21: Chapter 21 The Slaughter Begins

"Open the door, open the door! People inside, hurry up and open the door, let me in, open the door now!"

"Chu Xuan, I know I was wrong, I beg you to forgive me, save me just this once!"

"I'm begging you, I'm getting on my knees..."

The deep darkness cut off all sight. Outside the dormitory supervisor's door, Huang Guangming roared hysterically, pounding the door with all his might.

Inside the room, everyone remained silent, silently gripping the edges of the beds they had braced against the door to block the impact of any monsters that might appear at any moment.

Chu Xuan took advantage of this rare breathing room to exchange the spirituality value he had just obtained for attribute points. After a moment's thought, he continued to stack stamina.

When his spirituality value dropped to only 2 points, his stamina attribute changed accordingly to reach 8 points, bringing with it a surge of even more abundant vitality.

The reason he didn't add points to Strength was that his Strength attribute had already reached 9 points.

Adding one more point of Strength to himself wouldn't actually help much for what was coming next, especially since eleven people had already gathered in the room.

It was better to increase stamina to improve his endurance.

"Brother Ming, Brother Ming, where are you? I can't see anything, I can't feel you..." Han Meimei's voice gradually approached.

"Get the hell away from me! It's all your fault, you stinking bitch, you caused this!"

"Brother Ming, don't, don't drive me away, I'm so scared..."

"Scram!"

"No, no... Ah! I'll kill you! You dog of a man, only knowing how to blame women! If you hadn't insisted on seeking a thrill and bringing me into the dormitory, how would we be trapped in this ghostly place? If you hadn't offended Chu Xuan, how would we be locked outside? It's all your fault, why don't you just die!"

"I'll beat you to death right now, you slut!"

The two of them began to tear and scuffle outside.

An unknown amount of time passed. Faintly, the sounds of chaotic screams and doors being broken down seemed to drift from further away. Huang Guangming and Han Meimei stopped their arguing immediately, seemingly listening as well.

The distant screams became clearer. After a few seconds of stillness, the two suddenly began pounding on the door with extreme urgency.

"Quickly, open the door, open the door! The monsters have appeared, they're coming this way, I beg you, please let us in!"

"Chu Xuan, if you can let me in, I'll give you everything I have, you can do whatever you want with me..."

"Chu Xuan, why won't you open the door? Are you just going to watch us die outside with your eyes wide open? Do you have any humanity left? Chu Xuan, you'll die a horrible death..."

"Quickly, open the door, open the door, I'm going to die, I can't move..."

Huang Guangming and Han Meimei screamed hoarsely outside. Their initial bitter pleading gradually turned into vicious curses, until finally, it became a gibbering, trembling mess.

Inside the room, someone tentatively said, "Brother Xuan, maybe we should open the door and let them in..."

"No!"

Before Chu Xuan could speak, someone had already spoken up in refusal. It was Xu Zhiyou, who wore thick glasses. "It's already Nightfall, and it's extremely dangerous outside. What if we open the door and let a monster in? Everyone is blind right now; we won't even have a place to run!"

Someone immediately echoed, "Exactly. Besides, Huang Guangming was planning to lock us all in here to die just so he could escape alone. Why should we care about someone with such a malicious heart? And that Han Meimei isn't anything good either. Brother Xuan already warned her, yet she insisted on running out. Who can she blame for seeking her own death? They brought this on themselves!"

"But if we just leave them to die outside like this, isn't it a bit inhumane? If we do that, what's the difference between us and those monsters? Besides, if we let them keep screaming out there, what if they attract the monsters? If we let them in now while the monsters haven't arrived, at least it might be quieter. Every second the monsters are delayed is another chance for us to survive."

"That's still a no..."

As several people were about to continue arguing, Chu Xuan suddenly spoke coldly, "Everyone, shut up. The monster is already here!"

"What?!"

The room fell into an instant silence.

After two seconds, someone asked tentatively, "But Huang Guangming and Han Meimei outside seem to be fine..."

"Fine?" Chu Xuan asked in a deep tone. "Why do you think the two people outside suddenly started babbling nonsense and saying they can't move?"

"Wh... why? Isn't it just because they're too scared? Under extreme fear, it's possible for someone to be unable to move due to a freeze response..."

"Scared to the point of emotional collapse and babbling nonsense? Maybe for Han Meimei, but Huang Guangming is an adult male who has already experienced Nightfall once on the fourth floor. Afterward, he even organized you all to find a way out. This shows he has a certain level of psychological resilience and wouldn't be this pathetic. Therefore..."

Chu Xuan lowered his voice even further. "The monster is already here, and it's right next to them! Within a certain range, being tainted by a monster's aura causes a human's sanity to drop and their fear to be constantly magnified. The reason it hasn't attacked yet is most likely because it's waiting for us to open the door..."

Before Chu Xuan could finish his sentence, Huang Guangming's voice outside suddenly vanished, followed immediately by Han Meimei's even more heart-wrenching scream.

"Ah!! It hurts, it hurts so much! My leg feels like it's broken, help, help me!!"

The shrill, piercing scream made everyone's hearts tremble with fear. Especially during the gaps in the screaming, everyone clearly heard a sound like a wild beast biting its prey—the sound of chewing and swallowing.

As expected!

Chu Xuan's heart sank. The monster was truly insidious enough to deliberately hide outside without killing Huang Guangming and Han Meimei, just waiting for them to open the door and let them in. Only after realizing the people inside wouldn't open the door did it choose to make its move.

"What on earth is this thing? Why are there such monsters in the dormitory? Where did they come from..."

A trembling voice echoed in the room, but no one answered. Everyone could only listen in silence to Han Meimei's continuous screams outside, unable to do anything, feeling an agonizing torment.

After an unknown amount of time, Han Meimei's voice also came to an abrupt halt. In its place, the sounds of chewing and swallowing became even clearer.

Is Han Meimei dead too?

Everyone's scalps tingled, and a strong sense of dread shrouded their hearts. No one could be sure if they would be the next one.

"Get ready, it's coming!"

Sensing that the chewing sounds outside had stopped, Chu Xuan immediately warned everyone. Almost the instant his voice fell, a massive force suddenly struck.

Bang!

A loud boom erupted, and the shock made Chu Xuan's palms feel slightly tight.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Crack!

Violent impacts came in succession, interspersed with the sound of wood splintering.

Everyone knew that the wooden door outside had been destroyed.

Crack, crack! Snap!

This was the sound of the wooden door being pried open and torn apart.

Clang! Clang!

The iron door was struck violently, with even more force than before.

Everyone pushed against the iron frame beds, bracing the iron door with all their might, refusing to let this final line of defense fall.

However, these violent, successive impacts were like a symphony of descending death, repeatedly pressing and devastating everyone's bodies and Souls.