Mu Rufeng slept soundly.
Only, from time to time, someone knocked at the door by his ear, irritating Mu Rufeng beyond measure.
But he was too tired and completely ignored the knocking.
The knocking did not continue for long, though it occasionally came again.
After an unknown amount of time, some noisy commotion came from outside the door.
Mu Rufeng remained fast asleep.
In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.
As soon as midnight arrived, a gale swept through Scarlet Preferred.
The dense fog above was blown away, revealing a blood moon.
Blood-red moonlight spilled down, dyeing the entire Logistics Park crimson.
Mu Rufeng, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly jolted awake.
The moment he opened his eyes, a face wrapped all over in bandages filled his vision.
Anyone else would have been frightened out of their wits by that sight.
Yet Mu Rufeng calmly said, "Bandage Miss, why are you standing by my bedside instead of going to sleep?"
As soon as he spoke, Bandage Miss's mouth split open, revealing a row of gleaming white teeth.
Then, Bandage Miss opened and closed her mouth as though she were speaking, but not a single sound came out.
Although Mu Rufeng did not understand lip-reading, he could still make out such simple words.
"You spoke!" That was what Bandage Miss had said.
I spoke? Mu Rufeng pondered, and immediately thought of the first rule in the Dormitory Rules.
1. Please remain quiet.
Just as the words stated, one had to remain quiet.
So by speaking just now, had Mu Rufeng already broken the rule?
No, no, there was also the seventh rule.
7. When there are no outsiders in the dormitory, it is absolutely safe.
Bandage Miss and he were both people inside the dormitory, not outsiders.
Under such circumstances, did that not make the first and seventh rules conflict?
At that thought, Mu Rufeng spoke again. "Are you planning to make a move against me? Under the seventh rule, you shouldn't be able to attack me either, right?"
"And how do you know I belong to this dormitory?" Bandage Miss's hoarse voice slowly rang out.
"Hm? You're not from Room 301?" Mu Rufeng was slightly startled.
After entering the room, Bandage Miss had been the first person he saw, so he had naturally assumed she was his dormmate.
Bandage Miss was a female employee. By rights, she should not have been assigned to the same dormitory as male employees.
But Mu Rufeng felt that ordinary logic did not apply here, so he had not thought too deeply about it. Who would have thought that...
The next moment, Bandage Miss made her move.
All the bandages on her body suddenly unfurled, exposing the charred-black body beneath.
A thick burnt smell filled Mu Rufeng's nostrils.
The loosened bandages wrapped around Mu Rufeng's body in an instant, binding him tightly in the blink of an eye.
"A living person. A real living person, not like those soulless clones in the cafeteria."
"Let me see, where should I start eating?"
Bandage Miss swallowed, as though she had encountered some peerless delicacy.
"Blood. I should drink the blood first."
Bandage Miss licked her lips and sat on the edge of the bed.
Then she scooped Mu Rufeng's body up horizontally into her arms.
The neck had always been the best place to suck blood from.
Bandage Miss merely blew softly, and the bandages around his neck dispersed, revealing Mu Rufeng's bronze-colored skin.
Bandage Miss could no longer hold herself back and bit down at Mu Rufeng's neck.
Clang!
Bandage Miss's teeth seemed to have bitten into steel.
"Th-this... what is going on?" Bandage Miss was somewhat dazed.
She had never expected that she would be unable to bite through this living person.
Screech, creak, creak—!
The sound of teeth grinding rang out.
Bandage Miss was utterly dumbfounded. No matter how hard she tried, she could not break Mu Rufeng's skin.
Just then, a large hand suddenly pressed down on her.
An immense force struck her, forcing Bandage Miss's body backward.
Mu Rufeng slowly sat upright.
At some point, he had already broken free of the bandages around him.
Mu Rufeng's left hand still held a bundle of bandages that kept wriggling, yet could not escape his grasp in the slightest.
"Although you've been burned black and reek of burnt flesh, I could still smell the bloody scent inside you."
"Since I was born, aside from pig's blood and blood duck, I've never drunk any other kind of blood."
"Though the conditions are a little poor, I won't be picky."
As Mu Rufeng spoke, he opened his mouth, revealing a pair of sharp zombie fangs.
"Y-you..." Bandage Miss was frightened by the sudden sight.
Knock, knock, knock!
A sudden knock sounded outside the door.
"Shh. Don't speak."
Mu Rufeng leaned close to Bandage Miss's ear and whispered softly.
He stuffed that bundle of bandages directly into Bandage Miss's mouth, then covered her mouth with his left hand.
Immediately after, Mu Rufeng bit down on Bandage Miss's tenderly charred neck.
Crisp and clean.
Bandage Miss's body instantly stiffened.
It was also accompanied by faint tremors.
As time passed, the trembling grew weaker and weaker, while her body became increasingly rigid.
Throughout this time, the knocking outside never stopped. It even became more urgent.
Then, the knocking abruptly ceased.
Faintly, Mu Rufeng heard the sound of a door closing.
Mu Rufeng released Bandage Miss.
Bandage Miss immediately collapsed onto the bed.
Her mouth hung wide open, her entire body twisted. She became even more hunched and shriveled.
Dead. Bandage Miss was dead.
The remaining blood and all the energy within her body had been drained dry by Mu Rufeng.
At that moment, Mu Rufeng's eyes were filled with bloody light. He felt no discomfort at all, only refreshed and invigorated.
The strength within his body had grown even greater.
Sure enough, zombies needed to drink blood to grow stronger. Even the blood of a strange entity—even all the ghostly energy in her body—had been drained dry by Mu Rufeng.
"Right, I remember she bought a lot of things."
Mu Rufeng immediately began searching Bandage Miss's body.
However, the moment he touched her, Bandage Miss instantly turned into fine black sand. Before long, she transformed into wisps of black smoke and vanished.
Only a wriggling bundle of bandages remained.
"The bandages didn't disappear?" Mu Rufeng reached out and grabbed them.
Stinky Bandage: Having been worn for a long time by a strange entity burned to death, it had become stinky. A wash seemed capable of removing the smell. Effect: It possessed extremely strong toughness and elasticity, feared neither blades nor flames, could extend up to twenty meters, and could accelerate recovery when wrapped around wounds.
"Huh? It seems to be an item. Good stuff."
Mu Rufeng was slightly surprised.
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