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.

numerical equation above the maze and determined

at the same time, another wall slid open, unleashing

into the next room, looking

now out, she was

before the wall

I yelled at Stella.

as the rats surged towards her.

the rats swarming the floor, she

mechanism,

It was too late.

"Stella..."

my mind

just leave

the walls slowly closed, I caught Stella's

"Damn it..."

back into the room

grabbed another that had climbed

clung

feel numb, struggling to understand her

was

escaping all the more difficult... unless someone opened

happening were even slimmer than clearing out all

from the crevices, impossible to

was about to give up,

side... was a floor covered

that madman turning the maze

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

body stiffened for

crushing