CHAPTER 364: CHAPTER 364: STRANGE PERSON

Year 2029.

When Bai Yanliang saw her, he had little reaction.

But to his surprise, the woman stared at him for a long time.

"Hello?" Bai Yanliang took a step back. From any angle, he should be on guard against her.

After all, she had displayed a speed beyond that of humans.

"..."

She still didn’t speak, but her gaze at Bai Yanliang slowly transformed from disbelief to a deathly still calmness.

Maintaining his caution, Bai Yanliang asked, "Who are you?"

"..."

She extended her right hand, opening it before Bai Yanliang like a strange flower.

What does this mean?

Though she made an inviting gesture, Bai Yanliang wasn’t used to holding hands with a stranger woman.

Even if she was very beautiful.

"Who are you?"

Bai Yanliang repeated the question.

"Xun."

She finally spoke, but her voice was even colder than Xu Zhifei’s.

Xun?

What a strange name.

Bai Yanliang looked at her, "And your last name?"

Bai Yanliang rudely scrutinized her. She was very young, very beautiful, standing directly in front of him, her long dark hair swaying gently with the breeze, completely detached from any worldly presence.

Her eyes, aside from the initial disbelief, now remained calm, like a motionless pool.

"Xun," she replied to Bai Yanliang’s question again, but this time she also asked, "You?"

Do beautiful women dislike talking?

Looking at "Xun," Bai Yanliang couldn’t help but think of Xu Zhifei.

In many ways, Xun was very much like her.

Equally beautiful, equally aloof, equally silent.

The difference was, when first meeting Xu Zhifei, Bai Yanliang felt she was like someone who had died, lacking much vitality.

But in front of Xun, Bai Yanliang didn’t even feel she was human, though this was a very rude sentiment.

"My name is Bai Yanliang."

Upon saying those five words, Bai Yanliang realized he hadn’t introduced himself to anyone in a long time.

Her deathly still eyes gazed at Bai Yanliang, "Come."

Her hand reached out to Bai Yanliang again.

"Sorry."

Bai Yanliang declined.

"I’m hungry now; I want to eat first."

This wasn’t a lie; Bai Yanliang genuinely was hungry.

"Food?"

A trace of confusion flashed in Xun’s lifeless pupils.

"Don’t you need to eat?" Bai Yanliang was more confused, "Food, the kind you put in your mouth."

At that moment, Xun grabbed at the air, offering a half-smoked cigarette to Bai Yanliang.

"No, that’s a cigarette..."

After speaking, Bai Yanliang realized what Xun had done, "How did you do that?"

Xun looked at him with confusion, snapped her fingers, and the half-smoked cigarette vanished.

"Ouch!"

A middle-aged man shouted in the plaza.

Bai Yanliang looked over and saw the man rubbing his mouth in pain, "Damn, how did I smoke it backward..."

Incredible...

This eerie ability made her more ghostly than human.

Could she really be a ghost?

If not, how could she have sprinted towards him at such superhuman speed—this was ghostly power, wasn’t it?

But...

Bai Yanliang recalled how Xun Weimo kept saying that Dr. Zhou’s experiment had not failed when she urged him to bring Xun from the past into reality.

Could it be... Xun is Dr. Zhou’s experimental product?

"Do you know Dr. Zhou?"

When he asked her this, Bai Yanliang anticipated a strong reaction, but not to this extent.

Her previously expressionless face started to cry.

"Drip, drip..."

"Drip..."

Tears fell like raindrops, and people passing by cast disdainful looks at Bai Yanliang.

"Father..."

What did he hear?

Father?

Dr. Zhou is her father?

But... it shouldn’t be. Based on the known information about Dr. Zhou, he’s no older than thirty, so how could he have a daughter who looked like she’s in her twenties?

Unless she’s... an artificial being.

Bai Yanliang examined Xun more closely.

Even as she cried, her facial muscles didn’t twitch a bit.

This created an eerie sensation, staring at her for too long could even be terrifying.

Could she really not be human, but an artificial being?

Bai Yanliang looked at Xun, and Xun looked at him.

"I’m sorry." Whether she’s human, ghost, or machine, she cried because of him.

"..." Xun looked at him puzzledly and shook her head.

"Come."

She opened her hand again.

What on earth does she want?

Xun’s actions completely shattered Bai Yanliang’s understanding of her.

If she had possessed Liu Ruonan at that time, she must have been in the same state as when Bai Yanliang possessed Zhang Yun, unable to do anything, only passively receiving everything the body’s owner perceived.

After all, the ruthlessness Liu Ruonan exhibited was completely different from Xun’s "character."

Xun was merely an "Observer."

If she was an experimental product left by Dr. Zhou, then the mission to "observe" was undoubtedly left to her by Dr. Zhou, but what was the purpose?

To observe ghosts?

While that’s possible, clearly, the doctor’s aim wouldn’t be that simple.

Thinking of this, Bai Yanliang finally didn’t refuse Xun again.

He placed his hand in hers.

At that moment, Bai Yanliang understood how Xun found him earlier.

Instantaneous movement!

"Buzz——"

In a blink, Bai Yanliang found himself in a different place.

"Buzz——"

Another change!

The scene before his eyes blurred and cleared multiple times until everything calmed down.

Xun released his hand, and Bai Yanliang took a few steps forward. This place was...

A garden?

It was quiet all around, with unknown summer insects chirping.

A swing hung on a vine-covered frame.

The evening breeze blew, swaying it slightly.

Bai Yanliang walked a few steps ahead, reaching the edge of the garden, and looked out.

With one glance, he finally understood where he was.

Ghost Head Mountain, the summit.

...

The year 2019, Ye City.

"A week has passed, and still no sign of Bai Yanliang."

Song Que had purchased this café, using it as a meeting room.

"If he’s hiding intentionally, it’s impossible for us to find him," Feng Xiuxue said.

At the moment, no one could tell if she was Feng Xiuxue or Feng Yiru, not even Gu Pingsheng.

Feng Yiru and Feng Xiuxue were completely different individuals, using the same body. Nobody knew her true intentions.

"He’s not dead."

Xu Zhifei’s voice carried some fatigue, but her spirit wasn’t too bad.

"When the next mission is issued, no matter where he is, he’ll open the door and enter Fog Gathering."

Upon hearing this, Gu Pingsheng’s heart stirred.

That’s right, Ren Wudao... did you consider this?

Even amidst the chaos of time and space, so long as Fog Gathering’s summons arrived, Bai Yanliang would be able to return instantly to Fog Gathering through the "door." At that time, what news would he bring?

Gu Pingsheng was quite looking forward to it.

Then, the television on the wall suddenly emitted a harsh noise.

"Screech——"

Everyone instinctively looked at the wall, only to see the news broadcast screen turn snowy.

Then, the image appeared again.

A man wearing a bowler hat waved his hand, noticeably missing a pinky finger.

"Hello, citizens."

"I am Paper Card, and next, we will start a game in Ye City."