Ye Cheng vs Du Wanyi

“What’s going on out there?”

Tang Yuyao was jolted awake from her sleep by the enormous alarm blaring throughout the military camp. Still groggy, she sat up in bed.

She climbed down, walked barefoot to the window, and saw soldiers constantly patrolling outside. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past her eyes.

It shot downward from above at incredible speed, a ghostly green light flickering across the darkness like a specter.

Tang Yuyao: “???”

What the hell just whooshed past?

Not sure. Maybe she should take another look...

What the hell was she thinking?!

Driven by curiosity, Tang Yuyao opened the window to see what had just fallen. But her instincts told her... it was probably something nasty.

As a doctor, Tang Yuyao knew all too well that curiosity killed the cat. After hesitating for less than a second, she decisively chose to run. She opened the door and charged outside.

Click!

She happened to run straight into Su Weiguo and the others, who had just brought their men upstairs.

“Are you all right, sis?” Su Weiguo’s eyes were filled with concern.

“Brother Su, why did you come upstairs? What happened outside?” Seeing them reduced much of the fear and panic in Tang Yuyao’s heart, and she hurriedly asked what was going on.

Su Weiguo briefly explained that an “unknown creature” had broken into the military district. Tang Yuyao’s expression shifted repeatedly.

An unknown creature...

Wait. Could it be that pitch-black lump she had just seen falling from outside her room?

“Brother Su, the unknown creature you mentioned... it wouldn’t happen to be something black and shadowy, would it?” Tang Yuyao asked uncertainly.

Su Weiguo’s expression changed. “Sis, you saw it?”

Tang Yuyao: “...”

“It just fell past my room a moment ago. I think it even had a pair of glowing green eyes...”

Su Weiguo’s heart gave a heavy thud. Not for any other reason than that Tang Jianjun was downstairs. First, the creature had broken into the military district, then it had headed straight for the sanatorium. Now it had come down from upstairs. Who it had come for was obvious!

“Oh no, Second Brother!”

“Quick! Everyone, fall back!”

Su Weiguo roared, and the order was relayed swiftly. The sound of neat, hurried footsteps echoed through the sanatorium as everyone began withdrawing downstairs, shifting their defensive focus to the lower floors.

Tang Yuyao’s expression changed several times as well, but she followed the group, protected by soldiers both in front of and behind her.

Click, click...

The crisp sounds of bullets being chambered echoed beside Tang Yuyao’s ears, underscoring the seriousness of the situation in every possible way.

The first floor!

“Do you remember what I just told you?” Ye Cheng asked.

The little nephew nodded with a thoroughly miserable look, his head hanging low. “I remember, Little Uncle. I remember everything. Just don’t make me score seven hundred points!”

Ye Cheng nodded in satisfaction. “Saying it isn’t enough. What matters is what you do. Remember, Xiaobao, your current—”

“Holy crap!”

Before Ye Cheng could finish his “island-nation contestant” speech, Emperor Bro, who had been looking half-dead nearby, suddenly noticed something falling outside the window at the far end of the corridor.

A swish—but strangely, it made no sound...

Right after that, a pair of ghostly green eyes appeared, accompanied by a towering black silhouette.

Emperor Bro: “!!!”

“What the hell?!”

He was scared stiff. Emperor Bro was a native of the northwest, constantly exposed to the sun, and his skin was naturally quite dark. But now, it visibly began turning paler by the second, until he had practically become Caucasian.

“What’s wrong with you?” Ye Cheng blinked, staring at Emperor Bro, whose skin had become several shades lighter. A question mark seemed to appear above his head.

The little nephew first glanced at Emperor Bro, then looked in the direction of his stare...

“Holy crap!”

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the little nephew’s face also turned several shades paler.

The confusion on Ye Cheng’s face deepened. “What’s wrong with you two?”

Ye Cheng followed their gaze.

At the far end of the corridor, a window made of tempered glass and steel bars was being rapidly destroyed, as though it were made of paper. A towering black silhouette stood beyond it, its eyes glowing an eerie green.

