The Head Outside the Window
For players who had been in the game for a while, they would definitely try to find a way around the handicap of being unable to see at night. If conditions were otherwise equal, the face-off between "people" and "ghosts" was really a face-off between players. Given that, there were bound to be players who shared Chu Yuan's idea and made a move tonight.
More cautious players would take a look around and see whether there was anything else in the laboratory.
Not knowing exactly when the lights would go out, Chu Yuan hurriedly stuffed the food he'd brought into his mouth. He even asked Xu Huo, with feigned concern, if he was hungry.
"I brought my own." Xu Huo glanced at the observation window, his expression shifting slightly.
"What are you looking at?" Curious, Chu Yuan followed his gaze. There was no one in the corridor.
Xu Huo didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "You've been drinking so much water. Aren't you worried you'll need to use the restroom?"
Chu Yuan grinned and patted the bottle in his hand. "I'm a man. Taking care of that is easy..." He looked around. "I haven't seen any light switches anywhere. I wonder when the lights will go out..."
As if on cue, the lights in the laboratory began shutting off in the reverse order they'd been turned on. When the lights in the corridor outside their room went out, Chu Yuan suddenly dropped his bottle and turned to Xu Huo. "Did you see that?"
Xu Huo only had time to glance at him before darkness swallowed their surroundings. After his eyes adjusted for two seconds, he turned toward the observation window. "See what?"
"I just saw a head floating past..." Chu Yuan lowered his voice, as