Ah-yeon's Abnormality

"Shh, don't make a sound. There's movement!" Je-yoon suddenly held his index finger to his lips, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Everyone immediately fell silent. Sure enough, they sensed something moving beyond the wall, brushing against dead branches and making them rustle.

"Could it be the police or security patrols?" Charlotte asked curiously. "Aren't there supposed to be no staff here at night?"

"You never know. Everyone, turn off your lights. Don't let them spot us, or we might get detained!"

Seong-hun, who was in charge of the main camera, immediately switched off the large light on his shoulder-mounted camera and signaled for the others to turn off their flashlights as well.

At once, within the desolate, pitch-black walls, only the corn-kernel-sized indicator lights on their facial cameras remained.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—!

It sounded as though 'a group of people' were walking outside the wall.

But in the middle of the night, in this remote wilderness, how could there really be people patrolling a barren mountain without even flashlights?

They paid it no mind, feeling reassured by the fact that there were six of them.

The six of them traveled together, each drawing courage from the others. But such courage could not withstand a test. Like a herd of antelope huddling together, they might look safe, but when faced with lions, they would only scatter and flee.

So they did not think much of it.

"I'm so cold!" Ah-yeon mouthed silently.

Yet no one noticed anything strange about her. It was too dark.

Nor did they notice that the camera feed had begun to stutter intermittently.

It was only after the sounds had completely vanished

that they all let out long breaths of relief. Like students who had narrowly avoided a school inspection, they excitedly stood up and turned their