Perhaps because the bathroom window was not closed, the night breeze blew into the room. It was like a pair of invisible hands caressing Chen Ge's face.
The cubicle door swayed lightly, creating a creaking sound. The water droplets from the ceiling slid down the pipe and landed on the ground. There seemed to be worms crawling in the sewer, creating a rustling sound.
In the silence, all the sounds were amplified. In this kind of environment, many people would feel unsettled, but Chen Ge was an exception. The experience when he was young had given him a strong mental fortitude and a strong mental fortitude.
His mind was blank, and he did not think about anything else. He silently counted the time.
After about twenty minutes, Chen Ge felt the temperature in the room drop for some reason. It was like he was surrounded by ice cubes, and he could not help but shiver.
Calm down! Don't think about why, don't scare yourself. There are only ten minutes left. No matter what, I have to hold on! There was a faint breeze beside his ears like something was hovering around Chen Ge. He gripped his fists, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged. His body was like a pine tree, rooted to the ground, and he did not move.
Chen Ge, Chen Ge, Chen Ge …
He mumbled to himself. When there were only five minutes left, Chen Ge felt the flickering flame in the bathroom extinguish, and there seemed to be someone else chanting his name in the dark.
"Echo? Impossible! "
Chen Ge …
The voice seemed to be calling him, and it was urgent like there was something very important to tell him.
This voice seems to come from outside the door. Should I go take a look? Very soon, Chen Ge abandoned that thought. The rules of the game were very clear — he only needed to stay in front of the mirror.
He calculated the time in his mind, and the voice beside his ears went out of tune. He could confirm that there was someone else calling his name, and that person seemed to be standing outside the door.
The person seems to be very anxious, but I'm the one playing the game, so why would he be so anxious? This is obviously a trap. This is too low level. Chen Ge pursed his lips. "The environment and atmosphere are very good. Unfortunately, the method of scaring people is very simple."
In the last three minutes, an ear-piercing sound came from the bathroom door. It sounded like someone was scratching with their nails and biting with their teeth. The door was shaking like it was going to open at any moment.
"1798 seconds, 1799 seconds, 1800 seconds!" Half an hour had passed, and all the noises outside had disappeared. Everything had returned to normal.
To prevent himself from making a mistake, Chen Ge did not open his eyes immediately. He counted three hundred more times before taking a step back. He placed his hands on his chest and blinked.
The candles in the bathroom had long been extinguished, and the bathroom was pitch black. Chen Ge vaguely felt that something had changed.
He turned on the flashlight, and when the light reappeared in the room, he was stunned.
The mirror in the bathroom was full of cracks, and his reflection in the mirror had been cut into countless pieces. It looked extremely unreal. What shocked him even more was that in front of the mirror, there was an old doll that had appeared out of nowhere!
The eyes that were made from buttons glowed, and the patched body was filled with cotton. The doll was not cute, but it had a special meaning for Chen Ge. This was the first doll that he had made, and it was the thing that his parents had brought with them when they disappeared.
The doll leaned against the broken mirror like it was trying to stop the thing inside the mirror from coming out.
"The bathroom door is locked, so how did the doll get in? From the window? That can't be right! Why would it move on its own? That's the key question! "Chen Ge felt like his world was collapsing, and he was confused.
The man and the doll faced off for three minutes before Chen Ge calmed down. He moved his cold fingers and slowly approached the doll.
The eyes that were made from buttons looked like they were staring at him from every angle. Chen Ge looked at the doll that he had made, and his lips twitched involuntarily.
He carefully avoided the doll with his hands and picked up the phone next to him. "Thankfully, I was prepared."
The recording on the phone was not interrupted. After Chen Ge carefully saved the backup, he started to watch the video.
The video was not very clear. The candlelight flickered, and Chen Ge, who stood before the mirror, looked rather stiff. If anything, the image inside the mirror looked more lively.
The first ten minutes were peaceful, but the twist started at the eleventh minute.
The sound of the night breeze was not recorded in the camera, and the video only captured the cubicle door swaying slightly.
Then the video started to fill with static. It was a very normal image, but it gave off an indescribable sense of terror. This was probably the natural fear of darkness and the unknown.
Watching the video, Chen Ge's expression was not so good. In his mind, he kept his eyes closed and kept his distance from the mirror, but the video showed that his body was slowly leaning forward like he was about to touch the mirror.
At the twenty-fifth minute, his upper body was bent at a seventy degree angle, and the tip of his nose was almost touching the mirror.
Several seconds later, without warning, cracks started to appear on the mirror. The scene shocked Chen Ge.
Then, the most unbelievable thing happened. The expression of Chen Ge in the mirror changed. He bared his teeth and slammed into the mirror!
At the same time, the candle went out, and the video ended.
Due to the angle, the video did not have any footage of the doll, so Chen Ge had no idea what happened in the last five minutes.
"The thing inside the mirror wanted to come out, but it was stopped by this doll. If that's the case, it probably saved me once." Chen Ge picked up the doll from the sink and asked seriously, "Can you understand what I'm saying? Do you know where my parents went in the end? "
The doll did not answer, but the eyes that were made of buttons glowed weakly.
He hugged the doll in his arms and glanced at the bathroom door. He did not dare to go out. He hid under the windowsill and took out the black phone. The mission completion message was already there.
"I have to say, you're very lucky. Congratulations for completing the Nightmare Mission! Obtained reward — Elementary Talent: Mortician's Make-up.
"Mortician's Make-up: I hope you'll be more serious when you inherit this talent. Unlike beauty, where morticians only do makeup for dead bodies, the beauty in your hands transcends life and death, reviving a frozen person and giving them eternal beauty.
"For completing the Nightmare Mission for the first time, you have obtained the title of City of Nightmare's Newcomer. Additional reward: Unlocked the Trial Mission for the one-star scenario Murder by Midnight! After the Trial Mission is completed, this scenario will appear inside the Haunted House!
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