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.

they were in

to open this wall?" Stella asked, her eyes

would we open it?" I looked at her, puzzled.

to get out safe. "Now's our chance, I can lead

visible seam, and tapped it, confirming it could move.

those words came

we definitely can't do, why waste time and

in there would be a death wish. Why not take the chance to leave

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

expression darkened, and

"The maze's walls

random. They triggered a

get in now. So, you should come with me, get out of here find the exit, and wait for them

looking somewhat scared, clutched her knife

convinced I wasn't Phoebe

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

a

corner, found the trigger tile, and stomped on

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

and causing the

space, pristine as if untouched