[...You arrived on the thirteenth floor of the Library.] [As you wandered the outer corridor once more, everything around you twisted and folded, half illusion and half reality. You felt as though you were walking along a muddy path through a yellow marsh, your ears filled with the howls of countless vengeful spirits, all persuading and threatening you to stop...] [The click of high heels suddenly sounded right beside you, accompanied by an angry reprimand.] [Mrs. McKenna discovered you!] [But before she could approach you, the ghostly monster following her charged at you with its axe raised...]
"Rewind!"
Mu You hurriedly pressed the Pocket Watch.
[Time flowed backward. You returned to five seconds earlier.] [Knowing that the administrator was approaching ahead, you hurriedly stood completely still and soon entered Deep Invisibility.] [Holding her lantern, the administrator passed you once again and continued patrolling the floors below...]
The middle-aged administrator seemed determined to patrol all night, constantly going up and down. Her dedication left Mu You speechless.
More importantly, the higher he went, the more his game character seemed to show early signs of madness. His sanity was plummeting, his mental state was worrying, and the notifications about footsteps were becoming increasingly vague.
Previously, they had at least left him time to react. This time, the footstep notification had only appeared when he ran into her.
Fortunately, the Pocket Watch gave Mu You considerable room for error.
Under interference from these two creatures, Mu You then struggled his way up to the fifteenth floor, one step at a time.
``` [...You completed your fifth circuit of the fifteenth-floor corridor, then climbed the stairs leading to the sixteenth floor.]
[After climbing the stairs, just when you thought you had reached the sixteenth floor, you discovered that the floor