Chapter 58: Chapter 58: The Death of Ruan Chunxiang, Blood Floods the Elevator, Horrifying Everyone

Seeing this unfold, the women panicked!

They scrambled to rush into the elevator!

But it was too late.

The elevator doors closed far too quickly!

Ruan Chunxiang wore a smug expression, as if mocking them.

The women could only watch, their faces grim.

"Come out! What are you doing running in there by yourself?"

"So shameless! Sneaking into the elevator alone when we weren’t looking."

"You’ll get what’s coming to you, you despicable woman from Monkey Country!"

"Dammit, can’t we pry this elevator open?"

Each of them was seething with righteous indignation and frustration!

...

And upon seeing this scene, the global audience, aside from those in Dragon Country, was also furious!

[Is she looking for death, that bitch!]

[Does she want to make an enemy of every country?]

[Wow, so this is Monkey Country. No wonder people from Dragon Country hate them. They’re all trash!]

[There are still several notebooks left. Does she plan to snatch them all for herself?]

[I’m so pissed! Aish, when she comes down, she needs to be taught a serious lesson!]

[She probably won’t come back down. Once she gets the notebooks, she’ll just be teleported away.]

...

Despite being condemned by every other country, the viewers from Monkey Country thought differently.

They were all excited, speaking up in defense of Ruan Chunxiang!

[Well done! She should’ve done this ages ago!]

[The Dean’s notebooks were unowned to begin with. Miss Ruan did nothing wrong!]

[Hmph~ Once Ruan Chunxiang gets the notebooks, she can leave immediately. Why should she care about any of you?]

[Let those fools stay in the hospital for a few more days!]

[It’s just a shame Miss Ruan couldn’t have gone up a step sooner.]

Besides them, some people from Monkey Country felt a vague sense of unease.

They were worried it would be dangerous for her to go up alone.

But this anxiety was quickly assuaged by others.

[What’s there to be afraid of? There aren’t any anomalies on the eighth floor, and the elevator is safe. At worst, the environment is a little scary, but Miss Ruan is mentally tough. Nothing will happen to her!]

[Exactly! This is a golden opportunity!]

...

At that moment, Ruan Chunxiang scoffed.

’A bunch of idiots.’

She felt no shame, only contempt for the other women.

As her own heartbeat echoed—THUMP, THUMP, THUMP—in the elevator, Ruan Chunxiang finally had a chance to look around the interior.

From her previous observation, it seemed the elevator’s speaker would play music.

And even if there was an anomaly, it was probably a very weak one!

With the scalpel in hand, she was full of confidence and felt no fear!

Sure enough, the elevator ascended smoothly and steadily, and nothing strange happened.

Ruan Chunxiang felt more and more certain that she had made the right decision.

Little did she know, at that very moment, the Elevator Anomaly was secretly observing her.

’This little mouse...’

’How is she so calm... could it be she has a trap waiting for me, too?’

Looking at Ruan Chunxiang’s calm expression, the Elevator Anomaly felt uncertain.

The psychological trauma Yun Zhenyue had inflicted on it was just too great!

Hadn’t it seen how the anomalies on the eighth floor had been scared into acting like mice?

But the elevator was its domain!

It wasn’t a public bus!

Did she think she could just come and go as she pleased?

Where would that leave its reputation as the Elevator Anomaly?

After a moment’s thought, the Elevator Anomaly decided to test the waters!

If Ruan Chunxiang really did have a killer move, it would immediately play dead!

...

Soon, the elevator began to lurch.

Ruan Chunxiang noticed the white light overhead start to FZZT and CRACKLE.

Then, a series of sinister, eerie sobs echoed from the elevator’s speaker.

The scene made her blood run cold.

’What’s going on?’

Ruan Chunxiang clenched her jaw, her face turning pale.

’Wasn’t this elevator supposed to be safe? Why is something like this happening?!’

SWISH!

Ruan Chunxiang hastily pulled out the dark red scalpel!

She held it in front of her chest, hoping it would dispel the fear in her heart.

DRIP, DRIP~

Just then, Ruan Chunxiang heard a strange sound and snapped her head up.

