That was just an illusion caused by a side effect. It probably didn't count.
Even if I dug deeper into the reasons, the most I could say was that after experiencing that dream, I'd become suspicious of Qi Bai.
I didn't know Qi Bai well. What little I knew came from the consciousness I'd received in the dream, as well as a few things the Thin Man had mentioned. None of that was reliable. Even Qi Bai's own consciousness couldn't serve as a reference. I hadn't seen all of her, just a few of her thoughts from that brief period.
Considering the Thin Man's current decision, I thought it would be better not to tell him that Qi Bai had rekindled her old feelings for him.
I was still suspicious of Qi Bai. I couldn't trust her the way the Thin Man did.
That was how I saw it, and the others felt the same. Even Guo Yujie, who tended to be overly optimistic, didn't support the Thin Man this time.
"She was a good person when she was alive, but that doesn't mean she still is now that she's dead. From Lin Qi's description, the process was chaotic and painful. She must have been terrified when she died," Chen Xiaoqiu said bluntly.
The Thin Man frowned at her words. He probably didn't want to hear the details of Qi Bai's death, but for now, he could only listen patiently to Chen Xiaoqiu's analysis.
"Lin Qi also mentioned that the ghosts summoned through the ritual were all aggressive. That can't be a coincidence, and it isn't an isolated case. There are only two possible explanations. One is that all the ghosts in this world have become aggressive. That's possible. What's been happening lately, including the game space Lin Qi encountered,