"What's going on?" Mei Xiawen frowned as he looked at Gu Nianzhi. "What are you trying to say, exactly?"
Gu Nianzhi thought about it, and decided that her close friends deserved an explanation. It was their right to know the truth.
"Come inside, I have something to say." Gu Nianzhi turned to enter her room. Inside, she said to her roommates, "Green Tea Fang, Lady Cao, Little Temptress – I have something to tell you."
Gu Nianzhi's three roommates and Mei Xiawen gathered around her. They looked at her curiously.
Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath, and began by describing the strange symbols she had seen. She followed this with the black SUV and sniper rifle, things she had learned from Brother Li. Finally, she brought up the predicament they were in: no phone signal, no internet connection, and no working landlines…
