Chapter 24: Night’s End, Daybreak
Word Number:199
Author:木承晖
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Release Time:2026-02-08
Part 1: Breaking Point and Guidance "Who are you?" I stared into the pitch-black narrow doorway, not daring to enter. "Come with me." The female voice's reply was a non-answer. "How? Through… through that little door?" I took a few steps forward, directing my headlamp beam into the opening. The light was completely devoured by the darkness within, not a single ray escaping. "This door is way too sinister!" "Come with me!" If the tone hadn't been more urgent than before, I might have thought I was listening to a broken record. "I can't!" My legs felt like jelly, trembling with fear of the bottomless dark beyond the threshold. I could only hesitate at the entrance. But the voice kept urging, so I tried to test the waters, to probe the depths. I tossed a stone ahead. It vanished like a clay ox plunged into the sea, producing not a single sound. "Hurry! Itis coming back!" the female voice said urgently. Sure enough, a single, faint drip…echoed once more from far behind me. To save my own skin, I steeled my nerves, took a deep breath, and stepped through the doorway. The passage beyond was long, narrow, deathly s