Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao entered the hospital one after the other.
Just as they remembered, the lights in the hospital corridor were out, and the overhead bulbs were making a "buzzing" sound. After the two had walked a few steps, all the lights in the corridor suddenly went out.
It was pitch black all around, so Liu Qiao immediately took out the luminous pearl to provide light. Many mirrors inexplicably appeared on both sides of the corridor. Xiao Lou saw her kind-smiling grandmother again in the mirror at the end of the corridor.
Liu Qiao looked at the mirror beside her and asked, feigning confusion, " Professor Xiao, I think I see my sister?"
Xiao Lou hurriedly said, "Something's wrong with this hospital, let's get out of here!"
The next moment, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from the mirror and pulled Liu Qiao inside.
The plot is the same as before, except that this time Xiao Lou only brought Liu Qiao, not Ye Qi and the unconscious Hanjiang, and Liu Qiao already knew everything that was about to happen.
In the enclosed room with mirrors on all four sides, she indeed saw Liu Ying.
If she was confused by Xiao Lou's words before, now that she has seen her sister with her own eyes and what happened after she entered the hospital is exactly as Xiao Lou described, Liu Qiao is even more convinced that everything Xiao Lou said is true!
It was the older sister who was manipulated by Hunter to impersonate her and kill Professor Xiao!
If Professor Xiao hadn't activated Time Reversal, they would have been wiped out long ago. Therefore, she had to act according to Xiao Lou's plan; otherwise, the scenario of her teammates dying one after another would repeat itself.
Liu Qiao clenched her fist at her side, quickly calming herself down, but feigned surprise: "Sister? No, my sister is long gone. Who are you to dare impersonate her?"
Liu Ying stepped forward and said gently, "Do you remember the stray dog we picked up together when we were little? You named it Dou Dou, and we kept it as a pet for a month without telling our parents."
Liu Qiao's expression changed: "Are you really my sister?"
Liu Ying nodded, her voice choked with emotion: "Xiaoqiao, it's me. I'm not dead."
Liu Qiao immediately stepped forward and hugged her sister tightly.
Just as Liu Ying was about to reach out and knock Liu Qiao unconscious, Liu Qiao reacted even faster. Liu Qiao had already pulled out the [ Twin ] card. The moment they embraced, she transformed Liu Ying into her own likeness, and then, with a swift and decisive chop to the back of her sister's neck, knocked Liu Ying unconscious to the ground!
Knowing there were surveillance cameras on the roof, she deliberately turned the angle while hugging her sister and knocked Liu Ying unconscious as quickly as possible, making it impossible for the people on the other end of the surveillance to tell the difference between the real and fake.
She dragged the fallen " Liu Qiao " to a corner, quickly took the card holder from the other person's pocket, and then pretended to put the team voice headset back into her own ear... in fact, she just switched it from her left ear to her right ear.
Xiao Lou's voice came through the earpiece: " Is Liu Qiao there? Reply if you hear me."
Liu Qiao said, "I'm here, Professor Xiao. There are mirrors on all four sides of my room. How am I supposed to get out?"
Xiao Lou said, "Try turning it clockwise once and see if you can find the door."
Following his instructions, Liu Qiao turned around, opened the mirrored door, and sure enough, saw Xiao Lou anxiously waiting for her in the corridor. Liu Qiao quickly walked up to him: " Professor Xiao, are you alright?"
Xiao Lou said, "I'm fine, let's leave quickly..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Qiao's dagger pierced Xiao Lou's chest!
Although Liu Qiao was so nervous that her heart was trembling, she acted quickly and ruthlessly, leaving no room for doubt about her identity for those watching the surveillance. Xiao Lou stared in shock, disbelievingly collapsing to the ground.
Liu Qiao expressionlessly plunged the dagger into Xiao Lou, who quickly lost consciousness. She then got up and returned to the adjacent secret room, where she carried the unconscious " Liu Qiao " to the operating room according to the hospital map Xiao Lou had given her.
