Li Huizi raised her hand to shield her eyes; it was too bright!
As the sound of train coins clinking and dropping ended, the room finally quieted down.
After not a single grotesque remained in the room, Qi Xiao took out the Nano-bugs, controlling them to pick up the train coins on the ground.
One Train coin after another seemed to fly automatically into Qi Xiao's palm, leaving Li Huizi stunned.
"Nine, ten, eleven."
"Hey, lift your foot, you're stepping on my train coins!"
Qi Xiao glared at Little Fire Dragon, scaring it into whimpering and pouncing towards Li Huizi, hugging her small leg, which was clad in white over-the-knee socks.
Li Huizi put away her knife and squatted down to comfort Little Fire Dragon.
Little Fire Dragon kept burrowing its head under Li Huizi's skirt.
This wasn't Little Fire Dragon; this was a perverted dragon.
Counting the one stepped on by the perverted dragon, Qi Xiao collected a total of thirteen, which already exceeded the quantity obtained from a Level 3 treasure chest.
There were still four more floors above; he was rich, he was rich.
After comforting Little Fire Dragon, Li Huizi stood up, faced Qi Xiao, bowed ninety degrees, and said, "Arigatou gozaimasu."
Qi Xiao understood this sentence; she was saying thank you.
Grumble...
Just then, Li Huizi's stomach rumbled at an inconvenient moment.
Because of Qi Xiao's appearance, and after he killed all the grotesques, Li Huizi's tense spirit relaxed, and her stomach just started rumbling on its own.
An embarrassed expression immediately appeared on her face, which visibly turned red.
Qi Xiao glanced at Li Huizi and pulled out a Vitality-Nourishing Grain-Averting Great Oil Pill.
Seeing Little Fire Dragon, Qi Xiao pulled out another one.
"Eat one, it's equivalent to eight meals."
Placing the two oil pills in Li Huizi's hand, Qi Xiao turned and left the room with Ren Laotaiye, heading straight for the stairwell.
After all, he had tricked her once before, and even decomposed her Train this morning, so saving her life balanced things out.
Li Huizi didn't understand what Qi Xiao said, but seeing him leave, she quickly picked up Little Fire Dragon and followed.
"Chotto matte kudasai!"
But when she chased him out, she only saw Qi Xiao's back as he turned and went upstairs.
When she reached the stairs, Qi Xiao was already gone.
He left?
He didn't return here? He successfully got out?
So the correct exit was to go up?
Li Huizi gritted her teeth and also followed him upstairs, but still returned to the second floor.
Why, why am I still returning here?
That man really left from here; how did he do it?
Li Huizi hugged Little Fire Dragon and sat down by the stairwell, resting her chin on Little Fire Dragon's head, her eyes fixed on the stairs from which she couldn't escape no matter how she walked.
What did he mean by what he just said? Was he telling me to follow him?
Will he not come back?
Huo Huo, I'm sorry, I should have run faster, but I'm so hungry, so sleepy, and so tired.
Li Huizi opened her palm, looking at the two chocolate-like pills, and swallowed hard.
She gently picked up one, sniffed it near her nose, then opened her mouth and ate it.
......
Indeed, as long as you step on the correct number of steps, you can go up and down stairs normally and return to ordinary floors.
If the number of steps is wrong, you will come to a place from which you cannot escape.
So, you must first step on the correct number of steps to reach the normal second floor.
Then, when going up and down, intentionally make a mistake, and you can reach the looping third floor.
Sure enough, Qi Xiao returned to the third floor, but it was just like the second floor where Li Huizi was, completely dark.
Grotesques! The grotesques here seemed to be much more numerous than on the second floor.
After the grotesques discovered Qi Xiao, they let out sharp laughter and pounced on him, forming a circle and surrounding Qi Xiao.
Qi Xiao ran forward along the corridor, continuously shouting, "Ah, I'm so scared, help!"
More and more grotesques chased after Qi Xiao until he rushed into a room at the end of the corridor, and all the grotesques on the third floor were attracted to him.
