Ghost Eye Above

The little boy finished a game and, taking a moment from his busy schedule, looked up at Gao Tian.

"Gao Gege? I don't remember your face at all. Not even a little bit."

"Maybe we met in the future. It's just not time yet."

The Memory Ghost didn't seem to have the intended effect on him.

Gao Tian continued to activate the Memory Ghost's ability, coaxing him:

"Think hard. That Transformer toy you have at home, the one I bought for you before. Your dad even lectured me for a long time back then, saying I shouldn't buy you whatever you wanted, that it would make you develop wasteful habits."

The characteristic of using the Memory Ghost was to constantly reinforce a specific anchor point, deepening the victim's false memory. This way, Gao Tian didn't need to say much; the victim would automatically start to branch out and create more memory points based on this false anchor.

The little boy put down the game joystick in his hands and turned his whole body towards Gao Tian.

His dark, big eyes began to scan Gao Tian up and down:

"I've never had a Transformer toy bought by you at home. Besides, my dad died before I was even born. How could he have lectured me about being wasteful?"

Hearing the little boy's reply, Gao Tian was understandably shocked.

Two things astonished him. First, this little boy was completely unaffected by the Memory Ghost. When he himself had faced his "Father" and "Mother," he had hesitated multiple times. Yet, this little boy's mental resistance was far superior to his own, rendering the Memory Ghost's effect completely null.

Second, this little boy was not the Arcade Owner's son at all. The Arcade Owner had only become mentally unstable and then committed suicide after his son's death. But this little boy claimed his dad had already died before he was born. The timeline didn't match.

The little boy scratched his head and looked at Gao Tian again, a confused expression on his face:

"Maybe I really did meet you in the future. I don't know why, but seeing your face gives me a vague sense of fondness. Never mind. My Teacher will be here to pick me up soon, so if you have any questions, ask them quickly. Once Teacher arrives, you won't be able to."

Among everyone Gao Tian knew, only one person had ever mentioned having a "Teacher."

But that wasn't right. It wasn't that person; the age didn't match, and the timing didn't match either.

Gao Tian knew the Memory Ghost was completely ineffective on him. So, he stopped pretending and got straight to the point, asking:

"What's your name? Who is your Teacher? And why are you here, playing games by yourself?"

The little boy was well-behaved and answered Gao Tian's questions seriously. However, his answer was earth-shattering.

The little boy blinked his eyes:

"My name is Xu Yuan.

"Xu from Xu Xian, Yuan from Abyss.

"As for what I'm doing here, it's naturally playing a few games after school and waiting for Teacher to finish his work so he can pick me up and take me home.

"Ever since my parents died, I've been living at Teacher's house. Teacher provides for me, teaches me how to exorcise ghosts, and he's no different from my parents."

Cold sweat trickled down Gao Tian's forehead. He slowly backed away until he bumped into a machine behind him with a bang, and then stopped.

How could this be?

Gao Tian knew that Xu Yuan was dead and was definitely a ghost, but how could this twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in front of him be Xu Yuan?

Was this a case of mistaken identity?

The real Xu Yuan had completed ten green texts in the Living Person Apartment. After leaving the Living Person Apartment, he became the President of the Jialan Society (the Ghost Infant called him President in the group chat). On the day he was killed by a ghost in the Sapphire Mall, he should have been at least thirty years old, definitely not an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

After Xu Yuan died, the ghost he transformed into remained in the chat group. His corpse was hidden in the mall, and even if it reanimated, it should have been a rotten corpse. How could it have turned into a clean little boy?

Who exactly was this little boy who claimed to be Xu Yuan?

Gao Tian's mind became chaotic for a moment, unable to understand what was happening. Was this a ghost's illusion, or...

He picked up the Supernatural Walkie-Talkie in his hand, subconsciously wanting to call Shata for support.

But when he pressed the call button, all he heard was a busy signal.

How could this be...

These Supernatural Walkie-Talkies were specially treated. They could effectively resist communication disruptions caused by supernatural events.

When he saw him pick up the walkie-talkie, the little boy casually said:

"You want to make a call.

"Don't bother, brother. You've probably accidentally gotten caught in a Space-Time Vortex, and you're not on the same timeline as your original world. You won't be able to make calls."

Space-Time Vortex?

Gao Tian quickly forced himself to calm down. He observed his surroundings and noticed that an extremely thin white mist had begun to rise inside and outside the entire arcade. The mist engulfed everything around them. Human figures could be vaguely seen passing by in the distance, and as they got a little closer, they would dissipate like bubbles.

The game machine in front of the little boy Xu Yuan was also brand new and powered on. No wonder he could play games for so long.

Gao Tian instantly understood what had happened. With his hint, everything connected.

Although this sounds incredible, if all impossibilities are ruled out, then the only remaining explanation, no matter how bizarre, is the truth.

