By the time the last male colleague had left, the office had fallen silent. But Chen Xi, fully focused on searching the anonymous forum, naturally failed to notice the change in atmosphere.
Using the search history function, Chen Xi quickly found that mysterious anonymous forum again.
The moment she entered the forum, a pop-up notification made her jump.
[Recent supernatural awakenings have become increasingly frequent. Please remain vigilant and stay safe.]
A message she would never have paid attention to before now made Chen Xi's heart skip a beat.
Startled, Chen Xi finally pulled her attention away from the screen and realized there was something strange about the office.
Dim yellow sunlight streamed into the office through the glass windows.
The scattered items on the desks cast mottled shadows. From Chen Xi's perspective, those shadows stretched long and thin, like distorted human figures frozen across the floor.
Panic rising within her, Chen Xi hurriedly gathered her bags and packages before rushing to her feet.
Something was wrong. Very wrong.
The girl's hurried steps gradually turned into a run, until she was sprinting flat out.
As she passed the elevator, Chen Xi abruptly stopped.
But after only a moment's thought, she gave up that convenient shortcut and ran toward the stairs instead.
Fortunately, things did not spiral into the worst-case scenario she had imagined.
Until she left the office building and got into a taxi, that eerie, chilling atmosphere never appeared again, as though it had all been nothing more than her imagination.
The city blazed with lights at night, yet they could not dispel the cold sweat on Chen Xi's back. Leaning against the taxi window, she had not lowered her guard.
An ordinary person might have assumed they had merely scared themselves, that they were under too much pressure.