Chapter 37.6 ?

It closed so forcefully and so quickly that everyone present was stunned for a while before reacting. The staff holding the door were dragged down, one of them was lucky to withdraw in time, but the other’s arm was caught by the door, half of the arm now on the other side, the fingers still twitching slightly.

And just as Xu Ming belatedly smelled the scent of blood, another creepy sound appeared.

Bang, bang, bang. Each sound louder and closer. At first, she didn’t understand what it was, but when she turned to look, she realized it was the sound of clocks exploding.

The clocks filling the hall were exploding one by one, starting from the outermost layer. Parts flew everywhere like splashing blood.

The increasingly close sound made one feel an illusion, as if a huge invisible creature was approaching not far away. The explosions were its footsteps.

This realization made Xu Ming’s scalp tingle. Just as she turned her head, wanting to discuss countermeasures with the others, she found everyone except her staring fixedly at the wall opposite.

“…” Xu Ming instinctively followed their gaze, her throat involuntarily moved, “Is there something there?”

“Butterflies.” Fang Xueqing’s trembling voice came from the side, “Lots and lots of butterflies.”

More accurately, shadows—countless shadows of butterflies, sweeping across the opposite wall in large swathes, casting huge shadows accompanied by a frantic buzzing.

Just looking at it made one’s knees weak.

The voice of the blubberman in Xu Ming’s mind was also weak.

“It’s over.” It muttered, in a tone of someone whose soul had left their body, “It’s coming.”

… Who it was referring to, went without saying.

Listening to it, Xu Ming only wanted to curse.

“Hey! Wake up! Wake up!” Seeing the exploding clocks getting closer, she finally snapped out of it, urgently called out, slapping the two people beside her while kicking the dazed staff next to her, all while swiftly looking for an escape route—

Fortunately, there were still reliable people at this time.

One staff member was the first to wake up, quickly shouldered the two from Anxin Gardening, and grabbed Xu Ming’s collar, rushing them into the room behind the front desk. As they closed the door, they heard a heavy crashing sound from outside.

Xu Ming couldn’t help but swallow, gave the staff a grateful glance, and looked at the two people placed on the ground, feeling even more respectful.

“Your technique is very professional.” She sincerely praised, “What do you do for a living?”

“…” The staff member, who was listening at the door, paused. After a while, he answered, “Fix air conditioners.”

“Oh…” Xu Ming nodded in realization, still puzzled.

On the other side, maybe because they were out of the butterfly’s control range, Fang Xueqing and Ling Guang shook their heads and finally came back to their senses.

“Damn.” Fang Xueqing recalled the scene just now, her face changing instantly, “What’s going on?”

“The butterfly blocked the door. We are the unlucky ones trapped.” Xu Ming said honestly, glancing at the door with some concern, “There are still staff outside…”

“No rush, they won’t die.” The air conditioner repairman was confident, his cold gaze sweeping over them, “But with it guarding here, you can’t get out.”

“What to do?”

What else could they do? They couldn’t just start working at the hotel…

Xu Ming thought silently, about to speak, when she heard Fang Xueqing sigh softly.

“If it’s about leaving the hotel, I have a way.” She said softly, “But I need twenty minutes to prepare, and a wheelchair.”

Meeting Xu Ming’s puzzled gaze, she calmly added, “A trolley or someone carrying me will also work, I just need something to move. Because once the method is successfully used, I might temporarily lose mobility.”

Somehow, it felt like a hint.

At least the blubberman in Xu Ming’s mind had already spoken:

“This girl is reliable. She really brings out the rulebook when needed!”

“…” Xu Ming closed her eyes, waved away the voice in her mind, and looked at Fang Xueqing.

“May I ask, what is the success rate of your method?” she asked.

Fang Xueqing was confused for a moment, then calculated and said, “Maybe… 92.3%?”

…So why is there a decimal?

“Wait, no. One person is 92.3%, we have three people here, so the probability should decrease successively…” Fang Xueqing seemed to be confused by her own calculations.

Xu Ming blinked, decided not to pursue this, and said, “Then maybe my method has a higher success rate.”

The other two looked at her in surprise, but Xu Ming didn’t explain immediately, instead turned to the air conditioner repairman: “Excuse me, based on the current clock speed, how long until fourteen twenty-eight?”

The repairman looked at her strangely, not understanding why the time was so specific: “About fifteen minutes.”

“That means it’s less than twenty minutes.” Xu Ming nodded and looked at Fang Xueqing again, “Alright, let’s prepare for both scenarios. You both wait here, and if the main door isn’t open in fifteen minutes, we’ll have to rely on your method.”

Wait, so why 14:28? And what does preparing for both scenarios mean? What’s your method…

Fang Xueqing’s head was filled with questions, and she quickly grabbed the most crucial one.

“You both?” She quickly asked, “What do you mean by ‘you both’?”

“With such a large swarm of butterflies outside, even if the door opens, we still can’t get out.” Xu Ming said matter-of-factly, “We have to try to lure that thing away.”

She had the idiot trait, even if the opponent’s momentum was overwhelming, she could still see where the open door was and could partially avoid harm—to compare, no one was more suited for this task than her.

Of course, Xu Ming didn’t explain this in detail to Fang Xueqing and the others, she only said that the Urban Legend Demolition Office had a way to protect her and employee insurance. The two from Anxin Gardening heard this but were still hesitant.