We discussed among the three of us and finally decided to let Xiao Gu go up.

I sent the drone ahead.

We didn't notice that the little girl's eyes had been following the drone. She got up and chased after the drone to the edge of the terrace. She sat down on the terrace, hugging her knees and sobbing softly after she couldn't see the drone anymore.

The fire escape on the 25th floor was not locked, and Xiao Gu gently pushed open the door. Jiayang controlled Xiao Gu to ring the doorbell.

After a while, the door of Apartment 25 was opened. The little girl stood timidly behind the door, only showing half of her body, cautiously looking at Xiao Gu in front of her.

"Are you a robot sent by the police uncle? Did the police uncle send you to save me and my parents?"

"Where are your parents?" Xiao Gu's mechanical voice echoed in the corridor.

The little girl looked at Xiao Gu for a while, then moved aside and opened the door, gesturing for Xiao Gu to come in.

After Xiao Gu entered the room, she closed the door and led Xiao Gu slowly towards the master bedroom.

The tightly closed door of the master bedroom was opened by the little girl with a key from her pocket. I couldn't help but take a deep breath because we saw an unbelievable scene on the screen.

- A chubby man with his hands tied was kneeling against the wall. A Swiss army knife was stuck in the major artery of his neck, and the blood that splashed on the wall and floor had long dried up. The blood had congealed on the floor and walls, and his eyes were still staring straight at the ceiling, filled with the terror he experienced before his death.

- There was also a naked woman lying on the bed. It was clear that she had a beautiful face, and her eyes were open with anger, showing a twisted expression of pain and despair. There was blood all over her, and the once white sheets and blankets had been dyed blood red.

Both bodies had already shown signs of lividity, but perhaps due to the prolonged low temperature recently, the bodies had not started to decompose.

The little girl's eyes were filled with sorrow. With red eyes, she turned her head and said to Xiao Gu, "My mom and dad... are here. Can you... help me save them?"

I was shocked beyond words. I couldn't imagine what inhumane things her parents had experienced before their deaths. As I looked at the innocent hope in the little girl's eyes, I felt a heavy weight pressing on my heart, making it hard to breathe.

"They're already dead," Xiao Gu's mechanical voice responded to the little girl.

I saw the light in the little girl's eyes gradually extinguish, darkening bit by bit. Tears kept streaming down her face, and she choked, "I... I know. It's all because of those two uncles. They killed my mom and dad... It's all because of them..."

"Is there anyone else in your house?" Xiao Gu asked.

The little girl nodded while crying, then shook her head, "There's another uncle in the guest room, but he's already dead... The other uncle... fell down."

"How did the uncle in the guest room die?"

She shook her head, "I don't know... That day, they were arguing in the guest room, arguing very loudly. One of the uncles said he would throw mom and dad down from here. I also heard him say... he wanted to throw me down too. Then... then I hid in my parents' room, locked the door from the inside, and put the key in my own pocket. They couldn't come in and kept banging on the door, asking me to come out. But I didn't come out, and later they stopped knocking. I stayed in the room and saw the sky brighten three times. Then I heard the two uncles arguing again, and one of them said there were three people on the 23rd floor, and there was a lot of food, but they had guns, so he asked the other uncle to go down with him. But the other uncle didn't want to. He said he would wait for rescue here and didn't want to take the risk. Then... I heard a loud bang, and there was no more sound outside. Until just now... I heard one of the uncles shouting loudly outside, and I saw him fall down... I waited in the room for a long time, but I never heard any sound outside before I dared to come out. There was no one in the house anymore,

Xiao Gu's LED eyes flickered with empathy as he processed the little girl's words. He kneeled down in front of her, his metallic hand gently reaching out to touch her trembling shoulder.

"I'm sorry for what happened to your parents and the terrible things you had to witness," Xiao Gu said softly. "But you're not alone anymore. We're here to help you."

The little girl looked up at Xiao Gu, her tear-stained face filled with a mix of sadness and newfound hope. She hesitantly reached out her small hand and held onto Xiao Gu's metal finger.

"Can you take me away from here?" she asked in a small voice.

Xiao Gu nodded. "Yes, we can take you to a safe place where you'll be cared for and protected. But first, we need to make sure it's safe outside. There might be dangerous people around."

With a silent agreement, we decided to move cautiously through the building, searching for any signs of danger or other survivors. Xiao Gu took the lead, his sensors scanning the surroundings for any potential threats.

As we made our way down the staircase, we encountered several locked doors and empty apartments. The building felt eerily silent, with only the distant sound of sirens and occasional distant screams echoing through the air.

On the 23rd floor, we stumbled upon a gruesome scene. Two lifeless bodies lay in a pool of blood, their life force brutally ripped away. It was evident that they had been victims of violence, adding to the sense of danger that lingered in the building.

We hurriedly continued our descent, eventually reaching the ground floor. Xiao Gu opened the entrance door cautiously, scanning the outside environment for any potential threats. The once bustling street was now a ghost town, with debris scattered everywhere and buildings damaged by the recent disaster.

Feeling a sense of relief that there were no immediate dangers in sight, we beckoned the little girl to follow us. Holding her hand tightly, we stepped out into the desolate world, determined to find her a safe haven amidst the chaos.