In the darkness, the faint glow emitted by the Plantern illuminated a small area around her.
Looking at the Plantern she held in her hand, the expressionless loli seemed deep in thought.
Just like Kan Lu, she had inexplicably appeared in this Forest upon waking up. However, compared to the other two, her situation was far more unusual.
Earlier, she had actually been standing beside Qi Guang Meng Xing, yet the other girl seemed completely unable to see her. She could not hear what Qi Guang Meng Xing was saying, nor could she make contact with her. It was as if she were watching a silent film through a screen.
Not only that, Qi Guang Meng Xing had even struck up a friendly conversation with a White Bones Monster pieced together from broken bones.
From her perspective, this was basically the entire course of Qi Guang Meng Xing's previous actions.
First, she had walked over to an open area. Then, as if she had seen something, her face filled with shock, and she threw away the Plantern in her hand.
Afterward, the discarded Plantern vanished. She was grabbed by a White Bones Monster that suddenly appeared, then for some unknown reason dragged that monster behind a tree to hide.
Right afterward, the Plantern that had disappeared reappeared. She returned to the open area to take another look, then said something to the White Bones Monster before following it into the darkness.
—That was everything she had seen the other girl do earlier.
Standing silently in place with the Plantern in hand, Hei Fengye lowered her eyes toward it, seemingly pondering something.
After standing there for several minutes, she finally made a new move. She first raised her head to glance in the direction Qi Guang Meng Xing had left, then