'Jingle bells-'
Bai Yanliang opened his eyes, and his eyes were greeted by a bleak white ceiling.
This is ...
he climbed up from the bed, and after looking around, he finally landed his gaze on the calendar on the bedside table.
Node 9 of time.
'Is this place thirteen years ago? or is IT another world?'
Bai Yanliang rolled over and got out of bed, carefully surveying this ordinary room.
The people who had come with him had completely disappeared, Xu Zhian, Feng Xinghan, Jiang Li, and Li Yuejun.
Other than Li Yuejun, Bai Yanliang didn't know the other three at all.
As for Li Yuejun, currently Bai Yanliang had only come to the conclusion that she was a poor woman with sensitive nerves, lonely, and thirsty for existence.
Where are the four of them ...?
Not right ... Bai Yanliang once again surveyed the structure of this room.
This wasn't a residence, this was ... a hotel.
So, 'I' am travelling here for a holiday?
Or perhaps, 'I' am an employee of the inn?
In any case, the most important thing right now was to figure out my identity.
'Duh-duh-duh-'
A polite knock on the door interrupted Bai Yanliang's thoughts, and through the cat's eye, he finally saw an 'acquaintance'.
Xu Zhi An.
He was in his thirties, dressed as a clerk, his hair combed meticulously, but his figure was a bit stooped, as if he was used to bending over.
However, Bai Yanyang did not open the door to the room.
On the contrary, Bai Yanliang retreated to the window, pushed the window open, and looked at the downstairs, which is on the fourth floor ...
However, the balcony of the next room could be risked to climb over.
'Mr Bai? Are you there?'
Xu Zhi An's voice sounded outside the door.
Bai Yanliang leaned against the window, not saying a word.
'Mr Bai, it's me! I'm Xu Zhi An!' Xu Zhi An's voice was a bit eager, as if he was very reluctant to be shut out of the door and stand in the corridor for a long time.
Bai Yanliang still ignored him.
It wasn't very polite though.
But Bai Yanliang was 80% sure that the 'Xu Zhi'an' outside the door was not Xu Zhi'an.
After he woke up, he did not have any impression of having stayed at this hotel, and believed that other people were similar to himself, and even woke up at about the same time.
Then ... where did the 'Xu Zhi'an' outside the door learn about his room ...?
Moreover, there was no one around him.
In theory, even if Xu Zhi'an knew where everyone lived, he should first look for someone he knew.
Bai Yanliang didn't feel like he knew him well.
'Bang bang bang!'
The knocking on the door became louder.
The sky outside the window was gradually brightening, and it was now 5:30am in the 9th time node.
Bai Yanliang had already rolled one foot out of the window, preparing to climb into the next room, he had no interest in confirming whether the 'Xu Zhinan' outside the door was real or not, as long as there was a suspicion, it was enough.
'Bang! Bang!'
'Xu Zhi An seemed to be angry.
The pure white wooden door shook wildly as he slammed it, and he hadn't said a word since just now. Baek Yenryang rode on the railing and watched the door with unblinking eyes. As soon as the door showed the slightest sign of being opened, he wouldn't hesitate to roll over and jump onto the next balcony.
Strangely enough, his movement, it seemed to have become smaller?
Almost a minute had passed since the violent slamming of the door just now.
Left?
Bai Yanliang pondered, and unintentionally, he glanced at the ... ground under the fourth floor.
At that moment, he violently retracted one of his legs that was flipped over the outside of the railing and darted into the house.
Just now, on the ground outside the ground floor, Bai Yanliang saw 'Xu Zhi'an' who was staring at himself with his head tilted up!
'His eyes were full of malice, and his face was so white that it looked like it had been painted, so that an ordinary person would have been so scared that his hands and feet would have gone limp, and he would have fallen off the railing.
'Phew ... my heartbeat will actually speed up ...' Bai Yanliang muttered.
Just a moment ago, he clearly felt his heart stop for a beat and then resume beating at a faster rate than usual.
His breathing became slightly messy as his heartbeat elevated, but Bai Yanliang didn't hate this feeling.
In fact, he even somewhat enjoyed this feeling, this true knowing that allowed him to perceive that he ... was still alive.
Tiny emotional fluctuations were not a good thing, and since childhood, Bai Yanliang had spent most of his time thinking about whether or not he was dead.
Otherwise, why would it be difficult for a living person to feel emotions?
Retracting his thoughts, Bai Yanliang didn't have the idea of going to the window sill to take another look down, and, through that incident just now, Bai Yanliang was sure of one thing.
That is,... 'He' seems to not be able to appear in any corner at will.
From the fourth floor down to the ground floor, 'he' spent nearly a minute.
Moreover,... if he could really move instantly, 'he' should have already appeared in his own house by this time.
With this in mind, Bai Yanliang opened the door to his room while Xu Zhi'an was still on the ground floor.
At that moment, a rooster crowed.
It was dawn.
Bai Yanliang turned his head to look out the window, the darkness actually dissipated a lot in this moment.
Although the sun was blocked outside the thick clouds, but at least it was ... dawn.
'Squeak-'
Bai Yanliang, who had just opened the door to his room, heard the sound of the door opening from the opposite side as well.
At the same time, half a head cowered out.
After coming into contact with Bai Yanliang's gaze, she first flinched, then as if she remembered something, she pushed open the door of the room.
'Bai Yanliang?'
'Hmm.'
Li Yuejun's voice didn't sound very moving to Bai Yanliang, so his expression was flat.
Li Yuejun was quite dissatisfied when she noticed this salty mood of Bai Yanliang, and was just about to say something.
Her line of sight, unintentionally, landed on the room behind Bai Yanliang.
It was a room that was similar to the layout of her house, a bed, a nightstand, an alarm clock, a desk calendar, and ... a TV that was not turned on and placed in the corner.
All in all, it was a very typical hotel's arrangement, and there was nothing special about it.
But ... Li Yuejun's body, at this moment, was stiff as if it had been frozen!
Behind Bai Yanliang, underneath the bed, a ghastly white, wide-open-eyed woman's face had suddenly appeared!
This horrible face appeared extremely suddenly, making Li Yuejun unable to react at all!
Li Yuejun was so frightened that her heart stopped, stumbling and falling to sit on the ground, covering her mouth and pointing in horror at Bai Yanliang's under the bed.
As a matter of fact, Bai Yueliang had noticed Li Yuejun's odd expression when it first appeared.
But he didn't react in any way, not unwillingly, but unable to!
A sight full of malice was projected onto his back without the slightest concealment.
Bai Yanliang was even certain that something terrible would definitely happen if he turned back.
Therefore, with an appearance as if he was unknown, he walked to Li Yuejun's door and asked while helping her up, 'Miss Li, what's wrong with you?'