Yu Sheng hung up, took a deep breath, and turned to Eileen. "I get the feeling Baili Qing's holding up pretty well."
"That's a given. She's the director, after all." The little doll looked just as carefree. Seeing that Yu Sheng had finished his call, she immediately hopped down from the coffee table and headed for the door. "So, shall we head out?"
Yu Sheng did not waste words. He opened a door beside him, pulled out his Tetanus Staff, and hoisted it onto his shoulder. "Let's go!"
The three of them stepped out of No. 66 Wutong Road. They looked at the thick fog slowly surging just a few meters beyond the house, then walked into it.
The instant they crossed that invisible boundary, a chilly, oppressive atmosphere closed in from all sides. The detached, alien "Otherworld" atmosphere within the fog made Yu Sheng shudder slightly. After walking a little farther, he looked back and saw that No. 66 Wutong Road had become a hazy shadow in the fog. The mansion's outline stood silently at the edge of his vision, like a speechless, lurking giant beast.
He frowned and asked in a low voice, "...Did we lock the door when we left?"
"We did." Huli nodded. "I watched you lock it, benefactor."
Eileen was sitting on Yu Sheng's shoulder. Hearing their exchange, she poked him in the head. "You looked serious for so long just to ask that? Were you worried someone would come into our house through this fog and steal things or something?"
"I was just asking." Yu Sheng slapped the little doll's paw away, then focused on the slightest movement around them. "...Stay alert. Something might come out of this fog."
Night had deepened over Boundary City in the real world. On the "foggy side," the