Chapter 399



"They're clueless," I muttered, frowning as I crouched down, inspecting the ground closely.

Given that we were dealing with a shifting maze, there had to be seams between the walls and the floor that the naked eye could distinguish.

Considering what we faced on the seventeenth level, it seemed some mechanisms were pre-set by the murderer - like timed release of poison gas, scheduled lights out, and walls moving to form a maze at specific intervals.

Colin had managed to clear some obstacles for us in advance, but unfortunately, the killer was among us.

He wouldn't let us get through that easily. He still had cards to play.

So... the killer took advantage of our distraction to paint bloody arrows, luring us into dangerous areas on purpose.

"Ah!" A scream, followed by sounds of gnashing, came from beyond the wall.

Just as I thought, they'd encountered danger.

"Snakes! There are snakes!"

"Aah!"

Stella panicked, pounding on the wall. "Robin! Robin, are you guys okay?"

No response came from the other side.

were in

this

would we open it?" I looked at her,

get out safe. "Now's our

visible seam, and tapped it, confirming

if she couldn't believe those words came from me. "Phoebe...

If it's something we definitely can't do, why waste time and risk our lives?" I couldn't grasp what Stella

Going in there would be a death wish. Why not take the

at me, slowly backing away. "You're

expression darkened, and

maze's walls move

random. They triggered a

get in now. So, you should come with me, get out of here find the

looking somewhat scared, clutched

I

bother explaining further. "If you don't want to die, keep up. Finn might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but escaping isn't entirely hopeless... Besides, Bran's with them.

for a moment,

corner, found the

maze's creator was a genius. This tile, in a crowded and chaotic situation, would inevitably be stepped on,

causing the

led Stella into another space, pristine as if

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