Deep underground, there was no wind. In the darkness, everything was utterly silent, as if time itself had stopped here.
Perhaps it was the frigid atmosphere, or perhaps it was her blood loss, but the skinny girl suddenly felt a chill. She subconsciously took a step back and wrapped her arms around herself.
She wasn't sure if it was a hallucination, but the moment she looked up, she had the uncanny feeling that a bone-chilling cold was seeping out from everywhere in the darkness. The shadow of death loomed over the distorted laboratory.
She was terrified.
She knew perfectly well that deep in this incredibly dangerous underground place, the girl before her, Gu Xi, was her only hope for survival.
But in that moment, she still followed her instincts, retreating again and again.
Not until Gu Xi had carefully smoothed out the bloodstained scrap of paper, folded it neatly, and tucked it into the large backpack on her back.
