The disappearance continued, showing no signs of stopping or slowing just because Ji Li had retraced his steps.
Instead, a chattering clamor rose inexplicably beside his ears, growing inexplicably intense.
Whoosh!
He spun around, but the sound was gone again.
For one fleeting instant, Ji Li seemed to see a pair of eyes hidden behind every window, staring fixedly at him.
Inside the dark houses, they suppressed their impatience and excitement, forcing themselves not to make a sound as they eagerly awaited the death of the person on the street.
This was most likely not an illusion.
The snow-white road was cast dark red by the blood moon in the sky and the Red Lanterns on either side, providing just enough light.
The vanished invisible ghostly figures were likely the owners of those eyes hidden behind the windows, just as Ji Li had instinctively felt.
On the dimly bright snow, he watched the fingers of his right hand steadily vanish. His expression flickered along with the light as his Hair Strands and the red lanterns swayed in the wind.
He rapidly pieced together everything that had happened since arriving at the bridal chamber, trying to determine where something had gone wrong, or what unnoticed detail had led to the current situation.
"The choice shouldn't have been wrong..."
Taking this road should not have caused the dead end to erupt. After all, on the fourth night, he had also tried to contact the Ghost Bride and had even used her connection to Heavenly Sea to resolve the incident.
"That alley..."
Ji Li suddenly realized something—the second ghost he had never managed to find.
There was little time left. Only two fingers remained on his right hand. By all rights, this rate was not particularly fast; the disappearance should have been the