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

room's walls shifted, but at the same time, another wall

into the next room, looking back at Stella. "Come

out, she was

the wall

I yelled at Stella.

started jumping around frantically as the rats surged

afraid of the rats swarming the floor,

panic, she triggered another mechanism, causing the walls

It was too late.

"Stella..."

my mind

I just leave her

the walls slowly closed, I caught Stella's

"Damn it..."

dashed back into the

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

screamed and clung to

began to feel numb, struggling to

was clear she was on the verge

made escaping all the more difficult...

happening were even slimmer than clearing out all

pouring out from the crevices, impossible to kill them

was about to give up, the wall ahead

other side... was a floor covered

that madman turning the maze into a

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

stiffened for a

crushing