Su Zimo, carrying the backpack, was the last to leave the room.
The hotel corridor outside the room looked a bit different than before. From the beginning of the nightmare world, the old yellow wallpaper in the corridor and the dark red carpet on the floor gave off a feeling of depression and discomfort, but after leaving the room, the hotel corridor changed again. In Su Zimoâs vision, it was even more weird.
The hotel corridor seemed to be a big U-shaped corridor, since at the beginning Su Zimo spent over ten minutes trying to finish the lap and returned to the closed-off elevator.
The broken mirrors still hung on the corridor walls. Some are round, some are square, embedded in rusted European metal frames, reflecting the fragmented appearances of the trainers.
There was a gap between each broken mirror. There were lit white candles with the same rusted kind of candlesticks.
What made Su Zimo and the other trainers feel weird is that the old, dusty wallpaper was even more broken than before, and some of it had even peeled away from the wall to expose the dark color that cannot be distinguished by candlelight.
It could be black, but maybe crimson.
Also, the candlelight that was originally dim and dark seemed to become even darker after they left the refuge! An unknown wind blew through the almost blocked corridor. The weak candle flames were blown by the wind, and the shadows of the candles on the walls shook like ghosts.
âIt changed? Darkened?â Although Han Lingâs feet only throbbed now, she still limped while walking, clenching her teeth to reach the speed of the team.
âBut all the candles werenât extinguished, and they were barely visible before and after.â Su Zimo adjusted his glasses and determined that the darkening of the corridor was not an illusion.
The good news was that the âman-eatingâ darkness wasnât immediately following them, so although Su Zimo walked counterclockwise through the corridor as before, the speed was much slower. This also gave Han Ling and the timid male student a chance to breathe.
As he walked along the broken corridor, Su Zimo could feel Qi Xiaomin nearby looking at him from time to time, or rather, looking at the oversized hiking backpack behind him. It could be seen that the âveteranâ who had experienced two nightmare worlds still minds that he smoothly took the old vase from the shelter.
âI want to go homeâŚâ The male student whom Zheng Ming had beaten with a wooden stick even on his face cried and wailed. He didnât dare to look at the walls on either side, as if there were ghosts hidden in the reflections of wallpaper and candlelight.
âWe all want to go home.â Qi Xiaomin sighed and said with a wry smile, âThe trainers who enter the nightmare world seem to be randomly selected, without any conditions or signs, and no one even knows why the nightmare world or the trainers exist, only that the nightmares are coming and everything can be considered unlucky.â
âThis kind of selection isnât fair at all.â The stumbling Han Ling refused Qi Xiaominâs help with a heavy expression.
âFairness doesnât exist in the nightmare world, just stay content and happy. Compared to other nightmare worlds Iâve experienced, this task is simple.â Zheng Ming snorted while pushing the male student forward. âAs long as you complete the task, youâll get the base nightmare points. The next time you enter the nightmare world, you wonât be as uncomfortable as you are now.â
Su Zimo was at the back of the team since the beginning. He could feel Zheng Mingâs bad temper, bad personality, and his uncomfortable behaviors and sight. But for newcomers entering the nightmare world for the first time, he had at least fulfilled the most basic obligations of seniors to lead juniors.
Although he doesnât want to think about the negative side of human nature, Su Zimo believes that there are seniors who are worse than Zheng Ming.
It was also at this time that Su Zimo suddenly noticed something in the corridor â it was a hotel cart covered with a yellow-white cloth. In Su Zimoâs impression, this cart seemed to be a cart that hotel cleaning staff used to replace bedding and bathroom supplies.
In the U-shaped corridor, it seemed that such a cart was parked in every hallway section, but before these carts were parked neatly against the wall. Now theyâre crooked and in the middle of the corridor.
Coupled with the fact that Su Zimo had harvested several âcommoditiesâ in the refugeâs bathroom, he naturally paid attention to the metal cart which was kicked by Zheng Ming.
Walking at the end of the group, Su Zimo lifted the dusty white cloth, and he saw some familiar six piece wash sets and toilet paper on the top layer of the cart! Itâs a pity that most of the packaging was broken and there wasnât any sale text on them. Su Zimo only found two complete sets of toiletries and a roll of toilet paper, all of which were thrown into his oversized backpack.
âHey! What are you doing?!â
Because Su Zimo didnât hide his movements, Zheng Ming, who had been alert to the darkness behind him, saw Su Zimoâs inexplicable actions as soon as he turned around!
What the hell?
Every experienced trainer hoped to be able to take away something from the nightmare world, but they hoped to take away weapons to fight against ghosts and protect themselves, not six piece hotel wash setsâŚ
Not cheap toilet paper!
Zheng Ming had reluctantly told the group of trailing newcomers that it would take very, very, very precious nightmare points to take things out of the nightmare world⌠so he couldnât figure out why anyone would want to take the toilet paper rolls?
Then⌠was it truly toilet paper?
