The Quiet Room

Countless Anomaly are hidden in the darkness.

Just like last time, hiding in the Shadow beneath the Zither-Drum Harmony, Bai Zhi observed the world in darkness from an unusually strange perspective.

Day and Hei Ye are completely different. During the day, the Anomaly in the Apartment fall silent, while night is their active time. The locked doors are the final shackles that prevent those Anomaly from entering the room.

--Although in this secluded Apartment, which doesn't even have windows or books, the only difference between day and Hei Ye is the Lights.

According to Zither-Drum Harmony, his room door was wide open last night, and countless Anomaly took the opportunity to squeeze into his room. Under such circumstances, if he chose to return to his room at night and waited until the lights were turned off, his room would probably become a rather tragic battlefield.

... Perhaps it was Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Utter Chaos?

Even Shadow Guard with half of his own attributes couldn't last long in the dark, let alone himself?

Bai Zhi finally understood why it was best not to open the door after the lights were turned off at night. Because if you opened the door, the Anomaly in the darkness outside could silently sneak into your room.

Aside from the Floor Administrator, Zither-Drum Harmony, who is immune to Anomaly, who would dare to be so reckless?

Even when he went out, Bai Zhi didn't open the door. Instead, he immediately slipped into the Shadow and quickly crept up to the feet of Zither-Drum Harmony. The longer he stayed in the dark, the greater the chance of being attacked. If it weren't for the special case of Zither-Drum Harmony, he wouldn't dare to go out after the lights were turned off at night.

Because of the stealth nature of her Invisibility ability, Zither-Drum Harmony did not notice anything unusual. As she had done for the past few nights, she took out her Key, opened the door, and went down the stairs. She then pushed her cart back to the elevator, which was emitting a faint light.

After the other person entered the elevator, Bai Zhi emerged from the Shadow again. After securing the camera and pulling his hood up, he pushed a small cart into the elevator as well.

Meanwhile, in room [504].

The streetlight on the table emitted a soft glow, illuminating a small area around the single bed.

Wrapped in a blanket, sitting on the bed, staring wide-eyed at the darkness before her, where the light couldn't reach, the Night Owl's expression was unusually tense.

The computer was still tucked under the Cabinet, so the knocking that had bothered her for so long still rang on time. Yesterday, Bai Zhi had opened all the doors except the Security Door, but the knocking still came from the poster he had covered with a black cloth on the wall.

--Last night, there was knocking on the door and on the posters all night long.

The situation was the same today; the knocking on the door continued on time, and until Bai Zhi left, the knocking was normal and disorderly.

To be honest, she's almost gotten used to Night Owl.

But just now, without any warning, the knocking stopped abruptly, and the entire room fell into a deathly silence in the blink of an eye.

The Night Owl stiffly straightened her back, tightly gripping the Holy Spirit Pendant hanging around her neck.

The sudden cessation of the knocking that had bothered her for so long was a good thing, but in this strange situation, she felt a chill creeping into her heart.

The knocking stopped. Had the person knocking finally given up and left, or... had they entered the room?

Beyond the area illuminated by the streetlights, all was pitch black; the wardrobe, the clock, the kitchen, the refrigerator, the bathroom... everything was hidden in the unfathomable darkness.

Human fears largely stem from the unknown.

If it weren't for the calming Special Effect of the [street lamp flower], the Walnut beside her bed, and the Holy Spirit Pendant around her neck that gave her confidence, she would have imagined countless terrifying things long ago.

"Amitabha, God bless you, Supreme Heavenly Venerable, Hallelujah... Please come back soon..."

While muttering some incomprehensible words to herself while reading the book, the Night Owl carefully covered herself completely under the covers, as if any part of her body protruding from the blankets would be attacked...

At that moment, a cool breeze blew across the back of her neck, which was not covered by the blankets and clothes.

"!!!"

The Night Owl jumped out of bed, ignoring the pain in his left hand, and in a flash, he twisted in mid-air and arrived at the foot of the bed, looking behind him with a pale face.

--Behind her was nothing but a snow-white wall, where her shadow and another small shadow flickered and jumped uneasily.

"... Is it just my imagination? Or am I being too neurotic?"

With a look of surprise and uncertainty, the Night Owl reached up and touched the back of her neck. She felt a slight chill, confirming that the cool breeze that had been blowing on the back of her neck earlier was not an illusion.

After managing to calm herself down, Night Owl looked at the Weather Doll) hanging above her bed. Because she was currently the most injured and in the worst condition, the guilty Zither-Drum Harmony had left this warning doll with her.

The Weather Doll, tied with a rope, hung there quietly, its face turned towards her, revealing a smile drawn with Black Pen.

The teru teru bozu (Weather Doll) isn't spinning...

Slightly relieved, Night Owl gently touched the Weather Doll a few times.

She spun the Weather Doll twice, and the eyes and smile drawn with Black Pen looked perfectly normal.

"That cool breeze just now must have been an illusion, right? After all, if the Anomaly got close, the doll should have started spinning on its own..."

Feeling somewhat insecure, she reached up and touched the back of her neck. After thinking for a moment, the Night Owl simply wrapped the entire blanket around herself, turning herself into a ball with basically only her face showing.

During this process, she inevitably touched the wound on her left hand, and she involuntarily gasped. However, this pain did dispel her fear to some extent.

She gripped the pendant around her neck tightly in her right hand, and after much hesitation, she still didn't choose to activate the protective effects of her Equipment.

--In the current situation, being overly suspicious is the biggest mistake.

"Squeak---"

The next moment, the hoarse sound of the door slowly opening echoed in the room.