Duty Room

"There's something else in the elevator with me. It was the one that pressed 3 on the control panel."

A thick stench surged from behind him, like an invisible hand gripping Chen Ge in its palm.

His breathing grew labored. In the elevator car, where he was the only person, the sound of a cart rolling suddenly rang out.

Rough wheels scraped against the metal floor. It sounded as if someone were pushing a cart back and forth inside the elevator.

"I used Yin Pupil to look. There's no one and no Vengeful Spirit in here, and there definitely can't be a cart. Could I have run into something even Yin Pupil can't see?"

Yin Pupil came from the Black Phone and had been strengthened several times since. Zhang Ya had even breathed a wisp of Yin energy into Chen Ge's eyes. The ability was already extremely powerful, and there was practically no chance it would fail.

"What exactly is standing behind me?"

The easiest way to find out the truth was to turn around and look, but Chen Ge knew all too well that curiosity killed the cat. He clenched his teeth and held perfectly still.

The stench grew stronger. He had no idea where it was coming from, but it lingered around him, desperately trying to seep into his body.

The elevator car was spacious, but as it rose, Chen Ge felt the space around him growing cramped. Even breathing was becoming harder and harder.

"Why does this empty elevator feel like it's packed with people?"

Chen Ge lowered his head and watched the control panel out of the corner of his eye. He didn't dare shift his gaze, afraid he might see something he wasn't supposed to.

"So slow..."

There was nowhere to run in the sealed