After the Little Crybaby Enters the Nightmare Cycle

ught that he had seen it wrong.
Even if Ye Chang wasn’t surprised by this situation, he shouldn’t be able to smile.

“Thank you, Brother Nan,” Ye Chang told him.

At this time, the two girls in Room 109 were finally alarmed and the young mother in Room 105 also pulled open the door.
Old Yu looked at them with a complicated expression.
He was sure that the three women had listened to their conversation and only showed their heads when they were sure there was no danger.

Dyson Sen asked Xia Wei in a confused manner, “I remember that everyone locked their doors before going to bed.
How did Ye Chang’s shadow enter your room? A shadow shouldn’t be able to move on its own without light.
How did it take you into the corridor?”

Xia Wei’s expression changed slightly and Wu Ying continued speaking, “We just want to find out how the shadow did this so we can be on the defense against it.”

Xia Wei’s mouth twitched, but he didn’t intend to show embarrassment.
“What else can I do? Little brother Ye’s voice appeared outside my door in the middle of the night and invited me to sleep.
Can I refuse?”

Everyone: “……”

They all instinctively looked at Chi Nan.
Chi Nan stood there blankly, not knowing why they were all focused on him when Xia Wei was talking about Ye Chang.

Xia Wei shrugged and continued in a self-deprecating tone, “How could I know it was the shadow? It was through the door and I didn’t expect the shadow to imitate the voice of the body.
It was really exactly the same, even his actions and behavior… The shadow was wearing a black trench coat and was tightly wrapped, but he didn’t cover his eyes.
He turned around and…I saw him as Chi Nan.”

“I was probably dazzled due to the light.” Xia Wei wiped his eyes with his only remaining hand, weeping elegantly and sadly.

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Ye Chang secretly looked at everyone.
Fortunately, they were convinced by Xia Wei’s words about being dazzled.

Chi Nan silently observed the ground.
He noticed that the shadow Xia Wei cast on the ground was incomplete and missing an arm.

In other words…would the body parts that turned into wax disappear with the shadow?

Old Yu complained to Xia Wei, “This is a world where our lives are always in danger.
Do you still have the heart  to think about sleeping with someone?” 

“…I was just thinking about death and don’t know what will come tomorrow.
I became so shameless.” Xia Wei hugged his waxed arm and cried.
“Who expected the shadow to gain the ability to imitate sound and movement?”

This was indeed unexpected by all of them.

The young mother, who was silent for a long time, finally opened her mouth.
Her voice was very calm.
“In the future, everyone must lock their doors and windows.
Don’t trust the voices of your companions, and you can’t even trust the people you are close to.
These alienated shadows can imitate us and act, so they should have the ability to think.”

Everyone looked at her in surprise.
This young mother was too unfathomable.
Previously, she made a fuss like a newcomer, but now she was calm and sharp like an experienced sleepwalker.

Old Yu looked at her, but didn’t ask anything else.
He added, “We must also pay attention to obscuring the light source.”

Ye Chang said, “The shadow should be the one who can best understand the body’s behavior, habits, and manner of speaking.
Brother Nan, you must be careful of me.”

He looked at Chi Nan and Chi Nan corrected him gently, “Yes, I will be careful of your shadow.”

That night, Ye Chang’s shadow tormented everyone enough.
After the panic was over, Xia We stopped crying and started to talk about how he would have to learn a handicapped craft after leaving this world in order to make a living.
Old Yu, who was planning to comfort him, heard this and saved a lot of effort.

The rest of the group went back to their dormitories.
They confirmed that there were no abnormalities in the room and locked the doors and windows tightly.
Then, they covered the windows with towels and other items to prevent light from entering the room.

In the case of complete darkness, shadows couldn’t exist.
They could relax a little bit.

After returning to the room, Chi Nan had a thoughtful expression.
Ye Chang took the initiative to ask, “What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”

Chi Nan unknowingly cocked his head.
“I was thinking about what happened to that mother.”

