23 Exploration (1/2)

'I guess, it's time to sniff around a bit and find myself an escape route.' Wuxing thought with a smile after hearing the guard lock the doors on a few locks. He quickly wore the set of clothes they brought him, without wasting any time.

Earlier, he noticed that the guards actually gave him their own clothes as they looked similar to the ones they were wearing themselves. Military pants and white simple shirts. Of course, they also had a kevlar vest but he didn't receive one.

This situation made him quickly reschedule his reconnaissance mission to now. Even if his main plan works out later, he didn't know where he should head next. He had to first check out the whole prison to determine the quickest way to the dock, where were the cameras, the guard spots and any other obstacles that could hinder his escape.

Dongmei made a mistake when she left one of her guards to protect him as that only allowed him to pretend to be him and sneak away. Looking at the mirror, he wished in his mind to change completely into the guard outside and his skin started shifting right away.

His muscles multiplied making him bulkier, his skin colour darkened and his facial arrangement completely changed making him look just like the guard. Even his hair shortened and turned its colour into brown. The whole process didn't hurt at all as if the pain receptors didn't react to his quickly changing body.

'Not bad.' Wuxing commented in his mind, moving around in his new body. It definitely felt different than his own and he would have to train sometime with it to adjust all his skills. Fortunately, he didn't plan to fight anyone right now.

Wuxing also noticed that both of his wounds were now healed and he couldn't help but sigh. He wanted to stall the healing for a few days but a the same time, he couldn't give up such occasion that they presented him.

”Ugh, cough, cough.” Just as he finished checking his body, he felt pain all across his body, making him cough and collapse on the ground. His muscles started to tremble and his skin turned hot with beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

”Fuck, it hurt…” Wuxing cursed when the pain finally ceased. After the pain died away other problems appeared right after. He felt extreme hunger that made his brain go crazy.

He struggled but walked up towards the fridge and started pulling out the food one by one eating everything greedily. There were different hams and sausages which Wuxing swallowed one by one with big bites.

As Wuxing ate, he realised that his hunger didn't go away and he still felt as if he didn't eat for ages. Pulling out ready-made dishes which were packed and prepared for Dongmei for each day, Wuxing ate all of them. His hunger was satisfied only after he finished the whole week worth of food which Dongmei consumed.

'Damn, I should have guessed. Such a transformation couldn't just happen without any costs. I guess each change require some energy and it comes from my body. Because of my wounds earlier I lost a lot of energy, which forced my body to consume a lot of food to compensate for it.' Wuxing thought as he drank some water from the tap.

Hopefully, he learnt about it when he was in a save position within close proximity to food, else his situation would be dire.

'I have to be careful next time…' Wuxing noted this incident in his mind and entered the balcony to breathe a few fresh mouthfuls of air.

After a few minutes, Wuxing felt much better and realising he was completely alright now, he finally moved forward with his plan. The balcony was on the last floor of the hospital which made it impossible to jump down, but he could always climb onto the roof and use the emergency stairs to leave the hospital.