novelraw Chapter 125 : Shadow!
Chapter 125 : Shadow!
Volume 3: High School Arc - Mirror Game
Its facial features were actually all drawn on!!
The most bizarre thing was… its eyes were actually drawn where the mouth should normally be.
The two eyes were right next to each other, and on the forehead, there was a mouth drawn?
Its head still had a human shape, but what was this bizarre facial arrangement!?
Those 'click clack' sounds came from its joints as it crawled, and the most terrifying part was that the sound carried a strange… electronic interference-like noise.
It moved incredibly fast, crossing dozens of meters in the blink of an eye.
I didn’t even have time to hesitate before I swung my hand hard, shattered the window, then flipped over and jumped into the room.
The moment I landed on the floor, that monstrous face actually… clung to the top of the window!!
I didn’t even have time to look around before I turned and ran without hesitation!!!
And it… actually followed me in!!
‘Click clack click clack’
I turned around, scanned the room, and instantly figured out where the door was, then dashed madly toward it.
Even though it was just a quick glance, I could tell… this room was much more chaotic than the butcher’s room.
Originally well-arranged items were scattered all over the floor, and not just the floor—there were scratch marks on the walls, ceiling, and furniture.
These marks… looked like they were made by a knife, or perhaps clawed out.
Each mark was in sets of three, clearly made by something extremely sharp.
There was no time to figure out what caused these, so I rushed toward the door.
But just as I turned the corner and faced the door, a strong sense of danger suddenly overwhelmed me—right ahead!
Then… on the scarred walls on both sides, three new scratch marks appeared out of nowhere!!
There was no sound, they just appeared out of thin air… as if something had forcibly slashed through the wall plaster!!
There was nothing in front of me, but those scratch marks appeared all the same!!
Danger ahead, but behind me that 'click clack' sound was closing in fast.
It was already right behind me… that strange gray-white thing was right above the back of my head!!
Between a wolf in front and a tiger behind!
Without hesitation, I pressed the pause button on the World Watch, then sprinted through the door in a single motion.
Without a second thought, I turned around and slammed the door shut with a 'bang'.
The moment the door shut behind me, I looked around…
This was… a pitch-black corridor!
What the hell was this place!!
Where exactly had I ended up!?
I looked to the left… looked to the right.
The corridor lighting was so dim it was impossible to see beyond a meter.
There were no lighting fixtures at all—just darkness everywhere.
Except for the tiled floor beneath me that told me… I was likely still inside some building, I couldn’t see anything else.
Oh right… I had a flashlight!
I reached down and pulled the flashlight from my waist, but before turning it on… I hesitated.
Was it really a good idea to turn on a flashlight in an unfamiliar environment?
Threats that could end my life might appear at any time around me.
Exposing myself like this… was that really the right move?
The thought made my hand holding the flashlight tremble.
But if I didn’t use the flashlight, what was I supposed to do?
I hesitated briefly, then tried observing my surroundings using the Evil Spirit Form’s vision, but the information I received was no different from what my physical body perceived.
Which meant… whether using the Evil Spirit Form or my physical body, the visible range was only about one meter.
What should I do… turn it on or not?
If I didn’t turn it on and accidentally touched something, it would be too late to do anything then.
But if I turned on the flashlight, wouldn’t that be broadcasting to any possible monster, ‘I’m right here’?
For a moment, I hesitated.
But just as I was hesitating, suddenly, footsteps echoed in the corridor behind me.
‘Plap’ ‘plap’—like someone casually walking down the corridor.
But… in front of me was pitch black, and not only couldn’t I see that thing, I couldn’t even see a meter ahead.
What should I do?
What should I do!!!
Run?
But in this situation, can I really run?
Don’t run?
Then those footsteps are getting closer, step by step, I…
Gritting my teeth, I realized I had completely fallen into a world that was entirely beyond control.
Every choice was a matter of life and death!!
If it went on like this, I definitely couldn’t survive.
Hesitation would only mean death!
Be decisive… at least I still had two chances to save myself!
Clenching my teeth, I suddenly turned on the flashlight and then spun around.
All of a sudden!!!
The footsteps behind me… disappeared?
And the flashlight beam lit up the distant surroundings…
On both sides of the corridor were rows of identical doors without any room numbers.
At the end of the hallway where the light couldn’t reach, the walls were covered in mottled scars.
Dis… disappeared?
The footsteps disappeared?
Why?
Was it because it feared the light?
So it vanished?
Light… light!!!
That’s right!!
There was no light in the Mirror World!!
Everywhere was shrouded in darkness.
There were no sources of light, so these monsters were likely extremely sensitive to brightness!
Why did I only think of this now!!!
The rules gave me no favorable conditions… but the one thing in this world that was truly advantageous to me was something I had on me all along!
Looking at the flashlight in my hand, in this moment, I was so thankful that I had bought an IP68-grade super waterproof flashlight.
If it hadn’t been for that, after being drenched in that downpour, it probably would’ve stopped working.
Right!
I also had a certain brand of smartphone, also IP68 waterproof, completely unaffected by the rain!
Thinking of this, my tense nerves… couldn’t help but ease a little.
The flashlight still had enough power… and at this moment, I finally understood why the game duration was such a long 24–40 hour rhythm.
Because I had life-saving tools, the flashlight!
And my phone—these two light sources were enough to keep me alive for a while.
That stretch of time… was likely the window for me to explore the Mirror World?
But… why did the System want me to explore the Mirror World?
And now… what should I do?
Move?
But if I turned the flashlight in the other direction, would those footsteps come rushing back?
If I walked in the direction of the footsteps, would I encounter some kind of monster?
Thinking of this… I gritted my teeth.
Though I didn’t want to do it, I still took out my phone and turned on its flashlight.
As I lowered my head to activate the light, I instinctively glanced down at my feet.
Shadow… shadow…
Shadow?
Wait… why did my shadow look a little strange?
What was that arrow on the shadow for?
No… why would there be an arrow on a shadow?
Suddenly, I froze.
Shadow… shadow?
Could it be… Lu Haochen!!!