âAre you sick?! Are you crazy?!â Zheng Ming looked at Su Zimo, who was the best looking among all the people he had met. He was jealous of the young manâs fair skin and made fun of him.
âMaybe itâll be useful later.â Su Zimo pulled the twitched the slightly stiff corner of his mouth, and finally gave up. His eyes looked calmly at Zheng Ming from behind his glasses.
It was his own business to do something inexplicable. As long as he didnât drag the team down, it had nothing to do with any of his teammates.
For the other trainers, these toiletries and toilet paper were just useless trash. But for Su Zimo, these things were probably related to saving his life, which makes him not care too much about the sight and views of others.
ââŚ..â Zheng Ming seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just snorted coldly and turned to kick the little fat boy in front of him. âWhat nightmare point bonus, we need a ghost!â
Although the darkness behind them was still invisible, everyone felt that the darkness was just around a corner, so no one was willing to stop for insignificant things. Even Su Zimo who was walking at the back sped up a little.
The teamâs speed was actually not that fast, but Su Zimo was feeling the same as a vegetable who was sleeping for four years and woke up to run a marathon. His body began to tire, and he could feel the constant ache of his body from fatigue. Recovery could be considered more than a disadvantage.
âMr. Su, your backpack⌠isnât it heavy?â Qi Xiaomin, who was supposed to be at the front, slowed down to walk beside Su Zimo. She seemed to want to ask about the six piece wash set and the toilet paper roll, but in the end the question about exports was turned around.
âThere is no weight.â Su Zimo nodded slightly, and the thin silver chain on the glasses frame wobbled lightly, as if he was speaking very sincerely.
Perhaps itâs because the hiking backpack produced by Ayuyuyu is special. The label said it could hold 60L items. After Su Zimo loaded several toiletry sets, toilet paper rolls, and a vase, it still did not change in weight.
Su Zimo also secretly clutched the backpack behind him. It really was only the weight of the backpack itself.
âThe candle was blown out!â
As Han Ling yelled, everyone who looked back saw that the hallway behind the started to fall into darkness because the candle was blown out!
They didnât go down the wrong path, nor did they go in the wrong direction. The darkness really followed them the whole time.
âHurry up!â Zheng Ming squeezed the wooden stick in his hand and kicked away the little fat boy who had been pushed forward. He rushed to the front. âIf youâre afraid of being eaten by the ghosts in the dark, start running!â
Needless to say, Zheng Ming and the other trainers in the team all accelerated their pace. No matter how tired they were, they grit their teeth and ran forward. At this time, the most pained person was the female public relations manager Han Ling, who still had pain in her ankle.
It was clear they they were in a zigzagging corridor, but each hallway was too long. Judging from the countdown engraved in blood on the trainerâs right arms, it took them four or five minutes to pass just a quarter of the way!
The wallpaper on the wall began to peel off at a rate visible to the naked eye, and the dark inner wall under the wallpaper spread like a large area of blood. Su Zimo even saw dust falling from the corridor ceiling.
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That feeling⌠it was as if the entire corridor was gradually collapsing and falling.
And the rate of collapse was accelerating!
As Su Zimo ran hard, he glanced at the closed rooms. The rusty room door was marked with the number 1404. Because the number is special, Su Zimo clearly remembers that the room number next to the metal cart was also 1404!
This long corridor was really weird. All the numbers seemed to be repeated several times, so they needed to spend a long time before seeing the next corner of the corridor.
âWhy⌠the speed is getting faster and faster!â Han Ling, the PR woman who had injured her foot, had red eyes, and she couldnât hold back her tears. The original delicate makeup on her face had already been messed up.
The candles in the corridor behind the trainers were extinguishing faster and faster. It seemed that if they slowed down even a little, they would be caught by the darkness and devoured.
âYou remember how we escaped when the first person was eaten?â Zheng Ming, who was running at the front, said inexplicably.
Su Zimo also remembered the scene when he first came to the nightmare world.
Su Zimo was really shocked when he woke up. He didnât expect that he would just walk through the side door and enter a hotel that he had never seen before, and there were so many strangers around him.
When Han Ling and the other newcomers kept asking questions, Su Zimo noticed that Zheng Ming, who was holding his wooden stick, showed a very impatient expression. Qi Xiaomin, who wanted to stand up and help the newcomers, was interrupted by a young man with a big gold chain around his neck before she could speak.
The newcomer whose name he hadnât known yet had been scolding from the beginning, and he had also started to endanger their lives â no matter what Qi Xiaomin said, he refused to be quiet at all.
In the end, when everyone left the area at Zheng Mingâs urging, the newcomer was still on the phone while kicking the elevator door that was sealed shut! When the darkness appeared, it quietly enveloped the crazy newcomerâŚ
Su Zimo heard all of his tears and screams in the darkness.
âWhen the newcomer was âeaten,â the darkness behind us⌠or the ghost hiding in the darkness⌠stopped?â Zheng Ming suddenly turned back, and upon his face was a cold smile.