Just as Gu Han had finished eating and was still feeling drowsy, she heard Sister Yuan outside and was about to get up to open the door.
Gu Wanyin quickly grabbed her arm.
"It's so late, Sister Yuan. Is something wrong?" Gu Wanyin called out, "We were about to go to sleep."
"Oh, we suddenly have some work that needs you all to come out for overtime," Sister Yuan's voice sounded perfectly normal, "Don't worry, you'll get overtime pay."
The people in the room exchanged glances, then Bai Shuwen spoke up: "Sister Yuan, none of us five do overtime, you know. If there's work to be done, we can do it early tomorrow morning."
Based on their experience from the previous instance, it was best not to go out after dark.
"Oh, alright then."
Surprisingly, Sister Yuan didn't press the matter and agreed quickly, then added: "Well, get some rest early, and come to work early tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
Hearing Sister Yuan's footsteps fade away, Gu Han let out a slight sigh of relief.
"Wanyin, thank goodness you reacted quickly, or I would have gotten us into trouble!"
Gu Wanyin patted her head.
Just then, they heard Sister Yuan knocking on someone else's door.
It must be the room next door to theirs.
And the neighboring room opened their door.
"Oh, Sister Yuan, you..."
The person's words were cut off abruptly.
Then they heard a piercing scream.
After that, there was complete silence.
The outside became so quiet it was as if what they'd just heard had been their imagination.
Zhuang Xiaoxia felt her palms growing cold. She couldn't help but move closer to Dong Yue, asking with a trembling voice, "W-w-what just happened out there?"
"The person in the next room is probably in grave danger," Gu Wanyin said gravely.
This instance had seemed so normal during the day, with Sister Yuan appearing just like a regular human, which might have made some players let their guard down.
However, the night was just beginning.
In the long dark night ahead, who knew what might happen...
...
Originally, the five of them had planned to sleep with the lights on.
Although they knew having lights on wouldn't make much difference in this instance, some light was still better than pitch darkness.
However, at eleven-thirty at night, the room's lights automatically went out and wouldn't turn back on no matter what they tried.
"This reminds me of my university days," Zhuang Xiaoxia said, lying in her bed, "The lights would automatically go out at midnight."
"You had it good. Our lights went out at ten, and they cut off the internet too!" Bai Shuwen said.
"I envy you all," Dong Yue said, "I never even got to take the college entrance exam."
"Don't worry," Gu Wanyin consoled her, "The schools in the hotel are getting better and better. And once all the zombies are killed, people can rebuild their homes. When that time comes, you'll definitely be able to go to university."
"Yes!"
The Little Squirrel System was lying next to Gu Wanyin and put its paw on her head to talk to her.
"Host, where do you want to go then?"
"I haven't decided yet," Gu Wanyin replied, also getting under the covers and conversing mentally with it, "Let's go explore other worlds first."
It would be a waste to miss such a good travel opportunity.
"Ah, it's all that damn 066's fault," the Little Squirrel System complained, "If it weren't for it, we wouldn't be suffering here now."
"Come to think of it, 066 hasn't made a sound," Gu Wanyin said.
"Hmph, it must be afraid of me!"
Just as the Little Squirrel System finished speaking, Gu Wanyin heard a cold snort.
It must have been from 066.
"No, I think it's just observing from the shadows."
"Let it observe then! Anyway, my doctor will be back soon. Once we get out of this horror world, I'll definitely demand an explanation from it and its doctor!"
The others seemed to have fallen asleep.
As Gu Wanyin continued her mental conversation with the Little Squirrel System, she gradually drifted off to sleep as well.
However, in the middle of the night, she was suddenly awakened by a "thump, thump, thump" sound.
Gu Wanyin rubbed her eyes, thinking at first that someone was knocking on the door.
But listening more carefully, it didn't sound like door knocking, but rather... someone knocking on the window?
Gu Wanyin sat up in bed and turned to look.
That one glance chilled her to the bone, making her blood feel like it had frozen solid.
Sister Yuan was standing outside the window!
Although it was pitch black outside, where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, Sister Yuan was surrounded by a ghastly white light that allowed Gu Wanyin to see her clearly.
She was knocking on the window rhythmically, with an intensely focused expression, as if she was doing something extremely important.
Gu Wanyin's fingers gradually clenched.
This was... the fourth floor, for heaven's sake!
Just then, Sister Yuan seemed to sense something and slowly turned her gaze to meet Gu Wanyin's eyes.
Then, Sister Yuan gave her an incredibly eerie smile.
Gu Wanyin didn't know how to react, so she simply smiled back.
Might as well be polite.
Her smile seemed to trigger something in Sister Yuan, who suddenly lunged forward, smashing her face against the window glass with a loud "bang."
Her face was distorted by being pressed against the glass.
This action left Gu Wanyin even more at a loss for how to respond.
Sister Yuan seemed to be trying very hard to squeeze through the window glass into the room.
But no matter how hard she tried, the window glass remained an impassable barrier.
After realizing that Sister Yuan couldn't get in, Gu Wanyin finally felt her heart rate slow down.
She gathered her courage and got out of bed, walking to the window.
Sister Yuan's gaze remained fixed intently on her.
Gu Wanyin studied Sister Yuan as well.
Sister Yuan was floating in mid-air, still wearing the blouse and pencil skirt from earlier that day.
Unable to get in, her face now showed signs of anger, and she bared her teeth at Gu Wanyin.
Gu Wanyin stood her ground, watching Sister Yuan's antics.
After a while, Sister Yuan appeared to admit defeat.
She seemed ready to leave.
Gu Wanyin saw her lips move.
Reading her lip movements, Gu Wanyin could make out what she was saying—
"Remember - to - come - to - work - early."
After saying this, Sister Yuan vanished into thin air.
Gu Wanyin: "..."
Was this some kind of joke!
Even at a time like this, she was still thinking about work - now that's what you call a dedicated employee!
...
Except for Gu Wanyin, everyone else slept until dawn.
Gu Han stretched and sat up in bed, turning to see Gu Wanyin sitting there with dark circles under her eyes.
"...Wanyin, did you not sleep at all last night?"
"I only slept for a little while," Gu Wanyin said mournfully.
After waking up in the middle of the night and seeing Sister Yuan, she couldn't fall back asleep.
This was too much - why was she always the one to wake up in the middle of the night in every instance?
"Why couldn't you sleep?" Dong Yue asked.
"Sister Yuan came last night," Gu Wanyin said, "She was standing outside the window."
"The... the window?" Zhuang Xiaoxia shuddered, "But aren't we on the fourth floor?"
Just as Gu Wanyin was about to say something, they heard an extremely horrifying scream from outside.
