"Save me."
"I'm here, behind you."
"Take me away. Help me..."
A woman's voice mingled with the sobbing. Chen Ge found it vaguely familiar. "I think I heard it in Liwan Town."
He only had a vague impression. There was no way he'd turn around now. He still had no idea what the Black Fog was. The best way to face the unknown was to find somewhere safe and observe it, not venture into it and risk his life.
The voice behind him drew closer and closer. Chen Ge quickened his pace, but the faster he ran, the more desperately it pursued him.
Just as he was about to enter the iron gate, the woman's voice changed. All her words turned into screams that pierced the Black Fog like arrows and stabbed toward him.
"Get out of the way!"
Chen Ge had no time to think and sprinted with all his might. The moment he entered the building, the terrifying voice disappeared.
He looked back. Everything in the Black Fog had returned to normal, as if the voice had been nothing but his own hallucination.
"Wen Qing, did you hear a woman's voice inside the building?"
"No." Wen Qing shook her head. "I only saw you disappear into the Black Fog. I could vaguely make out something tiptoeing behind you. I shouted to warn you, but you didn't react at all."
"This Black Fog seems even more dangerous than the Blood-Covered City. That city drives people to despair and madness, while this Black Sea can make them completely lose their way." Watching the shadows bobbing in the Black Fog, Chen Ge pressed a hand to his chest. He didn't know why, but he felt as if he'd been through that scene before.
"Lose their way? Is that how Xiang Nuan