Trap and [Game Over]

Because of the bizarre attack on the alarm clock, the Shadow Guards that had been about to rush forward froze as well.

But before they could remain frozen for long, the brothers who had charged out from the shadows followed the alarm clock's fate together.

Of the eight Shadow Guards, only the last one, which had not yet revealed itself, survived. The other seven, like the alarm clock, were plastered onto the wall and met their glorious ends.

"...As long as the Conductor remains inside this carriage, any moving being will suffer its indiscriminate attacks? But that several-second delay in between..."

As his thoughts raced, the Shadow Puppet under Bai Zhi's control also turned its gaze toward the Conductor in the passage ahead.

Just as before, the Conductor continued its patrol forward at its usual pace, making no movements along the way. The footsteps coming from the front of the carriage remained steady.

"..."

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Bai Zhi lay quietly on the bed and waited.

About half a minute later, the Conductor left this carriage, and its footsteps vanished from within it as well.

After patiently waiting for about another minute, Bai Zhi sat up from the bed.

Glancing at the alarm clock that had been crushed into a thin sheet of metal against the wall, Bai Zhi jumped straight down from the bed.

Although the Conductor had left, Bai Zhi was not naive enough to think that he had escaped danger. Or rather, the danger had only just begun.

He did not know where the next attack would come from, but he had made an entirely new discovery and formed a new hypothesis.

The basis for that discovery and hypothesis was the alarm clock that had so bizarrely died after being slapped onto the wall.

If the