Weightlessness, disorientation. Everything around him dissolved, then reassembled.
When Han Su abruptly opened his eyes, he saw crows circling above the Ancient Castle.
Before his memories could return, he jolted and quickly turned to look inside the bus. Chao Xiaobei was there, head bowed as he slept.
Beside him were Song Yushi, Bai Shixing, and everyone else who had entered the future after the Ancient Castle collapsed in the previous Life Path, including Lan Huiguo and Meng Qingtong, whom he had met then. They had all returned to the bus.
As expected, the previous Life Path had only involved the Ancient Castle collapsing, which had sent them into the future. It hadn't been because he'd rescued them.
So they had returned with him when the world flickered.
Except...
...He searched again, and his expression turned to stunned disbelief. His hands and feet went cold as he finally confirmed it.
Li Manman!
Li Manman wasn't on the bus. What was going on?
Previously, only those he'd rescued had escaped the Kidnapping Case. Why had Li Manman disappeared from it too?
His mind filled with countless questions. He slowly turned around and watched the bus enter the Ancient Castle, where the Old Butler stood beside it to welcome the children as they got off.
As he entered the Ancient Castle, his mind raced through the connections and what he should do this time. Last time, he had seized Dr. Han's ritual in the castle, and the result hadn't been good.
What if he didn't interfere and simply followed the ritual Dr. Han had described?
Combined with what he'd experienced in the previous Life Path, the answer wasn't hard to infer. Because he'd seized the ritual last time, and it had only been half completed, the Emperor's consciousness had awakened inside him. That