Strangely, when Luo Xian lowered her head again, she found that the Compass's needle really had stopped in its original position, motionless between twelve and three o'clock.
The erratic movements and trembling during her earlier readings now seemed to have been caused only by the unsteadiness of the hand holding the Compass, brought on by extreme hesitation and urgency.
Luo Xian kept her face lowered, her long lashes trembling slightly. She no longer answered, as though she had suddenly fallen completely silent.
She began examining and questioning herself, as if Xie Zheng's words had prompted a pair of eyes to scrutinize the strangeness within her.
During this time, the thick fog had begun to collapse. It was like a dark cloud that had abandoned any intention of raining, making an impressive show only to retreat without accomplishing anything.
Yet the terrifying power enveloping the entire Black and White Building remained. Just as before, it held its position without attacking.
Xie Zheng reckoned that Ruru's Mother was partly responsible for the supernatural resurgence in the Black and White Building, but Ji Li's actions were likely the greater cause.
From what he knew of Ji Li, Ruru had most likely been captured by the Heterochromatic Eyes, leaving the Manager Mission without its Root Ghost.
And so Ruru's Mother, the boss behind the scenes, was about to make her entrance. That immense, terrifying power was probably hers.
At the same time, with the Manager Mission left without a master, the Tower Suppressing Ghosts in each building and on each floor had begun revealing their ferocity, baring their fangs one by one.
The Black and White Building would descend into a chaotic struggle among ghosts.
As the weaker side, the living had only one option now: use the Tower Suppressing Ghosts on the various