The haunted by resentment status had appeared before. Old Wang had given it to him.
But that time, the parentheses had said "seven days." Chen Miao had burned incense to cancel out six days, then endured an entire night before the haunted by resentment status disappeared.
This time, however, there was no duration in the parentheses, only an "∞" symbol.
Chen Miao was no great student, but he still knew what that symbol meant.
Infinity. No limit!
So did that mean this haunted by resentment status was going to be permanent?
Chen Miao flipped to the main text.
Logically, since something had already set its sights on him, a new chapter should have appeared.
Yet Chen Miao saw no new content.
"Why is there nothing?"
Chen Miao frowned deeply. The feeling that things were slipping out of his control irritated him.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Guokun walked over and glanced at the contents of the book in Chen Miao's hands.
"Guokun, do those things usually come out during the day?"
Chen Guokun shook his head. "Usually not. But if we actually encountered one during the day, I wouldn't have come to you. I'd have asked the higher-ups to send someone directly."
Chen Miao fell silent. He looked at the unlit, dim lobby and corridors of the cosmetic surgery center, hesitation stirring within him.
Chen Guokun seemed to have guessed what worried Chen Miao.
"We've already been here three times. On one of those visits, we even stayed overnight."
"That night, the thing killed someone here, but it didn't attack us. So we can reasonably conclude that it still has an unresolved Obsession. Until it fulfills that Obsession, we should be fine as long as we don't provoke it."
Chen Miao looked at Chen Guokun in surprise.
"That's how it works?"
Chen