Listening to the strange sounds coming from outside the cabinet, the Girl, though her face was filled with terror, still desperately covered her mouth with both hands.
—This was a game of hide-and-seek.
In this day and age, Anomaly Incidents were appearing with increasing frequency.
In a major city with a population in the tens of millions, hundreds of Anomaly Incidents often occurred every day. Among those hundreds, there would usually be one large-scale Anomaly Incident affecting several hundred people. Compared to before, when only a few dozen incidents would occur every few days, the frequency of Anomaly Incidents had now surged dozens of times over.
They could appear at any time, in any place, without the slightest warning. In this world, there were only relatively safe places—there was no such thing as an absolutely safe place.
And unfortunately, the Girl had encountered one herself.
Normally, online, she had always viewed these things as a bystander. She had even confidently declared in several group chats what she would do if something like this happened to her. But when it truly descended upon her, the Girl finally understood what it meant to be all talk and no action.
However, thanks to the nonstop publicity on television programs and the widely circulated self-rescue manuals online, the Girl had managed to maintain at least a basic level of calm.
The vast majority of Anomaly Incidents had their own set of rules. As long as she could ensure that she remained within the safety rules, her life would be safe.
Besides that, she had already called the emergency number. Theoretically, as long as she could hold on a little longer, she would be saved.
As long as she wasn't found...
Covering her mouth tightly, the Girl curled herself into a ball inside the wardrobe