"Be careful. Watch the shrine on his back."
The shrine they had seen in the Virtual Future Park had appeared again. Chen Ge seriously suspected that there might be more shrines hidden in the East Suburb.
"Above Red-Clothed is God of Calamity. Building shrines for them makes sense, but why does every shrine contain a clay figurine?"
The clay figurine seemed to have been made by the same person. Its craftsmanship was extremely crude, as if a child had molded it at random. At best, it vaguely resembled a human figure.
"Who's behind these shrines and clay figurines? They seem to have a particular fondness for children. Could there really be ghosts in this world that specialize in eating children?"
As Chen Ge pondered, the man kneeling on the floor noticed him.
The hand carving names came to a stop. The man slowly twisted his head, revealing a face without any features.
It was like a blank sheet of paper. Aside from its pallor, there was nothing there.
On a stormy night, in a lonely building, a faceless monster with a shrine on its back crouched in a room covered with names. If Xu Yin hadn't been standing beside him, Chen Ge might have left the moment the man looked up.
A blank face offered no expression to read. He couldn't guess what the other party was thinking, much less predict what he would do.
The monster had no ears, so Chen Ge didn't know whether he could hear him.
The monster also had no mouth. They couldn't even manage the most basic communication.
After a brief pause, the monster on the floor suddenly braced himself with both hands and charged toward Chen Ge on all fours.
"Xu Yin!"
Chen Ge didn't even need to call out. Xu Yin had