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.

they were in

know how to open this wall?"

open it?" I looked at

have a chance to get out

a visible seam, and tapped it,

at me incredulously, as if she couldn't believe those words came from me.

can save them? If it's something we definitely can't do,

death

me, slowly backing away. "You're

darkened, and

"The maze's walls

random. They triggered a

So, you should come with me, get out of here find

somewhat scared,

seemed convinced I

be the sharpest tool in the shed, but escaping isn't entirely

for a moment, Stella followed

the corner, found the trigger tile, and

was a genius. This tile, in a crowded and chaotic situation, would

the walls to

led Stella into another space, pristine as if

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