"That thing had been following you for a very, very long time...
It had been behind you from the very beginning, whether you looked back or not.
You couldn't see it, but it had always been watching you while you walked, while you observed.
You couldn't touch it, but it could seize you whenever it pleased—when you were vigilant, when you let your guard down..."
Mei Sheng heard the echo carried on the wind. The end of Tianming Bridge was only a few steps ahead of her.
She knew the three people behind her could not be the ones with a problem. If there was a problem, it could only be her. Yet she did not dare look back again.
Ji Li, Fang Shenyan, and Xiao Qian Duyue could no longer save her.
When she had looked back for the first time, she had heard those bizarre words. Afterward, she clearly sensed covetous, vicious eyes fixed upon her back.
It was as though that ghostly talk had become real, as though a ghost had truly followed her all along, lying quietly in wait and preparing to bare its claws.
Mei Sheng did not dare gamble on whether the Ji Li and the other two she saw would still be themselves. What she needed to do now was escape for her life and figure out how she had ended up in this situation.
That voice had been gone for a long time, yet the sense of covetousness behind her grew stronger and stronger.
Those burning eyes behind her gave her the sensation that her back was being scorched in waves, even amid the relentless downpour.
Caught between cold and searing heat, gripped by two layers of terror, she did not look back. Instead, she made an even bolder decision.
She suddenly