Chapter 50: Hailstorm Descends

"What are you asking for? We'll be at the dormitory in just a few minutes.

Let's hurry up!"

Li Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to get back to the dormitory to change out of her wet clothes; they were sticking to her skin, making her extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Qin, seeing Lin Shi's serious expression, didn't understand why but still pointed to the darkness on the left:

"The sports hall is a few hundred meters in this direction."

"Run! Hail is coming!"

Lin Shi warned, snatching the flashlight from Li Wei's hand and running towards the direction Xu Qin had pointed.

As for whether they would follow him, he couldn't care less.

"What?"

The two girls hadn't reacted yet when Li Wei was already chasing in the direction Lin Shi had run.

"Wait for us!"

Surrounded by darkness, without a light source, Xu Qin and Li Xiaoxiao had no choice but to follow.

However, Lin Shi was just a fleeting shadow, leaving only a tiny flashlight dot behind, which they couldn't catch up to at all.

"What the hell is he running for! Wait for us! We can't see anything!"

Li Xiaoxiao was so angry that she screamed hysterically.

The rustling sound grew louder and louder; something was indeed getting closer.

Xu Qin thought of what Lin Shi had said and also panicked, desperately squeezing out her physical strength as a dance major student, and sprinting towards the sports hall according to her memory.

Sports hall, sports hall!

Xu Qin ran desperately, completely unaware that Li Xiaoxiao had been left far behind.

"Ouch!"

A cry of pain came from behind Li Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoqin, I fell down! Where are you? Wait for me! I'm so scared!"

Xu Qin's body slightly paused, and the increasingly clear sound of ice blocks falling to the ground made her hesitate for only a second before she gritted her teeth and continued to run forward.

Soon after, a scream came from behind.

"Ah!!!"

Li Xiaoxiao screamed behind her, and then there was no more sound.

Xu Qin's eyes turned red, pursing her lips and running desperately.

However, her speed was never as fast as the hail.

A hailstone the size of a marble first hit Xu Qin's forehead, followed by a fist-sized hailstone hitting her left shoulder.

Xu Qin was in pain but dared not stop.

The next second, a hailstone the size of a human head grazed Xu Qin's nose and smashed on the ground, almost hitting her.

"Lin Shi, save me!!"

Intense fear and panic overwhelmed Xu Qin, and she could only ask for help from the only lifeline.

The flashlight light not far away had stopped moving, proving that the sports hall was already within sight.

But this distance was like a heavenly chasm, with the sound of huge hailstones smashing to the ground and shattering around her, and maybe she would die in the next second!

Without a response, Xu Qin cried and ran in despair.

In the place she couldn't see, her genes were rapidly mutating, breaking and recombining quickly.

Xu Qin, running, narrowly avoided several hailstones the size of a human head with an incredible agile movement.

And then, when she was still a few meters away from the sports hall, she ran out of strength.

Her limbs suddenly softened, and Xu Qin felt her vision becoming blurred.

Before she lost consciousness, she suddenly saw a figure appear in front of her, carrying her on his shoulder and running.

Then she knew nothing.

...

Lin Shi stood at the entrance of the sports hall, watching Li Wei carry Xu Qin back.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Li Wei was panting.

A hailstone had just fallen on his head, but fortunately, he was wearing a helmet, which allowed him to run back.

However, he was inevitably injured in several places on his body.

Xu Qin's clothes also had a lot of bloodstains.

Only Lin Shi was still neatly dressed, having taken shelter under the eaves of the sports hall before the hail fell.

Then he coldly watched the people struggling in despair.

Li Wei looked at Lin Shi with some indignation:

"Aren't you classmates? Why didn't you help when you saw someone in danger?!"

Lin Shi gave a cold laugh.

His laughter was full of sarcasm:

"Isn't this woman and that woman also classmates? Why didn't she save her?"

Hundreds of meters away, they naturally heard Li Xiaoxiao's cries for help.

