In an instant, his mind buzzed, and Feng Wenxuan felt a surge of terror that made every hair on his body stand on end!
What was going on?
How could Lin Tianheng have his phone and be playing that cursed game?
And why were Chen Mo and Dai Minghan ignoring his calls?
Could it be... they were all possessed by ghosts?
This thought instantly plunged Feng Wenxuan into an abyss of bone-chilling cold, and in that moment, he nearly couldn't resist pulling open the door and running out.
No, that won't work... calm down, you have to stay calm...
In the midst of extreme fear, though his legs felt weak, Feng Wenxuan clung to a shred of remaining rationality and didn't bolt out the door immediately.
In that horror story group, the veterans had repeatedly warned the newcomers that strange occurrences in the surroundings were often a precursor to a ghost attack. The more critical the moment, the more one must avoid panicking and acting rashly. Only by staying calm, analyzing the situation, and finding a loophole could there be a chance to survive.
And outside the door, there was still that family...
The same family couldn't check into a hotel twice, so what was outside the door now...
Could be a ghost too!
What do I do? What should I do now? The participants in the room are ghosts, and the guests outside are ghosts too. I'm surrounded by them, so... am I doomed?
His heart pounded violently, sweat from his forehead stung his eyes, and Feng Wenxuan desperately tried to steady himself, but found it impossible. Just then, the "Lin Tianheng" before him suddenly stood up and handed over that terrifying phone.
"Sitting alone must be boring, here, have a go."
Seeing Lin Tianheng's nonchalant expression, Feng Wenxuan's back was already soaked with cold sweat, but he dared not refuse this "ghost" before him. Trembling with fear, he reached out and took the cursed phone.
The time in the game seemed to sync with reality. At this moment, the village in the game was also shrouded in night.
Thump, thump, thump. Thump, thump, thump.
It was already late at night, but on the screen, a little girl was seen running over and knocking on the door repeatedly.
"Oh, it's you. What are you doing here so late?"
The game seemed to have updated with new story, and the pixel avatar representing him opened the door.
"I'm so bored, big brother. Will you play with me?"
"Play? This late? Where to?"
"I know a really fun place, big brother. Will you come with me?"
"Where is it?" the pixel avatar asked.
"Just behind the village, not far."
"Alright..."
Just then, Feng Wenxuan suddenly noticed the game screen glitching again, and the background music also started to sound off-key.
Yet the two pixel avatars seemed unaffected. The night village had no one to stop them, and they ran together to the back of the village, slipping into another path.
Then, they arrived at a lakeside!
The bright moonlight illuminated the lake, making it shimmer. Flowers on the grass swayed gently in the night breeze. The little girl sat by the lake, gazing wistfully at the sparkling water.
"Big brother, did you know? There's a legend about this lake."
"What legend?"
"They say... there's a ghost in this lake!"
"Ah!"
"Haha, just kidding! Ghosts in the lake are just stories adults make up to scare kids!"
"I see..."
As the two pixel avatars in the game continued their conversation, Feng Wenxuan suddenly noticed something unbelievable.
When had he walked from the room all the way to the hotel bathroom?
In the game, the two avatars kept talking, and the little girl was still speaking.
"But lately, the adults are so busy, they don't even have time to tell me stories."
"No one plays with me, big brother... I'm so lonely..."
"Big brother... will you stay and play with me?"
The little girl suddenly stood up and walked toward the pixel avatar, while the other pixel avatar stepped back, inch by inch, toward the lake behind him.
Just then, on the shimmering lake surface, a white figure slowly emerged.
"Ah! It's a ghost!"
The little girl screamed in fright, and Feng Wenxuan's heart was suddenly flooded with intense panic and a sense of extreme danger!
Then, something else he hadn't expected happened: the bathtub beside him had somehow filled with water, and from the water... a pale, ghostly arm slowly rose.
This arm reaching out of the water suddenly grabbed Feng Wenxuan, and with a loud splash, pulled him into the bathtub!
Gurgle, gurgle!
His body struggled violently in the cramped bathtub, but the immense force pinned him firmly underwater. Staring at the water surface so close, he couldn't lift his head to breathe even a single gulp of air!
Panic! First, overwhelming panic! Then... the agony of suffocation!
The air in his lungs was quickly exhausted in his frantic struggles. Though Feng Wenxuan thrashed wildly, he couldn't break free from the eerie force holding him underwater. In the extreme pain of suffocation, he seemed to see a hideous woman's face emerge from the churning water...
Thump! Thump!
The noise of the violent struggle suddenly jolted Chen Mo awake, and he realized that, somehow, he had inexplicably fallen asleep!
Not just him—Dai Minghan beside him was also rubbing his drowsy eyes, looking at him in confusion.
Clearly, Dai Minghan... had also fallen into a brief, eerie sleep. On the other side, Lin Tianheng was obviously the same, still not awake, with his phone tossed aside.
Impossible!
Knowing the danger that might come at night, they had all been on high alert. There was no way all three of them could have fallen asleep at the same time!
And after falling asleep, they had a bizarre dream. In the dream, he and Dai Minghan hadn't slept but were still checking the room's surroundings.
Dream and reality seemed to overlap!
Then, he and Dai Minghan immediately noticed that only the three of them were left in the room—Feng Wenxuan had vanished at some point.
Next, Chen Mo heard the sounds of a violent struggle coming from the bathroom!
Their faces changed, and they both rushed toward the bathroom. At the same time, Lin Tianheng was awakened by the noise and opened his eyes in confusion.
But when they reached the door, they found that the seemingly flimsy door was eerily impossible to open!