Chapter 400



"Freeze, don't move. If you trigger anything by accident, I can't save you," I warned Stella, stepping back slowly until my back pressed against the wall.

Stella barely dared to breathe.

"Phoebe..." Stella's voice quivered with fear, her greatest phobia being rats.

I gestured for her to be silent and slowly crouched down.

The pristine floor beneath us was marked with the layout of a maze, its exit at the very center.

The safe passage out was located in the heart of this floor.

Navigating the maze wasn't the hard part; the real challenge lay in its walls, which shifted positions at set intervals.

Moreover, stepping on certain triggers could unleash dangers.

"Countdown begins... 10, 9..."

That eerie voice filled the space once more.

If we hadn't found the correct exit by the time the countdown ended, the maze would rearrange itself.

Once the walls started moving, rats would swarm out from the underground, trapping us alive in this space to meet a grisly end.

Stella was panicking, too frightened to move.

"5, 4, 3..."

Right as the countdown neared its end, I stepped on a specific floor tile in the corner.

equation above the maze and determined the right tile to step

time, another

room, looking back at Stella.

with the rats now out, she was paralyzed

seconds before the

I yelled at Stella.

as the rats surged towards her.

rats swarming the

her panic, she triggered another mechanism, causing the walls to start

It was too late.

"Stella..."

thought crossed my mind

I just leave her to her

walls slowly closed, I

"Damn it..."

dashed back into the room before the walls sealed

rat, and grabbed another that had climbed onto Stella's back, hurling it

and clung

numb,

was on the verge

all the more difficult... unless

that happening were even slimmer than

rats kept pouring out from the crevices, impossible to kill

about to give up, the wall ahead slowly

other side... was a

that madman turning the maze into

saw Colin, drenched

body stiffened for a

crushing

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