Time in a collapsing world

After being given another shot of "stimulant", Theresa briefly overcame her inner fear again. She ignored the hands and feet wriggling like worms in the passage and rushed in with her eyes closed.

"Girls who work hard towards their goals are cute~?"

"Ha ha……"

Amethyst ignored her and also went through the passage, but never saw Theresa again.

"Where's the person? Lost?"

Amethyst was puzzled and looked around. There were messy decorations everywhere and it was difficult to tell where Theresa was going.

"On the left, Weiwei has been watching the surveillance~?"

Alicia came out from a door disguised as a wall.

"Hmm... you have an employee access here?"

Amethyst felt it was unfair. Why did she and Theresa have to crawl over here while Alicia could walk over normally?

"Of course. After all, a beautiful girl like me can't crawl into such a dirty little hole, right?" Alicia said as a matter of course.

"..."

I’ve decided. I’ll follow Alicia later.

The two walked towards the left side of the haunted house, trying to keep up with Theresa's pace according to Vilvi's instructions. However, perhaps because they encountered too many ghosts along the way, Theresa's speed only got faster and not slower, so the two ran for a long time without seeing her.

"Oh, by the way, this haunted house opened by Weiwei has a maze area, so if you get lost, you may not be able to get out for a week~?" Alicia kindly reminded.

"Does your organization have enough funding? To put so many things in a small haunted house?" Zijing said as she ran. On the way, she met a few tourists dressed as ghosts. They suddenly jumped out, but saw Zijing's expressionless face and felt very bored.

"I'm the boss, and I have a very good friend who's rich... By the way, have you heard Eden's new song?" Alicia met a "female ghost" who looked very beautiful even with makeup on, so she teased her before talking to Zijing.

"New song?"

Eden from the Moth organization has very good musical talent. Her singing voice is like the sound of nature, and her creative talent is also outstanding enough. Her own songs can often be heard within the organization, and even Amethyst is no exception.

"'Promise Under the Starlight' is a very gentle love song with a beautiful melody... Or should I say that every song written by Eden is beautiful~?"

Then, Alicia sang a song for Zijing, and the beautiful song echoed in the empty passage, as if adding a touch of warmth and light to this gloomy haunted house. Her voice was clear and emotional, and every note was full of tenderness and power, making people feel as if they were in a world full of love and hope.

The ghost that was originally going to scare people stopped its actions unconsciously and just stood quietly by the side, attracted by Alicia's singing.

Soon, Zijing discovered that Alicia was singing too devotedly, and her pretty face, which had always been smiling, was a little shaken, as if the song also touched her own heartstrings and made her think of some sad things.

"Looking at the stars in the night sky, we held hands tightly and made a wish..."

There were fewer and fewer ghosts around, and the haunted house owner, Wilvi, naturally heard Alicia's singing, so she didn't let the ghosts come to disturb her.

As Zijing listened, she couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Empathy...?

The leader of the Moth organization is obviously also missing someone.

As for the identity of that person, Zijing could roughly guess it, so she remained silent and listened quietly.

Before she knew it, Alicia had finished singing the entire song.

The two also came to the haunted house maze area that Alicia had mentioned before. Velvi's voice came from the radio, indicating that Theresa was really scared in there.

"Well……"

"I'm going in. Are you... okay?"

Zijing looked at Alicia, who had not yet fully recovered from the atmosphere of the song. There was still a hint of melancholy in her eyes brought by the song.

"It's okay~ How about you? Did you find the cute little white-haired girl?" Because she was too focused, Alicia didn't hear the sound of the broadcast at all, and forgot the existence of everything around her.

"…Now we're in the maze. Do you have a map? Or can Miss Weiwei show us the way?" Amethyst asked.

"I didn't bring a map... and unfortunately, the surveillance in the maze area broke down three days ago, and the repairman hasn't come yet, so we have to rely on ourselves to find people inside~?" Alicia replied.

"'We'? You'll help, right?"

"..."

Alicia didn't answer, but just put her hands behind her back, looked up without looking at Zijing, with a mischievous smile on her face.

It seems I can only rely on myself.

Amethyst walked in front and began to carefully observe every corner of the maze, looking for possible clues.

Alicia followed behind Zijing, walking slowly without giving any hints. There must be many employee passages in the maze, and this guy definitely knew where they were, but he just didn't tell her, and only let Zijing observe with her own eyes.

Zijing shuttled back and forth in the maze, and he noticed some marks on the walls and scratches on the ground, which might be clues left by previous visitors. Based on these clues, he gradually sorted out the path of the maze.

After a series of trials and errors, Amethyst successfully reached the exit of the maze, but still did not find Theresa, which forced him to go back again and walk towards other dead ends.

"I can't find it... I'll apply to use the cue card."

Originally, this was just something Zijing said casually when he was bored, but he didn't expect that Alicia would respond to his little expectation.

"Have you forgotten something? Your eyes are different from ours. If you use that ability a little, you should be able to find the person quickly~?"

"..."

Well, there is no difference between giving this reminder and not giving it.

Zijing spent so much time walking around because she didn't want to use that ability casually.

Who knows if there will be any side effects if the Herrscher's abilities are used too much? Especially since the core in his body is a little special, a core of the same type has successfully killed its host.

However... Zijing hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to use her ability.

The blue-purple eyes had faded and were difficult to see in the dark environment of the haunted house, but all of this was clearly presented in Alicia's eyes.

Seeing the familiar appearance of the person in front of her, Alysia had some nostalgia in her eyes, but the next moment, her communicator with her companions rang. While Zijing was using her ability to find someone, Mei's voice rang in her ears: "Li's 'corpse' disappeared."