Inside the dim bathroom, Chen Ge sat inside the bathtub alone. He breathed repeatedly to expel the residual air from his lungs.
3: 44 am was the intersection of night and dawn. He only had one chance, so he had to be careful.
The room was quiet, and there was no movement in the corridor. The monster in the mirror did not appear to be coming.
Time ticked by. Chen Ge placed the electronic watch that he had found aside. When the number on the screen changed to 43, his focus was heightened. He opened his mouth and started to inhale slowly.
The candlelight flickered, and Chen Ge's body slowly leaned downward. His eyes were glued to the electronic watch, and he was unprecedentedly focused.
When the number on the screen changed again, without hesitation, Chen Ge climbed into the bathtub.
3: 44 am!
The cold water seemed to come from all directions, drowning him.
It was a strange feeling to sink into the water in the middle of the night.
In absolute darkness, he felt like he was the only one left in the world, and he kept sinking. In absolute silence, he could only hear the sound coming from his own body, the beating of his heart.
The cold water stimulated every nerve in his body. Chen Ge lay at the bottom of the bathtub, abandoned all distracting thoughts, and counted his heartbeat.
60 seconds, I only need to hold on for 60 seconds.
He had not experienced something like this before. The night and the water seemed to merge into one. The flickering candlelight was like a lighthouse that moved further and further away, and he felt like he was sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean.
One, two …
After the first ten seconds, time seemed to slow down a lot.
The sound of water echoed in his ears, and the walls around him were dark. Chen Ge murmured his parents' names, and he maintained his initial position. His hands gripped the handle of the cleaver, and he allowed his body to be moved by the water.
The oxygen in his lungs was slowly being depleted, and Chen Ge felt slightly uncomfortable like something heavy was pressing down on his body.
15, 16 …
With each beat of his heart, the oxygen in his lungs would be depleted, and as the heartbeat slowed, time seemed to slow down as well. Every second seemed to be broken down into countless segments.
The feeling of discomfort grew stronger, and it felt like a pair of hands were slowly pressing down on his neck, squeezing tighter and tighter.
Lying in the water, Chen Ge opened his eyes. He couldn't see anything through the water. It was as if he had been locked in another world.
About three or four seconds later, his complexion became more and more unsightly. It was not a normal paleness.
"How long did I last? It should be done soon, right? "
The water flowed past his ears, and a strange sound suddenly appeared in the dead silence.
It seemed to be coming from the corridor outside the door. Chen Ge did not know why he could hear it so clearly. Perhaps the other party deliberately made the noise to distract him.
"Footsteps? Is someone pacing back and forth in the hallway? "
His heart started to race again, and his body tensed involuntarily. Perhaps the mirror monster is coming for me. Hopefully, the dolls can hold on for another thirty seconds, and I'll be able to complete the mission!
His mind was moving slower and slower, and there was a buzzing noise in his ears. Chen Ge's condition was not very good. The footsteps in the corridor made him very nervous, but he forced himself not to be distracted. He continued to recite his parents' names, and at the same time, he counted his heartbeat.
"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine …"
The water poured into his ears, and the sound was distorted. The footsteps became more urgent, like the other party was trying to find a way to get in.
Several seconds later, Chen Ge felt like a giant rock was pressing down on his chest. The blood vessels on his neck started to bulge, and his limbs turned cold. A sense of helplessness washed over his body.
His brain was slowing down, and Chen Ge was relying on his own willpower to hold on.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Without any warning, something slammed into the door.
Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat. The thing outside the room could not hold on any longer!
Perhaps due to the doll placed behind the door, after the thing realized that it could not open the door after three attempts, it stopped its meaningless action, and the room returned to silence.
The situation was similar to before, but the only difference was in Chen Ge's body. Normally, he could hold his breath for one minute, but the footsteps in the corridor and the banging on the door made his heart race. When a person was nervous, their oxygen consumption would increase exponentially.
He felt like he was reaching his limit. The last bit of oxygen in his lungs had been sucked dry, and every second was torture for him.
"Thirty-nine, forty …"
When he counted to forty, Chen Ge's brain was hit by a wave of dizziness. His body's condition did not allow him to continue the count.
Unable to distract himself, the feeling of suffocation grew stronger. Chen Ge's consciousness started to blur, and he could not remember many things. Instinctively, he tried to recall the memory of his parents.
Veins popped up on his pale skin, and the tendons on his neck pulsed. His fingers that held the cleaver slowly loosened.
He felt like he was on the edge of death, and at the same time, he understood the sentence in the mission.
'When time comes to the gap between night and dawn, you will be able to see the people you meet at the edge of life and death.'
The meaning of this sentence was that at the moment of the transition between day and night, the dying person would be able to see the other world in advance!
Chen Ge stared unblinkingly at the surface of the water. His pupils were unfocused, and the surface of the water seemed to be moving further and further away from him. He could not see anyone, and there was only darkness before him, a darkness so deep that it made him feel despair.
His lungs felt like they were being squeezed flat, and it was an indescribable feeling of suffocation.
'No, if this continues, I might really drown in this bathtub.'
Half of the forty-fourth minute of 3 am had passed, and the people that Chen Ge wanted to see still had not appeared. He had given up hope, or rather, he was glad that his parents had not appeared. At least, it meant that they were still alive.
His cold arms pressed against the bottom of the bathtub, and he used his last bit of rationality to make the decision — it was time to give up.
Chen Ge was about to crawl out from the water when he felt that something was wrong!
Something was pressing down on his head, preventing him from leaving.
His unfocused pupils narrowed to a point. Chen Ge turned to look above his head, and there was nothing there!
The doll had sealed the door and the bathtub, so the monster from the mirror should not have been able to get in. Who was behind this?
The veins on his neck popped, and Chen Ge's face was scarily pale. At this moment of life and death, he used the last bit of his energy to swing the cleaver above his head.
After a long period of lack of oxygen, his body and mind had reached their limit. He was like a spring that had been stretched to its limit, ready to snap at any moment.
The cleaver swung, and water splashed everywhere. In that moment, Chen Ge felt like he had cut something. There was a crisp snap, and the force above his head disappeared instantly.
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