This scene was very similar to what Colin had faced in his dream, giving him a deeper understanding of the nature of "monsters". Cunning and haunting existences.
They pretended to sleep to fool the monster, who also pretended to leave to fool them. The only difference is that the monster can lose many times, but as long as it wins once, it will still win. As for humans, they can win many times, but if they lose just once, they will die.
Colin felt lucky that he had decided not to sit up just now.
This time, the monster stared into the room for a full ten minutes. Colin felt his nervous system being weighed down, extremely pressured. To the point where he thought he had turned into a rock.
Finally, the monster left. It seemed like he was really gone this time, because Colin saw the short boy sitting up.
Colin sat up as well.
Both of them couldn't help but smile, both of them had survived the accident.
"Call that idiot and leave."
The teenager whispered, Colin nodded slightly.
He walked closer to Matthew, planning to use his hand to pat the blonde's face to wake him up. But before Colin's hand could be lowered, Matthew opened his eyes.
"Dude, luckily I woke up in time. Otherwise, that slap would have ruined this handsome look."
"You don't sleep?"
"No, I just woke up."
Matthew yawned, stood up and stretched in a very comfortable way, completely unlike preparing to run away.
"You two stop talking nonsense, we have to go now!"
The short teenager reminded, and at the same time walked towards the kitchen. Their goal was to escape through the kitchen window.
The teenager and Colin did not consider running away through the main entrance. Because even though the monster had left, there was a very high possibility that it was only near the main door, it was even possible that it was right next to the door.
However, Colin did not leave immediately, but instead he tiptoed towards the bed.
"Colin! This wasn't in the plan!"
The short teenager was hysterical, and Matthew gave Colin a thumbs up, obviously because of his heroic action to save the beauty.
Colin was of course not foolish enough to destroy the escape plan, but he had previously seen Selina not eating the things in the bowl, so Colin concluded that this girl was just like him.
Sure enough, without waiting for Colin to get close enough, Selina sat up from the bed with a calm expression unchanged. The other girl also woke up, but she was extremely scared, the complete opposite of Selina.
"I thought you guys were going to leave us behind..."
"I'm sorry, but…"
"You guys still have time to chat? Run!"
Things had come to this, the short teenager no longer had the time to worry about other people. He was the first to climb out of the window, the next was Matthew, followed by the two girls, and finally Colin.
After escaping the house, the short teenager was still not calm, constantly urging the remaining four people to run as fast as possible.
The original plan was to quietly escape during the monster's safe time. Because there were only a few people who ran away, the monster wouldn't chase them. However, the number of fugitives had now reached five people, and they had become a plurality. The monster won't let them go anymore and will definitely hunt them down.
A moment later, all five people heard a roar coming from the direction of the house. Knowing that the escape had been exposed, everyone, regardless of male or female, ran with all their might. After running for ten minutes continuously without seeing anything chasing them, the group stopped.
Except for Matthew, Colin, the short teenager, Selina, and the remaining girls were all out of breath. They didn't eat any food from that house, so their strength wasn't replenished too much. After running, they were exhausted.
"Don't let your guard down, remember there's still a stalker..."
"Is that that thing?"
The remaining girl pointed her finger forward with her entire body turning into a stone statue. Following the direction of the finger, all five people saw a person wearing an extremely large cloth robe, almost covering its entire body except for its face.
Two flames rose from the mysterious being's eye sockets. Looking straight into that fire, Colin felt like his soul had been taken away. Colin's eyes rolled back and his whole body fell to the ground. Everyone else, including Matthew, who is healthy, is no exception. It seemed like nothing in this world could resist those eyes of death.
A moment later, a growl sounded nearby like that of some kind of wild animal.
Up in the tree, there was an extremely "long" creature climbing up there. It was nothing other than the monster that had disguised itself as the man in the house. The monster's entire outer layer of camouflage was gone by itself, its neck, torso, arms and legs were three times longer than a normal human's, making the monster look quite like a deformed mantis.
Five people from Colin's group successfully escaped, the monster could no longer find them. So it was pulled here, because it no longer had value to exist.
All that can be seen is that when the monster faced the stalker, a flame suddenly appeared on the monster's body. It ran away screaming, but only took the third step before it was burned to ashes.
Colin is trapped inside his own mind. He felt like he was still awake, but he couldn't wake up, couldn't move.
The molten body felt like it was thrown into lava, countless noises appeared in the ears.
Don't know how long has passed.
Once again, Colin awoke from his reverie.
His entire body felt weak, as if his joints had been torn apart.
Colin tried to open his eyes, but the light outside was so bright that it took him a while to adjust.
Only then did he realize he was wearing patient clothes, lying on a bed inside a small, narrow room.
Standing on the opposite side of Colin was a young man wearing doctor's clothes. Seeing that Colin had woken up, this person smiled.
"Congratulations, you passed the test."
"... Huh?"
Colin was confused.
"The information I am about to say is very important. Hope you don't interrupt me, and remember them well. After you finish talking, you can ask."
Colin nodded. Although he had many questions, he thought he would soon have them answered.
"This place does not train ordinary students, we train individuals with special powers. As for what this power is, it is difficult for me to explain to you in detail, but after all the Students have finished dividing into classes, the teacher in your class will say it to you."
"I can only say, the power you possess is the most original thing in this world. Later on you can use it naturally, like the magicians in the movies. "
"Of course, not everyone can possess power. If you want to possess power, you must first see whether this person has natural talent or not, and secondly, whether this person can "awaken" or not. ."
"This is also the reason you were chosen by this place."
"As for the reason why you only came here now, and not earlier. The reason given is that before the body is fully mature, the possibility of success of the awakening experiment will be very low. It can be said that it is almost zero."
"At this age, you also have the ability to endure psychologically, and can also accept new things, even if it is beyond your imagination."
"Three tests, the first is consciousness, the second is the body, and the last is awakening."
"You have any questions?"
Colin thought for a while, then asked.
"So what about those who failed the first two tests?"
"They will still be subjected to the awakening experiment. If the experiment is successful, they will still pass, but the results will be worse than someone who passes all three tests."
Listening to the young man's words, Colin recalled the painful feeling at that moment. Perhaps that is the awakening experiment. But if the experiment was successful, then why didn't he feel any changes?
Seeing through Colin's current thoughts, the young man explained.
"You cannot feel the power, because your "Seventh Sense" has not opened yet."
"In fact, opening the Seventh Sense is the basic step to controlling power. There are some people who can open the Seventh Sense in just a few minutes, but there are also people who can't even take several years. It depends on each person."
"So, to help you, the school will give each of you a system, please touch your temples."
Colin followed suit. He touched his temple and felt a strange emotion.
"There's something… stuck in my head?"
"No need to worry, it's the student support system. Once activated, it will connect with your mind, forming an interface in your mind. With this, you can get used to the situation quickly and learn a lot of things."
"However, I must warn you."
"If you violate the established regulations, or cause harm to this place. This system will explode, and you know what will happen to you if that happens?"
"Running away won't work, no matter how far you run, we can still detonate the system."
"Understood, student Colin?"
The young man was still smiling, but Colin felt like he had just been thrown into an ice cellar.