He squinted his eyes as if caught in some kind of brainstorm that fundamentally should not have overtaken him.
Eventually, his gaze shifted from solemn to resolute.
He took a deep breath, then reached out his hand towards the dormitory door's handle.
But during this process, one shadowy figure after another began to appear around him, resembling countless souls lost in the abyss and shadows, and like cold corpses shrouded in a pale white mist...
They climbed like spiders on steep, slippery rock walls, moved like walking dead, recklessly heading towards the cliff's summit...
Wei Liang seemed to have noticed their presence from early on, but he had hidden his traces from their perception through self-deception, lasting until this moment—when his hand reached into his pocket and grasped the student ID card.