The window shattered!

Ye Cheng: “???”

“What the hell?!”

Ye Cheng shouted even louder than the other two. After hesitating for less than a second, he scooped up the little nephew and fled toward the nearest exit. In the blink of an eye, only Emperor Bro remained at the reception desk.

Emperor Bro: “???”

Seriously, man?!

So it really was every man for himself, huh?!

Run, you useless legs!

In a certain sense, Emperor Bro was quite the talent. When he realized that fear had made his legs stop obeying him, he slapped himself twice. His legs immediately began moving at full speed, as though he had been wound up.

Run!!!

At the end of the corridor, Du Wanyi, who had just climbed in from outside, heard Ye Cheng’s shout and quickly locked onto her target.

Thank goodness! She had finally found him!

Little Chengcheng, Madam had been dying to see you! (gritting her teeth)

Whoosh!

With an explosive start, Du Wanyi charged forward while clutching Da Huang in her arms, transforming into a cannonball. The floor cracked beneath her feet, and in the blink of an eye, she had crossed twenty meters.

Still running for his life, Emperor Bro heard the commotion behind him and glanced back. He discovered that the monster was now less than ten meters away.

Emperor Bro: “???”

“Holy crap! Don’t chase me! Those two over there would taste much better!”

Tears of terror streamed down Emperor Bro’s face. The moment Du Wanyi heard that she had chosen the wrong target, she decisively changed direction and ran toward the opposite side. Following the route Ye Cheng had taken, she transformed into a ghostly shadow, left the sanatorium, and disappeared into the night.

“Huh? That... that’s it? You’re not chasing me anymore?”

Emperor Bro was stunned at first. Then, after realizing that he had narrowly escaped with his life, he collapsed onto the ground and began gasping for breath.

Thank goodness! He was alive! Boo-hoo-hoo...

That monster had been terrifying!

Even more frightening than a damn black bear!

Even the strongest wolf king in an entire pack probably couldn’t move that fast, could it?

They had barely rested for a moment when hurried footsteps rang out. Two groups arrived from opposite directions: Tang Jianjun and his men, who had rushed over after hearing the commotion, and Su Weiguo, Tang Yuyao, and the others, who had just run down from upstairs.

A soldier stepped forward first, pressing the dark muzzle of his gun against Emperor Bro.

Emperor Bro: “...”

“Don’t shoot me, officer! I’m not a monster—I’m one of the good guys!” Emperor Bro dropped to his knees at lightning speed, clutching his head with both hands, tears nearly spilling from his eyes.

What the hell was this supposed to be?

Hadn’t his family told him that working at the hospital was an easy, cushy job?

Yet on his very first day, there had been an enemy attack, monsters, guns...

He had spent his whole life walking on thin ice!

Tang Jianjun frowned. “Monster? What monster? Did you see one?”

“Old Su, why did you come downstairs too?”

Su Weiguo told him about how Tang Yuyao had seen a monster fall from above. Tang Jianjun’s expression immediately darkened.

Before long, the soldiers searching the first floor rushed over and reported the spot where the monster had smashed through a window... Everyone hurried there. At the sight of the torn-open window frame, they all sucked in a sharp breath.

“What kind of monster could do this?” Tang Jianjun’s eyes were filled with shock. Such strength was simply unimaginable!

Tang Jianjun inspected the breach while Su Weiguo questioned Emperor Bro.

“Who else was with you?”

“My other brother was there too, and there was also a kid who seemed to be lost. A boy—pretty chubby...” Emperor Bro answered honestly.

Su Weiguo’s brow furrowed. A child?

What child could possibly be in their military camp...

“What? Say that again. A little boy? Chubby? Around five or six years old, with really small eyes...?”

Tang Yuyao rushed forward from the back of the group, her voice trembling with urgency.

Emperor Bro nodded. “That’s him!”

