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Chapter 957: 774: If I Could Do It All Over Again_2

Chapter 957: Chapter 774: If I Could Do It All Over Again_2

Pei Sheng paused for a moment when he saw this, but once he confirmed that the halo around him wouldn’t change with his movements, he steeled himself and kept moving.

However, after walking roughly three meters.

Pei Sheng suddenly noticed that the air in front of him felt sticky, oddly viscous, like he had abruptly stepped into a swamp where every movement became arduous.

Arduous, yet still possible to move.

But when he extended his hand, he felt as though he were touching some kind of membrane.

This gave Pei Sheng an unsettling feeling: if he pierced through this membrane, he might face the collective wrath of the monsters all at once. This realization stopped him in his tracks.

Could this be why those monsters were all maintaining a one-zhang distance from him?

Yet his jacket was already just one meter away.

Pei Sheng stared longingly at that jacket.

Inside it lay that ugly Northeast Red-Flowered Brocade Pouch, which contained the protective talisman his older brother had obtained for him.

It was so close.

Yet we were worlds apart.

If he had the chance to redo things, he definitely…

As Pei Sheng silently lamented, he suddenly noticed the halo around him dimming slightly. Alarmed, he whipped his head around, only to discover that, unbeknownst to him, the monsters had drawn even closer.

This realization sent a cold chill through Pei Sheng’s body.

At this moment.

Pei Sheng suddenly recalled what someone had said to him earlier this afternoon.

If there was only one year left in this world.

How would he spend it?

Only now, now his world might have less than an hour left.

So how should he spend the time that remained?

Pei Sheng looked at the jacket one meter away.

And he reached out his hand.

As he felt that annoying, sticky membrane again, he kept an eye on the halo around himself.

It wasn’t until he painstakingly stepped forward twice more and confirmed that the brightness of the halo hadn’t waned any further that Pei Sheng relaxed enough to continue moving.

But just two steps later.

He saw a monster standing right by the jacket.

Drip…

Drip…

Thick, black, viscous substance dripped from its body, pooling onto the jacket, staining the garish deep-blue suit a darker, inky shade.

Pei Sheng’s fingers froze: “…”

From afar.

He had only been able to make out the jacket, unable to see the monsters hidden in the darkness.

Now, with just these few steps forward.

He finally realized.

That within the entire pool venue—whether in the areas visible or hidden in shadow—the darkness teemed with countless monsters!

He seemed to be stranded at a helpless crossroads, surrounded on all sides by encroaching darkness, with no escape in sight.

Pei Sheng: “…WDNMD.”

If he had the chance to redo things.

He absolutely wouldn’t impulsively decide to go for a swim in the middle of the night!

…

“Bang!”

Just as Pei Sheng gritted his teeth in quiet frustration, a loud noise suddenly echoed from the area of the pool venue’s doorway behind him, startling Pei Sheng enough to spin around and look.

“Bang!”

Another loud noise rang out…

In the darkness, he could vaguely see the door trembling slightly.

“Bang!”

Another one.

Pei Sheng froze for a moment before his eyes suddenly lit up with an intensely bright hope, staring eagerly at the door.

Then…

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

A series of bangs followed one after another.

But the door remained completely intact.

Pei Sheng: “…”

Expectation, it seemed, could be worn down.

After those repeated noises, the door fell silent once again. Whether the source had given up or was formulating a new approach, Pei Sheng couldn’t tell.

In any case, throughout the door’s trembling, the monsters inside the venue didn’t even spare it a glance—they continued staring menacingly at Pei Sheng.

At that moment.

The halo around him dimmed yet again.

Pei Sheng immediately turned his head in all directions, and sure enough, he saw the monsters drawing closer again, silently encroaching without giving any indication.

“Brother, hurry up!”

Pei Sheng wanted to cry: “If you don’t come soon, I’m really going to die in here! I haven’t even been on a date with Missy, haven’t gotten married—I’m only twenty-eight this year…”

“Boom!”

As he muttered despairingly to himself.

A deafening sound suddenly shattered the eerie silence of the venue.

The once unyielding door jolted open abruptly, followed by the slow withdrawal of a long leg dressed in black pants.

Bright white light from outside spilled through the doorway.

But it stopped at the threshold.

It couldn’t penetrate the darkness within.

The next moment.

In Pei Sheng’s stunned gaze, the countless monsters inside the venue surged madly toward the door, choking the narrow entrance until not even a sliver of light could pass through.

They twisted and writhed with bizarre, chaotic movements, as though tangled roots of trees locked in a struggle, resembling waves spiraling out of control—deranged and erratic.

But just like the light outside couldn’t pierce the interior.

The monsters couldn’t leave through the door.

Pei Sheng weak and pitiful, shrank against the wall.

He wanted to go over to the door too.

But seeing this chaotic madness play out.

He didn’t dare take a step closer.

“Come out.”

Right then.

A faint voice seemed to call from outside the door.

Pei Sheng paused briefly in confusion, and before he could react properly, that familiar voice rang out again.

“If you don’t come out, you can go ahead and die in there.”

The voice was familiar.

The tone was familiar too.

Pei Sheng suddenly burst into tears and shouted in that direction: “I—I do want to come out! But that group of monsters is totally blocking the way! I can’t get through!”

“Ignore them; just walk straight toward me.”

“…Alright.”

Hearing this, Pei Sheng clenched his teeth.

He didn’t hesitate much and tentatively stepped in that direction, his hand trembling as he reached out to feel his way, until he once again encountered that sticky membrane.