Until Dusk Protocol - Chapter 12: Essence of the Void: Part 4

... with a deafening finality, the sound echoing like a judge's gavel sealing their fate. The silence that followed felt alive, slithering into Tang-Ji's ears and tightening its hold. She exchanged anxious glances back and forth at Kazami, but the pallor of his face told her all she needed to know.

The impact resonated in their bones as panic surged through their virtual veins before they realised that they were trapped, cut off from the safety of the outside world. Desperation etched itself ...