao as he crouched on the ground.

Lu Xiao froze, then swept his dead-fish eyes around them.

"Are you humans?"

A hoarse voice came from his mouth.

There were seven soldiers in the squad, all wearing masks that obscured their features.

In an instant, seven dark gun barrels were aimed at Lu Xiao.

Drip!

Another drop of blackish-red blood fell from the sharp knife in Lu Xiao's hand.

He forced what he considered a handsome smile onto his face.

"Hello, my name is..."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots rang out in succession.

Blooms of blood burst across Lu Xiao's body.

"What the fuck?"

Those were the last words Lu Xiao uttered before he fell.

One soldier spoke, his voice sounding somewhat muffled through his mask, with a hint of a tremor.

"Captain! Target eliminated!"

As he spoke, he pointed his gun barrel at Lu Xiao, who lay in a pool of blood.

A trace of a cruel smile still lingered on Lu Xiao's face.

Blood clots covered the corners of his mouth, and filth coated his face.

Those dead-fish eyes in particular made people's hair stand on end with just a single glance.

A female squad member crouched down and performed a routine examination, then spoke with some surprise.

"Captain! He seems to be human."

Hearing this, the captain froze for a moment, then took out his radio and spoke in a low voice.

"This is Dart. The target has been eliminated, but appears to be human."

The other end of the radio fell silent for half a minute before a questioning voice came through.

"Human?"

"A human in the Dark Prison?"

Dart was the captain's code name.

At the voice from the radio, silence fell over the scene.

The squad members exchanged looks.

After a long silence, Dart repeated himself.

"The target has been eliminated. Please advise!"

The voice on the other end of the radio sounded somewhat urgent.

"Bring the body back!"

Just then, one of the female soldiers suddenly let out a small sound of surprise.

"Captain! Captain! The target is still breathing."

Dart looked stunned at her words.

Even the roaring voice over the radio abruptly stopped.

"Quick! Quick! Bring him back now, even if it's just his corpse!"

"Beep, beep, beep!"

The radio connection was cut off.

Dart quickly reacted and immediately shouted.

"Quick! Xiao Yu, give the target emergency field treatment. Keep his vital signs stable."

"Everyone else, spread out and keep watch."

At his words, the squad members immediately spread out.

The female soldier called Xiao Yu took off the backpack on her back.

She took emergency medical supplies out of it.

She glanced at Lu Xiao's face as he lay on the ground and was so frightened that she dropped the medical cotton gauze in her hand.

The wad of gauze was soon soaked in black blood and clearly could no longer be used.

She took another wad of snow-white medical cotton from her backpack.

Gritting her teeth, she covered Lu Xiao's face with the backpack.

Beneath the backpack, the corners of Lu Xiao's mouth twitched as his face was covered, and he muttered inwardly.

Do I really look that scary?

Holding hemostatic forceps in one hand, Xiao Yu reached into a bullet wound that was oozing blood.

Soon, he extracted a bullet with the forceps.

Squelch!

Blood immediately spurted from the bullet wound like a small fountain, spraying onto Xiao Yu's mask and staining its transparent glass faceplate blood-red.

Without stopping to wipe it off, Xiao Yu hurriedly pressed the cotton gauze in her hand into the bullet wound that was gushing blood.

The gauze was instantly soaked through.

Gritting her teeth, she kept stuffing gauze inside until the blood stopped flowing out, then moved on to the next bullet wound. (P.S. Wound packing is used for emergency bleeding control on the battlefield. If you're interested, you can look it up on Baidu.)

Lu Xiao's body convulsed violently. It hurt so much that he could barely hold out.

"Captain! We've detected a sharp increase in Dark Prison Value! Something is approaching!"

The person in charge of monitoring suddenly cried out in alarm.

Dart glanced at Xiao Yu, who was administering treatment. She had only reached the second bullet wound.

There were still seven more bullet wounds around it, all bleeding.

If those wounds were not plugged, the man would probably lose too much blood before they could return to base.

At that moment, that voice echoed in Dart's mind.

Quick, bring him back now, even if it's just his corpse!

A ruthless glint flashed through Dart's eyes.

"Xiao Yu! Stop the bleeding first. Forget the bullets lodged inside. You have three more minutes! In three minutes, we have to evacuate, no matter what!"

Crouching on the ground, Xiao Yu did not answer, concentrating entirely on stopping Lu Xiao's bleeding and treating his wounds.

Her face beneath the mask was now covered in tiny beads of sweat.

She was incredibly nervous, as was evident from the hand she used to stuff the cotton in.

Her hands would not stop trembling.

This was their squad's first mission.

It had originally been only a minor mission with a danger level of 5, but they had never expected this turn of events.

"Captain! The Dark Prison Value has spiked again! The danger level has risen to 2!"

At that moment, Lu Xiao removed the backpack covering his face.

"Miss, don't be nervous."

"Here, let me show you."

As he spoke, Lu Xiao curled his hand into a claw and thrust it straight into a bullet wound.

Squelch!

Another spurt of blood shot out.

Xiao Yu was so startled that her hand shook, and the forceps tore one of the wounds open.

Blood immediately gushed out.

If it had been a small fountain before, it was now like a large one.

The smell of blood instantly filled the surrounding air.

At that moment, Lu Xiao really wanted to sit up and say something.

"Let me do it myself!"

Just then, peals of shrill laughter came from the dark night.

Dart glanced back and happened to catch the scene.

He thought helplessly.

We're done for!

"Captain! The Dark Prison Value is still rising! Something terrifying is approaching! If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

Dart made an immediate decision.

"Everyone, evacuate!"

Dart's heart was heavy at that moment.

If it were just their squad, evacuating would not be too difficult.

But if they brought along a bleeding man, the smell of blood would draw in every strange life-form nearby.

In that case, their squad would have almost no chance of survival.

Yet his superiors had ordered him to bring the target back.

A moment later, his gaze hardened.

"Brothers, time to put our lives on the line again!"

Xiao Yu picked up her backpack and murmured quietly.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

A gentlemanly smile appeared on Lu Xiao's face.

"It's all right, but I think... I can still be saved."