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 the right tile

but at the same time, another

the next room, looking back at Stella. "Come

out, she was paralyzed

before the wall

I yelled at Stella.

started jumping around frantically as the rats surged towards

swarming the floor, she

another mechanism, causing the walls to

It was too late.

"Stella..."

thought crossed my mind in that

I just leave her

the walls slowly closed, I caught

"Damn it..."

momentary headache, I dashed back into the room before the walls sealed

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

and clung

to feel numb, struggling to understand her

was clear she was on the verge of a

chance made escaping all the more

that happening were even slimmer than clearing out all

pouring out from the crevices, impossible to kill them

Just as I was about to give up, the wall ahead

a

the

saw Colin, drenched in blood and frenzied

stiffened

crushing