The gray-white thick fog silently swallowed up the entire city, corroding the tall buildings into blurry silhouettes.
In the rental house, Qin Nuo sat up from the bed, and the room was filled with a damp musty smell.
He picked up the phone.
There was no signal on the screen.
Instead, there was a line of blood-red pop-up text that stubbornly occupied the entire interface.
[Please close your eyes when it gets dark and don't answer the door]
Qin Nuo's fingertips traced across the cold screen, but the words did not move at all.
Boom.
Boom boom.
A sudden knock on the door broke the dead silence.
The sound was urgent and chaotic, with a kind of near-death panic. Every impact made the old security door groan in pain.
"Xiao Nuo! Qin Nuo!"
It was the voice of Aunt Wang next door, so sharp that it almost tore the air.
"Open the door! Open the door quickly and save me! There is a monster!"
"Please!!"
Qin Nuo sat on the edge of the bed, motionless, listening to the movement outside the door.
The woman's cries and banging on the door suddenly stopped.
Dead silence.
