Su Bai had considered simply opening any door with his left hand and going to the Mist Shop to rest for a while. But Xiao Wu, the shop assistant, had recently kept reiterating a rule: if Su Bai entered the Mist Shop during a Nightmare Game, no matter how long he stayed there, it would not affect the passage of time outside.
Xiao Wu had clearly broken that rule many times before, keeping the time inside the shop in sync with the outside world, but lately he had refused to budge on it.
Su Bai did not know what had happened during that time, but Su Xuan's appearance and the strange behavior of Xiao Wu and the others kept making him feel that some "eyes" might already have turned their attention to him, trying hard to discover what set him apart from other players.
Having been reborn, Su Bai rarely found himself in desperate situations anymore, but he still did not dare take unknown dangers lightly.
After all, the unknown could be the most dangerous thing of all.
With a creak, Su Bai pushed open the door to Room 313. He had avoided every room with sounds coming from inside along the way, yet now he found himself meeting a pair of dull, indifferent eyes.
Against the wall by the window in Room 413, Chi Yan, who had carefully cradled the Ghost Infant in the lobby earlier, sat cross-legged as before. Only when he heard the door open did he raise his head and glance at Su Bai.
Su Bai was no stranger to that look. In his previous life, when he had struggled through the Nightmare World without enough strength to protect himself, he had worn a similar look. So had many players who had spent too long in