After seeing Zheng Mingâs chilling smile, Su Zimo, who has always seemed to be nonchalant on the surface, finally felt a sense of fear after his heartbeat accelerated.
From the beginning until now, Su Zimo had not shown any emotions related to panic or fear other than exhaustion on his face.
This was just because there were too many strange things happening to Su Zimo, so he wasnât surprised at what happened around him.
It was also because he lacks realism.
It was as if what happened in from of him was the same as before, but it was just an absurd dream that Su Zimo had while sleeping in his âsimpleâ body.
Of course, Su Zimo was very aware that he was not dreaming. After all, the pain and fatigue feedback from his body wouldnât lie. Especially for Su Zimo, who was finally in control of his body, he was even more sure that he was awake just now.
In addition to that, Su Zimoâs calmness was also due to the fact that he was different from the other âtrainersâ around him, and from the fact that âAn Yu Yi Yuâ never left behind himâŚ
But when Su Zimo heard Zheng Mingâs words and saw the smile on his face, he couldnât find a way to open the door behind him and clearly realized one thing â
Zheng Ming had decided to give up the nightmare point bonus brought up by the number of survivors!
Not only that, he was also prepared to sacrifice the lives of the trainers to survive until the task clearance.
Zheng Mingâs words were very blunt, so Han Ling clearly understood them. Even though their pace has been accelerating, all the trainers in the corridor fell quiet, and the atmosphere was silent.
âWe should finish a lap.â Qi Xiaomin seemed to want to break the silence, so even if she was exhausted, she still pointer her finger forward and said, âLook is that the elevator we saw in the starting area?â
Everyone looked and saw that there were familiar mottled elevator doors near the corner. That was the first thing they saw when they came to the nightmare world, and also the starting point of their fight to escape.
When Su Zimo ran by the elevator again, he noticed that the rust marks on the elevator doors became more and more mottled, and that there was a cell phone with a broken screen in the corner beside them. The remains of a newcomer.
âWhat!â
âThis isâŚâ
Just as Su Zimo stared at the cell phone, the sound of the other trainers exclaimed suddenly in his ear. He looked up and found the corridor in front of him⌠or the nightmare world in front of himâŚ
It had completely collapsed!
The dim yellow candlelight, which would have lit up the halls, was extinguished by half in an instant, leaving only a faint, strange red candlelight.
It was clearly a white candle, but red oil was dripping along the sides.
The dark red light barely allowed them to see that the wallpaper on either side of the hall had completely peeled off, revealing a âdark redâ color. The inner wall that appeared like coagulated blood seemed to extend forward indefinitely.
Su Zimo saw the metal cart in this corridor at a glance, but found that it was overturned on the ground, and the items were scattered and broken all over the ground.
When the trainers moved forward, they found that the carpets under their feet were dark red⌠Like a swamp after rain, there was a sense of moisture and sinking that gave people goosebumps!
Red candlelight.
Red walls.
Red âmuddyâ carpet.
All the trainers who stepped into the corridor felt that the atmosphere and surroundings were not right, and everyone couldnât help but hold their breath. The entire corridor was so quiet that they could hear each othersâ breathing.
Even the surrounding environment began to turn damp and hot, and there was an indescribable fishy smell like blood.
Su Zimo did not dare to stop his forward footsteps, he could only endure the uncomfortable and horrific stepping onto the âmuddyâ corridor carper. When they were completely exposed to the dark red world, the terrible feeling was like pressure in the surrounding air, making people breathless.
âIâm not going to run! I donât want to run!â The little fat boy burst into tears because of his physical collapse, but when he was in the dark red corridor, he dared not to touch the wall nor to fall to the ground, so he could only stumble and sob while holding his head.
âWe canât escape! Canât escape!â The little fat boyâs voice was broken, âCanât you see? Even if we continue to run, all the candles in the hall will be extinguished! Weâre all dead!!â
The little fat boy who felt he had nowhere to escape to suddenly rushed to a tightly shut hotel room door.
Surprisingly, the guest room that was obviously not a refuge was simply opened by the fat boy! Of course, there was no warm and bright light like in the refuge, and the darkness that was more terrible than in the corridor appeared in front of everyone!
âGhost⌠in the darkâŚâ The little fat boy whispered what Zheng Ming said before. As if he had forgotten his fatigue from just now, he turned around to chase Zheng Ming, who had left first without turning back.
Ever since Zheng Mingâs âcruel words,â he had been running in front and completely stopped looking after the other trainersâ behavior.
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Su Zimo was still running forward with the group. The fatigue in his body was no less than that of the little fat boy or the sloppy Han Ling. After all, even Qi Xiaomin, who looked like a sporty girl, has also had erratic footsteps.
