Chapter 37.1 (1/2)

Xiao Tangqiu was so frightened that he fell back down to the floor. “FUCK!”

Hearing his scream, Tang Mianmian anxiously asked, “What’s the matter?”

But before Xiao Tangqiu could reply, Tang Mianmian shouted, “Fucking hell!”

Blood was seeping in from under the door!

Xiao Tangqiu noticed the strange development as well; both men watched helplessly as a pool of dark blood slowly seeped into the room along the crack of the door and spread throughout the wooden floorboards, heading towards their feet.

They repeatedly retreated in fear but the pool of dark blood – or perhaps it was some other unknown fluid – was stubbornly fixed in their direction, just like it had its own consciousness. They shifted backwards and climbed up the bed but the strange, sticky liquid started to climb up the foot of the bed!

“Fuck, fuck, fuck! What the hell is that?!”

“What should we do? What should we do?!”

They trembled with fear, not sure of what to do. If it were some humanoid monster or ghost, they knew how to deal with it. After all, its eyes would still look like eyes and its nose was still a nose. They could beat them up like they would a human being although it wasn’t necessarily useful. But in the face of such a strange, otherworldly phenomenon, they really didn’t know what to do!

The worst thing was that they couldn’t go out the door. The rule was that they weren’t allowed out of the room after midnight. Going out was clearly a death wish!

Tang Mianmian shivered and cried out, “Why don’t we hide in the bathroom?”

“It’s no use! Besides, once we enter the bathroom, we have no way out!” Xiao Tangqiu gritted his teeth and hesitated whether to use his special skill or not. Although the skill was rather useless and also had a limit on the number of times it could be used in one mission, it was still a bit of a comfort to have something in his hand rather than to be completely unarmed.

“Ahhh! It’s coming up! It’s coming up!” Tang Mianmian sobbed. Before Xiao Tangqiu could make up his mind whether or not to use his special skill, Tang Mianmian pulled him out of bed and rushed towards the door.

Xiao Tangqiu shouted in a fluster, “Wait a minute! We can’t go out after midnight!”

“Look at our situation now! Who cares if we can leave after 12 o’clock or not! Saving ourselves is more important!” Tang Mianmian leaped across the pool of unknown liquid, wrenched open the door and stormed out. Xiao Tangqiu thought about what he said and agreed – this really wasn’t the time to care about the damn rules! He quickly followed Tang Mianmian, running out of the room together.

However, as soon as he stepped onto the corridor, Xiao Tangqiu instantly felt an abnormal presence. They had just walked along the same corridor a few minutes ago, but after midnight, the corridor was very different from how it was during the day. The chill he felt was more than just the drop in temperature present in the lonely night, but also brought by the eerie silence which made him feel as if he was stuck in some sort of unearthly, sinister dimension.

He regretted his decision at once and wanted to retreat back into their room. However, the door behind him suddenly slammed shut!

“Bang!”

The moment the door was closed, a ghostly atmosphere spread as a whoosh of cold air brushed past them and filled up the long corridor. Xiao Tangqiu felt a chill climb up his spine.

“Fuck! I was wrong! Daddy, I was wrong!” Tang Mianmian jumped onto Xiao Tangqiu like a koala, trembling in fear. “Let’s go back! Let’s hurry back to our room!”

Xiao Tangqiu laughed bitterly, “I’m afraid we can’t go back!”

Sure enough, no matter how Tang Mianmian twisted and turned the doorknob, he found that it wouldn’t move, as if someone had locked it from the inside. He was so anxious he began to slam his body against the door but it was useless.

Although Xiao Tangqiu was almost too afraid to function, he still tried to remain calm and alert to his surroundings. Compared with the unknown liquid just now, something else puzzled him more – where did the puppet go? Why did the puppet disappear ever since the unidentified liquid seeped into their room?

At the thought of the missing puppet, he was racked with anxiety. He couldn’t shake off the feeling that he had neglected or left out something important.

In the dark corridor, with only a few candles flickering, the cold wind swept past, instantly whisking away what little warmth that radiated from their bodies, making them shiver uncontrollably.

But compared with the coldness, what made Xiao Tangqiu feel more uncomfortable was the fact that he felt as if someone was staring at him. He could sense sinister eyes gazing at him, making him break out in a cold sweat. Worst of all, it seemed to come from all directions, from every shadowy corner of the corridor.

He immediately pulled out his nuclear powered flashlight, trying to dispel not only the darkness with its glare but also the uneasiness in his heart. As soon as he turned on the flashlight, he felt slightly relieved.

Yet, when Xiao Tangqiu searched the dark corridor, inch by inch, with his flashlight, he felt something was wrong the more he looked.

Aside from the burst of cold air, the darkness and those looming candles, there seemed to be nothing wrong with the corridor. No ghost, no puppet, no unknown liquid – there was none of these things. It was just like any other corridor… That was the strangest thing about this whole situation. How could there be nothing?

He felt uneasy again. At this moment, he suddenly realized something. Since there was nothing throughout the corridor, then there was only one place left…

Xiao Tangqiu took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to shine his flashlight above his head.