A strange sound came from somewhere in the room, as if a tiny insect were crawling past his ear.
Chen Ge's eyelids twitched. Half-asleep, he saw a pale light shining from the screen of the Black Phone.
He had received a new message, but since he hadn't opened it, he could only see its first sentence.
"Warning! An unforeseen change has occurred in the Left Eye mission! Four-Star Scene: Spirit Channeling School..."
His head felt heavy, as if something weighty were pressing down on him. Chen Ge tried to turn over and reach for his phone, but the instant he raised his head, he saw a "door" standing between the two hospital beds.
Five fingers rested on the doorknob. As they pressed harder, the ordinary-looking door was pushed open.
A figure crawled out from beneath the hospital bed. He merely leaned forward, but his body was immediately pulled inside the "door."
"Chang Gu?"
Chen Ge couldn't move. It was like sleep paralysis, or as though something else had its eyes on him.
He could hear familiar voices coming from inside the door, repeatedly calling his name. At the same time, he could hear several other voices calling to him from within his shadow, as if they were trying to wake him.
Am I dreaming?
Anyone who woke in the middle of the night to find a door standing beside their bed, slowly moving toward them, would panic.
Chen Ge wanted to scream and struggle, but he soon realized he couldn't do anything—not even bite through his own tongue.
He watched helplessly as the door drew closer. Several hands reached out from within and grabbed his neck and head.
At the last moment, a shriek came from Chen Ge's shadow, and he regained a little strength.
There was no time to