“Cough, cough...”

An incongruous sound interrupted the conversation. Huai Yi turned his head and saw the middle-aged woman who had caused trouble during the day.

Li Kaifeng.

At this moment, she was sitting on the bed, her body unnaturally curled up, her eyes dim. If you looked closely, you could see her shoulders trembling slightly.

Under the dim light, her face showed an abnormal flush.

No one had a good look for the woman, especially the middle-aged man named Wang Changgui, who spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Seemingly aware that she had caused trouble for everyone, Li Kaifeng did not argue. She lowered her head, and terrifying scenes she had witnessed not long ago kept flashing in her mind. Sudu Novel Network.

In the elevator, behind everyone, appeared that… door.

That door grew out of the cleaning lady’s body—a black door covered in flesh and blood.

Squeezed out from the flesh, the gaps in the door were filled with dense, wriggling buds of flesh, which made one's scalp tingle just looking at them.

Even stranger, she was actually curious about what was behind the door.

"How are you?" Yu Yu, who was closest to her, asked. She looked at the woman, who was almost curled up in a ball, and a trace of pity appeared in her eyes.

Li Kaifeng shook her head, then coughed uncontrollably again. She tried to keep her voice down, but some things were beyond her control.

"Can you keep it down?" Wang Changgui said to her, looking increasingly dissatisfied. "Are you trying to kill us all?"

The dissatisfaction with the woman was only part of it; more of it was the fear of his current environment. The reason Wang Changgui was so agitated was also because he was using the woman as a punching bag.

Huai Yi couldn't help but sigh.

He had the same concerns as Jiang Cheng. It was somewhat acceptable for the newcomers to lack experience, but more terrifying was their poor emotional management.

Emotions are contagious.

Once a real crisis occurred, if one newcomer had an emotional breakdown, it was very likely that other newcomers would be infected by that person.

Once the team lost control, what awaited them was being hunted down one by one by the ghost.

In the last mission, he had heard a teammate, who was older, introduce a past experience. The teammate said that in one mission he had experienced, that was exactly what happened.

A team of 10 people was scattered in the dark forest, and only 2 people survived in the end.

The ghost didn't show up much at all.

It only relied on a few scare tactics to frighten the newcomers in the team into losing emotional control, blindly leaving the team and rushing into the depths of the forest.

Then the team became completely out of control.

Everyone fled in all directions.

Only the 2 people who stayed in place without running survived.

The teammate who told the story was one of them.

The ridiculous thing was that they later discovered that the exit door was less than 50 meters in front of them, under a dead old locust tree.

Huai Yi rubbed his face and walked over, standing in front of Li Kaifeng.

He placed his hand on her forehead. This action startled her. After Li Kaifeng reacted, she subconsciously tried to dodge.

Frowning, Huai Yi withdrew his hand. "She's sick. Her forehead is burning hot."

Cao Yang also walked up upon hearing this, and then, as if he had thought of something, began to rummage through his pockets.

Unfortunately, he didn't find any medicine. "I remember putting it in my pocket," he said in confusion. "How come I can't find it?"

"This is a hospital," Yu Yu said. "Why don't we ask the nurse? She should have some medicine."

"I mean tomorrow during the day," Yu Yu added, worried that everyone would misunderstand her meaning.

That was the only option.

Having just arrived in this world, without a clear understanding of the situation, the probability of running into those things at night was very high.

He picked up the thermos on the ground and shook it, discovering that it was full. Cao Yang took a large enamel cup, poured a cup of hot water, and sent it to Li Kaifeng.

Seeing Li Kaifeng's uncomfortable appearance, everyone told her to go to sleep first and advised her not to overthink.

Huai Yi emphasized that since they had come to this place, they could only leave alive by working together.

"How long will it take to leave this damn place?" Wang Changgui asked.

"Probably a few days," Huai Yi replied. "Generally, it won't exceed a week."

Hearing that they might have to stay in this place for so long, everyone's faces darkened.

"What if we haven't found a way out after a week?" Cao Yang looked at Huai Yi and asked.

Hearing this, Huai Yi pursed his lips, his gaze cast out the window. After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Believe me, if we haven't found any clues, we won't be able to survive until then."

......

Unlike the atmosphere in Huai Yi's room.

Jiang Cheng's side was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Five minutes ago, he was pinched awake.

Opening his eyes, his heart immediately sank halfway. The room… was actually dark. The light had gone out silently.

The surroundings were very quiet.

But fortunately, the hand that pinched his face was warm.

And he immediately recognized that it was Lin Wan'er's hand.

At the same time, he heard a very, very light sound, like the rustling of wind blowing fallen leaves, right in the corridor outside the door.

Rolling over and gently getting out of bed, he noticed that Weiwei and Du Feng were also there.

They were huddled by the bedside, their faces full of horror.

Slowly approaching the door, he wanted to hear more clearly. Lin Wan'er wanted to follow, but Jiang Cheng stopped her.

He signaled Lin Wan'er to stay behind and be with Weiwei and Du Feng.

He came to the wall alone and squatted down.

Just one wall away was the corridor.

Pressing his ear against the wall, Jiang Cheng's pupils gradually changed.

The rustling sound was clearer. It wasn't the rustling of wind blowing fallen leaves, but someone walking in the corridor with very light footsteps.

Jiang Cheng could even imagine the person's tiptoeing appearance.

But what made Jiang Cheng even stranger was the person's walking posture and frequency.

"Sha—"

"Sha—"

"Sha—"

......

Walking a dozen steps.

Then being quiet for about 10 seconds.

Then continuing to repeat this set of actions.

Jiang Cheng patiently counted the steps.

Thirteen steps.

Each time it was thirteen steps.

Not one step more, not one step less, even the frequency was the same.

And the sound... was getting closer and closer to him.

Jiang Cheng immediately understood the other party's intention.

The intermittent footsteps were the number of steps it took to walk from one door to the adjacent next door.

The pause time was the time the guy outside was looking inside through the window.

The guy outside… was looking for someone!

Was looking for them!

A chill ran down his spine. Jiang Cheng didn't expect this ghost to be so impatient, actually coming to their door on the very first night.

He had originally thought that tonight would be relatively safer.

"Sha—"

"Sha—"

......

The footsteps finally reached their door. Jiang Cheng was certain that the other party was looking inside through the glass covered with white paper.

As a normal person, they certainly wouldn't be able to see anything.

So… this thing outside was clearly not human.