The last echo of Xiang Yi's muttered question had barely faded.
When the sound of ordinary, unhurried footsteps suddenly rose from just outside the doorway.
He snapped the Laser Rifle up on instinct, aiming it at the entrance. "Who's there?"
The door was still open. The person outside paused for a moment, then moved a little stiffly into the glow of the rekindled fire.
"You're awake? Are you okay? I'm the one who carried you here — my name's Ning Ye. I just finished luring away the Shuffling Monsters that were tailing you."
Xiang Yi studied her with a furrowed brow.
She looked to be in her early twenties, with short hair and a pair of black-framed glasses, her expression carrying a faint trace of nerves.
Look closely enough and you could tell she was quite pretty — the glasses just had a way of dulling the effect.
The rain outside had already stopped, yet she was still wearing a dark raincoat, clean and completely dry.
