Jiang Lei in reality seemed to feel the same pain. He covered the injured part of the shadow with both hands, staggering backward, his face full of pain. But the place he was covering didn't even have a scratch.

"Crunch—"

"Crunch—"

A chilling chewing sound echoed in the restroom.

About ten minutes later, Xue Jia, looking satisfied, left with light steps. The shadow she cast on the wall seemed much more solid. Jiang Lei, on the other hand, was like a walking corpse, following stiffly behind Xue Jia.

Unlike Xue Jia's shadow, Jiang Lei's shadow on the wall was incomplete and flickering, as if it could fall at any moment.

A few more minutes passed before a "rustling" sound came from the women's restroom. The sound was very soft, sneaky. An eye, bloodshot, was pressed tightly against the door of a stall.

The door was ajar, and the eye peered out through the crack.

Zhou Ze, hiding here, was on the verge of collapse. God knows what kind of bird he was scared into by what he saw outside. He tried his best to control his breathing, not making a sound.

He had hidden in the women's restroom specifically because he was worried about being chased by Xue Jia.

Zhou Ze had initially planned to slip away directly, but the situation here was much more complicated than he had expected. He quietly passed through the crowd, relying on his memory to reach the door they had entered through.

But a strange scene appeared. That door... the wooden door they had come in through had disappeared!

Only a wall remained. He had tested it with his hand. It was really just a wall, and a very thick one at that, without even a crack.

Not daring to delay, he immediately changed his mind, planning to hide in the women's restroom first.

Because he had observed that the people inside didn't seem to have the habit of going to the restroom. He had been hiding for so long, and the only two people who had come in were Xue Jia and Jiang Lei.

No, that's not right. It should... it should only be Jiang Lei.

Xue Jia, she's not human!

Zhou Ze didn't sit idle during his hiding time. He used his phone to search online for information about this bar and actually found some useful photos.

Judging from the information above, there was a safety exit not far to the right of the restroom exit where he was.

He couldn't continue hiding. Otherwise, he would be found by Xue Jia sooner or later. He made a decisive decision, preparing to take a gamble. If he really found the safety exit, then he could quietly leave from there.

As for the others, Zhou Ze had no intention or ability to help.

"I hope there are still some of them alive," Zhou Ze opened the stall door very gently, almost without a sound. "That way, they can delay her for some time."

To prevent being ambushed by Xue Jia, Zhou Ze deliberately stayed near the restroom door for a moment, tilting his ear, listening carefully, and quickly peeking out. Good, there was no "jump scare" scene commonly seen in horror movies.

He no longer hesitated, quickly slipped out along the door, and then headed straight for the safety exit. This time, the god of luck was on his side. The safety door was indeed there!

"Maybe this place is like a game world. As long as I step through the safety door, nothing can hurt me again," Zhou Ze cheered himself up in his heart.

His heart was pounding violently. He reached out and pushed. The safety door opened. "I succeeded!"

Zhou Ze ran in as if fleeing for his life. It was relatively dark inside, connecting to a long corridor, which was about what he had imagined.

But it wasn't the kind of darkness where you couldn't see your fingers. There was a green emergency indicator light every so often near the ground.

Zhou Ze was walking quickly, following the instructions of the indicator lights. He didn't dare to run. He also had to pay attention to the surrounding movements. This environment instinctively made him feel uneasy.

It was very quiet here. The sound of footsteps echoed in the deep corridor, giving the feeling that someone was following him, sticking to his back, walking almost as fast as him.

This idea was really too scary.

"Buzz—"

"Buzz—"

The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. Under high mental stress, this sudden jolt almost made Zhou Ze jump up.

The name displayed on the phone made his spine even colder.

It was Jiang Lei!

But... but Jiang Lei was already dead. He was killed by Xue Jia in a very strange way. He was sure of that. He still remembered the way Jiang Lei walked, seen through the crack in the door. That definitely wasn't a living person.

Zhou Ze forced himself to calm down. His brain had never been so clear. He slowed down. "The one calling me now is definitely not Jiang Lei himself, but Xue Jia. Xue Jia must have searched for me and not found me, so she chose to use Jiang Lei's phone to call me, with only one purpose: to lock down my location."

After figuring this out, Zhou Ze made a bold decision that violated his principles. He took a deep breath, pressed the answer button, and deliberately covered the microphone with his hand.

"Hello?" Zhou Ze controlled his voice to keep it from trembling.

"Zhou Ze, what are you doing?" Jiang Lei's voice sounded no different from usual at first, but perhaps it was because of his preconceived notions, Zhou Ze felt uncomfortable all over. "Why is it so quiet there?" Jiang Lei's tone changed slightly.

"I'm in the restroom, my stomach hurts," Zhou Ze deliberately put on a painful voice.

"You're lying. I just went to the restroom to look for you. I'm in my seat right now. Where are you?" Jiang Lei's voice became more urgent. Zhou Ze was now even more certain of his guess.

Moreover, to Zhou Ze's delight, there was white light not far ahead, probably from a lamp. There should be an exit nearby.

"If I can delay her for a little longer, I can escape!" Zhou Ze had a plan in mind, and he wasn't as scared anymore. So he continued to say into the microphone, "No way, I just walked around in the dance floor. When did you come looking for me? I'm in the third stall from the end. If you have something urgent, come find me. I'll stay here for a bit longer and then go back."

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a low laugh suddenly came, like a chuckle that couldn't be stopped after extreme restraint, "Heh heh..."

The laughter frightened Zhou Ze so much that his fingers were trembling.

"Hee hee hee... It's the third stall from the end in the women's restroom, right?"

Zhou Ze's pupils shrank, and he began to tremble uncontrollably. He heard it clearly. It was a woman's laughter, and the woman's laughter was mixed with Jiang Lei's laughter, erratic, like a knife stirring in Zhou Ze's brain.

After realizing what was happening, he immediately rushed toward the light ahead. He didn't need to hide himself anymore because he had been exposed. The only way he could survive now was to rush out.

But when he ran to the light, he suddenly stopped because he saw clearly that it wasn't a light at all, but the flashlight of a phone.

Jiang Lei's phone.