At those words, Tang Yuyao’s heart sank halfway into an abyss. It felt as though she had been struck hard over the head; a fierce wave of dizziness washed over her, and she nearly collapsed.

“That’s Xiaobao!” Su Weiguo suddenly realized. “Isn’t that the little nephew?”

Seeing that things had taken a bad turn, Emperor Bro hurried to paint himself in a heroic light.

“It’s all my fault. I’d already lured it away, but that monster still turned back!”

He wore a look of profound remorse.

Everyone turned to look at him.

Then, in Emperor Bro’s retelling, he and Ye Cheng became a fearless two-man team who had risked their lives to protect the little nephew. Ye Cheng had carried the boy and run, while Emperor Bro had stayed behind to lure the monster away.

All to keep the little nephew from getting hurt!

Brother, I’ve done you a solid here. If you make it out alive, we’ll both get promoted and strike it rich. If you don’t... well, brother, I’ll burn a few extra sticks of incense for you every year.

Emperor Bro prayed madly that Ye Cheng would survive with the little nephew. Then the two of them could get promoted and strike it rich together...

Otherwise, he would be the only one getting promoted and striking it rich. And that would make him feel at least a little guilty.

When disaster struck, everyone looked out for themselves. Even married couples did that—let alone two men who had known each other for less than a day.

"Young comrade, get up first. Describe exactly what happened just now." Even Su Weiguo had changed the way he addressed him.

A soldier thoughtfully handed over a military overcoat, while a nurse and doctor tended to the injuries from his fall...

At that moment, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had taken tangible form!

Even if he ended up dead in the end, it would not affect his family's chances of securing a preferential position within the system... “fortune favors the bold” had become reality at this very moment!

Emperor Bro had only been chased for a moment and was already set to enjoy such good fortune. One could only imagine the splendor that awaited Ye Cheng when he returned after being chased down by Madam, a sight that would make everyone else green with envy.

As for whether he could make it back...

Don't worry about that!

Outside the sanatorium.

"Help! There's a monster!!!"

Ye Cheng shouted at the top of his lungs, so loudly that, for one brief moment, he drowned out even the blaring alarms coming from the military camp. Hearing the commotion, nearby soldiers came running over with their rifles.

"Who's there?!"

Ye Cheng's heart leaped with joy. Great, he was saved!

He had not even been happy for two seconds before a shadow appeared in front of him like a ghost!

Ye Cheng: "..."

"Xiaobao, from now on, burn me a couple extra bags of spicy strips during the holidays. Make sure they're the Divine Chef Little Fortune kind. And iced black tea too, remember to chill it. I can't get used to drinking it at room temperature..."

"Little Uncle-in-Law, you..."

The little nephew seemed to realize something. His body jolted, disbelief filled his eyes, and they instantly turned red.

Before he could say anything else, the world spun around him. Ye Cheng threw the little nephew toward the soldiers...

Bang!

The instant the soldiers caught the little nephew, a muffled boom rang out. Ye Cheng whipped out a sweeping kick, producing a sonic boom as it struck the shadow and made it stagger.

Du Wanyi: "???"

Well now, Little Chengcheng. You actually dared to hit me!

Then...

The hem of her clothes was slightly dirtied.

Ye Cheng: "..."

No, come on, man!!!

Is it too late to apologize now?

I was just messing around with you... heh heh.

No, not heh heh.

In that instant, Ye Cheng understood the vast gap between their strength. He gave up on fighting and prepared to run. Then...

With a thud, Ye Cheng collapsed to the ground. Looking closer, a silver needle had somehow appeared in his neck.

Du Wanyi swiftly slung Ye Cheng over her shoulder and left. Moving like a phantom, she vanished into the night. The high walls of the military district might as well not have existed.

"No, Little Uncle-in-Law!!!" The little nephew fell to his knees, eyes bloodshot, his cry tearing at the heart.

Only after the battle was over did Tang Jianjun and the others arrive, greeted by this bizarre scene...