She was startled to find that the ceiling of the elevator was beginning to leak... blood?

And it was seeping through faster and faster!

The reeking blood fell from above her head, like a descending waterfall, sweeping in from all directions!

...

Seeing Ruan Chunxiang was helpless, the Elevator Anomaly revealed its icy stare.

’I knew it. How could all these little mice have terrifying stuffed animals! Turns out she’s just an idiot digging her own grave!’

The Elevator Anomaly sneered inwardly.

Next! It was time to unleash its true power!

...

WHOOSH~

In the blink of an eye! Ruan Chunxiang was surrounded by foul-smelling blood!

It was as if she had been plunged into a scarlet dimension!

Her collar, pant legs, and the tips of her shoes were soaked, and in moments, the pooling blood was already covering her calves.

The viscous, ice-cold, iron-scented liquid made Ruan Chunxiang’s heart leap into her throat!

The blood flowed faster and faster!

The entire elevator was turning into a sealed barrel of blood!

One could imagine, she would likely drown in this sludge long before the elevator doors could open!

"Who is it?!?"

"Who’s playing games with me?"

"Come out! Show yourself!!"

Cold sweat beaded on Ruan Chunxiang’s forehead and trickled down her cheeks.

She repeatedly stabbed the scalpel into the blood around her!

The tip of the blade slashed through the sea of blood!

SWISH!

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

It seemed she was trying to find the anomaly hiding in the elevator!

But it was useless.

"No, this isn’t right!!"

Ruan Chunxiang quickly began clawing at the elevator doors, her nails nearly embedding themselves in the seams!

But no matter what, she couldn’t pry the doors open!

THUMP!

THUMP! THUMP!

Ruan Chunxiang’s heart was about to pound out of her chest.

As the blood gradually rose to her waist, she found it hard to breathe. Her pupils shrank to pinpricks, the whites of her eyes filled with blood, and her lips trembled incessantly, unable to make a sound.

And at that very moment! Ruan Chunxiang suddenly saw a reflection in the blood.

Her own figure appeared.

—it was a drowned corpse.

And it looked exactly like her!

The bloated body was still frozen in the posture of its final moments. It was submerged in the filth, its wet hair clinging to its forehead like seaweed. Its eyelids were soaked translucent, clearly revealing pupils filled with ultimate terror. The corner of its mouth was twisted, its eyes wide open in death, as if still frozen in the horror of drowning in blood.

"Is that... me?"

"No, no, NO!!!!"

"How could I die in a place like this!"

Ruan Chunxiang was completely crushed by fear!

Her eyes were now vacant and lifeless, filled with nothing but endless terror, as if her soul had been ripped out, leaving only a shell of a body to tremble in fear!

She shrieked continuously, tears streaming from her eyes as she screamed in hysterics!

"Open the door! Hurry up and open the door!"

"Whoever’s out there, anyone, please, just open the door! Monkey Country will give you anything!"

"I don’t want to die in a place like this! I don’t—"

...

Not long after, just as the other women assumed Ruan Chunxiang had gotten her hands on the notebooks,

DING!

A soft chime was heard.

The elevator had returned to its starting point.

And as they, with hostile expressions, prepared to greet Ruan Chunxiang with their fists and feet, they discovered a terrifying scene!

*GASP!*

Everyone present sucked in a sharp breath of cold air!

Ruan Chunxiang was dead.

Her eyes were wide open, as if she had witnessed some great horror before her death, or had been dragged into an inescapable nightmare.

Her body was twisted into an unnatural shape, the joints of her limbs bent beyond one hundred eighty degrees. It looked as though she had struggled, but to no avail, like a spider crushed by a hand.

A scalpel was plunged into her heart.

Other than that, there wasn’t a single wound to be found.

Seeing this, the women all took several steps back.

Their faces were ashen.

Not a single one of them dared to enter the elevator.

The first player had died in this strange matchmaking game.

And the Matchmaking System also provided a notification.

[Ding! Ruan Chunxiang has been detected as deceased!]

[Viewers from Monkey Country are prohibited from entering the livestream!]

[Current number of surviving players: 9]