To Liu Qiao's surprise, as soon as she pushed open the operating room door, she saw a man sitting inside. Upon seeing her, the man smiled and walked over, gently touching her hair as if he were petting his own cat or dog.
Liu Qiao felt utterly disgusted, but on the surface, he pretended to be obedient, lowered his head, and obediently called out, " Brother Xu."
Xu Muran praised, "You did a great job."
Liu Qiao glanced at the unconscious person on the operating table and asked softly, "My sister, she..."
Xu Muran said, "Don't worry, I promised you that as long as you complete this mission, I will find a way to get your sister to join Hunter and give each of you an immortality card. From now on, you can live a life of luxury and enjoy all the riches and honors with me."
Liu Qiao knew her sister well. Liu Ying had always been a well-behaved, docile, and timid girl, so when she spoke, she would imitate her sister, her voice trembling slightly, and her eyes lowered as she said, "Thank you, Brother Xu."
Xu Muran hummed in agreement and continued, "The mission isn't over yet. Once Xiao Lou dies, they'll fall into disarray. Take the medicine back and impersonate Liu Qiao to stay by their side. The most difficult one to deal with right now is Shao Qingge, who has transformed into the Insect King. As soon as Shao Qingge leaves the team, immediately summon us to kill these people."
He patted Liu Qiao on the shoulder: "Go ahead. Play your role well. I'll have someone look after your sister."
Liu Qiao: "..."
This person is clearly using Liu Qiao as a hostage to coerce Liu Ying. Last time, her sister was probably also under his control and had no choice but to cooperate with Xu Muran, summoning a large number of Hunters after CEO Shao left the team, and killing Qu Wanyue, Ninth Brother, Uncle Mo, and others.
Liu Qiao suppressed his anger and obediently nodded, saying, "I understand, Brother Xu, don't worry."
She turned and left the operating room,
Then he rushed to the pharmacy as fast as he could.
The mirror that appeared in the corridor was an illusion set up by Hunter. The mirror has now disappeared, and it is actually just an ordinary hospital, except that a large amount of explosives were buried underground.
Liu Qiao quickly found the pharmacy and went in to get the medicine.
The next moment, she received a teleportation invitation from Peach Blossom Spring.
The scenery blurred, and a familiar peach tree came into view, with Xiao Lou standing beneath it, blood seeping from his chest.
Liu Qiao rushed over: " Professor Xiao, are you alright!" Liu Qiao was extremely unwilling to stab Xiao Lou herself, but only if she was ruthless enough would Xu Muran believe that she was Liu Ying.
Meeting the girl's slightly reddened eyes, Xiao Lou said softly, "It's okay, I have Jade Cicada to keep me going."
Shao Qingge walked over and placed his fingers on Xiao Lou's right wrist. The familiar little insect quickly entered Xiao Lou's body to repair the wound, and the knife that Liu Qiao had stabbed him in the chest healed very quickly.
Shao Qingge said, "Do you always have to risk your life? What if something goes wrong..."
Xiao Lou calmly interrupted him: "I won't let myself make a mistake. We only have one last chance."
He carries the hopes of everyone on his shoulders; he cannot afford to lose.
Xiao Lou looked at Liu Qiao: "Did you get the medicine?"
Liu Qiao nodded: "It should be genuine medicine. I checked, and the bottle is unopened."
The Streptomycin in the hospital was probably the King's way out for them. According to the previous plot, Long Sen didn't wake up for about an hour after Tang Ci injected him with the drug. Yu Hanjiang's condition isn't as serious as Long Sen's, so he should wake up faster.
To prevent any accidents, Xiao Lou just entrusted Yu Hanjiang to Ninth Brother's care.
At this moment, Yu Hanjiang also recovered from his thumb-like state and lay down under the peach tree with Long Sen.
Xiao Lou said, "Mr. Tang, please give them the medication as soon as possible."
Tang Ci activated the treatment robot and injected medication into Yu Hanjiang and Long Sen respectively.