Gao Tian had accidentally traveled through space-time, returning to a certain point in the past, and was conversing with a child-like Xu Yuan.

The Xu Yuan of the normal timeline lived to be thirty or forty years old, then died in a supernatural incident. After death, he continued to exist in the chat group in the form of a ghost. But Gao Tian was facing the Xu Yuan of decades ago. At that time, Xu Yuan was just a little boy, not dead, not a ghost, and had no idea what the future held.

Seeing Gao Tian's shocked expression, the little boy Xu Yuan realized his guess was correct. However, he didn't react much, as if he was used to it all:

"Are you very interested in my Teacher's identity? Who is Teacher? To me, Teacher is just Teacher. Teacher is not anyone specific.

"When I was little, I could often see things others couldn't. I saw a blood corpse slowly climb onto the bed of a patient in the ward, and I knew that uncle wouldn't live long.

"I didn't expect that when I said these things, the uncle really died a few days later. Everyone thought I was a jinx, a bringer of misfortune. My parents were literally cursed to death by me. None of my remaining relatives were willing to take me in. Even at school, everyone isolated me and gave me nicknames."

He swallowed, as if recalling this experience caused him great pain. The little boy Xu Yuan continued:

"Fortunately, I met Teacher later.

"Teacher told me that this ability of mine is called Ghost Eye. I'm not a jinx or a bringer of misfortune, but a born Ghost Hunter. I was born to do this job.

"Teacher was very strict with me, but also very loving. Besides attending school for daily education, I had to learn how to control my Ghost Eyes and maximize my talent.

"Afterward, I discovered that what I could see was no longer limited to various vengeful ghosts, but even the future.

"For example--"

He looked up, his gaze sharp, as if trying to tear through the mist behind Gao Tian.

"You're not the first person from the future to travel back and talk to me. But you are indeed the calmest one.

"Most of the brothers and sisters who accidentally entered my 'Domain' were terrified, shouting and screaming, using all sorts of strange supernatural items on me. It was as if they thought I was a vengeful ghost trying to kill them, and they just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"No matter what I said, they wouldn't listen, let alone try to communicate with them.

"Once, I met an adult who looked very much like me. His companion called him Xu Yuan outside the Space-Time Vortex. I recognized him at a glance; it was my future self. At that time, I was very happy, thinking that finally, someone could understand me and talk to me here.

"But the result was very disappointing. The thirty-year-old Xu Yuan, the moment he saw me, didn't recognize that it was his childhood self. He muttered something about a Green Text Mission trap, ghost illusions. He even took out strange supernatural items I had never seen before and tried to attack me."

At this point, the little boy Xu Yuan shook his head. One couldn't even understand their past self; what else in this world could understand them?

He reached into his pocket, wanting to take out another Game Coin. But after fumbling for a long time, he found that all the Game Coins had been taken out.

Gao Tian understood Xu Yuan's story.

The legend of the Ghost Eye was not uncommon. Children who awakened special abilities from birth could see "dirty things" that ordinary people couldn't. Gao Tian had heard it many times in folk legends or supernatural stories.

But Xu Yuan was a once-in-a-million genius. His eyes could see far more than that.

He could even see people who didn't exist in this era. To Gao Tian, he was the past; and to the current Xu Yuan, Gao Tian was the future.

Xu Yuan looked across the river of time from afar and unexpectedly dragged Gao Tian, who was investigating in the Sapphire Mall over twenty years later, into a Space-Time Vortex. The two met at the same location, but in different times and spaces.

Envy! Comparing people really makes one furious.

Kid Bro had max-level talent from childhood.

"Since you're from the future...

"Can I ask you some questions?"

The young boy Xu Yuan sat in his seat and cautiously asked the stranger, a big brother, sitting opposite him.

Gao Tian had originally thought it was his turn to ask questions. But in the end, he had to answer some questions from the past Xu Yuan.

He slowly accepted the fact that this little boy came from the past. After all, if ghosts existed in this world, what was so strange about time travel?

The key was how to utilize the child who traveled from the past to get things done. That was the crux of the matter.

He hadn't ruled out some drastic ideas, like whether directly eliminating Xu Yuan from the past timeline could rewrite time. For instance, the future Xu Yuan's ghost would cease to exist, the Jialan Society that gathered so many ghost users would vanish, and he himself wouldn't have ended up in the Living Person Apartment.

All these chain reactions were caused by the Xu Yuan in front of him.

But Gao Tian quickly abandoned his idea.

The young boy Xu Yuan was a genius in the paranormal circle, completely immune to the influence of Memory Ghosts. What made him confident he could eliminate him?

Moreover, among the other adults caught in the Space-Time Vortex, quite a few had mistaken Xu Yuan for a ghost and tried to eliminate him.

But all of them failed.

"Whatever questions you have, ask them.

"If anyone from my time knows, I will definitely tell you."