I never expected to see Qi Ning's pets here. The last time I'd seen them was at Guangyuan Mountain. They had followed Qi Ning into the otherworldly entrance there. After that, I'd personally destroyed the entrance. The Guangyuan Mountain ghost had also died at Ye Qing's hands.
I was surprised they were still alive.
I was even more surprised that they seemed to have found Qi Ning and were chasing after him.
I looked at the chain in my hand and realized I might have found a clue.
Chains also extended from my body, but I knew the other end was connected to my own body. That chain hadn't broken; I just couldn't see its other end. Ye Qing... was probably still alive. Maybe he was still using my body. More accurately, he might still be protecting it.
I tried to think of it that way, but I couldn't bring myself to believe it too strongly.
Before I came here, I'd already lost all my friends and family. At most, I knew that Ye Qing's ghost still existed.
What was the chain on Qi Ning connected to?
I remembered that his body and soul had both gone to the future world. All that remained in the real world were a few of his belongings and these little pets.
Could he have been an ability user too, and Ye Qing had borrowed his ability?
That probably... wasn't it.
My instincts told me otherwise.
I tightened my grip on the chain. As I heard it tremble, I realized the beasts' roars had vanished from this world. The howls that had once filled nearly the entire world had faded away without my noticing. The world had fallen quiet.
I could still hear the flames crackling and people crying, but the monsters' roars really