The phone screen light went out.

In the final instant, Adam Carter saw the black asphalt form a humanoid shape, facing him.

‘It’ merged into the darkness and vanished without a trace.

Yet a faint corpse stench once again lingered around Adam Carter's nose.

Thoughts raced through his mind: “The shadow wraith can only kill one person each time it appears—the phone light hadn’t gone out yet, that woman was already killed, but the shadow wraith didn’t attack me again!”

“Its target must be the person closest to the surrounding shadows!”

The woman died because of this.

This was a simulation game, but before long, it would become reality.

Adam Carter's palm, gripping the Gangdong, was slick with sweat. Forcing himself to rein in his thoughts, he stepped through the blood splattered on the stairs, moved step by step to the first floor, and with trembling hands took the key to open the circuit breaker box, shutting off the power for the entire building unit.

Right by his feet was half of the woman’s head.

A faint electronic voice sounded in his ear: “You have comprehended a temporary talent: Dark Walker (White).”

“Dark Walker (White): You can adapt to darkness more quickly, and possess a certain ability to see in the dark.”

“Hoo…” Slowly exhaling, Adam Carter blocked out the electronic voice in his mind, emptying his thoughts.

He was separated from the outside world by only a single door.

But this door could also become an insurmountable chasm.

Although Adam Carter often went in and out of the building’s main entrance, he hadn’t paid attention to the several light sources outside the door.

It was only after the simulator appeared that he started to pay special attention to the light sources outside the building: to the left of the entrance, there was a streetlamp, slanting toward the main door;

If you walked to the right along the building’s alley, there was also a streetlamp on the corner utility pole.

These lights could not be turned off.

Adam Carter could only hope that the Gangdong in his hand would work, and that the moment he stepped into the lit area, it would help block the shadow wraith that followed.

Perhaps the shadow wraith was limited to this building?

Turning the handle, Adam Carter pulled open the building’s main door.

He didn’t hesitate for a second. The moment he opened the door, he sprinted as he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, running straight toward the right side of the alley!

The orange streetlamp cast a large shadow at the corner,

The daylight stretched Adam Carter's shadow long,

The faint corpse stench suddenly became overwhelming the instant Adam Carter's shadow hit the ground!

Thump thump thump thump thump!

Adam Carter's heart pounded wildly. He didn’t even need to look back to know that something asphalt-like was surging out from his shadow, and in the next moment, it would claim his life!

Raising the Gangdong to his lips, Adam Carter puffed out his cheeks and blew hard into the bone flute!

“Wuaaaaah—”

A wailing sound, like a ghost’s cry or a person howling in agony, burst from the bone flute, echoing instantly through the less-than-a-hundred-step alley!

A bone-chilling, icy aura swirled against Adam Carter's skin!

Waves of crimson wind surged from the Gangdong, enveloping Adam Carter and driving away the corpse stench lingering at his nostrils!

The blood wind condensed into a hand bone entwined with silvery tendons, its five gnarled fingers suddenly grabbing the oncoming shadow wraith, tearing open a rift!

Adam Carter had no time to consider the sudden change before him. Seeing a chance at survival, he charged headlong through the rift!

He dropped the Gangdong,

One end of the Gangdong was still gushing blood wind, and the extended hand bone, with part of the shadow wraith clinging to it, turned into a black hand with bulging muscles and tendons.

When this arm was illuminated by daylight and streetlamp, it swelled to dozens of meters high, level with the building!

The pitch-black giant hand was wedged between the two buildings, raised high,

Dozens of split fingers slammed down at Adam Carter—

Boom!

The ground was smashed into a huge pit.

Adam Carter was buried beneath the pit.

……

“You are dead.”

“The temporary talent Dark Walker (White) has disappeared.”

“This simulation has ended.”

“Score: B-.

Comment: The path to survival was right before your eyes, keep trying!

Reward: Base reward for B- score: 50 jade coins, comprehension of temporary talent Dark Walker (White) +1 jade coin, twice evading the pursuit of the ‘shadow wraith’ +6 jade coins, Talent Upgrade Talisman (Green) *1.”

“The following items can be brought out of this simulation game…”

A dial floated before Adam Carter's eyes. Adam Carter's emotions calmed as he looked at the items appearing on the dial.

Option 0: Talent – Pain Transfer (White).

Option 1: Talent – Dark Walker (White).

Option 2: Orfa head-mounted monocular infrared night vision device.

Option 3: Master circuit breaker key for Building 6, Ping’an Garden.

Option 4: Voice-activated light remote for the hallway of Building 6, Ping’an Garden.

……

“The talent I comprehended in the last simulation game actually still appears as an option to bring out.”

“Does this mean that as long as something like a ‘talent’ appears once in the bring-out options, it will appear every time in the future? That would be convenient.”

Adam Carter hesitated for a moment between option 0 and option 1, and finally spent 50 jade coins to purchase option 1 – Talent: Dark Walker (White).