Chapter 125 - 39.1 (1/2)

Reaching the 24th floor, Li Xinwen noticed the air seems different. Compared to the lower floor, the floor here doesn't reek of too much blood. Opening the building, he stepped into the floor area and saw that the hallway, though the floor was stained with blood, looks much better than the sixteenth floor.

”Maybe they managed to deal with the situation calmly?” he wondered as he made his way through the hallway. He followed the path leading to that familiar spiritual signature and not long after, he finally saw the first zombie on the floor. Taking out another dagger from his spatial storage, he quickly dealt with the zombie in one blow.

Since he was alone, Li Xinwen's movement is more free as he didn't need to worry about hiding his strength. Of course, he still made sure that what he did is still within the realm of what mortal could do.

After dealing with three more zombies, Li Xinwen reached the place where several zombies were huddled against a big door, which seems to be barred from the inside. They continued to bang against the door while letting out a low growl.

'One… two… three…' Li Xinwen counted the head of the zombies and saw that there were six of them. He could deal with them in an instant if he were to use spiritual energy. 'Acting as a normal person is really troublesome. Just this once… Just once wouldn't hurt,' Li Xinwen thought to himself as he gathered the spiritual energy onto the palm of his hand.

He could see the energy swirl over his palm, forming a cold, crystal dust and soon, he threw them over to the six non-suspecting zombies. The moment the crystal dust touched the zombies, their body started to frost over at a quick rate. Before long the six zombies were completely frozen and Li Xinwen waved his hand, sending a gust of wind towards them.

Their frozen body toppled over and then, it dropped to the ground before shattering to icy dusts. Li Xinwen felt that if left alone, it would cause suspicion as to why there were ice on the floor so he quickly evaporate them with heat generated by his spiritual energy.

Now that his path is no longer blocked, Li Xinwen approached the door and knocked it slowly. The people inside probably thought that he's a zombie as there were no movement from within. So in the end, he had to call out for the person he came to pick up.

”Manager Su, it's me, Xinwen,” he said out loud.

Finally, there was a rustle inside followed by several whispered voices. With his heightened hearing, Li Xinwen could clearly hear the conversation behind the door.

”That… person spoke. Then does that mean they're not zombies?”

”He said that he's Xinwen, is he the artist of Manager Su? That Li Xinwen?”

”Wait, what if its a trap? It wasn't long since the zombies had stopped banging on the door! What if once we opened the door, those monster came crawling in?”

”But… if we stay here, Manager Su might be in danger. Maybe that Li Xinwen is coming to pick her up. Let's just leave her to him. Look at her, don't you think she needs medical treatment?”

Hearing the conversation inside, Li Xinwen couldn't help but frown. He spread out his spiritual awareness to check on Manager Su's condition and found that she was unconscious but luckily, he noticed the demonic qi didn't gather around her which means that she wasn't injured.

”Is Manager Su alright? Please open the door. There are no zombies here,” Li Xinwen said but the people inside was still reluctant to open the door. But not long after, a voice came from inside addressed to him.

”That… are you Li Xinwen?” the voice asked. From the voice alone, Li Xinwen knew that it was a male and this person was very nervous.

”Yes. I am Li Xinwen, an artist under Manager Su. Can you please open the door?”

”Before that, please answer this few questions honestly. If we find that you're lying, we won't open the door!”

Li Xinwen only have a helpless smile on his face but their paranoia is understandable. Compared to the group of people who were with him on the sixteenth floor, these people would have a higher chance of survival. ”Alright,” Li Xinwen replied. ”You can ask away.”

”Then… are you alone?”

”Yes.”

”Are you injured?”

”No.”

”How many of those things are outside now?”

”There are none nearby.”

”Really?”

”Yes.”

”How did you deal with the monsters that had been banging the door?”