嘟!!!

The sharp sound of a car horn pierced his eardrums.

Li Cheng颐 suddenly woke up from his stiffness, finding himself standing at the bus stop, his position unchanged.

A worn-out white bus was incessantly honking, urging a pedestrian in front of it to move aside.

The pedestrian was an old woman with a burlap sack, recklessly dashing across the road to reach the bus stop.

The horn was warning her.

Li Cheng颐's eyes were dazed, his vision still haunted by the scene he had just witnessed.

The gigantic face drawing ever closer.

He was still numb all over, his scalp feeling desensitized, as if all his hair had fallen out.

"Huff... huff..." Another dream?

He looked around, finding himself not in the underground garage, but still at the bus stop.

A metal signpost beside him indicated the location.

An Du Road, Tong Feng Road.

A warm breeze carried the scent of leaves and flowers.

The faint fragrance cleared Li Cheng頤's mind slightly.

Ding-dong, ding-dong.

His phone vibrated twice.

The subtle vibration was like a lifeline, instantly pulling Li Cheng颐 back from his daze.

He quickly pulled out his phone and unlocked the screen.

It was a text message from his parents.

'Remember not to come home early, your sister told you. Do you have enough money? I'll transfer you some more.' - Dad.

'Stay at school a little longer, have dinner before you go back. Your sister's matter is important, maybe your job will depend on her in the future.' - Mom.

Li Zhao and Feng YuRong were as always, focusing all their attention on their daughter.

Li Cheng颐 could understand it, after all, for ordinary families like theirs, the only chance to get ahead was to cultivate a high-achieving elite.

And now, his sister Li Cheng九 perfectly fit that expectation.

'Got it.' He calmed himself and replied briefly.

Putting away his phone, he remained standing there, his chest rising and falling rapidly as he recalled everything that had just happened.

He also recalled the sentence he had seen on the forum before.

'If you encounter a Dead Angle, please do not contact us. Try to enjoy your last beautiful life. Dead Angles usually approach slowly, and will completely pull you in on the third premonition. Go ahead and do everything you've always wanted to do but were afraid to.'

'The third time...'

If last night was the first time, then just now at school shouldn't count, since it wasn't the same place, and I didn't completely enter.

But just now...

Did that count as the third time?

Or was it the second time?

Li Cheng颐's mind was in a mess.

He didn't know what a Dead Angle was, or what that face was, but he just wanted to live.

Having inexplicably arrived in this world, inexplicably becoming another person with the same name.

He really didn't want to die.

Didn't want to die so meaninglessly, consumed by fear.

The fear of survival made the panic in Li Cheng颐's heart grow heavier and heavier.

'What... should I do!?'

'Just now... maybe it wasn't a premonition, right, it must not be. Maybe I was just too sleepy and dozed off.'

He kept trying to find reasons for himself.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt a slight tingling in his ankles.

Looking down, he quickly reached out and rolled up his trouser legs.

A dense cluster of blood spots was clearly distributed on his ankles.

Li Cheng颐 froze.

After a moment of pause, he quickly stood up and pulled open his collar to check his body.

Fortunately, there were no blood spots on his body.

'It was just now! It was at that time!'

He remembered it all at once.

When he encountered that gigantic face in the mysterious underground garage, he had also felt a tingling in his feet.

And now...

The tingling had actually carried over into reality...

'Is this a reminder... that it wasn't a dream??'

His chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath, his heart feeling as if it was weighed down by a large stone, making it impossible to breathe.

What to do!?

What to do!??

Countless complex thoughts flashed through his mind, but if everything just now was real.

Facing that terrifying gigantic face, which was clearly not a normal creature.

He was helpless.

'Perhaps, I should call the police? Seek help from the government!?'

The thought flashed through Li Cheng頤's mind.

Once this idea arose, it never disappeared, but became even stronger.

Faced with a completely incomprehensible danger, perhaps seeking the help of the state machine was the best option.

But suddenly, the crying girl he had met in the coffee shop, the girl in the white sweater, appeared in his mind.

'Why didn't she call the police?'

A question surged into his mind.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 could no longer stand still. He quickly looked around and retraced his steps towards the coffee shop he had been to before.

He jogged all the way, a deep sense of urgency and danger constantly urging him forward, to accelerate.

He feared that the dangerous situation would happen again.

If someone could talk to each other at this time, could give him some advice, perhaps...

He jogged back to the place he had been before – Yesly Coffee.

A small mobile cart had already been placed at the entrance of the coffee shop, with advertisements for the latest new coffee, and small cups of new dessert samples.

Li Cheng颐 pushed open the door and entered, wandering around the hall on the first floor. There were even more people here.

