Chapter 22 Dependence

"Ding-ling-ling-ling—"

The alarm clock rang suddenly, startling everyone.

"Time... time's up!" Yuan Xiaotian suddenly became agitated. The alarm clock was a timer. When the time was up, they would be sent back into that rain-soaked night that felt like a nightmare.

And this time, it was everyone.

This was clearly recorded in the player's manual, and Feng Jie had explained it very clearly.

A familiar sense of dizziness appeared, the world spun, and then everyone lost consciousness.

......

When they woke up, they were indeed back in the Yourun Building, in the office area on the 10th floor.

It was the same scene.

But this time there were more people, eight of them gathered together, which dispelled some of the feeling of fear.

Besides Jiang Cheng, the Lin brothers and sisters, Lin Muyun and Lin Muwan, and Yuan Xiaotian, the remaining four were here for the first time. Feng Jie and Zhou Tong looked around warily.

Day and night, even in the same place, felt very different.

Fatty and Huai Yi seemed more at ease. They flanked Jiang Cheng on either side, as if they had grasped the secret to survival.

"Here, you all have to listen to me." Jiang Cheng looked at Feng Jie, Lin Muyun, and the others one by one, and said in a low but firm voice, "Understand?"

Feng Jie withdrew his gaze and nodded. "Understood."

"Understood," Lin Muyun also nodded.

To Jiang Cheng's surprise, Lin Muwan also raised her notebook and looked at him seriously. The words "Understood" were written on it.

Jiang Cheng paused and nodded to Lin Muwan.

Then he signaled everyone to stay still. He went forward alone to observe the desk lamp on the desk.

It was pitch black all around, and the lamp emitted a ghostly green light, making people's faces look green. It looked extremely strange.

But who would have thought that this thing was the key to escaping the killer's pursuit?

Lin Muyun looked at the lamp with a complicated expression. The last time he came in, he felt that the lamp was too conspicuous in the darkness, so he turned it off at the very beginning of the mission.

Now that he thought about it, if he had been more observant at the time, perhaps... perhaps Captain Xia wouldn't have died.

For the moment, there was nothing special about the lamp. There was a wire connected to the back, and following the wire, Jiang Cheng found the plug plugged into the power strip under the desk.

He held his breath and reached out to unplug it.

As expected, the lamp was still on, completely unaffected.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt relieved. After all, everything before was just speculation, and the result had only been verified now.

The situation was about what Jiang Cheng had expected, and this was only the first step, so there was no special expression on his face.

"It's raining outside." Fatty squatted on the ground, glanced out the window, and said softly.

Yuan Xiaotian also noticed and explained to him, "Be careful. Rain means the killer is about to appear."

Jiang Cheng picked up the lamp and held it high. The green light shone on the top of his head, and then his eyes paused. That strange feeling appeared again.

It felt as if something inside him was being stripped away.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at his shadow, only to find that the shadow on the ground was being stretched out in a strange posture, as if it was being driven away.

Sure enough, the function of this lamp was aimed at shadows.

But his shadow was different from ordinary shadows. His shadow was Wu.

He could feel a pulling sensation coming from inside him.

Wu was fighting against this strange force, and for a time, the two forces were evenly matched.

As Wu struggled, the range of the light from the already dim lamp seemed to shrink further.

If this continued, perhaps... the light would go out first.

If this lamp really went out, then these people would be in big trouble. Not to mention rescuing anyone, even they themselves would probably have a hard time getting out.

"Mr. Jiang." Lin Muyun's voice suddenly sounded, with a hint of vigilance.

Jiang Cheng immediately looked in the direction of Lin Muyun's gaze. Mist had risen around them at some point.

What was even more strange was that the mist was constantly moving, with shadowy figures moving quickly inside.

It was too late...

He had to solve the problem of Wu as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late when the killer appeared!

"Wu, you've seen the situation now. All of us need this lamp to survive." Jiang Cheng looked at the shadow and said in his heart, "If you keep pulling like this, this lamp won't be able to hold on. At that time, none of us will be able to get out, and we'll all die here."

Feng Jie and Lin Muyun looked at Jiang Cheng with strange eyes. They seemed unable to understand why he was standing there, looking down, motionless, and looking very nervous.

Until Lin Muwan nervously tugged at her brother Lin Muyun's sleeve.

Following Lin Muwan's gaze, Lin Muyun's eyes paused, and then he couldn't help but gasp.

The shadow Jiang Cheng left on the ground was in a very strange shape, as if being torn by a huge force, constantly shaking.

Even more terrifying was that a pair of deep red blood eyes appeared at the head of the shadow.

Jiang Cheng was still trying hard. He could already feel the cold aura emanating from the mist. "How about this, I know you have a way to temporarily leave my body."

"You leave for a while, leave the range of the light, and when I send the others out, I'll come back for you!" Jiang Cheng couldn't help but quicken his tone.

But the pair of blood eyes staring at him were full of mockery.

Jiang Cheng knew that Wu didn't trust him on this matter.

And for himself, this was a rare opportunity to get rid of it.

It was a very normal thought, and if it were him, he would feel the same way.

Especially for Wu... Jiang Cheng couldn't help but recall its experiences in his mind.

Created by the sister it trusted most, but only as a tool for her to vent her negative emotions, and in the end, it was cruelly abandoned.

Everyone liked the bright side of it, not the dark side of it now.

Having been hurt so badly by the person it trusted most, it was probably impossible for anyone to give their heart again and re-accept trusting another person.

"Hiss—"

A gasp came from behind. Fatty opened his eyes wide. Behind the mist not far away, a face covered with tape appeared.

The killer... had finally appeared!

"Believe me." Jiang Cheng met the pair of blood eyes that were still persisting, opened his mouth, and said in a low, firm voice, "I'll send them out, and then, I'll come back to pick you up."

After a pause, he continued, "You wait for me."

The killer's movements were stiff, but its speed was surprisingly fast. Just as it was about to completely walk out of the mist, the light of the lamp, which was originally weak, suddenly flickered a few times, and then suddenly brightened.

Wu had disappeared.

Jiang Cheng no longer hesitated and immediately rushed towards where everyone was with the restored lamp. Within the range of the green light, everyone's shadows disappeared.