In that instant, Ning felt like every cell in his body froze!

　　Screech—

　　Screech—

　　The sound of cold metal scraping against metal came from behind, making Ning’s scalp tingle!

　　That was… the sound of a knife and fork rubbing together!

　　Right behind him!

　　And it was getting… closer!

　　At the same time, the louvered window at the end of the corridor was suddenly blown open!

　　The cold wind, carrying a strong smell of blood, constantly stimulated Ning’s nose and lungs!

　　Fear… engulfed his entire body!

　　He…

　　Was he going to die?

　　In that moment, indescribable fear surged like a tide, threatening to drown Ning!

　　He raised his hand, instinctively wanting to turn on the light!

　　Light… he needed light!

　　Only light could dispel this terrifying darkness!

　　But just as Ning’s hand was about to press down on the light switch, he abruptly stopped!

　　In his mind, part of the contents of the mysterious letter he had received earlier suddenly surfaced—

　　…

　　{[…]}

　　{[Wind does not light a lamp, rain does not light a candle]}

　　{[The sun does not climb the stairs, the night does not close its eyes]}

　　…

　　—Wind does not light a lamp.

　　Ning gritted his teeth, forcing himself to ignore the indescribable fear in his heart and not turn on the light!

　　He retracted his hand and walked towards the end of the corridor, step by step, against the cold wind carrying the smell of blood!

　　The terrifying sound of metal scraping seemed to be in his ears, constantly stimulating his nerves.

　　As if the thing behind him could stab him with a sharp knife and fork at any moment, chopping him into pieces!

　　Ning took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, ignoring the terrifying sound of metal scraping behind him, and moved forward step by step!

　　He was gambling.

　　Gambling that he hadn’t triggered the death condition, that the thing behind him… couldn’t attack him!

　　One step…

　　Two steps…

　　At this moment, Ning felt like his adrenaline had surged to the extreme.

　　Every step was a severe test of his mental strength!

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　　But he didn’t dare to run, and he couldn’t run.

　　The wind blowing towards him was too cold, as if it penetrated his skin and went straight into his muscles, bone marrow… his whole body was stiff.

　　Fortunately… Ning had guessed right.

　　The terrifying thing behind him seemed to be blocked by something, unable to harm him.

　　When he reached the door of his room with difficulty, grasped the door handle, the sharp metal scraping sound behind him abruptly disappeared…

　　The bloody wind on the corridor gradually subsided.

　　In the faint moonlight, Ning saw that the louvered window at the end of the corridor… had somehow closed tightly again.

　　“Just an illusion…”

　　Ning panted, his eyes narrowed.

　　The bone-chilling coldness behind him gradually dissipated, as if the thing that had been following him… was gone.

　　Ning felt like his brain was blank.

　　He pushed open the door and entered, only to realize that his clothes were soaked through with sweat.

　　In the darkness, Liu’s rough voice sounded, carrying a hint of fear:

　　“Bro, are… you okay?”

　　Obviously, he had also heard the terrifying sound of metal scraping on the corridor!

　　Ning shook his head.

　　“I’m fine.”

　　Liu came over, fumbled around in the darkness for Ning’s hand, confirming that Ning had a living temperature, before letting out a long sigh of relief and admiringly said:

　　“Bro, you are really… so awesome!”

　　“I thought you wouldn’t make it back!”

　　“Was there something on the corridor outside just now, was there… something?”

　　Ning nodded.

　　“It appeared.”

　　Liu widened his eyes, incredulous:

　　“It… it didn’t kill you?”

　　Ning remained silent for a moment, then said:

　　“It can’t kill us at will.”

　　“Only when we trigger the ‘death condition’ can it attack us.”

　　Liu recalled the previous events, and his heart was filled with countless waves!

　　“So… Bro, you know what the death condition is?”

　　Ning whispered:

　　“I know part of it.”

　　“I already told you earlier.”

　　“But those aren’t all the death conditions, only it knows how many there are…”

　　“What we need to do now… is to investigate the truth as soon as possible.”

　　Liu’s breathing was a little rapid:

　　“But even if we know the truth, it won’t be much help in surviving, right?”

　　Ning remained silent for a while.

　　“The truth should also come with a way to deal with it.”

　　“Remember what the man in the suit said to us earlier?”

　　“There are more than one way out in the world behind the bloody door, it seems incredibly dangerous, but it’s not completely impossible to fight back.”

　　“Besides, that woman in the red dress warned us not to go to the third floor of the villa, so that place must be very important!”

　　Liu’s eyes flickered, finally he gritted his teeth and said:

　　“Okay!”

　　“Bro, when are you going, I’ll go with you!”

　　“If we’re going to die, we might as well die together!”

　　Ning:

　　“Wait a bit.”

　　The two of them waited in the room for a long time.

　　Until the middle of the night, the terrifying metal scraping sound suddenly echoed through the corridor outside again!

　　Both of them knew that it was the sound of a knife and fork rubbing together!

　　The thing on the third floor… had come down to hunt again!

　　Even though they were mentally prepared, Liu could clearly feel his hair stand on end and his hands and feet couldn’t stop trembling!

　　Who would be its target this time…

　　Screech—

　　Screech—

　　Screech—

　　As the scraping sound got closer, Liu’s heart beat faster and faster.

　　He glanced at Ning, who was sitting beside him, and found that… he was actually drinking tea.

　　Liu was stunned.

　　Then, he admired the other man’s mental fortitude once again.

　　“Bro, you can still drink tea calmly in this situation… you are the first person I’ve ever seen who can do that!”

　　Liu kept his voice extremely low.

　　Ning put down his teacup.

　　“I’m very nervous too.”

　　“But different people have different ways of showing their nervousness.”

　　“When I’m nervous, I like to eat or drink something.”

　　Although he said this, his voice was very steady, almost impossible to hear any tremor.

　　Outside the door,

　　The terrifying sound still stopped in front of them first.

　　The sound of the knife and fork scraping against each other rang out again and again, as if a hungry evil spirit was standing at their door, drooling at them…

　　Liu felt that he was being pathetic, but his palms were indeed sweating profusely.

　　He was truly afraid.

　　Afraid that the terrifying thing outside the door would suddenly rush in…

　　But fortunately, what he imagined didn’t happen.

　　The thing stopped at their door for a while, as if it found that it couldn’t attack them, so it turned its target to another room.

　　This time…

　　It was exactly the same as last night.

　　The sound… disappeared outside the next door.

　　After about five minutes, Ning, who was leaning against the door, still couldn’t hear any sound, so he slowly pushed open a crack in the door.

　　Ning observed for a while, then pushed the crack wider, poked his head out, and looked around in the dark, silent corridor.

　　Except for the louvered window at the end that was open and the cold wind whistling past, there was nothing on the corridor.

　　“Now’s our chance, let’s go!”

　　Ning beckoned to Liu, and the two of them tiptoed out, carefully navigating the darkness and walking towards the stairs…