She was silent for a long time.
The clouds briefly obscured the moonlight, casting an enormous shadow over Fu City.
Then she looked at Qin Manjiang and said:
"I believe."
Yes, she should believe.
Her strong reaction to the Ghost Story Game icon was already telling enough. Qin Manjiang had not asked the question to reveal anything to her. In fact, he himself did not understand what this game really was. He had only wanted to test Xi Wutong's sincerity.
Thinking back, although the app was unusual, its design bore quite a few signs of human involvement, including its interface and its so-called missions.
How did it guide people into ghost stories?
Did those ghost stories already exist in this world, only for it to discover them and guide players into playing? Or... did gods, ghosts, and ghost stories not exist at all, with all those ghost stories manufactured by this game?
Clarifying those two points was crucial.
But even after completing a beginner solo mission, he still had no clue. A game that clearly bore signs of human design actually possessed the ability to throw people into the ghost story world.
It could even... affect the real world.
It was simply too inconceivable.
Qin Manjiang believed everything had a purpose, and whoever had made this game certainly had intentions of their own. But at present, he truly did not know what the person or organization behind the Ghost Story Game wanted to do.
And Doctor Xi, who had appeared before him, was an excellent source of information.
"Did you see this icon on the phone of someone you know?" Qin Manjiang asked.
Xi Wutong hesitated, seemingly uncertain about something.
"Mr. Qin, if you're willing to tell me what this icon means, then I'll also tell you some very important