I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 203 Peeping at the Door (Part 4)

Standing in the laboratory, Chen Kun looked at the door that had just been opened in front of him. The door, which originally led to the corridor outside, now revealed the scene from the equipment room behind him when opened.

He had an expression like he'd swallowed shit, his neck stiff as he turned his head to look at Guo Jintao.

Guo Jintao was still gasping for air, breathing in sharply, and Chen Kun seriously doubted whether this guy might just keel over and drop dead right there.

Ignoring Guo Jintao, Chen Kun reached out, grabbed the door handle, and quickly shut the door.

He strode into the room and then grabbed the handle of the door leading to the equipment room, twisting it forcefully and pushing the door open.

It was still the same equipment room, with no changes.

Chen Kun stood there for a moment, steadying the doorknob. He turned his head back to Guo Jintao and shouted, "Quick, go open the lab's door and take a look. I'll hold this one steady here."

Although Guo Jintao was thoroughly spooked, he knew the situation was very bad. He mustered his courage, walked to the laboratory door, reached out, and pulled, but the door did not budge.

"Can't open it, it's like it's locked tight," Guo Jintao said.

"But that can't be, I just closed it; I didn't lock it," Chen Kun said, puzzled.

"Didn't lock it, but it won't open," Guo Jintao confirmed that the door lock was normal, his face stricken with horror.

After a moment's thought, Chen Kun closed the door to the equipment room and said, "Try again now."

Guo Jintao nodded, exerted force with his hand, and just as he did, the door was pulled open.

He quickly stuck his head out to look outside the door and then twisted his head back, his expression even more terrified.

"What's going on?" Chen Kun asked.

Without speaking, Guo Jintao widened the door so that Chen Kun behind him could see clearly.

Chen Kun immediately shone his flashlight through it, only to find that what lay beyond the door was not the corridor but the equipment room again.

"It seems like... space is looping!"

Chen Kun quickly tried to push the door leading to the equipment room on his side, finding it completely immovable, as if locked by some bizarre force once again.

"Fuck me! What do we do now? Only one door can be opened at a time, and each door leads to the equipment room."

Looking at the door of the laboratory that was open, which should have led outside to the corridor, now the scene of the equipment room was still showing inside.

Chen Kun hesitated briefly before saying, "We can't get out. Here's the plan: I'll go into this equipment room, you close the door, and I'll try to open the door from inside. Maybe, just maybe, that will open the lab's door to the corridor. If we can manage to open it, we may have a chance to get out."

"Just me going in, and not you?" Guo Jintao asked worriedly, uncertain whether he was more concerned about himself or Chen Kun.

"Do you want both of us to end up in danger?" Chen Kun said.

After that, he had Guo Jintao close the laboratory's door, and with a gentle twist, surely, the equipment room's door was opened again.

Chen Kun shone his flashlight inside to ensure there was nothing unusual, then took a step in, turned to look at the still panic-stricken Guo Jintao, gestured for him to stay calm, and then closed the door behind him.

Once the door was closed, Chen Kun started to feel a chill. He turned around and shone his flashlight everywhere, but there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary.

He walked to the interior part of the equipment room, which was not large—the whole room could be seen at a glance—and there was nothing.

After waiting a moment, he opened the equipment room's door and looked outside. He had hoped to see the corridor, but what he saw next still left him disappointed.

Outside was the laboratory, with no change at all, and Guo Jintao still stood there with a dumbfounded face, looking at Chen Kun opening the door.

Chen Kun was immediately at a loss for words, given Guo Jintao's expression. This guy probably thought that upon opening the door, the Peephole Strange Creature would appear before him, not expecting it to be Chen Kun himself.

"You mistook me for a Strangeness?" Chen Kun asked with a wry smile, staring at him.

"Isn't that right?" Guo Jintao nodded, "Dad thought the Peephole Strange Creature had come out again."

"Wrong." Chen Kun walked out of the equipment room, "This door opens normally from the inside, how can it be like this?"

"Why not try again, this time you go in and don't pull the door, I'll push it open from the outside." Guo Jintao suggested.

"Hmm, that's the only way." Chen Kun nodded, then turned back into the equipment room and closed the door behind him.

Standing inside the equipment room, he didn't touch the door anymore, as if afraid of unintentionally triggering something.

Outside, Guo Jintao stood cautiously, reaching out to gently twist the doorknob and then slowly pushed open the door to the equipment room.

Now, he had developed a severe psychological shadow regarding opening doors; his entire body would tremble just from touching a door.

The door was pushed open, but not with much force, revealing only a slight crack.

At that moment, Guo Jintao saw a shadow flit inside the door and, thinking it was Chen Kun stepping forward to pull the door open, he stepped back to let the other person do it.

In the equipment room, Chen Kun, who had been standing about two or three meters from the door, didn't move when he saw the door being pushed open by Guo Jintao to reveal a gap about three fingers wide.

He leaned forward to take a look and noticed a shadow moving outside the door, so he also refrained from pulling it open, waiting for Guo Jintao to push it.

With this misunderstanding, the door to the equipment room remained open at a three-finger width for about ten seconds.

Then, Chen Kun was the first to realize something was wrong. He quickly approached, shining the flashlight through the gap, and saw the light at the door being blocked by a shadow standing outside the crack.

This person was dressed in black with half a face pressed to the door, a familiar gray eye peering through the crack at him.

Chen Kun shuddered in fright and immediately backed away; he had never expected the Peephole Strange Creature to appear outside the door, that is, in the laboratory itself.

If the Peephole Strange Creature was outside, then something must have happened to Guo Jintao in the laboratory...

At the same moment, Guo Jintao also backed away in panic, seeing inside the crack, in the equipment room, a man in black standing rigid, with one eye peeking out, staring at him.

"The Peephole Ghost!"

Guo Jintao sat down hard on the ground, still scrambling backwards in fear.

"Guo Jintao!" Chen Kun's voice suddenly came through, exactly from that equipment room, "Are you okay? I see the Peephole Strange Creature standing in the laboratory looking at me, hurry and run away, don't come over."

"What?" Guo Jintao suddenly stiffened, and blurted out, "Isn't that guy on your side? I see him standing inside the equipment room, peeking out at me through the crack."

"Ah!"

Chen Kun's voice was filled with terror.

And at this time, Guo Jintao felt equally terrified.

Could it be… there are two Peephole Strange Creatures?

"No, it must be because of a space issue!" Chen Kun shook his head, looking only out the door at the man peeping in, whereas his side was as usual, nothing out of the ordinary.

But from Guo Jintao's perspective, the view was the same as his own, freakishly strange!

Just then, a thought flashed through Chen Kun's mind, he blurted out: "Guo Jintao, don't panic just yet, it seems like the spaces have merged, go open the laboratory's door right now and see if it's the hallway, hurry!"

Guo Jintao was taken aback, then quickly understood, scrambled up, not caring about the Peephole Ghost still watching him, and rushed to the laboratory door leading outside, grabbed the doorknob, and yanked it open.

This time, the door opened easily.

And in the moment the door opened, Guo Jintao was so frightened by the scene outside that he jumped up, but when he looked carefully, he found a person standing there, and with surprise said, "Yan Junze?!"