Dead Angle

Following Lin Muyun's gaze, Jiang Cheng saw that the floor in a secluded corner was darker than the surrounding area. As he breathed, a strong, sweet, metallic smell began to drift through the air.

The floor. It was blood!

Jiang Cheng focused on that spot. It was exactly where they had found Yuan Xiaotian's body during the day.

"It's Xiaotian," Xia Qiang said softly, speaking for the first time in a while.

Jiang Cheng guessed he had already gone to check.

Since Yuan Xiaotian's body was still here, Li Mengyao's body should still be outside, in front of the emergency exit.

Jiang Cheng suddenly had a strange feeling. Based on his understanding of the missions, bodies should work like they did in a game, with a respawn mechanism. Whenever a new batch of people entered, the bodies of those who had died before would be cleared away by some irresistible force.

That had always been how things worked in previous missions. They were used to it, but this time, something seemed to have changed.

Raindrops began to fall outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. The rain wasn't heavy—not yet, at least—but to Jiang Cheng and the others, it meant true terror. It had begun.

The Rain Night Murderer would naturally appear once it started raining.

"I just went to Xiaotian's body," Xia Qiang said quickly, looking at Jiang Cheng. "From what I know of him, he chose that spot because he learned from Mengyao's death after she tried to escape. He planned to hide in this office area and buy time."

"You can tell from the spot he chose. It was fairly well hidden, but his view was limited."

Jiang Cheng listened for a moment, then grew a little impatient. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Time was running short. The