Ghost Shaman?
The instant Su Bai's vision went black, he heard the Administrator mention the name "Ghost Shaman." It was a name he had never heard before. Yet the Administrator's tone made it sound as though Su Bai shared a deep connection with this supernatural being.
The red Marriage Contract from back then surfaced in Su Bai's mind. Almost the very next second after he signed his name, two mysterious, illegible black characters had appeared beside it, looking like some sort of intricate runes.
Could that name have been Ghost Shaman?
A distorted ray of light pierced the darkness in his vision. In the blink of an eye, Su Bai was back at Honghuai City First People's Hospital, inside his mother's room.
After a player chose to return to the real world, the "Administrator" seemed to locate the spot where they had left it, then find a relatively safe place nearby where their return would not draw much attention. Although Su Bai had set out for Happiness Residential Complex from the Mist Shop, he had indeed been in his mother's hospital room before that.
His mother, Lin Wan, was still the only patient in the two-bed room. Just as when Su Bai left, she lay quietly in a deep sleep. In his previous life, every time he saw his mother in that bed, her brow had been furrowed in pain. Cold sweat would break out all over her from time to time, and when things were especially bad, she would often tremble in bed, as though she suffered torment even in her "dreams."
Now, perhaps because those little ghosts were no longer disturbing and tormenting her, his mother's expression was peaceful and relaxed despite her continued unconsciousness. It was as though she had escaped a terrifying nightmare and was experiencing