"Brother, I know what emotion that monster triggered."
Gu Yao stepped half a pace forward, a trace of lingering fear still in her expression, her tone utterly certain. "It triggered fear."
"When we were in the Haunted House just now, I had a really intense hallucination."
"In that hallucination, I left the Haunted House with you all and went home. I saw Mom and Dad celebrating my birthday and asking me to blow out the candles and make a wish."
"But the moment I blew out the candles, the entire house went dark."
"Our surroundings suddenly changed from our bright, cozy home into the dark, damp Haunted House."
"All of you celebrating my birthday turned into hideous ghosts and monsters, closing in step by step and surrounding me."
"It was really horrifying. I was terrified on the spot, lost control of my emotions for a moment, and screamed."
"..."
"Fear?"
Gu Qing murmured, involuntarily recalling the other black shadow he had encountered downstairs in the Residential Community earlier.
The black shadow he had encountered that night seemed capable of triggering its targets' anger.
And the black shadow he had encountered tonight seemed capable of triggering its targets' fear.
It appeared that different black shadows corresponded to different negative emotions.
Since there were an Anger Black Shadow and a Fear Shadow, could there be a Lust Black Shadow?
Hmm, a Lust Black Shadow sending out countless thin, tiny black threads, instantly arousing the lust of everyone within its casting range-that scene would get wild...
Gu Qing's thoughts wandered uncontrollably as he imagined the abilities of various emotion shadows.
Just then.
Xia Shuran, standing before him, asked softly again:
"Senior, did you destroy that monster that could trigger its targets' fear?"
"I already destroyed it."
Gu Qing paused, his tone growing somewhat