Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

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.

solved the numerical equation above the maze and determined

time, another wall slid open, unleashing countless rats from the

next room, looking back at Stella.

she was

before the

I yelled at Stella.

the rats surged towards her. "Phoebe... save

swarming the floor, she

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

It was too late.

"Stella..."

my mind

just leave her to her

walls slowly closed, I

"Damn it..."

dashed back into the room before

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

clung

numb, struggling to understand

it was clear she was on the verge

made escaping all the

of that happening were even slimmer

out from the crevices, impossible to kill them

as I was about to

a

that madman turning the maze into

wall opened, I saw Colin, drenched in blood and frenzied

stiffened for

crushing