Tong Tong and Hao Xiao looked at each other.
Then, Hao Xiao spoke. "[Night Burial Maitreya] had you enter that [Nightmare] because it is the [Nightmare] domain of District 5."
"There are no ghosts in that [Nightmare]..."
No ghosts...
Ji Yan raised an eyebrow.
Having learned his lesson from the [Primal Bloodshed] in District 15, Ji Yan knew all too well that a [Nightmare] without ghosts was even more terrifying!
"No ghosts, and then?"
Tong Tong said, "We went in once, and let me tell you, I'd rather there be a [Ghost Nest] in there."
"The poker-faced uncle and I almost didn't make it out alive!"
Ji Yan rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, "No need to cushion how terrifying it is, just get to the point."
Hao Xiao tucked a cigarette behind his ear. "That [Nightmare] can generate another ghost in the mind of every intruder!"
"Generate a ghost in the mind?" Zuo Yang's expression turned odd. "What on earth is that?"
"To put it bluntly, it splits your sanity in two—one is yourself, and the other is a... ghostly version of yourself."
"It shares your thoughts and body, and even occupies and forcefully controls them."
Hao Xiao and Tong Tong recalled it and still felt lingering fear, though fortunately they had managed to break free in the end.
Hearing this, Ji Yan frowned, his expression turning even more puzzled and unappealing. "[Night Burial Maitreya] doesn't want me, but rather the mentally split other me?"
Hao Xiao shook his head. "I don't know."
"We're only responsible for sending you in."
"If you don't want to go in, we'll resort to a more 'polite' method."
As loyal chess players, they only knew that [Night Burial Maitreya] must have its reasons for doing this!
Tong Tong said, "[Night Burial