If this was the future, then...
My heart started pounding faster.
If this really was the future, my family and friends—and even I—should be in this world!
Would I get the chance to see them?
If I did, that would prove it, wouldn't it?
The thought had barely crossed my mind when I sensed the yin energy outside the door.
The surroundings had already changed. I was back in the man's bedroom. He was playing a video game, and the yin energy outside his bedroom door belonged to the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost.
I immediately pushed that thought aside and rushed out first.
I saw the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost—but I saw it disappear right in front of me.
In the living room, the middle-aged couple I'd seen earlier were clinging to each other, trembling as they watched the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost enter their son's room.
I turned back at once, only to see the man staring in shock and the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost smiling at him.
My outstretched hand brushed past the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost again.
I couldn't help blurting out a curse.
What were the odds? Was it really a coincidence?
I began to suspect something.
But the surroundings had already changed.
The man saw the Guangyuan Mountain Ghost disappear, but he didn't see the yin energy suddenly appear around him.
His legs nearly gave out from fear, but he forced himself to walk outside the room.
His parents were gone. There was no one in the living room, no one in the bedroom, and no one in the room with the miscellaneous junk and bunk beds, either.
The man took out his phone and leaned weakly against the doorframe, wanting to call his parents.
Behind him, a faint noise came from among the clutter.
His nerves instantly went taut,