The Nightmare World had only night, never day. But when there was no mist or anything else blocking the view, the light of the Red Moon was enough to reveal the surroundings. It was just that everything looked as though it had been covered in black glass, then overlaid with a dark red filter.
For Players who had once lived under the sun, their eyes needed lamplight to better adjust to the Nightmare World. But for the strange beings who had always lived there, Su Bai, who had survived ten years in the Nightmare World in his previous life, and Cheng Xun and the others, who had willingly spent a whole year trapped in this Hotel under Lorimas's control, the darkness beneath the Red Moon did little to obstruct their vision.
Hearing the bell, Su Bai instinctively looked up toward the sound. By the light of the Red Moon, he saw a dark silhouette standing behind one of the windows on the Hotel's second floor. Judging by its outline, it was probably the cloaked Bell Ringer he had observed earlier through the peephole in the Infirmary door.
Su Bai watched the silhouette disappear from the second-floor window before lowering his gaze and looking around.
The controlled Experimental Subjects had already backed away, while Cheng Xun and his people were still reeling from the sight of the blue flame. As for Lian Xiangyu and Shen Dong'er, perhaps their sudden release from restraint had left them at a loss, because they both looked rather bewildered.
"Take this." Su Bai extinguished the blue flame and tossed the long blade he had taken from Cheng Xun straight to Lian Xiangyu. "Maybe all you were missing earlier was a longer reach."
He was referring to how Lian Xiangyu had tried to punch Cheng Xun earlier,