Chapter 362: The Perfect Me
“Do not succumb to the sound of the clocks! Any sound here can accelerate the speed by which you lose your memories!” The leader of Team Two clapped her hands. “Find Wan Jie. His eyes will help us find the exit!”
The security members from Xin Lu started to mobilise. Zuo Jun was still chasing after the painter Gao Ming. The other tenants were plotting as well.
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In Room 0715, Gao Ming stood at the door, looking at the hanging clock inside the room silently. The strange sound from the clock had ceased. He felt like he had forgotten something as if something had been forcibly dug out of his mind.
“Did my home have this clock? Who gave it to me?”
Gao Ming’s stomach grumbled. Gao Ming sat at the dining table. He heard the commotion outside, his grandmother’s heart-wrenching screams and a lot of running footsteps.
“Is this place really haunted?” The words on the paper note stood out to him. Gao Ming felt afraid just by looking at the message. “If my neighbour’s place is really haunted, this whole floor is unsafe. I need to escape while I still can.” Gao Ming took out his phone to call his parents. However, there was only a busy tone. “Why are they not picking up today?”
After giving it some thought, Gao Ming sent his parents a message, telling them about the situation at home. Out of concern for his parents, Gao Ming told them in the message that he was about to leave the apartment and warned them from coming home that night. There was no calculative idea or absolute brilliance. The thought of this most common Gao Ming was simple. He didn’t want to put his parents in danger.
“All the calls can’t be connected. I can’t request aid from outside. Staying here makes me a sitting duck.” The running sound made Gao Ming worried. “Some have already left. I should go when people are moving around. If I’m the last one left behind…” Gao Ming didn’t even dare to imagine how scary that would be. It would be despairing.