I hadn't seen the process of Ghost Talk buying the crystal ball. I only knew that when she opened the search page, she hadn't searched directly for "crystal ball" or "summoning board." Instead, she searched for a shop called Dreamweaver.
Beneath a string of unrelated links was the webpage Ghost Talk had really been looking for.
When she opened the page, the dream changed.
"Ahhhhhhh—!"
I heard Ghost Talk's piercing scream.
The scream hadn't come from her mouth. It had come from her consciousness, along with the pain in her body.
I was stunned and didn't have time to make sense of my surroundings.
But the pain wasn't unbearable.
I quickly came to my senses and saw Ghost Talk sitting in a chair.
Was this... Ghost Talk's black room?
The door was open, but it seemed to be dark outside.
I couldn't make out anything inside. The moonlight spilling in through the doorway was very faint.
The baleful energy pouring out of Ghost Talk's body...
Wait!
My eyes widened as I looked at the figure standing in front of her.
Before I could make out who it was, the baleful energy around him vanished.
He hadn't driven the ghosts away. He had devoured them!
Ye Qing!
He was...
A chill ran over my scalp.
In the dark room, it felt as though a pair of eyes were watching me.
My heart turned cold.
Just as I'd expected, the moment I came to, I felt pain in my body and the cold ground beneath me.
I was lying on the floor.
As I climbed to my feet, I bumped into the security door and winced in pain.
But when I looked around, I also felt relieved to have escaped with my life.
I'd entered the dream while opening the door. My