High above Jiangcheng.
Ghost Pupil and Yinshuang stood high above the city, looking down at the city beneath their feet as a nightmare slowly swallowed it.
The dark purple Weird Domain barrier closed above their heads, shutting out the morning light entirely. Citizens lay sprawled across the streets, deep in sleep. The first wave of low-level Eerie formed from Weird Domain energy had already begun crawling out of the shadows, wandering the deserted streets.
A dim light flickered in Ghost Pupil's eyes as he sensed the entire Weird Domain through the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother's spores.
He saw citizens trapped in nightmares within the low residential buildings of the old district, sinking layer by layer into deeper dreams.
Every consciousness consumed by the nightmares supplied fresh nourishment to the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother, making its core swell further.
At this rate, the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother would complete its initial consumption of all its parasitized hosts in a day at most.
Yet he frowned.
He extended his perception to its limit, searching the entire Weird Domain again and again, but never found that presence etched into his memory.
Lin Jin was not there.
The man who had killed his teacher was actually not in Jiangcheng.
"He's not in Jiangcheng." Ghost Pupil's voice was icy.
Yinshuang stood beside him, the pointed chin visible beneath her hood tilted slightly upward, as though she were sensing something.
After a moment, she spoke slowly. "The Paranormal Bureau's main force did go to Linyuan City, but Lin Jin wasn't in those reinforcement convoys."
"With his strength, if he were still in Jiangcheng, he would have shown himself the instant the Weird Domain descended. He hasn't appeared, so there's only one explanation. He really isn't in Jiangcheng."
Ghost Pupil remained silent for a long time. His fists clenched with