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.

time, I solved the numerical equation above the maze and determined the

another wall

room, looking back

now out, she was paralyzed by fear and

before the

I yelled at Stella.

the

rats swarming

she triggered another mechanism, causing the walls

It was too late.

"Stella..."

crossed my mind

leave her to her

slowly closed, I caught Stella's

"Damn it..."

dashed back into the room before

a rat, and grabbed another that had climbed onto

screamed and clung to

began to feel numb, struggling

it was clear she was on the verge of

around, realizing our missed chance made escaping all the more difficult... unless

were even slimmer

out from

as I was about to give up,

was a floor

that madman turning the maze into a wildlife

Colin, drenched in blood

body stiffened for

crushing