At the beginning, he had doubted whether this continuous running method was correct, and thought about hiding in other rooms. However, after seeing the darkness behind the door that the little fat boy opened, Su Zimo could only agree with the task clearance method of constantly escaping from the darkness chasing them.
He just hoped that by the end of the game, or before being swallowed by the darkness, he would be lucky enough to find a way to open the door behind him.
Thinking about it that way, Su Zimo, who was running at the back of the group, subconsciously extended his hand backwards, hoping that the backpack from âAyuyuyuâ behind him would give him a sense of security. After all, that was the only thing he brought out of Ayuyuyu, except for the glasses he couldnât use at the moment.
Something strange happened at that momentâŚ
Su Zimoâs hand had just stretched out, and before he had time to grab the backpack, he felt a cold, metallic thing.
It seemed to be⌠a door handle?
Door⌠Door handle?!
Su Zmo didnât look back at all, but really felt that he was holding the door handle of the mysterious door behind him!
âHu-â
Another cold wind blew past Su Zimoâs ear. The fine hair on his cheek was blown, and the wind fluttered against his neck with a chill, then blew out the candle closest to them.
Su Zimoâs right hand reached backwards and had already firmly grasped the door handle that shouldnât exist behind him, and trembled slightly. Obviously he was still running forward, but it seemed that as long as he pulled hard enough, he could open the mysterious door that existed in âAyuyuyuâ!
No one, including Su Zimo, could see the door. Itâs like a blind spot for human vision. It could only be found when standing in front of a mirror or when reaching out with your back toward the door could you notice its existence.
Su Zimo felt that he could open it an any time, and even felt that as long as yhe opened it, he could go back to the weird shop called âAn Yu Yi Yuâ and leave the nightmare world that was too exciting for him!
âMr. Su, whatâs wrong with you?â Perhaps it was Su Zimoâs sudden deceleration and strange expression, but Qi Xiaomin slowed down and turned toward him to show a worried expression.
In the moment when Qi Xiaomin looked over, Su Zimo found that the door handle he had gripped tightly suddenly disappeared.
The reassuring feel of metal in the palm of his hand disappeared into nothingness.
Su Zimo was stunned. He felt that the door and door handle behind him were trying to avoid human sight as much as possible. Only when no one was watching could he touch the door and its handle!
Even Su Zimo could only find its existence with the help of a mirror. If it wasnât because he ran at the back of the group since the beginning, maybe Su Zimo wouldnât have been able to find the door handle until the end.
âIâm okay.â Su Zimo grit his teeth again, and this time he deliberately kept his speed up at the back of the team.
Su Zimo hadnât thought about what he would do next, and suddenly heard another exclamation coming from the side â
âAh! My foot!â
When he looked up, Su Zimo and the other trainers were surprised to find that Han Ling, who had already injured her foot, fell down again and injured the same foot!
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Although Han Ling had been enduring before, after falling to the ground this time, she couldnât get up because of the pain.
Even more concerning is that the candles behind them in the corridor were being extinguished at a rapid rate!
âHu-â
Darkness was sweeping toward them like a storm.
âThereâs light ahead!â Zheng Ming, who had run far in front, shouted, and the voice echoed faintly in the empty corridor. âItâs the second refuge!â
Zheng Ming may not know what happened to the other trainers, but what he heard was obviously good news. If⌠If Han Ling fell down and couldnât get upâŚ
âHan Ling sprained her ankle again!â Qi Xiaomin also shouted in a loud voice.
âDonât worry about her, just go to the refuge! Give up on her!â
Su Zimo, who ran at the back since the beginning, just walked over to the fallen Han Ling and almost instantly felt a strong hand grab his ankle, preventing him from moving.
Looking down, Su Zimo saw Han Ling crying and looking at him with makeup smeared all over her face, holding his ankle and begging, âHelp me, please!â
Su Zimoâs early education from the Su family would not allow him to kick Han Ling away in such a troublesome situation.
Grasping her arm as quickly as possible, Su Zimo used his entire body to help her stand up again without wasting any time.
Han Ling, who was standing again, put the weight of her entire body on Su Zimo. The cold wind passed through the two of them, growing bigger and bigger, and the candlelight shook violently along both sides of the hall. The shadows were warning them of the approaching darkness.
It was at that momentâŚ
Han Ling stood on one foot and suddenly pushed the exhausted Su Zimo toward the darkness!
Although Han Ling couldnât help but lean back from the difficulty, she successfully pushed Su Zimo into the darkness behind them!
The fashionable PR manager knew that if she didnât throw out the âsacrificial lambâ in time, she would not be able to run and escape due to her sprain. She would become the next offering!