Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

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.

in no

you know how to open this wall?"

open it?" I looked at her,

have a chance to get out safe. "Now's our chance, I

a wall with a visible seam,

me incredulously, as if she couldn't believe those words came from me. "Phoebe... What about

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

couldn't save them. Going in there would be a death

stared at me, slowly backing away. "You're not

darkened,

maze's walls

random. They triggered a

should come with me, get out of here find the exit, and wait for them on the next level."

somewhat scared, clutched

I

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. They won't die."

hesitating for a moment, Stella

corner, found the trigger tile, and stomped

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

causing the walls

another space, pristine as