I don't know how long it has passed.

The door of the theater is wide open.

The lights on the ceiling are on.

The vacant seats are empty.

The floor is clean, without even a single strand of hair.

I let go of the mop in my hand, the wooden handle falls and hits the ground, making a crisp sound.

I couldn't save my father.

Those monsters tore apart the bodies, devouring everything, and then crawled back into the screen.

I can't imagine... Did they eat my father yesterday? Or did he turn into the same kind of monster as them?

I walked out in a daze.

A security guard stopped me at the door.

"How did you get out?"

I looked up, staring blankly at the glaring sunlight outside.

The horrifying fire just now feels like it happened in another world.

"The movie is over, shouldn't I come out?" I asked the security guard in return.

"You? Didn't you pay for the ticket?"

"I did, one yuan."

He stared at me intently and said, "Didn't you feel the fear of death?"

I sneered, "I already know the secret of your cinema, and the fear in my heart will be burned to death."

The security guard shook his head, seeming indifferent.

"Once you've paid, you can't leave, one yuan per person."

Mumbling to himself, the security guard let me go.

I took two steps forward, turned around, and asked him, "You're a paper man, right?"

The security guard stared at me in panic, as if I were the monster who killed innocent villagers.

As I stepped across the threshold, I ran into the owner of the theater.

He raised an eyebrow, smiled meaningfully.

I stood in front of him.

"I walked out alive, aren't you worried?"

Although I couldn't save my father, I wanted to avenge him.

The vengeance for killing a father knows no bounds, and the theater owner is the mastermind.

He glanced at me casually and said, "You will regret it. Staying in the movies forever is the best choice."

I couldn't understand the hidden meaning in his words.

"Aren't you afraid of me exposing you and making your theater disappear completely?"

He laughed mockingly.

"You can try."

That smile was like a monster imitating a human expression, eerie and uncoordinated.