Ning Zhe leaned over to look at the phone in Baizhi's hand. The screen displayed her chat with a contact named "Mother."
The previous message had been sent by Baizhi at 5:25 p.m., telling Feng Yushu that Ning Zhe had woken up and asking when she would come over.
Feng Yushu had replied to that message a few seconds ago. Her reply read:
[Ning Zhe is beside you?]
[Find somewhere to hide. Whatever you do, don't go outside, and don't expose yourself!]
[Don't trust anyone except him.]
[They all want to kill you!]
Feng Yushu had sent four messages in a row. After quickly reading them, Baizhi replied, asking where she was and how things were going.
Several minutes passed without a response.
"Not replying again..." Baizhi frowned.
"Maybe she ran into a Ghost too and is busy running for her life." Ning Zhe said, "And from what she described, the Ghost Aunt encountered seems to be the same one watching us."
Baizhi nodded as well. "Mother should be at the local branch of Qinzhou Medical College right now. It's over twenty kilometers by car from Ancient Tablet Town."
Meanwhile, Ning Zhe and Baizhi were at a Gas Station less than five kilometers from Ancient Tablet Town. Nearly twenty kilometers separated them, yet they appeared to be affected by the same Ghost.
Was this Ghost's range truly that vast, or were there two identical Ghosts in the world?
Ning Zhe leaned toward the former, because [God is everywhere].
Take Zhaoyou, the Snake God of Averting Bad Luck, for example. Its influence could extend across all of He Family Village. Comparing the two, Ning Zhe felt that he somewhat understood what Baizhi had said before: Gods were Ghosts expanded on a macroscopic scale.
"Let's focus on what's in front of us