The system notification sounded in his ears. Ye Chu looked at Su Fengzi in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice, "Was this her decision?"
Su Fengzi had already braced himself for questions from Ye Chu and Pei Yanchuan. He froze for a moment at those words. "Yes."
Ye Chu turned away. The tunnel exit lay ahead, but beyond it, everything was still dark.
[But there were no what-ifs. Senior Brother remained in that desert forever.]
Wu You had been left behind in this tunnel, too.
Tears slid down his cheeks. "Why hasn't the sun come up yet..."
The Instance was still going. Ye Chu thought of the system's name-"No One Survives." How fitting.
The three of them walked out of the tunnel. The moment they stepped outside, a fierce wind swept over them, and piercing screams filled their ears.
A suspension bridge stretched across the path ahead, swaying in the wind as though it might fall apart at any moment.
[Ever since then, I've often had nightmares...]
[In my dreams... countless ghosts grab my ankles, trying to drag me down into the abyss of hell. They all say I deserve to die.]
[Only when I fall will they rest in peace.]
Their expressions changed instantly when they saw those lines.
[Only when I fall will they rest in peace.]
All three of them knew exactly what that meant.
Pei Yanchuan worked up the courage to look into the abyss. It was filled with vicious ghosts, their faces swollen and distorted, their hair hanging loose. Noticing someone looking down, they all raised their heads, their eyes gleaming bloodred.
"Aaaaaah-"
The screams grew louder. They struggled to climb upward, eager to devour the reckless boy who dared look down at them.
Pei Yanchuan backed away a few steps. "Could we get