"Brother Luo, going off alone during an anomaly event makes it easy for them to pick us off one by one. We're better off sticking together." Yu Ruolong, a minor gang leader, now clung shamelessly to Luo Dong like a plaster that refused to peel off.
"Getting picked off is still better than all of us getting wiped out together." Luo Dong shielded his family with his body. He seemed to be deliberately keeping the other Ghost Story Players away from them.
After they had run a dozen meters or so, Luo Dong's son suddenly stopped three meters from the pool. His legs trembled as though he was about to fall to his knees, without even the strength to stand.
Seeing that something was wrong with his son, Luo Dong supported him with both hands and leaned close to his ear. "Don't push yourself. Relax."
Shaking his head, Luo Dong's son grabbed his father's sleeve. "We can't get across. There's something terrifying in the pool! It's watching us from underwater! It'll eat us if we go over!"
"This pool was built inside the building. It looks a meter deep at most. What could possibly be hiding in there?" Yu Ruohu had a way of asking for a slap when he spoke. He meant no harm; he simply disliked thinking before opening his mouth.
"The Fourth Floor is all big iron cages and feed-making machinery. Where could that Manager Nian hide? At the bottom of the pool?" The Female Host shone her phone's light onto the water. It was filthy and murky, with dark clumps of animal fur and clothes belonging to living people floating on the surface.
"Stop using your ability." Luo Dong stared sternly at his son and pulled him behind his back, as though afraid of letting the