As Zhang Ming's neurotic fit set in, his surroundings grew even quieter.
Rustling murmurs sounded like the whispers of countless stars.
Strange symbols burrowed into Zhang Ming's mind, frightening him into a shudder.
[I am Unfulfilled Wish. I believe in equivalent exchange. Now, I have found you. This time, you cannot escape.]
A mass of crimson flame appeared behind Zhang Ming. That emotionless voice wound around his neck like shadowy tentacles, leaving him unable to move.
"There's something to this... I can't tell at all whether I'm hallucinating."
"Big Sister Unfulfilled Wish, wait until I've crossed this mountain path, then I'll chat with you. But right now, I really can't."
The scene irritated Zhang Ming a little, but he didn't dare look back.
No matter who it was, even someone mentally ill, having an eerie being staring at them from behind would make their scalp crawl.
Zhang Ming instinctively wanted to use his new ability, "Spatial Severing."
But he worried that he might slice apart the Bluestone Village caravan following him, so he stood there muttering to himself.
"What bullshit are you spouting? Have you gone mad?" Stone Mama cursed.
"I just saw Big Sister [Unfulfilled Wish]."
"Tsk, tsk. What you think about by day, you dream about by night. You abducted [Unfulfilled Wish]'s own younger sister. Of course she'd be searching for you like mad!"
Zhang Ming hurriedly protested, "She sent her younger sister over herself! Her younger sister's job is to wait for me to die."
Stone Mama suddenly went wild and shouted, "I... I heard Black Tortoise's voice! Haha, Little White has become Black Tortoise! This place is wonderful. I hardly want to leave!"
Zhang Ming rubbed his nose, momentarily speechless. Golden light flashed over his body, freeing him from those shadowy things, and he continued forward,