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.

I solved the numerical equation above the maze and determined the

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

the next room,

now out, she was paralyzed by fear and wouldn't

before the

I yelled at Stella.

jumping around frantically as the rats surged towards

of the rats swarming the floor, she had nowhere

she triggered another mechanism, causing

It was too late.

"Stella..."

thought crossed my mind in that

leave

I

"Damn it..."

dashed back into

climbed onto Stella's back, hurling it

clung to me, crying

to feel numb, struggling

clear she was on the

realizing our missed chance made escaping all the more difficult... unless someone opened

were even slimmer than clearing out all

rats kept pouring out from the

about to give

other side... was a floor

that madman turning the maze into a

opened, I saw Colin, drenched in blood

body stiffened for

crushing