The livestream had ended.
The cursed chair destroyed.
The woman in white—Li Xiu—finally freed from her eternal torment.
But something still felt… wrong.
Yun Qi stood before the shattered remains of the rattan chair in the mansion's cellar.
The air felt lighter, but the silence was unnerving.
It was too quiet.
She checked her phone—every app was blank.
No more notifications. No more LIVE icons.
Yet, a faint scent of jasmine lingered in the air.
As the surviving members of The Last Witnesses left the mansion, none of them noticed the small, barely visible crack in the floor beneath where the chair once stood.
And deep beneath that crack… something pulsed.
Something still alive.
Meanwhile…
Across the world, some viewers found their devices acting strangely again.
Not all at once—just a few.
A flicker of static here.
A strange background noise there.
And then, an unexpected update pushed to their apps—one they never downloaded.
An icon appeared:
A single white jasmine flower on a black background.
And underneath it, a haunting tagline:
"She is watching… in the echoes."
Chen Rui, still trapped in the mirror world, felt the ground beneath his feet shift.
The mirrors began to shatter one by one, but beyond each broken mirror, he no longer saw the woman in white.
He saw… himself.
Multiple versions of himself.
Each trapped, screaming silently, eyes filled with terror.
And then, the final mirror cracked.
From the darkness beyond, a low, unfamiliar voice echoed:
"Thank you… for setting me free."
Chen Rui's heart froze.
That wasn't Li Xiu's voice.
It was something older.
Darker.
The curse hadn't ended—it had evolved.
Back in the real world, Yun Qi's phone vibrated one last time.
The screen lit up with a new message:
[Final Invitation Pending... Would you like to accept? Y/N]
Her finger hovered over the screen.
Before she could decide, the phone's camera activated by itself.
And on the screen, for just a second, she saw it—
Her own reflection…
Standing behind her…
Smiling.
End of Chapter 19