Most of them were college students, but he couldn't find the girl in the white sweater he had seen before.

Everyone had a gentle expression, some were laughing and talking about something, some were teasing each other in a low voice, and some were simply eating and studying with a tablet computer.

Their lives seemed completely cut off from Li Cheng颐, as if they belonged to another world.

He didn't find her on the first floor, so he hurried up to the second floor.

Unfortunately, he still didn't see the girl in the white sweater.

Li Cheng颐 went downstairs somewhat disappointed, and pushed the door out in the gentle 'welcome again' electronic sound.

Outside the door.

On the street.

A white urban SUV was parked quietly by the side of the road.

The car window had already been rolled down, revealing the driver's face.

He was an obviously older middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and sword-like eyes, a neat gray-white beard, a thin face, and hair neatly combed back.

He rested one hand on the steering wheel, staring blankly at the people passing by outside the window, as if in a daze.

For some reason, the moment Li Cheng颐 walked out of the coffee shop, the middle-aged man's gaze quickly moved and landed on him.

He seemed to be observing something, or perhaps he saw something.

Li Cheng颐's body tensed slightly. He didn't know why he was nervous, but his body was tense for no reason.

Not finding the two girls he had seen before, thoughts flashed through his mind one after another.

'The most helpful things now are to search for relevant methods online, and to seek official help.'

The complexity in his mind quickly cleared, sorting out the methods most likely to keep him alive.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be wandering around outside like this."

Suddenly, a deep male voice floated from the front.

"Why not take advantage of the time you have left, and go crazy?"

The voice continued.

Li Cheng颐 suddenly looked up, following the sound, and his eyes met those of the middle-aged man looking at him.

"You... know something?!" He opened his mouth, but found that his voice had become somewhat hoarse and deep without him realizing it.

Unconsciously, he walked a little closer, closer to the white urban SUV.

"You're going to die soon," the middle-aged man said calmly. "The third premonition is coming. And then, you'll be like everyone else, poof."

He clapped his hands together, simulating the sound.

"Completely disappeared."

"Is there a way?" Li Cheng颐's eyes widened, and he quickly asked with a calmness he didn't expect.

"Has anyone ever survived? Can you help me?"

The suppression in his heart seemed to have found a breakthrough, a lifeline.

If there was someone who knew the inside story, and helped him, maybe he could escape!

This thought flashed through his mind.

"Me?" The man laughed, turning his head to look ahead through the car window. "I'm just a failure. A useless person, how can I help you?"

"That place." He turned his head again, looking at Li Cheng颐, "No one can help you, you can only rely on yourself."www.

"Like my former friend, my son, they were all like that."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from the inside pocket of his black suit, lowered his head slightly to light it, and took a puff.

"Go away, don't stay here with me, it's bad luck." He waved his hand at Li Cheng颐.

"There must be a way, right? Since you took the initiative to come here, to talk to me, there must be a way, right?" Li Cheng颐 wasn't stupid.

The other person could see the premonition on him, and took the initiative to talk to him, it couldn't be without a reason.

If he thought he was unlucky, why didn't he just keep quiet from the beginning?

"You do have some cleverness." The man smiled, and flicked the cigarette ash outside the car window.

"But even if you avoid it for a while, so what? You'll die sooner or later, again and again, without end, without hope."

"Later is later, but now, I don't want to die!" Li Cheng颐 stared at him seriously, and answered word by word.

"Then why should I help you?" The man asked again.

"Since you came looking for me, and took the initiative to talk to me, it means there must be something you need from me." Li Cheng颐 said, "So..."

"So," the man interrupted him, "If you can survive the first time, then we might have a chance to cooperate."

"Okay! How do I survive?" Li Cheng颐 asked quickly. "Do you want me to tell you what I've experienced..."

"No need!" The man interrupted him again, "It's meaningless. Dead Angles can only be entered by specific people, in a way that belongs only to them. And once you enter, you'll automatically approach it again and again, until it completely devours you."

"Then, how can I survive!?" Li Cheng颐 continued to ask.

"After completely entering for the third time, find the exit, leave there, and you can survive." The man answered. "But... there is no real exit there, just like when you entered, you need to find a special way, to find the door to leave."

He pointed to his head.

"You need to think, not use force. There, force, guns, the number of people, are all useless. Oh, and I advise you not to call the police, otherwise you might lose even the last bit of hope."

"I..." Li Cheng颐 still wanted to ask, but the other person's car window had already gone up.

The man waved at him through the car window, started the car, and slowly drove away.

He didn't seem to have much hope that Li Cheng颐 would survive, and there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Perhaps Li Cheng颐 wasn't the person he was looking for at all.