Space began to warp.
Something was trying to destroy this place.
The entire building began to shake.
Dust kept falling from the ceiling.
"Holy shit!"
"An earthquake."
Wen Zhishu had been about to run, but when he saw that neither Huo Wujìu nor Shen Yu moved, he stayed put too.
Then all three heard a voice drifting eerily toward them: "I like you... I like you..."
The entire building shook even harder.
Patterns resembling clock hands suddenly appeared on the walls, along with countless eyes.
Every time the eyes turned, the hands ticked back one notch.
The shaking gradually grew weaker.
The warped space also seemed to be forcibly mending itself.
No, this wasn't healing. Time was flowing backward, restoring all the damage to before it had occurred.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
"Aaaaaaah!"
Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!
The people outside pounded hard on the door. "Open up! It's Zhong Xun and Ye Ran! Su Nian, she-she's gone crazy!"
Wen Zhishu glanced at Shen Yu and Huo Wujìu.
His eyes asked, Should we open the door?
Huo Wujìu frowned and shook his head. What was happening in the room was deeply bizarre. Who knew whether opening the door would upset some delicate balance?
But the knocking still drew the eyeballs' attention.
Their gazes shifted toward the door.
Then the door clicked open.
Zhong Xun and Ye Ran tumbled inside.
They were covered in blood, and outside, Su Nian was still frantically attacking them with a knife.
Once the door opened, however, Su Nian stopped attacking.
She crumpled to the floor, lying as motionless as a corpse.
Blotchy patches of lividity suddenly appeared on her skin.
Zhong Xun watched Su Nian die right in front of him and cried out in terror.
Ye Ran was terrified too. "Dead? She's dead?"
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