End of Stairs

When the tumor in his brain began to cause headaches, auditory hallucinations and abnormal vision, his life was dragged into an ever-deepening nightmare: an old residential building with exposed red bricks, a corridor that always went out before dusk, and a spiral staircase that seemed to never escape. Under the weight of illness, loneliness and the shadow of death, Nan Yan gradually realized that the darkness chasing him in his dreams was not an illusion, but the embryonic form of consciousness slowly awakening from the depths of the disease in his brain. At first, it would only rely on instinct to approach, erode, and devour, but after constantly reading Nan Yan's memories, it began to learn human emotions, fears, and the philosophy about the continuation of life.