The voice vanished at this moment, leaving only a faint electrical hum.

Then, a voice that sent chills down Zhou Yingting's spine emerged from the phone.

"You realized it, didn't you?"

At this moment, the voice changed, becoming the sound of that thing outside the door.

"Since you've realized, I'm coming in!"

After the voice said this, a spine-tingling laugh followed.

Listening to the voice, Zhou Yingting felt something was off and instinctively looked towards the door.

Under the dim yellow light seeping through the door crack, a shadow, like flowing water, started to slowly squeeze through, flooding into the room.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yingting's heart skipped a beat.

Damn it, is this thing starting to invade?

If he had known, he wouldn't have made this call. It seemed like if he hadn't made this call, the other party wouldn't have forcefully invaded.

But now it was too late to regret.

Zhou Yingting quickly glanced around, trying to find a way to block this thing.

But in this room, besides the door, there was only the window on the side as an exit.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting immediately went to the window, pulled back the curtains, and saw only pitch black outside, so dark he couldn't even see his hand.

This darkness sent chills through him, seeming even more dangerous than the thing outside the door.

Recalling the shadowy figure he saw on the first day through the mist, Zhou Yingting instinctively took a step back.

"No, it's too dangerous to just climb out. Although the fourth-floor height isn't too perilous, the outside seems unsafe."

Zhou Yingting thought about it and still didn't dare to go outside.

He just felt that jumping out now was too dangerous.

Besides, considering it's a horror dungeon, if the danger inside could be avoided by jumping out to safety, it seemed too simple.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting withdrew his gaze.

When Zhou Yingting looked at the door again, he vaguely saw a figure that had already squeezed half its body inside.

Then, suddenly, amidst the darkness, a pair of emerald green eyes opened wide.

Those emerald green eyes stared intently at Zhou Yingting, and the figure started to writhe.

The more it struggled, the more it tried to break free, as if it were about to charge into the room immediately.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting became anxious, searching around but finding no way to escape.

Does it mean he can only escape through the window?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting couldn't help but glance at the window.

For some reason, he felt that if he escaped through the window, he wouldn't be far from death.

When will the waiter bring up the candle!

Seeing the thing about to come through, Zhou Yingting, in anger and desperation, edged closer to the window.

At this moment, he couldn't tell if it was an illusion, but as he approached the window, the pair of emerald green eyes fixed on him.

Its body struggled even more intensely.

It seemed to worry that Zhou Yingting would escape through the window.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting had a thought and reached out to grab the window, preparing to open it and escape.

The shadow, seeing this, struggled even harder.

But Zhou Yingting's hand just rested on the window without making another move.

This made the shadow struggle for a bit, then it stopped, realizing something was off, just staring quietly at Zhou Yingting.

The scene made one's heart skip a beat with fear.

But Zhou Yingting, at this moment, felt a slight relief.

At first, seeing the shadow's caution, he thought it was really worried he would escape through the window.

But after thinking about it, Zhou Yingting realized the shadow might be pretending, maybe the real threat was outside the window.

So Zhou Yingting paused by the window, waiting to see what the shadow would do next.

If the thing at the door was truly dangerous, he could still break the window and escape.

After pausing by the door for a moment, Zhou Yingting noticed something amiss.

The shadow had been struggling for so long, and logically, it should have come in by now.

But after all this time, the shadow still hadn't come in, making Zhou Yingting understand that this was part of its trick.

The emerald green eyes, seeing Zhou Yingting not taking the bait, swam around briefly before stopping, as if waiting for something.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting frowned, then instinctively turned his head as he sensed something wrong.

Behind him, a dense black mist began to writhe.

Then the mist crept through the window gap, pouring slowly into the room.

"So now, which way do you choose?"

The writhing shadow spoke up at this moment.

The voice was unmistakably the same as when Zhou Yingting made the call.

Zhou Yingting wasn't surprised, knowing that the voice during the call was this same entity.

But the presence of the black mist behind him still startled Zhou Yingting.

He took a step back instinctively, staring at the incoming mist.

In the blink of an eye, the black mist had already invaded halfway, so quickly it was almost impossible to react.

Thankfully, Zhou Yingting hadn't opened the window earlier; otherwise, the black mist might have instantly filled the room.

As the black mist continued to flood in, the shadow at the door became more excited.

The twisting shadow grew more fervent.

It seemed like once the black mist filled the room, something terrible would happen.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting frowned, retreating step by step as he watched the black mist.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Zhou Yingting genuinely didn't know which direction to choose.

As Zhou Yingting stared at the black mist and the shadow by the door, unsure of what to do,

the next moment, the shadow at the door let out a scream and vanished.

"Mr. Zhou, the candle you ordered has arrived. Would you come out to get it?"

A voice sounded, and soft light flickered from outside the door, resembling candlelight.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting felt a wave of relief, though he wasn't sure if it was the waiter at the door.

But by now, the black mist had filled much of the room, leaving Zhou Yingting with nowhere to hide.

Thinking it through, Zhou Yingting gritted his teeth and quickly opened the door.

He was ready for a life-or-death struggle if it was something eerie outside.

With the door opened, a familiar figure appeared.

The waiter, whom Zhou Yingting had seen before at the front desk, held a crimson candle.

As the candle's light shone into the room, the black mist instantly dissipated.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting let out a sigh of relief, taking the candle from the waiter, and quickly said,

"Take the rest to my friends, and be quick."

This time, if the waiter hadn't arrived timely, Zhou Yingting wouldn't have known how to avoid the danger.

Thankfully, the waiter arrived just in time.

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