Cold!
The chilling sensation forced Shen Yu awake. His heavy eyes was groggily pried open and instantly a deep red spread over his vision.
What the....
Shen Yu rubbed his eyes with the back of his palm which was stained with dirt. Making them sting even more.
After some seconds of blinking the pain away, he slowly sat up, looking up he saw a red moon above his head.
Is it the solar eclipse today? Shen Yu doubted. No that can't be. Even a solar eclipse shouldn't look like this!!
It was huge with thick, clog with vein like streaks that squirm on its surface like a parasite clinging to it's host.
Shen Yu's heart skipped a beat, staring at the moon, if it could be referred to as that. The hair on the back of his neck stood on edge, and his breathing noticably increased.
The violent red spilled all over the sky, dying it with it's shade creating a hue that envelops the whole city.
Why was he lying on the ground of the bridge?
Noticing something was off, Shen Yu quickly got on his feet. The sudden moment cause an item he hadn't noticed was lying on his blossom before to fall.
The sound, crisp against the marble floor was echoed loudly in the still air, making him flinch.
Shen Yu subconsciously looked around. It was as if something was going to jump out in the next minute.
Nerves tense he hesitantly bent down to pick up the thing that fell.
It was a small notebook about the size of an adult's palm.
The rough back cover looked odly familiar to him.
He had seen this notebook before!!
It was packed in the big box containing his father's belongings when he died.
Shen Yu had looked through it before but the book was completely blank.
No longer calm, he turned the first page open. A chill went through his spine.
He couldn't think about why it appeared here with him in the first place, but there was words written in it now.
There are definitely the same book, so how come?
Thick bead of sweat slid down from his temple, rolling behind his ear. The air was cold, but there was this lingering stickness that seem to condense on his skin like a thin firm. Metallic and heavy.
It made him very uncomfortable.
Where am I?
The moment the thought dropped more words started to appear on the page.
As if there was an invisible person next to him that he couldn't see writing it.
With shaky hands, he pressed down the biting feeling to toss the strange notebook away. Calmed down and started to read.
No matter what he was already here. He might as well find out what was going on.
The first part showed an information profile of himself.
Name: Shen Yu
Age: 17
Status: Student
District: 23, west side Yinfeng.
The newly written part was still vivid. Shen Yu rubbed his thumb on the page and it came out completely clean. No stain.
'Welcome to the door watcher trial district 23 Shen Yu, please try to survive the first night in the pathway.
Tip: Scout out a safe building to hide.
After reading it over and over again, he confirmed there was no mistake.
Shen Yu did not understand much, but he did know that whatever this is wasn't going to be nice.
Flipping through the journal he finds a card with a fading, rustic door drawn on it.
Shen Yu was suspicious but since he found this notebook here this might be a clue to finding his father.
Although everyone said he was dead, Shen Yu didn't believe it. After all there was no corpse only that he died on the business trip.
Shen Yu clenched the notebook in his hand tight.
Looking around the city was the same as the one he lived in but looked old and desolate with a dark red moon hanging in the sky, bleeding a sea of red hue that enveloped the whole city like a mist.
Plop....
A soft smack of water came from behind him.
Shen Yu's eyes move to the stagnant river below the bridge he was standing. The water was black and it was impossible to see past the still surface that was just too eerily calm.
The odour was foul. Shen Yu couldn't help rubbing his nose.
It was as if the water itself was decaying? But how is that possible.
Ears strained, he lightened his breath and listened.
Plop...
A thick bubble struggled free from water surface, drifting for less than three seconds then....pop.
More bubbles started to rise and the water started to churn violently....
Something is coming out of the water!
Then suddenly, as if it had all been his imagination it all turned still.
Shen Yu's throat constricted. The hand holding the notebook trembled and slowly backed away.
"Help me." Just them soft whisper floated from no where. Carrying a hint of a sob.