Chapter 10
Erasure means no time, no end.
Everything recycles, including death and suffering.
So, Ye Nianchu sat on the bed with the light on all night, terrified until dawn.
The next day.
Around 11:30 a.m., just before lunchtime, she went downstairs. After another sleepless night, she could only catch up on sleep after the sun came up.
Two young tourists hurried past Ye Nianchu, dragging their suitcases, and rushed to the front desk.
"We need to check out and leave this place. It’s not safe here."
The boy looked visibly shaken, and the short-haired girl next to him nodded. They were clearly frightened.
"What happened?" Ye Nianchu asked.
The short-haired girl looked back at her with a pale face and said, "Someone died last night. They just fished a body out of the river. It’s really terrifying. I heard from bystanders that the dead person was a female tourist."
Ye Nianchu was momentarily stunned, both shocked and curious. "I heard Daiyong Town had excellent security before I came here. How did something like this suddenly happen? Has it been reported to the police?"
The boy shook his head, still in shock. "The town’s phones can’t make any calls."
Ye Nianchu checked her phone and saw there was no signal.
When did this happen?
She hadn’t dared to touch her phone the previous night, fearing that something might crawl out of it.
But she knew for sure that her phone signal had been full when she checked the photos in her room.
The two young tourists completed their checkout and left the B&B without looking back.
Players can't leave, but ordinary tourists might still have a chance. Hopefully, they will be able to leave this place safely.
This place can’t be stayed in any longer.
Based on past experience, the most dangerous stage of the game is about to come, and at that point, no one in the area will be able to stay safe on their own.
After learning the incident's location from the front desk staff, Ye Nianchu went straight there.
The body was still lying by the edge of the town river.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and the atmosphere in Daiyong Town had become unusually heavy.
Many people had gathered around, with various expressions: fear, calmness, and whispers about the incident.
An hour ago, the town residents discovered the body in the river, trapped between two rocks near the shore. The person who found it was so frightened by the sight that he nearly had a heart attack and collapsed on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.
The news spread quickly through the town. They organized people to drag the body out and discovered they couldn’t make any phone calls when they tried to report it.
If only one or two people’s phones had no signal, it could be explained, but now the entire town had no signal.
What a coincidence—just after a murder, the signal goes dead.
When traveling, the greatest fear is getting into trouble. No one could stay in the mood to play, and many tourists hurriedly packed their belongings to check out and leave.
Liang Zuo and Zhou Wen stood far away, looking terrified and not daring to look in this direction. Fang Qing, too, was not much better. She clung tightly to Wang Hai’s arm, feeling very fortunate to have someone to protect her.
The sight of the body was truly horrifying.
The female corpse had its entire face peeled off. After being in the river for some time, it had turned white and swollen. Fish and shrimp had eaten away at it, exposing the white bones on her forehead.
She still had a stiff, twisted smile on her face, and her eyes, exposed to the air, stared around at the onlookers.
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