Welcome to Xinyuan Apartment, please be sure to abide by the rules. This is for your safety.
With the last glimmer of hope for urban life, Li Ming, who was financially strapped, moved into Room 1301 of Xinyuan Apartment where the rent was extremely low. What he got was not only a rusty key, but also an incredible "Resident Safety Rules":
· The elevator cannot be used after 11 o'clock at night.
· If you hear noise coming from the unoccupied room 1302 next door, please ignore it.
· When counting the stairs, if level 13 appears, please close your eyes and stand still.
· Be wary of "admins" wearing black uniforms…
At first, Li Ming only regarded these rules as absurd jokes or managers' bad taste. However, subtle anomalies began to follow: the creaking sound of the elevator running on its own late at night, the strange corner of paper under the door of Room 1302, the inexplicable knocking in the closet, and the cold eyes that always seemed to be peeking behind the peephole...
When the neighbors who ignored the rules disappeared in a terrifying way, when the trusted old residents spoke vaguely and their eyes flickered, when the corridors of the apartment began to twist and extend, and spaces that did not exist appeared, Li Ming realized in despair that the rules were real!
