After completing the bizarre game, the world experienced a global resurgence of strange occurrences.

Let's rewind to a few hours earlier.

At this moment, Lin Wan had just been dragged home by her mother.

With a slam, the security door closed, completely isolating the outside world.

Lin's mother's expression was still somewhat unpleasant, but she suppressed her anger and waved her hand at Lin Wan.

"Alright, stop standing here. Go back to your room, take a shower, and put these clothes in the washing machine."

I'm going to the kitchen to cook. We can talk after we eat.

After Lin's mother finished speaking, she tied on her apron and went into the kitchen, leaving Lin Wan alone in the entryway.

Looking at the busy figures in the kitchen, Lin Wan ultimately swallowed back the words she was about to say.

"Mom is angry right now, and she probably won't listen to anything we say. Let's wait until she calms down a bit before slowly explaining what happened these past few days to them."

Lin Wan changed into slippers, went back to her room to get a change of clothes, and then turned and went into the bathroom.

She took off her mud-covered clothes and turned on the shower.

Warm water cascaded down, wetting her jet-black hair and fair skin, as if washing away the fear and exhaustion she had accumulated over the past few days.

But just as she turned off the shower and reached for the towel hanging by the window, her body froze instantly, and the color drained from her face.

Just a moment ago, she clearly felt a cold and unfamiliar gaze fixed intently on her.

Lin Wanqiang suppressed the fear in her heart and quickly looked around the bathroom.

The small space was empty, and there was nothing amiss.

She swallowed hard, her steps trembling as she walked to the window and carefully pulled the curtains open a crack.

When her gaze swept across the alley across the street, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she felt as if the blood in her body had frozen.

In the shadows of the alley, a blurry figure stood, its cloudy eyes fixed intently on the direction of the bathroom!

What terrified Lin Wan even more was that the moment she looked over, those eyes turned around and met her gaze directly!

The next instant, a piercing scream echoed throughout the entire house.

Lin Wan abruptly released her grip, the curtains instantly slammed shut, and she staggered back several steps until her back slammed against the cold tile wall.

While chopping vegetables in the kitchen, Lin's mother complained about why Lin's father hadn't come up yet, when she heard a scream coming from the bathroom.

Without a second thought, she immediately put down what she was holding and ran towards the bathroom, anxiously asking repeatedly.

"Wanwan! What's wrong? What happened?!"

Hearing her mother's voice, Lin Wan calmed down a little and opened the bathroom door with trembling hands.

Her face was deathly pale, and she told Lin's mother everything she had just seen, incoherently.

Upon hearing this, Lin's mother's expression changed drastically. She quickly walked to the window and pulled open the curtains.

But the streets outside the window were quiet, and the alleys were empty, without a single person in sight.

Seeing her daughter trembling with fear, Lin's mother softened her tone.

She pulled over a bath towel, wrapped it around Lin Wan, and gently patted her back.

"It must be because you've been under too much pressure from preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam lately. You're seeing things and scaring yourself. Don't study today, just get a good night's rest."

Just then, the sound of a key turning in the lock came from the doorway, and Lin's father walked in from downstairs.

Lin's mother looked up and immediately noticed that her husband's expression was not quite right.

She rushed to meet him, her voice tinged with worry.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so pale? What happened?"

Lin's father swallowed hard and, still shaken, told his wife everything that had happened between him and Chen Zhuo downstairs.

But when Lin's mother heard this, she just found it funny and didn't take it to heart at all.

"Are you getting senile? Can a few banknotes be stuck into a cement wall?"

That kid looks so weak and frail, and he's blind too, how could he possibly have such skills?

I think you've also become obsessed with your daughter.

After finishing her sentence, Lin's mother shook her head, turned around, and went into the kitchen to continue her work.

Seeing his wife's dismissive expression, Lin's father knew that nothing he said would make a difference.

So he turned around and went to the living room, pulled Lin Wan to sit down on the sofa, and planned to ask his daughter who Chen Zhuo was, what she had experienced in the past few days, and why she was with such a person.

But as soon as he looked up, he saw Lin Wan's face, which was as pale as paper.

Lin's father frowned instantly, his tone filled with anxiety.

"Wanwan, what's wrong? You look so pale. Did something happen?"

Lin Wan opened her mouth, preparing to tell her father again what she had just seen.

At this moment, Lin's mother came out of the kitchen carrying two plates of food.

"What else could it be? This girl is under too much pressure from her postgraduate entrance exam. She just saw something in the bathroom and thought someone was watching her from across the street, but when she looked, there was nothing there."

She placed the dishes on the table and was about to call the father and daughter over for dinner when she suddenly heard a clear sound of footsteps coming from the hallway outside the door, accompanied by a sharp scraping sound.

The three of them froze at the same time and turned to look at the doorway.

Lin's mother's expression was relatively normal, with only a hint of confusion and impatience.

The remaining two, however, had fear in their eyes.

The houses in this neighborhood have always been very soundproof; you can't even hear the sound of the door across the hall closing.

But now, the footsteps and friction sounds are so clear, as if they are right next to my ears.

A chilling sensation instantly shot from the soles of their feet to the tops of their heads.

Ding-dong-

The shrill doorbell suddenly rang out in the quiet living room.

One sound after another, slow and steady like heavy hammer blows, struck the hearts of the three people.

Like a startled rabbit, Lin Wan sprang up from the sofa and hid behind her father in a panic.

She was trembling uncontrollably, clutching her father's clothes tightly, her eyes brimming with tears, as if she were about to burst into tears at any moment.

Lin's mother took a deep breath, suppressing her unease, and wiped the water off her hands with her apron.

"Who could it be at this hour? The property management?"

She muttered to herself, her steps hesitant, as she walked towards the door.

Lin's mother walked to the door, held her breath, and peered through the peephole.

Just that one glance sent her blood rushing to her head, and the color drained from her face instantly.

In the hallway outside the door, a man dressed in a hospital gown was standing.

His skin was as pale as paper, and his body was unusually hunched over, as if something was pressing down on him.

In the man's hand, there was a sharp boning knife!

The blade gleamed coldly under the motion-activated lights in the hallway.

Just as Lin's mother looked over, the man seemed to sense the gaze from inside the door. He slowly raised his head and pressed one of his cloudy eyes firmly against the peephole!

The doorbell, which had been ringing at a leisurely pace, suddenly became urgent.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

Startled, Lin's mother staggered back several steps. If she hadn't been quick enough to grab the shoe cabinet, she probably would have sat down on the ground.

She quickly turned to look at her husband and spoke nervously.

"There's a madman outside the door! He's holding a knife! Honey... call the police quickly..."

But she stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

Lin Wan, who was hiding behind her father and covering her ears, suddenly widened her eyes.

He instinctively raised both hands, one hand covering his mouth, and the other pointing at Lin's mother.