World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 349 - 233: The Voice Above

Chapter 349: Chapter 233: The Voice Above

"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."

Water droplets from the faucet sounded in the sink, creating several crisp, pleasing noises, which resonated loudly in the spacious and quiet bathroom.

"What a nuisance, who exactly planted flowers here?"

Li Ziran parted the few vines hanging in front of the mirror and then raised his arms to fix his hair, as he cared about his appearance when he was outside, and naturally, he would frequently maintain his hairstyle.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

At that moment, a strange noise suddenly came from above his head, sounding like fingernails tapping on wood, very faint.

However, this noise was much stronger than the droplets in the sink, and Li Ziran quickly turned his attention to it; he looked up at the ceiling and saw nothing amiss, so he didn’t continue to pay attention and turned to leave for the underground garage to check the situation.

"Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap..."

Just as he reached the door, the noise came again.

Li Ziran stopped in his tracks, turned swiftly, and looked up at the ceiling again, but still saw nothing amiss.

"Rats?"

He muttered to himself and was just about to step out when he heard the noise for the third time, this time the noise was more intense than before, and it seemed to include some impact sounds.

"Hey, are you done yet!?"

Li Ziran turned back and walked towards the source of the noise, looking intently at the spot where the sound had come from, determined this time to see what was causing the disturbance.

"Thud, thud, thud!!"

Suddenly, a much more urgent sound came, and Li Ziran could even see the ceiling shaking violently; he wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but it seemed like the whole building started to sway.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough~"

He let out a series of coughs, waving his hands to disperse the floating dust in the air around him, then followed the direction of the sound to a vent, looking up curiously.

The next second, a terrifying scene suddenly appeared before his eyes.

He saw a pale, bloodless face staring blankly at him from behind the vent, and when it caught his gaze, the face suddenly opened its mouth and displayed a most eerie smile.

"Ah!!"

Li Ziran let out a scream and sat down on the floor, the sight before him nearly scared his soul away.

In that instant, a scene from a horror movie he had once watched flashed through his mind, causing his whole body to shudder involuntarily.

"Is, is this Guan Liang!?"

After that, Li Ziran suddenly came back to his senses; initially, he was startled, and the face was too pale and horrifying, which didn’t allow him to react immediately.

But now, after his thoughts had some time to buffer, he instantly recognized that the face belonged to Guan Liang, the very person he had been looking for all morning!

In that moment, many thoughts crowded his mind.

Thoughts like Guan Liang playing a prank, Guan Liang becoming a monster, Guan Liang having been harmed, and a series of plots that could turn into various suspense movies emerged consecutively, prompting him to make an instant decision.

Run!

Reality is different from movies, and very few people would foolishly stay to inquire after witnessing a clearly troublesome scene.

A normal person, of course, would run as far as possible and then talk about any issues after finding help.

However, when Li Ziran rushed to the bathroom door, he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t open the door. It was locked shut from the outside—he was trapped!

"Bang Bang Bang Bang!!"

"Help! Somebody help me! Help!"

Li Ziran frantically banged on the bathroom door while shouting loudly, hoping that someone outside would hear him and come to help him escape.

At that moment, he realized why he couldn’t open the door—it was all because of the plant vines he had seen earlier. Unbeknownst to him, they had already quietly crawled over to the door, completely sealing it shut.

"Thump!"

Behind him, the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor was heard. Li Ziran quickly turned around and saw that Guan Liang, who had been in the corridor before, had fallen from above. He was now slowly rising from the ground and step by step coming towards him.

Seeing this scene, chills ran down Li Ziran’s spine, and he nearly wet himself from fright.

"Don’t come any closer! Help me! Someone help me!"

He tried to pull the door a few more times, but it was still ineffectual. He quickly turned back, faced his former friend, and shouted:

"Guan Liang! Stop right there! I don’t care if this is a prank, but if you fucking take one more step forward, I swear I won’t be nice anymore!!"

Opposite him, Guan Liang remained unaffected, still slowly moving towards him. His pale complexion and rigid body resembled a classic disaster movie zombie, sending shivers down one’s spine.

"Fuck it! I’m going all out!!"

As the other party approached him with no way to retreat, Li Ziran also burst with energy and fiercely kicked Guan Liang in the stomach.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a muffled noise, Guan Liang was kicked back several steps by the impact and finally lost his balance and sat down on the ground.

"Uh...?"

Li Ziran was somewhat stupefied by the scene before him.

The creature that resembled a zombie and looked utterly terrifying had actually been knocked down by his kick?

How could it be so weak? That seemed scientifically impossible.

"Guan Liang?"

He tentatively asked again because he felt perhaps it was indeed just a prank. After all, if it was a monster, it shouldn’t be this weak.

However, Guan Liang paid him no attention and got up from the ground, continuing to walk towards him with an expressionless face.

Seeing this, Li Ziran realized that this definitely wasn’t a prank. Guan Liang wouldn’t take it this far.

Then, the scene that had just occurred repeated itself. Guan Liang continued to approach, and Li Ziran kicked him away again, repeating the process several times until both seemed to run out of energy.

"Huff, huff, huff~"

Li Ziran felt that he should be safe now because he had just used all his strength to kick the opponent, and now the other guy couldn’t get up. He had bought himself some time to wait for rescue.

"Help, help, someone come here, there’s an emergency, someone please come...,"

He called out weakly to the door and then Guan Liang sat down too, intending to take a short rest.

Even though he was resting, his gaze was fixed on the creature, not sure if it was human or monster, not daring to relax for a moment.