Xu Qin could run over, which must mean she didn't save Li Xiaoxiao.

Li Wei was so angry that he was speechless.

Why not save them?

Because of the fear of death.

Because other people's lives are not as important as one's own.

Because that's just human nature.

Lin Shi turned his head, picked up the flashlight, and walked towards the gymnasium.

He didn't care if others wanted to be saviors; he had already done his best by giving a warning.

The gymnasium was pitch black.

Lin Shi walked in and checked around with his flashlight.

There were several corridors on the first floor.

Each corridor was marked with its destination.

Not far ahead, a corner had an arrow sign that read "Gym."

Lin Shi walked straight towards the gym.

Inside, there were various fitness equipment and a few yoga mats.

Seeing Li Wei carrying Xu Qin, Lin Shi directly gave the gym to them:

"You sleep here, I'll sleep somewhere else.

Don't follow me anymore."

He was not used to having strangers around when he was resting.

"Wait! Your classmate seems to have had a seizure!"

Li Wei put Xu Qin down.

Lin Shi then noticed that Xu Qin's body was curled up, her beautiful features seemed to be twisted by immense pain, and her limbs were convulsing involuntarily.

Lin Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Xu Qin's current state seemed similar to when No.2 had unlocked his genes and entered the aftermath.

He nudged Xu Qin.

"Xu Qin? Xu Qin?"

However, Xu Qin couldn't respond to Lin Shi at all; she clenched her teeth, and it seemed like every cell in her body was groaning in pain, unable to even faint from the agony.

Li Wei took out a piece of cloth from somewhere, folded it, and stuffed it into Xu Qin's mouth, explaining:

"This can prevent her from biting herself.

She seems to be having an epileptic seizure, probably from running too fast just now."

Lin Shi neither agreed nor disagreed.

He had known Xu Qin for years and had never heard that she had epilepsy, although it was also possible that she concealed her medical history.

Li Wei laid Xu Qin flat, turned her head to the side, and massaged her limbs.

The response was quite appropriate.

Lin Shi placed the flashlight in a higher spot so that he could see most of the gym.

Time ticked by.

Xu Qin's gums were bleeding from biting too hard.

Lin Shi wanted to confirm whether Xu Qin's current state was a side effect of unlocking her genes.

He remembered that No.2 had eaten half a blue pill left over.

But after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea of giving it to Xu Qin.

No.2 had said before that his genes would collapse only after the fifth time he unlocked his genes.

So, he had survived the first four times.

At least according to No.2, the first time was definitely endured by himself.

Although Lin Shi was still skeptical about an ordinary person being able to unlock their genes, with the end of the world coming and the information obtained from the treasure trove, this time the restart of species would accelerate the speed of evolution.

So, it was not impossible for an ordinary person to unlock their genes in a life-or-death situation.

Lin Shi pondered.

"Are we just going to watch her like this?"

Li Wei couldn't bear to see Xu Qin's painful appearance.

"What do you want to do then?" Lin Shi sneered:

"Are you planning to take her to the hospital?"

Without transportation, it would take an unknown amount of time to get to the hospital on foot.

And with hail still falling outside, going out was tantamount to seeking death.

"There's also a school doctor in the school, we can..."

"Where are you going to find one at a time like this? Also, you are you, don't involve me." Lin Shi corrected.

"Aren't you classmates? How can you just stand by and do nothing!"

Li Wei was furious.

As a soldier, the responsibility to protect ordinary people was ingrained in him; if he knew how to swear, he would have already cursed.

"This is the second time you've said that.

I think I made myself clear before."

Lin Shi said coldly.

He glanced out the window, and in just a moment, the hail outside had lessened significantly.

Li Wei took out a candle from his backpack, lit it, and took away the flashlight:

"I can't just stand by and do nothing, you stay here and take care of her, I'll go out and see!"

Lin Shi watched Li Wei leave, muttering softly:

"There's not a single person in this world who I would risk my life to save anymore."