Xia Yang was every bit as dangerous as Situ An, but his Posthumous Photograph was so powerful that Gao Ming could hardly bear to give it up.
A terminally ill painter had used the Posthumous Photograph first bestowed by the shadow world to become the leader of all the players in the age of calamity.
If this were a movie, Xia Yang's dramatic life might have made him a better choice for the protagonist.
No one could truly understand Xia Yang, nor could anyone fathom his thoughts.
Many of his actions were baffling. For instance, after learning that Gao Ming had seen many futures and had decided to kill him, he chose to fuse himself with his Posthumous Photograph in an unprecedented way.
That way, whatever future Gao Ming had seen seemed impossible to bring about.
Gao Ming could not kill someone who was already dead. Nor would Xia Yang kill Gao Ming; instead, he would replace him through more covert means.
Brilliant, misunderstood by the world, always calm and gentle, yet secretly hunting the living while helping children. Terminally ill, with little time left, yet never submitting to fate. Dealing with someone this complicated is like dancing on a knife's edge.
Gao Ming was thinking about other things, yet the brush in his hand seemed to be held by someone else. A painting was soon completed.
Looking down, Gao Ming found that he had not copied any of the paintings on the blackboard. As though deliberately provoking the Art Teacher, he had painted a sixth scene—all the students of Class Thirteen in the classroom had been killed, except for Gao Ming.
Every student focused on the canvas, their souls seemingly drawn into the painting. The hands of the grotesque, ugly clock on the wall kept moving, and with every