" Xu Muran said that CEO Shao is currently in his transformed state and is not easy to deal with. He told me to wait until CEO Shao leaves before teleporting to Hunter and catching you off guard," Liu Qiao said.
"Hmm." Xiao Lou frowned and said, "It was the same last time. At that time, Hanjiang and I had already been killed, and the new captain was CEO Shao. CEO Shao was suspicious and went into the desert to investigate the oasis to find out the cause of our deaths. While he was away, Liu Ying summoned nearly 30 Hunters to attack us. We suffered heavy casualties."
Gui Yuanzhang looked at Xiao Lou: "What are your thoughts?"
Xiao Lou said, "Same plot, opposite ending. Last time, Xu Muran launched a surprise attack on us, catching everyone off guard. This time, we'll lie in wait and catch them off guard instead!"
Liu Qiao quickly understood Xiao Lou's meaning: " Professor Xiao wants me to turn the tables on them, teleport the Hunter over, and then you can set up an ambush and wipe them out instead?"
"Yes, I've already left a fake corpse at the hospital, and your acting was very convincing. The way you killed me was swift and efficient. Xu Muran shouldn't suspect that you and your sister switched identities. In his eyes, ' Liu Qiao ' is now his hostage, and you will definitely obey him. Follow his instructions, stay by our side, and summon the Hunters when CEO Shao is not around. He will naturally bring a group of Hunters to eliminate us."
"Okay, I will try my best to imitate my sister's tone when communicating with him." Liu Qiao took out a card from her pocket and said, "This is the card I found on my sister, [Thousand Miles to the Rescue], which can immediately summon teammates to your side."
" Xu Muran must have used this card to have Liu Ying summon her teammates." Xiao Lou looked at Liu Qiao and said gently, "Xiao Liu, keep this card safe for now. When the time is right, I'll let you use the teleportation skill, and you can use the card skill immediately."
"Understood, Professor Xiao." Liu Qiao carefully put the card away.
" CEO Shao, I need to trouble you with one more thing." Xiao Lou looked at Shao Qingge, who smiled and shrugged: "You want me to crawl through the sand again, huh?"
"Only this way can we avoid the surveillance." Xiao Lou took out a piece of paper and quickly drew a map of the road layout and surveillance distribution in Oasis Town, handing it to Shao Qingge: "Take this map. The street in the southeast of Oasis Town is the Hunter's real base. You have a copy of Li Qingzhao. When the time comes, prepare Li Qingzhao's markers at the locations I've marked, and then pull us all to the Oasis."
Shao Qingge paused, then asked, "Take him to Hunter's headquarters?"
Xiao Lou said, " Hunter also has teleportation cards, so the plan of waiting for them to come to us may not be able to completely eliminate them."
Gui Yuanzhang agreed, "That's right. Once Xu Muran senses something is wrong, he will definitely have his teammates who stayed at the base activate the teleportation. If we place a marker at Hunter's base in advance, we can catch them off guard."
Shao Qingge laughed and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do."
Xiao Lou quickly wrote down another sheet of information, which included the names and physical characteristics of all the Hunters, as well as cards of several key figures and their residences at the Hunter base.
Such detailed information left the teammates looking at each other in bewilderment.
Looking at the data, Lu Jiuchuan said seriously, "Although Xiao Lou has found a lot of information, we are still outnumbered. Long Sen and Hanjiang are currently out of fighting strength. It's 10 against 30, Xiao Lou, are you sure we have a chance of winning?"
Just then, a deep voice suddenly sounded from behind everyone: "It's 11 against 30."
Xiao Lou turned around and suddenly met Yu Hanjiang's gaze.
In that instant, Xiao Lou felt a sudden surge of emotion, a lump forming in his throat. He thought of Yu Hanjiang, covered in blood, protecting him in the Nightmare Secret Room, and a sharp pain shot through Xiao Lou's heart. He opened his eyes...
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Yu Hanjiang, who had just woken up, stood up and walked gracefully to Xiao Lou. He gently took Xiao Lou's hand and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Although I don't know what happened, I trust your decision."
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