Failure Lei, having failed three job interviews in a row and nearly run out of savings, was forced to rent an apartment in Rusty Lane No. 17 in the old district. The agent called it "the only place available for 300 yuan a month," but nobody told him that in the past ten years, twelve tenants had moved into the building, and not one had stayed for a full month.
When Lei pushed open the door, he found a yellowed "Tenant Rules" sheet wedged in the crack. His phone automatically brought up the "Global Urban Legends Livestream" interface, and comments scrolled across the screen: "Another desperate one? The last guy believed what the 'neighbor' told him, and vanished the next day." "Failure Lei? Guess that name's about to come true."
Just then, someone knocked downstairs. A woman in a floral dress, fine wrinkles gathering at the corners of her eyes as she smiled, called out, "You must be Xiao Lei, right? I'm Auntie Zhang from next door. I just made some mung bean soup. Let me bring you a bowl!" She was the first disguise of the villain, "Dark Scum."
