(The following content can be read in conjunction with the end of Chapter 303 and the first half of Chapter 304.)
Meanwhile, in Fu City.
Yan Xiao jolted awake.
He immediately got out of bed, rushed to the washroom, and looked at himself in the mirror.
The person in the mirror looked calm, but seemed... to flicker in and out of view.
He did not have much time left...
Yan Xiao looked at his palm. It had all begun on that stormy night during the [Wedding Dress] ghost story.
Chen Zhiyuan had suddenly called and asked him to come to his home.
That man... that man who was like Yang's shadow, could barely hold on anymore.
The power of Chen Zhiyuan's Permanent Item was terrifying. So far, it was the only thing with an ability "similar" to prophecy.
The [Continuation Pen] could continue a storyline based on the clues currently available. The more important and complete the collected clues were, the greater the probability that the storyline would become real events.
That night... that stormy night of [Wedding Dress], neither he nor Chen Zhiyuan had been drawn into the ghost story, but horrors in reality were playing out upon them.
It was also that night that had made him truly resolve to let everyone in Fu City... survive.
His memories... returned to that night.
When he received Chen Zhiyuan's call, Yan Xiao immediately left home.
He knew very well that Chen Zhiyuan's Permanent Item was far too powerful, which made the [price] he had to pay especially heavy.
Chen Zhiyuan's thinking would gradually slow with repeated use.
In other words... Chen Zhiyuan would become an idiot incapable of thought.
When he arrived at Chen Zhiyuan's home, Chen Zhiyuan was staring absently at the heavy rain outside the window.
"Please...