Qi Xiao's mouth curved upward. Have they all come? Ren Laotaiye, close the door, time to work!
As the door closed, the room instantly became as bright as day again.
......
The grotesques on this floor were not only more numerous than on the second floor but also more resistant to damage.
However, they also dropped more train coins than on the second floor, yielding seventeen.
Qi Xiao used four train coins to fully charge the ZZ Handgun's energy to one thousand points.
Following the same procedure, Qi Xiao first went to the normal fourth floor, then intentionally took the wrong number of steps to reach the looping fourth floor.
Unlike the second and third floors, the grotesques on the fourth floor were noticeably more solid.
One would only drop train coins after being hit by four to five exorcism bullets.
Their aggressiveness was also significantly stronger; Qi Xiao didn't even need to lure them, as they all came rushing to their deaths, drawn by the scent.
It must be said that the handgun Kong You gave him was incredibly useful.
Low recoil, no reloading needed, no overheating—it had all advantages.
Paired with the Scout Gloves, it felt like there was no recoil at all, making the shooting experience very good.
Qi Xiao killed his way from one end of the corridor to the other. During this time, some grotesques even targeted his Ever-Bright Night Lamp, only to find that no matter what they did, the lamp would not go out.
All grotesques on the fourth floor were killed by Qi Xiao, yielding a total of twenty-two train coins.
Qi Xiao repeated the process, clearing out the grotesques on the fifth and sixth floors.
The grotesques on the sixth floor were already so solid that they had physical bodies. Qi Xiao put in some effort, activated Word Spirit · Time Zero, used Lust to destroy their physical forms, and then shot them with exorcism bullets to eliminate them.
The grotesques from five floors yielded a total of one hundred thirteen train coins, making Qi Xiao's face almost split from grinning.
He wondered if these grotesques would respawn; he was almost reluctant to leave.
......
Li Huizi's complexion had improved significantly after eating the oil pills Qi Xiao gave her.
After Little Fire Dragon ate the oil pill, the flames on its tail also returned to optimal condition.
"Oh, why aren't you leaving yet?"
Li Huizi looked up at Qi Xiao at the stairwell corner, and her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
She suppressed her excited feelings, quickly stood up, bowed ninety degrees to Qi Xiao again, and then said a string of words.
Qi Xiao only understood the first sentence, "thank you"; he didn't understand what she said afterward.
Qi Xiao waved his hand and started walking downstairs.
Li Huizi picked up Little Fire Dragon and quickly followed.
She followed behind Qi Xiao, her gaze always fixed on him, not leaving his side for a single step.
Just when there were three steps left, Qi Xiao stopped, no longer moving.
Li Huizi also stopped.
After a few seconds, she saw Qi Xiao suddenly disappear.
Qi Xiao suddenly vanished before her eyes, and Li Huizi immediately panicked.
She stood rooted to the spot, unable to move forward or turn back.
She just stood there, stunned.
When she saw Qi Xiao reappear below, she took the stairs two steps at a time, quickly descended, and came to Qi Xiao's side.
Undoubtedly, she had returned to the second floor again.
Qi Xiao was now frowning at her.
After he went down to the first-floor lobby, he didn't see Li Huizi come down for a long time, so he knew this person hadn't figured out how to get out.
There was no choice; he could only turn back again.
This Xiao Yinghua looked quite smart, but it turned out she was an idiot.
"Walk to the thirteenth step, wait ten seconds, and you can go down."
Seeing Li Huizi's confused expression, Qi Xiao slapped his forehead.
"Damn, language barriers are really troublesome."
He snatched the long knife from Li Huizi's hand, then took her hand.
Li Huizi was startled but did not struggle.
Just like that, Li Huizi held Little Fire Dragon in one hand and Qi Xiao's hand in the other, following him step by step down.
After stopping on the thirteenth step for ten seconds, Li Huizi only felt her vision blur, and then her surroundings suddenly opened up.
Finally, she returned to the first floor, to the lobby of Six Hotel.