Chapter 340
Night fell.
As the hands of the clock in the room reached twelve, the entire hotel fell into deathly silence.
Lin Yi sat on the edge of the bed, holding his Curio, the Machete. He watched warily for any changes in the room while listening for movement outside.
On the other bed, Zhou Ke looked tense, glancing out the window from time to time.
But a moment later, a piercing scream suddenly rang out from outside the room.
"Aaaah!!!"
The scream came so abruptly that Zhou Ke jolted in fright.
But she soon recognized it as the voice of one of the guests on their floor.
"L-Lin..."
"That man surnamed Wang is dead."
Lin Yi recognized the voice and rose, taking a few steps toward the door.
Only three people had entered rooms occupied by Aberration Creatures during the day. It went without saying that all three were in for trouble.
But Lin Yi had no idea what exactly they had encountered.
After midnight, staying inside the room was clearly safer. The hotel handbook had stated as much.
If they wanted to live, they had to follow the hotel's rules.
Lin Yi approached the door and peered through the peephole.
The corridor was deathly silent. Although its lights were still on, he could not make out what was happening outside.
They were in Room 1717, some distance from the elevators. Had those three from earlier met with disaster before the elevator arrived?
"Lin... are you going to open the door?"
Zhou Ke nervously approached, holding a machete.
Of course, hers was clearly not a Curio, just an ordinary machete.
Lin Yi did not answer her. Instead, he turned the handle and opened the door.
As the door swung open...
The first thing he saw was a bloody trail