[Oh my God, this door is as flimsy as paper. I have no doubt even my grandma can kick it open. It doesn’t matter how much stuff you push against it.]

[In fact, as long as you are violent enough, even security doors can be broken open.]

[I’ve done the math. He was on the fifth floor. It will take at least thirty seconds to get down. It will take another thirty seconds to walk between the buildings and go up to get to your fourth floor. You still have a minute, so why don’t you open the door and run.]

[Don’t run downstairs. If you do, you’ll bump into him.]

The audience was worried about <Snowflake> and frantically gave advice on how to escape all through the next two minutes. But <Snowflake> no longer had time to watch the barrage.

Through everyone’s frightened clamor, An Rugu’s voice came; <Snowflake> heard it through the earphones, “You should have also realized it by now. You have only one way out—run upstairs.”

Her tone was so cold that it calmed down <Snowflake>’s mind that had been churning around in circles. The words were brief, but it directly touched <Snowflake>‘s mind.

This was indeed the only path she could take, no matter how dangerous it would be. Although this road had a narrow chance of survival, all the other paths had a greater chance of death!

In a flash, she gritted her teeth and made a decision.

At first, it seemed that she hadn’t given up on the table. She pushed it all the way until it almost reached the door.

But then, she quickly climbed on top of the table, took off the anti-theft chain, opened the door to the small gap it could, squeezed out the door sideways, and then quietly closed the door behind her.

Then she took off her shoes at the door of her house and stepped on the ground with her bare feet. Her white toes grew covered with dust and dirt. When she stepped on sand and stones on the floor, she felt excruciating pain.

At this time, in the originally quiet environment, there was suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps and rough breathing, as if someone was rushing towards her like crazy. The sound fell on everyone’s ears like booming thunder.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer.

The murderer was coming.

… …

The growing sound was like a reminder. <Snowflake> bit her lip and drew blood. She quickly stepped forward and faced the stairs.

She walked up the steps, one after another. In order not to make any noise, she could only carry her shoes and walk barefoot on the ground, trying to make her steps as light as possible.

Right now, she wished she could turn into a cat so that she could walk without making any sound.

The price of walking lightly was loss of speed.

Compared to the hurried and heavy footsteps coming from downstairs, her movements were like a snail crawling.

Where else could anyone in the livestream channel have seen such a nail-biting moment?

Many people held their breath. They knew that their comments would not be heard by the murderer, but they felt the same as <Snowflake>: too scared to make any move.

The sound of footsteps coming from downstairs was becoming louder and louder, resounding throughout the livestream channel.

First floor.

Second floor.

Third floor.

The audience in the livestream channel realized with horror that the murderer was about to reach the fourth floor!

… …

As <Snowflake> heard the thundering footsteps getting closer and closer, she gritted her teeth. She estimated the distance from the sound. At the same time, she did not alter her soft, snail-like speed, her fair feet stepping softly but firmly on the cement stairs step by step.

Three seconds later, a very tall man wearing a black T-shirt, holding a bloody knife, rushed up the last step of the fourth floor like a cheetah. He entered the corridor and stood in front of the door of <Snowflake>’s house.

At the same time, <Snowflake> had also walked up the last step of the stairs to the next floor and quietly disappeared from view on the fourth floor.

The two of them were only separated by one floor and a short, straight staircase, but they were both in each other’s blind spot, and neither could see the other.

… …

In fact, as murderer went up the steps, had he looked up, he could have seen <Snowflake> turning into the fifth floor corridor.

But he never thought of looking up, because he thought that <Snowflake> would be hiding in her home behind locked doors.

Maybe she would even block the door with large items to prevent him from breaking in.

The man looked at the thin metal door and smiled.

He was a local gangster. Some time ago, he and a partner successfully robbed a jewelry store of items worth up to one million yuan. As they were dividing the spoils, he felt that he was being cheated so he got angry and stabbed his partner.

His partner fell in a pool of blood. He didn’t know whether he killed him or not, but anyway, with that kind of wound, it didn’t look like he would survive. He was about to finish him off when he turned and saw the woman on the balcony of the building across.

Her face was full of panic, but her feet was rooted to the ground, and she didn’t move. She was holding a mobile phone in her hand and wearing headphones, as if she had been watching a video, looking all innocent.

He just wanted to get his share of the gold and didn’t want to kill another person, but this woman saw him kill someone. If she called the police, not only would his gold be gone, but he himself would go to jail.

He gained courage at this thought. When he saw the bloody knife in his hand, his murderous thoughts became more and more intense. His eyes were red, and there was only one thought left in his mind: kill her, kill this witness, and all that gold would be his. 

All the people in the woman’s building had already left, leaving only this one household, which gave him an excellent opportunity to commit crimes.

He raised his foot and kicked the door with as much force as a hammer. The old metal door dented under his fierce assault.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Once, twice, three times….

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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