The crazed voice only made their fear deepen.
Suddenly, Meng Le looked up and dimly glimpsed what seemed to be a dark figure approaching beyond their room's window.
At the same time, her keen ears picked up what sounded like rain beginning to patter outside, growing louder and louder in a matter of moments.
Meng Le's heart lurched with fear!
She could no longer spare a thought for anything else. She hurriedly got up and carefully but forcibly dragged Xia Lan, who stood frozen beside the door, back to the bed. She gestured for her to lie down, then ordered both Sang Shiwen and Xia Lan to close their eyes with a stern look.
Only then did she lie down herself and squeeze her eyes shut.
Trembling on their beds, huddled beneath their blankets, they all remembered-
What their eerie guide, Zhang Yun, had warned them.
"There seems to be a heavy rainstorm tonight."
"If you hear knocking at the door, please ignore it."
"If your auditory hallucinations become severe and you hear someone speaking beside your ear, make absolutely sure not to open your eyes."
The rainstorm had already arrived.
In just a few seconds, the faint patter of rain had turned into a torrential roar, like an overwhelming flood.
And who could say that the terrifying scratching at the door just now wasn't the so-called "knocking"?
All three girls fought back their terror, keeping their eyes tightly shut and their bodies rigid.
They listened to the thunderous rain outside, as though towering waves were about to rise and sweep the entire place away.
Beneath her blanket, Sang Shiwen clenched her fists, silently repeating to herself, Don't open your eyes. Don't open your eyes. Don't... It's all a hallucination!
"It's not a hallucination, you know."
Suddenly, a sinister male