Today was exhausting, so I went to bed early.

But in the middle of the night, I was awakened by the sound from upstairs.

"Crack."

"Crack."

The sound was like a small dog gnawing on a bone, very loud.

It seemed like it was biting on a hard bone.

The sound of "smack, smack" kept reaching my ears.

I've been living here for a long time and have never heard such a sound.

At first, I thought maybe there were mice in the house?

But then, when I turned on the light, what I saw made my face turn pale.

In the instant the light came on, I noticed that several drops of fresh blood had appeared on my ceiling, dripping down onto my pristine white walls.

"Ah!"

I immediately grabbed my phone and rushed into the living room.

In this situation, I was really afraid that something like a gecko would crawl out of the ceiling.

At the same time, that familiar pain in my chest returned! However, just like last time, it was only temporary.

And at that moment, my phone also vibrated.

"Buzz, buzz!"

Just when I had barely recovered from the chest pain, it took me two or three seconds to slowly come back to my senses.

My phone... I had already set it to silent mode before going to sleep!

Now I have no need to keep my phone's ringer on, so it won't disturb my sleep.

But now, my phone was indeed vibrating!

With the dripping blood on the ceiling and the eerie chest pain, I couldn't help but feel a chill down my spine.

[Could it be... that I'm supposed to look at my phone?]

After thinking for a moment, I still opened my phone and saw that same crimson message.

[Building Manager's Task]

Received assistance request from resident 604!

Proceed to unit 604 immediately for disinfection work.

The disinfection tools are available at the front desk on the ground floor.

During the disinfection period, please vacate the premises. If the resident refuses to leave, perform disinfection directly on the resident.

Current accumulated disinfection count: 0

Seeing this message, my scalp was tingling.

Now? Going to knock on someone's door at 3 a.m.?

This can't be real!

But just as I hesitated, I suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from the ring I had been wearing.

Then I saw...

The gem on the ring suddenly turned into a cold, icy eyeball, staring at me coldly.

And at that moment, I saw a reflection of myself in the TV screen in the dimly lit living room.

Even though I was trying to take off the ring, in the TV screen, the corners of my mouth stretched to the back of my ears, revealing a sinister smile.

And "my" hands were tightly gripping my neck.

Then I heard a voice, a voice that sounded like mine but definitely wasn't coming from me.

"Disobedient building manager, you're going to die..."

"Disobedient building manager, you're going to die!"

With this voice, I felt my neck getting tighter.

Tighter and tighter...

"I... I'll go! I'll go!"

As I shouted these words, the pain in my fingers and the pressure on my neck gradually subsided.

However, the eye on the ring was still staring at me, coldly.

As if it was silently saying to me, "You can't escape!"