(The first chapter was posted by mistake. The full novel is currently being written in advance...)
[Reader advisory: Please read this during the day. To avoid turning on a light in complete darkness, as even the slightest unexpected light will attract its attention.]
Yun Yi wandered into a secluded mountain village after a landslide blocked her way.
On the night she lodged there, she got up to use the bathroom and lit her way with her phone. A faint halo of light surrounded her, but beyond it seemed to stand a hunched black figure, quietly watching her.
The next day, she fled in a panic, thinking it had been a hallucination.
But after returning to the city, strange things kept happening.
Under the lights, her shadow would inexplicably grow longer.
In the dark, a man's voice would always whisper right beside her ear:
