After an unknown stretch of time, Li Tianyang's heavy breathing came through the comms again, breaking the deathly silence.
"Ye Lin..."
"I don't know. I don't know why this happened...!"
"But please believe me. I really am not a ghost. I came back! I'm in our team's space! You know the Death Exam Space is absolutely safe. Ghosts can't follow us back!"
Li Tianyang leaned against the cold wall, his chest heaving.
He understood what Ye Lin was wary of. He would have reacted the same way.
But after checking himself over and over, he was certain there was nothing wrong with him. He could still use the exchange function, and his Wristwatch displayed the rewards from the previous exam.
He wasn't dead. He definitely wasn't dead! Some unknown changes had simply occurred in him!
But he had no way to prove any of that to Ye Lin. He didn't know whether Ye Lin would believe him.
On the other end of the comms, Ye Lin seemed to be thinking the whole time. Li Tianyang swallowed dryly and could only speak again in a hoarse voice:
"Ye Lin, if you're really worried, I don't have to come over."
"I'm sorry. I'm just so scared. I was alone when I came back, and something isn't right here. Do you understand? What happened in the last exam was like a nightmare, and even after coming back, it feels like I haven't escaped the dream."
"If I hadn't managed to contact you, I would've gone mad. I don't know why this happened."
Hearing the bitterness in Li Tianyang's voice over the comms, Ye Lin could imagine the anguish and anxiety filling his heart.
Li Tianyang was even more helpless than Ye Lin had been when he first returned. He had come back alone,