Things had changed, and people were gone.
I could come back, but there was no guarantee anything else would.
Not only was the Ghost Carriage nowhere behind me, there wasn't even a trace of the one I'd ridden before. All that remained was me, a passenger abandoned in the middle of the road.
Not bad!
As for this scene, Fu Qian felt a little wistful, but was also deeply satisfied.
Being refused a ride was one thing. This scene also concealed a rather important implication: Ji Feng might be watching him.
He'd speculated earlier that the poison was powerful enough to have the effect of switching dimensions because of the Unseen Hill's special nature.
It was essentially the embodiment of that senior's will, and could be understood, to a certain extent, as a dream.
After taking the antidote, he hadn't just returned with the poison cured. He'd even gone straight back to the starting point of the mission. This effect could be said to indirectly prove that the place was as unreal as a "dream."
After all, under normal circumstances, the departure point had been Room 802, so returning to the door of that room would have made more intuitive sense.
Instead, he'd ended up here, and his position was so precise it was almost as if he'd loaded a save.
Could this be further proof that the Unseen Hill, or Ji Feng, had been watching him all along?
It was still reasonable, really. On the one hand, as Ji Feng's former attending physician, he and Ji Feng had shared a profound mental connection.
On the other hand, although not much time had passed, his title had shot up. The King of Prison Break paying a discreet visit would probably put considerable pressure on most places.
In any case, even