At least Greenleaf's soul had returned to the real world, while Liu Miao had been left behind in the otherworld.
No—perhaps Liu Miao had died in the future.
The Liu Miao I was seeing now was from 2017.
Thinking carefully about Greenleaf's attitude and the orders he'd left behind, he knew where Liu Miao had died. That was why, after the demon took him, he'd told us to find Liu Miao.
In another situation, rescuing Liu Miao would have been very simple. We could just follow our original plan: if someone among those "survivors" died—preferably Xiao Tian, who had seen Liu Miao—I'd be able to find Liu Miao in the dream and bring him back to the real world.
It might be difficult. We'd only have one chance, and finding someone else who had seen Liu Miao at just the right time could be very hard. But no matter how difficult it was, it was still much better than being trapped in this otherworld.
"...Then maybe I died on the road." Liu Miao had already guessed that this was possible.
He hadn't realized that Greenleaf might have died on the road, too.
I felt sad.
"That's not the only way. My ability can destroy the entrances and exits to the otherworld," I said.
Liu Miao looked at me and smiled. "No wonder the boss found you."
"Yeah. So, if I destroy the otherworld on this side..." I continued.
"The boss didn't send you here to do that, did he?" Liu Miao glanced at Nantian.
Nantian was the last person who should have been here.
To be honest, if it weren't for Nantian, we wouldn't have found this place. We might have had to wait much longer to see Liu Miao. But following the original plan would have been much safer