The Eerie Apartment’s Tenants

[Infinite Realms + Survival + Mild Horror]

“Is what it says on the flyer true?”

The Eternal Night Apartments, an old, thirteen-story building where the nights always seem to last forever.

It only accepts people down on their luck. Rent is free, and it will even pay off your debts, but you have to sign a contract with the building and cannot leave alone while completing assigned tasks.

Lin Shen gazed pleadingly at the building manager. He wanted a definite answer. Debt-collector texts and calls had been coming day and night, pushing him into severe anxiety.

“Yes.”

The manager kept his head down, not even raising an eyelid.

“Room 703. Here's the key. Remember, don't get curious.”

Lin Shen stared at the key but didn't take it. There was something he had to make sure of first. “You're not going to welch on the deal, are you?”

“When you're dead, your debts are gone!”

The manager slowly raised his head. “Any other questions?”

His face was deathly pale, without a hint of color, and his cloudy eyes looked like those of someone with cataracts.

At 11:58 p.m., the old telephone in Room 703 rang, breaking the silence...