It was clear that Pu Hui wasn't usually a talkative person. He didn't have any belongings of his deceased colleague's, either, so he used a bloodstained stone in its place. He stared silently at the stone without saying a word, until the drug gradually made him groggy.
Now that things had reached this point, the procedure could go smoothly. Xu Huo drew him into his Spiritual World.
There was no need for any special visual tricks. Xu Huo simply conjured a shadow outside Pu Hui's door.
The door to Pu Hui's bedroom was made of translucent frosted glass, so the view on either side was unclear. Even if someone stood outside, all anyone could see was a blurry shadow. The figure didn't need to be detailed; given the lighting inside and outside the room at night, even its height didn't need to be precise.
Xu Huo made no sound, waiting for Pu Hui to notice him on his own.
The drug had slowed Pu Hui's reactions, but as the light outside changed, he soon noticed the figure beyond the door.
"Who's there?" His first thought was that someone had broken into his home. He immediately activated the smart robot, but once the room lights came on, it didn't sound an intrusion alarm.
Pu Hui got up and opened the door. The figure disappeared when the lights came on, and there was naturally no one outside.
Clack! The bloodstained rock in his room suddenly rolled off the table and onto the floor.
Pu Hui whipped around. He was more shocked than frightened as he watched the rock wobble twice on the floor. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he shut down every machine in the room.
He stood in the living room, with the bedroom door open. In the darkness, he