In the dimly lit bathroom, Chen Ge sat alone in the bathtub. He breathed repeatedly to expel the remaining exhaust gas from his lungs.
Three forty-four in the morning is the intersection of night and dawn. He has only one chance and must be cautious.
The house was quiet, there was no movement in the corridor, and the monster in the mirror didn't seem to come.
Time passed by, Chen Ge put the electronic watch he had found aside, and when the number representing the time on the screen became forty-three, his attention was highly concentrated, he opened his mouth, and began to inhale slowly.
The candlelight flickered, Chen Ge's body slowly tilted downward, his eyes were on the electronic watch from beginning to end, and he was unprecedentedly focused.
When the numbers on the screen changed again, Chen Ge did not hesitate to lie down in the bathtub with his head up.
It's three forty-four in the morning!
Cold water seemed to come from all directions, drowning him.
It's a strange feeling to sink into the water late at night.
Absolute darkness, as if the world is only me, sinking constantly; absolute silence, only the sound from my body can be heard in my ears, and my heart is beating.
The cold water stimulated every nerve. Chen Ge lay at the bottom of the bathtub, discarding all distracting thoughts and counting his heartbeats silently.
"Sixty seconds, just hold on for sixty seconds."
He had never had such an experience before. The night and the water seemed to be one, and the faint candlelight was like a lighthouse that was getting farther and farther away, and he seemed to be sinking into the deep sea.
"One, two..."
After the first ten seconds, time seemed to slow down a lot.
The sound of water flow sounded in his ears, and the walls were full of darkness. Chen Ge silently recited the names of his parents and kept his initial movements. He held the handle of the kitchen knife in both hands and let his body be driven by the water waves.
The oxygen in the lungs was slowly being consumed, and Chen Ge felt a slight discomfort, as if something heavy was pressing on him.
"Fifteen, sixteen..."
Every time the heart beats, it consumes oxygen in the lungs. As the heartbeat slows down, time seems to slow down, and every second is divided into countless segments.
The feeling of discomfort gradually became stronger, as if a pair of hands were slowly pressing on the neck, pinching it a little bit.
Lying in the water, Chen Ge opened his eyes and couldn't see anything across the water. It was like he was locked in another world.
After about three or four seconds, his face became more and more ugly, not pale in the general sense.
"How long did I hold on? It should be getting better soon, right?"
The water flowed across the ear, and a strange sound suddenly appeared in the dead silence.
It seems to have come from the corridor outside the door. Chen Ge didn't know why he could hear it so clearly. Maybe the other party made a noise on purpose, just to distract him.
"Footsteps? Someone pacing up and down the hallway?"
His slowed heartbeat began to speed up again, and his body became tense involuntarily: "Maybe the monster in the mirror came to me, I hope the dolls can keep it, and I can complete the task in thirty seconds at most!"
His mind was running slower and slower, and his ears began to buzz. Chen Ge's condition was not very good. The sound of footsteps in the corridor made him highly nervous. Counting heartbeats.
"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine..."
The water poured into both ears, the sound was a little distorted, the footsteps gradually became rapid, and the other party seemed to be trying to get in.
After a few more seconds, Chen Ge felt as if his chest was being pressed by a boulder, the blood vessels on his neck slowly protruded, his hands and feet were cold, and his body felt a sense of powerlessness.
The brain's response is getting slower and slower, and Chen Ge is now insisting on his own will.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Without warning, something slammed into the door.
Chen Ge's heart suddenly lifted, and the thing outside the house couldn't help it!
Maybe it was because of a puppet behind the door. After the other party smashed the door three times and found that he couldn't open the door, he stopped this meaningless act, and the room became quiet again.
It's still the same situation as before, the only difference is Chen Ge himself. Normally, he can hold his breath for a minute, but the sound of footsteps in the corridor and the sound of knocking on the door just now made his heart beat faster, and he was in a nervous state. Oxygen consumption will be greatly increased.
He felt that he had reached his limit, and the last trace of oxygen in his lungs had been drained, and every second was a torment for him.
"Thirty-nine, forty..."
When he silently counted to forty, Chen Ge's brain was dizzy, and his physical condition no longer allowed him to continue counting silently.
Unable to be distracted, the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger, Chen Ge's consciousness began to blur, and he couldn't remember many things. He just instinctively recalled the memory of his parents.
The blood vessels were visible, bulging on the pale skin, the large tendons on the neck were moving, and the fingers holding the kitchen knife were gradually loosening.
He felt that he was on the brink of death, and he understood the words in the mission.
When time reaches the gap between night and dawn, you can see the people you meet on the edge of life and death.
The meaning of this sentence is clearly that at the moment when day and night change, people who are on the verge of death can see the scene of another world in advance!
Chen Ge stared at the water without blinking. His pupils were dilated. The water seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him. No one saw him. There was only darkness in front of him, a darkness so deep and despairing.
The lungs seemed to be squashed, an indescribable feeling of suffocation.
"No, if you go on like this, you may really be drowned in the bathtub."
Most of the forty-fourth minute at three in the morning has passed, and the person Chen Ge wants to meet still hasn't appeared. He no longer has any illusions, or he feels lucky in his heart that his parents didn't show up, at least it means they are still alive. .
With his icy arms propped against the bottom of the bathtub, he made a decision with what little reason he had, it was time to give up.
With both hands hard, Chen Ge was about to get out of the water when suddenly it felt wrong!
Something held his head, preventing him from leaving.
The dilated pupils suddenly shrank to a point, Chen Ge looked at the top of his head, there was clearly nothing there!
The puppet blocked the door and the bathtub. The monster in the mirror should not be able to get in. Who is to blame
The blood vessels on his neck were stretched, Chen Ge's face was ugly and scary, and his life was at stake. He tried his last strength, holding the kitchen knife in his hand and waving it above his head.
After being deprived of oxygen for a long time, his body and will have reached the limit, like a spring that has been pulled to the top and may break at any time.
The kitchen knife was swung, and the water splashed. Chen Ge seemed to have chopped something in a trance. He only heard a crisp "pop" in his ear, and the power above his head disappeared instantly.
Without further hindrance, Chen Ge sat up from the bathtub and gulped the air!