Her hair stood on end. In a panic, she frantically pressed the light switch, but unluckily, the power was out in the house!
The rustling sound came again, and those two eerie green lights shot toward her once more, making her blood run cold—eyes! Those green lights were eyes!
There was an unknown creature in the house!
"Mom, a ghost!" the girl shrieked, dropping everything and bolting for the exit.
She completely forgot her earlier mantra about "ignorance being terrifying."
Rushing into the yard, she yanked at the gate, but suddenly a faint groan came from behind: "Help..."
The voice was weak and ethereal, vanishing after just one word.
Panicked, Gu Qiqi froze—someone was calling for help? Could there be a living person in the house?
But ever since her parents passed away, she had lived in this courtyard alone!
Could someone have broken into the old house at night and gotten hit by a falling ceiling tile?
Who would be that unlucky? Maybe someone from the demolition crew?
The girl's hand paused on the lock, her mind in turmoil—
What should I do, what should I do? Should I go back to save them? But there's still that unknown creature in the house with those eerie green eyes—it's dangerous!
Yet, a healer's heart is compassionate. Didn't I enroll in medical school to become a doctor who saves lives? Even if the demolition crew wrecked my house and deserve what they got, as a future medical professional, how can I stand by and let someone die?
Forget it, forget it—the demolition crew are people too. I'll consider it an act of kindness and save them this once!
With that thought, the girl finally forced herself to calm down, grabbed a wooden stick, and slowly walked back toward the living room.
As she walked, she encouraged herself—there are no ghosts in this world; it's only when too many people fear them that ghosts exist!
Ah, no, that's not right. Someone once said that anyone pretending to be a ghost is just a paper tiger...
Gu Qiqi's mind raced as she crept back into the house, hiding behind the rubble.
The entire living room was severely damaged, everything out of place. In the corner, those two green lights still flickered.
Unable to pinpoint the exact location of the person calling for help, Gu Qiqi decided to eliminate the danger first before rescuing anyone.
Steeling herself, the girl let out a fierce shout, her combat power instantly surging to two hundred percent!
A flash of white light cut through the darkness as the arm-thick stick swung in a circle in the girl's hands, then crashed down on the unknown creature with the force of a thunderbolt!
"Whimper..."
A pained cry, and the green light finally went out.
Yes! Instant kill!
Perfect!
With the crisis resolved, Gu Qiqi breathed a huge sigh of relief and lit a candle.
First, let's see what this strange thing really is.
Holding up the candle to look, the girl's face turned pale—a large dog was trapped under the rubble!
It was a massive black-gray canine with pointed ears, foaming at the mouth, lying motionless.
If she wasn't mistaken, this should be a sturdy adult husky.
No wonder there were two green lights in the room—it was the dog's eyes glowing in the dark!
Heavens above, had she accidentally killed it?
Setting down the candle, Gu Qiqi quickly checked the dog's body. Thank goodness—its heart was still beating, its breath a bit weak, but it had only passed out.
She frantically moved the debris off it and set the dog aside for now.
Saving the person was the priority.
Qiqi searched the room with the candle, but strangely, aside from the dog, there was no other living creature in the entire living room.
She ran to check the other rooms as well, still finding nothing.
How odd—who had been calling for help just now? Had she been so tense that she imagined it?
Forget it, she'd save the dog first.