Excessive ferocity due to caution

Guan Kaixian gripped her phone tightly.

She kept walking forward.

She dared not stop.

The corridor in front of me... grew increasingly dark.

Guan Kaixian, who grew up in her hometown, knows very well that if a person is in a dark environment for a long time, they will only become more sensitive to light.

So... there's really less and less light around me.

Her body stiffened, but she dared not stop, much less turn around.

Guan Kaixian always felt that if she turned around, she would bump into something terrifying...

She began to regret why she had acted so foolishly, running out alone just to spite someone.

Intense fear was constantly eroding the last vestiges of courage within her.

Guan Kaixian took a deep breath, looked at the road in front of her that was almost invisible, and finally remembered that her mobile phone had a light function!

She quickly unlocked the phone with her fingerprint and then turned on the built-in flashlight.

Dazzling.

The dark corridor in front of us was instantly illuminated!

Guan Kaixian let out a breath.

With light around, I feel much safer.

Once she stopped, she didn't dare to go any further. Staring at her phone screen, she gritted her teeth and opened WeChat to send a message to her boyfriend, Wu Dading.

"Damn it... I think I'm lost."

"Can you come find me?"

Faced with a choice between life and face, Guan Kaixian ultimately chose life without hesitation.

Seeing that familiar profile picture hadn't moved for a long time, Guan Kaixian bit her lip and cursed inwardly that no man was any good; they were all a bunch of male dogs who only knew how to have sex and then turned their backs on her after they were done with their pants up!

Guan Kaixian despaired and closed WeChat, her eyes darting around frantically.

Fortunately.

It was completely silent in the darkness, with no other sounds.

Just as Guan Kaixian was debating whether or not to continue forward, a WeChat message popped up on her phone:

"Don't worry, I'll be there soon."

Upon seeing this news, Guan Kaixian was so excited that she almost shouted out loud!

"I knew it... how could that dog Wu Dading, who only thinks with his lower body, possibly resist my charm!"

She stood there waiting for a while, but there was still no sound behind her. Guan Kaixian couldn't wait any longer, so she quickly opened WeChat and typed to Wu Dading:

"Da Ding, where are you now?"

Just as Guan Kaixian was about to send the message, she suddenly froze.

She discovered something truly terrifying...

That is--

Wu Dading didn't reply to her message at all!

So, who sent that message just now?

In that instant, Guan Kaixian felt as if she was about to freeze!

From the top of my head to my heels, it felt as if it were covered in frost!

She quickly returned to her WeChat homepage, only to find that someone who had never added her before had sent her the message she had just received.

The other person's profile picture was a very bloody corpse.

The limbs, head, and body were all separated.

At the joints of the limbs, you can even see the sticky flesh and blood of the limbs that were not completely severed.

This profile picture, combined with the bizarre things Guan Kaixian is experiencing now, is almost driving her to a mental breakdown!

Guan Kaixian clicked on the other person's profile picture. At this moment, she didn't care who the other person was. She just wanted to block them as soon as possible!

However, as the portrait zoomed in, Guan Kaixian suddenly realized that the dismembered corpse in the stranger's portrait was actually...himself!

At the same time, that profile picture sent her another message.

Upon seeing the contents of the message, Guan Kaixian was nearly scared out of her wits!

"I have arrived!"

Crackling sounds—

A strange sound suddenly came from behind her.

Guan Kaixian's legs went weak. She instinctively wanted to run, but she couldn't move her legs no matter what she did.

In the end, she could only turn her head away in fear.

Guan Kaixian's gaze followed the bright light from the phone to the source of the sound at the end of the corridor, and her pupils suddenly contracted...

...

Manor Restaurant.

The six people sat around a table, and Wu Dading stared at his phone, remaining silent.

"What's wrong, Young Master Wu?"

Seeing that Wu Dading's expression was off, Fang Detong asked him this question.

Wu Dading shook his head and chuckled:

"That stupid woman got lost in the hallway... and she wanted me to go find her."

"Really..."

Fang Detong was stunned upon hearing this:

"Isn't that just a straight road?"

"How could someone possibly get lost?"

Wu Dading took a sip of water.

"How would I know?"

"She's hopelessly stupid. I knew I shouldn't have brought that wretched woman along..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yi's gentle voice came from not far away:

"You made the right choice by bringing her along."

"The more people there are, the greater our chances of survival will be."

The six people turned their heads to look as Zhao Yi slowly pushed the food cart toward the restaurant.

Lifting the lid of the plate, the aroma of steaming food wafted out. Looking at the dazzling array of food, they cast strange glances at Zhao Yi:

"Mr. Zhao...did you do all of this?"

Zhao Yi put on a snowflake-patterned napkin, sat in the host's seat, picked up his knife and fork, and smiled at the six people:

"Otherwise, do you think ghosts would prepare such a lavish dinner for us?"

"Alright... everyone, let's eat."

"At Twilight Manor, this may be our only chance to taste such delicious food."

He started eating first.

This composed and elegant demeanor gave everyone an absurd illusion.

"Mr. Zhao, you seem completely unconcerned that there's a ghost in this manor..."

Tang Yiwei looked at Zhao Yi with a hint of admiration, but his tone was very wary.

Zhao Yi put a piece of grilled meat covered in salad dressing into his mouth and chewed slowly, calmly saying:

"How could I not care?"

"It's going to kill us all."

"You can think of the manor at this moment as a cursed game."

"We must find out the ghost's true form in order to leave here alive."

He paused, then said:

"The only pattern I know about the ghost's killings is... every now and then, it will choose someone to kill."

"But perhaps it has other restrictions as well."

"For example, if that pretty girl isn't with you now, then she might not be coming back."

"Being alone... is a big no-no in horror games."

Jing Qing looked at the delicious food on the plate and calmly said:

"But Mr. Zhao, you seemed to have been alone just now as well."

Zhao Yi smiled slightly:

"I've been living on the estate for a week now."

"If you pay a little attention, you'll figure out... the ghosts in the manor won't attack me until you're all dead."

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhao Yi cut the steaming hot steak on the plate and continued:

"However, we are all on the same side after all."

"In order to survive myself, I will definitely find a way to help you survive."

"I will share any important discoveries with you as soon as possible."

The crowd remained silent, their appetites whetted by fear and the sight of Zhao Yi's exquisite culinary skills.

About ten minutes later, the sound of footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.

The members of the Thorn Paranormal Society are very familiar with this voice.

That's the sound of Guan Kaixian's 20cm designer high heels hitting the ground.

They glanced sideways, staring into the dark corridor.

A long shadow was stretched into a distorted shape.

Guan Kaixian's walking posture is very strange.

He was like a puppet on strings, swaying and wobbling, as if he might fall over at any moment.

She walked to the dining table and stood still.

"Kaixian?"

Seeing that Guan Kaixian was acting strangely, Wu Dading tentatively asked a question.

Upon hearing this, Guan Kaixian slowly turned her head.

She gave Wu Dading a cold and eerie smile.

A line of blood appeared on my neck.

The next moment, Guan Kaixian's head landed on the dining table...

PS: First update, 2350 words.

I was too scared to write last night; I was too afraid to go to the bathroom.

It's much better during the day, damn it.