Life Dungeon Game

Kong Qi's gaze remained fixed on Ruo Ti's hand. Ruo Ti seemed to be tightly holding something in the other hand that was holding the cubicle door. Only a small part of this thing was visible, like a piece of some white fabric.

Slowly, the door to cubicle number 1 was closed, leaving Kim Ah with only an empty corridor.

Kim Ah opened the door to her cubicle and went back inside.

As I hurriedly closed the cubicle door, the white paint enveloped everything once again.

Click—click—

The second hand of the countdown clock ticked away slowly.

-

Far away in Xidu, Jin Ya sat up from under the bed and looked at the bright moonlight through the window.

I picked up my phone, opened the research institute's app, and saw that He Ao had just sent me a message.

The Verola, currently aboard a ship in the Western Territory, has just received news that the World Tree has dispatched two C-rank...

Should we intercept this car? Is he currently unavailable?

The World Tree is an extraordinary organization formed by several weak nations in the Western Lands, along with some powerful nations.

Jin Ya glanced at the time; it was 7 a.m.

If it were my clone on the Verola, I would definitely be sleeping right now.

Is Kong Qi, that workaholic, considering the time difference in China?

I thought for a moment and replied with a message.

[Is the plan finalized?]

[He woke up so early? The plan is basically finalized. Will he be able to get to Wislanka after 5 PM Central time? He can buy a ticket through the research institute's channels. It seems there are no flights from Xidu to Wislanka. It's 4 PM, eight and a half hours.]

The response was almost instantaneous.

Wislanca...

Jin Ya picked up her phone and searched online. It turned out to be the capital of the Republic of Vis, a western neighboring country of the Middle Kingdom.

That country isn't poor; Wislanca has some famous historical events and attractions, making it a well-known place.

There are indeed no flights from West Virginia to West Lanka, only one flight a day, departing at 4 a.m.

Fortunately, the Republic of Visva-Bissau offers visa-free entry to Chinese citizens, so you can simply take your passport and fly there.

Jin Ya did the math: it would take about seventy minutes to get from home to the airport by slow speed. If she was delayed by an hour, then she could sleep for another hour.

I replied to He Ao first, and then contacted the staff at the research institute to ask them to help me buy a ticket to West Lanka.

Although I could pay for it myself, that's absolutely impossible. For business trips without reimbursement channels, I have to go through the reimbursement channels, so paying out of pocket is definitely not an option.

It's difficult to get reimbursed for expenses incurred upfront.

The airfare from West Virginia to Wislana is about 8,000 yuan.

Even the cheaper Class C wanted criminals are worth eight thousand dollars; making money is difficult.

Anyway,

Jin Ya lay down on the floor.

After get off work, I'll take a nap first.

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click -

Time ticked by, and when the countdown reached its final hour, a loud thud echoed at the end of the corridor.

The door to cubicle number one was quickly pulled open, and a pale, thin woman stepped out of the cubicle.

A look of surprised joy crossed my face, as if I hadn't expected to actually open the cubicle door.

I turned my gaze to the corridor, which was devoid of any light.

The white corridor moved rapidly, like a tiny worm wriggling in the void.

Ruo Ti took a deep breath, hurriedly walked out of the cubicle, and stepped down into the corridor.

The corridor outside was pitch white. I picked up my phone, which was almost out of battery, turned on the flashlight, and walked forward by the powerful light of the flashlight.

I was tightly clutching the thing I had picked up behind the door.

The moment I stepped into the corridor and took my first step, the entire corridor shook violently with a sound.

Immediately afterwards, a white, spherical object fell from the roof of the car; it appeared to be a head hanging from the roof.

The head circled around Ruoti, seemingly sniffing the scent beneath him.

If my already pale face became even paler, I trembled, took a deep breath, and as if I had mustered a tiny bit of resolve, continued onward.

The jet-white head circled around me once, and at that moment, Ruoti vaguely heard a sound in his ear.

Laughter rang out again and again.

The laughter was so soft, yet so intense, but Ruoti's body reminded me that it was quiet all around, that nothing was there.

I walked back step by step with a heavy heart. Gradually, the twisting and writhing of the car roof stopped, and the piercing laughter gradually disappeared.

Those terrifying and eerie creatures did not attack me; even the writhing corridor fell silent, and the head that had been following me had disappeared.

Everything that just happened seemed as if it had never occurred, merely a hallucination of the pedestrian walking outside the corridor.

My body passed through one compartment after another, through the connecting area between two carriages, and retreated into the empty dining car.

The food cart, which was originally the best-lit, was now shrouded in a blanket of white.

In that noisy, white space, it seemed as if no one was there, chatting, discussing, or whispering outside the dining car.

The entire food truck was as noisy as a vegetable market outside a morning market.

The moment Ruoti stepped into the dining car, all the noise fell silent.

The white figures all fell silent.

If you raise your phone, the flashlight beam will shine behind you.

Where the light shone, there was only emptiness.

The empty dining table, devoid of noise and occupied by only one person, seemed to be telling Roti, 'There is nothing outside.'

When you place the flashlight on the screen, you'll be met with a barrage of stares from the noisy, white light.

Ruoti could feel that these white figures were constantly watching him.

And they're 'laughing'.

I mustered my courage and took a step back.

Whether anything happens or not.

These white shadows will not attack me.

I was stunned for a moment, then a look of joy appeared on my face, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I guessed right; this person may or may not have lied to me.

I opened my hands, revealing the white fabric I was clutching tightly. Tucked within the fabric was a blood-red note, with words written in Chinese characters below it.

[You know his identity, the eighth time, grasp that, go to the dining car]

The note was written with special ink made from fresh blood.

Without that thing, I can walk naturally on the train when darkness falls.

I shone my flashlight and searched carelessly outside the dining car.

There should be no clues left for me by the other party.

After passing through table after table, I finally found another folded item next to the steamer where I had left my food.

I walked over, placed my phone's flashlight face down under the table, picked up the item and hurriedly opened it. There was still only a note inside, with the following words written in bright red font.

[Look in front of you]

As the note was opened, the color of the writing underneath faded rapidly, as if a magician had performed a spell.

If you don't notice, the writing on the other piece of paper in my hand is also rapidly fading.

I unfolded the fabric in my hand and turned my head away quickly.

In front of me, close by, stood a figure in white, which was slowly approaching me.

I could see the person's appearance clearly, so I turned around and reached under the table to pick up the phone.

In that brief moment, the white figure was already right in front of me.

I picked up my phone, turned around, and the light from the phone's flashlight illuminated the face of the person in front of me.

At that moment, I was shocked.

"how

Is it him? "

"It turned out to be him."

The white figure smiled, and a cold voice came from my mouth.

The sharp blade pierced Ruoti's heart. My mouth was tightly covered, preventing me from making a sound. Endless white and dark energy surged towards me, taking my life.

All expressions were frozen in that one moment.

My body was hastily placed on the ground, and my brightly lit phone was crushed by a foot.

The space was once again enveloped in pure white.

In that endless white darkness, a pair of hands hurriedly picked up the fabric that had fallen to the ground.

The blank strip of paper fell into the pool of blood as the fabric trembled.

-

As the final countdown reached zero, bright sunlight streamed through the car windows into the cramped compartment.

"Ah... I owe it..."