I brushed Gu Mo's hand aside and was about to snap back at him when Wu Ling continued where he'd left off. I had no choice but to swallow my retort.
"There are two possibilities. One is that Ye Qing changed his mind. Maybe he decided he could trust you and gave you more freedom, and you suddenly couldn't control your ability. The other possibility..." Wu Ling said, turning to Liu Miao.
Liu Miao nodded. "The other possibility is that after what happened in the Yangshan District alternate dimension, your ability was affected and became stronger." He pointed at himself. "I can feel that my own ability has grown stronger, too. I can see more ghosts, and I can see the temporary passage the vengeful ghosts use much more clearly."
I looked at Liu Miao curiously. When our eyes met, I suddenly felt a cold wind brush across my back. Goose bumps broke out all over me, and I instinctively looked away.
Gu Mo clicked his tongue twice. I thought he was about to mock me, but instead he slung an arm around my shoulders in a surprisingly friendly gesture. "That's normal. This idiot can see vengeful ghosts. Who among us doesn't have a few on our backs? By the way, are there a lot behind him?" His last question was directed at Liu Miao.
I thought of those awful dreams I'd had. My actions had made things worse and caused more people to die. My mood grew heavy.
Liu Miao, on the other hand, was perfectly calm, as if he'd seen it all. "Not as many as the boss has."
I froze. I mentally counted the people I might have caused to die, and my mood shifted from heavy to complicated.
Ye Qing...
"And they're all new ghosts. They