Black fog spread, shrouding the entire Department Store.
Within it, everything took the form of Earth from a bygone era—
It was Xu Yuan's memory.
At that moment,
he shoved the boy from the back row out the window and watched his face turn white as he screamed in despair—
Then, at the last instant, Xu Yuan reached out and grabbed the boy's leg.
A clamor rose through the Classroom.
Everything was just as it had been.
Xu Yuan gripped the boy's ankle. He looked faintly annoyed at the offense, but also a little grave.
As an Immortal Species, he had the means to turn the tables in any situation.
But before the Universe's malice—
Everything about him lay exposed without reservation, even taking shape again as though it were really happening.
He had no room to fight back.
Nor did he have anything to bargain with.
...So powerful. So impossible to resist.
No wonder Xi had advised him not to come at night.
Xu Yuan's gaze sharpened.
The Gaze System's ability activated!
His eyes pierced layer after layer of remembered scenes and saw reality—
The empty Department Store had been swallowed by black fog, as though it lay at the bottom of the deep sea.
A will beyond imagination filled the fog, one that robbed him of any urge to resist. It could attack at any moment, and he would be powerless to stop it. But—
Why hadn't it struck yet?
Why not just kill me and let malice take over everything I have?
Xu Yuan withdrew his gaze and fell silent for several breaths.
He simply sat down by the window and waited for everything from his previous life to happen again.
Before long,
teachers and administrators crowded into the Classroom.
The students had all been cleared out.