Ye Chang also thought about it.
“My guess is that after Rui Rui passed away, she went to the Nightmare World in order to revive her daughter.
Then, after achieving her wish, something went wrong with her memory…”

His expression became focused.
“Maybe she had an additional wish, such as…forgetting the desperate day she lost Rui Rui or erasing her painful memories.
Generally, people who have experienced trauma will have the tendency to choose this.
Therefore, her memory disappearing after she resurrected Rui Rui makes sense.
As the one who was resurrected, Rui Rui automatically inherited her mother’s experience with instances in order to protect her mother, who has lost her memory.”

Chi Nan wondered, “So in Rui Rui’s setting, she is the sleepwalker who passed through countless instances and her mother who resurrected her is a newcomer who knows nothing?”

Ye Chang nodded.
“Then Rui Rui’s disappearance forced the mother to recall the loss of her daughter, whether she wanted to or not.
The memories are returning, but it might be intermittent, like contact with a bad radio signal.”

Chi Nan nodded in agreement after hearing this, but he didn’t speak.
Ye Chang stared at him for a few seconds before asking with a smile, “What’s wrong? Do you think it is unreasonable?”

Chi Nan shook his head.
“I’m just a bit curious about how you came up with this.”

Ye Chang froze for a moment before smiling.
“I guessed randomly according to the rules that Brother Cha previously told me.”

Chi Nan: “……”

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“However, I have always been very accurate in my answers.
Believe me.”

It was the fourth day since the group of volunteers had arrived in Candleman Town.

Out of the 10 sleepwalkers, two were completely turned to wax while one person had a hand turned to wax.
He might be disabled, but his life was temporarily preserved.
The little girl called Rui Rui had disappeared and hadn’t been heard from so far.
Meanwhile, her mother was in a semi-awake and half-confused state and she was unpredictable.

At dawn, it was rare for Chi Nan to wake up early, wash up, and go out with Ye Chang.

Old Yu saw Ye Chang holding a sharp steel chisel and asked strangely, “…What are you going to do?”

“Do an experiment,” Chi Nan answered.

Old Yu had seen Chi Nan playing tricks in the past and became interested.
He put on his coat and followed.
“Where are you going? Take me.”

“I’m going to the ghost wall.”

Old Yu found it even stranger.
“Why are you taking a steel chisel to the ghost wall?”

He had an incredible idea.
“Don’t tell me that you are digging at the wall?”

“Yes.” Chi Nan nodded slightly.
“I just don’t know if the wall is strong or not.”

Old Yu: “……”

Ye Chang told him, “It is okay.
It is enough to exercise.
The weather is good this morning.”

“…Are you serious?” Old Yu wondered.

Chi Nan answered, “Yes.”

“…Good guy.”

Despite his complaints, Old Yu still followed them to the ghost wall.

“Where do you want to start digging?” Old Yu asked.

Chi Nan told him, “First look to see if there is an extra hand.”

Old Yu heard this and realized that Chi Nan was looking for the shadow of Xia Wei’s hand that turned to wax last night.
He didn’t know Chi Nan’s ultimate purpose, but Old Yu had a hunch that it would be a good decision.

However, he looked at the black shadows criss crossing on the ghost wall and had a headache… These ghostly figures overlapped their torsos and limbs.
It was hard to tell them apart.
It was difficult to find any extra arms, and there was no way to be sure which hand was new.

Before Old Yu could speak, he saw that Chi Nan had Ye Chang take another panoramic photo of the ghost wall.
Then he opened the mobile phone’s photo album and compared it to the photo taken two days ago.
He played a live version of ‘spot the difference.’

It took less than five minutes for Chi Nan to find an extra hand on the wall where the shadows overlapped.
“This should be Xia Wei’s hand.”

He spoke while pointing to the lower right corner of the ghost wall.

Ye Chang nodded and skillfully handled the steel chisel.
“Brother Nan, you lean to the side.
I’m afraid that the rubble will fall on you later.”