“First, I can help you eliminate a wrong answer. Your parents are not in real life. You are on the wanted posters for the investigation centre. They can’t find anything related to your parents, and I failed to do so either.” The corpse puppet’s lips were rotting, but he spoke faster. “However, if they are in the shadow world, how did they enter it? And when? How much do they need to sacrifice to survive in the shadow world?”

Gao Ming knew better than most how dangerous the shadow world was. He also didn’t understand how his parents managed to find him every time.

“They are normal people who have no powers. They entered the shadow world for you. You currently own everything, but it is built on the foundation of their pain. As their child, do you not care about them?” The puppet slowly led Gao Ming to the main point. “The future is here. The scenes you do not wish to see will appear. They will include ones with your parents.”

“Stop talking in riddles. You’ve said a lot. What exactly do you want?”

“The anomalies are the locations where the shadow world and the real world overlap. Your parents are in this building. You once murdered your way into my home to help me reunite with my mother. Now, I will help you reunite with your parents.” The corpse’s face was rotting. His expression was one of pain, but he cackled happily, “Go and find them. Guess and see if they’re your real parents or not.”

The corpse puppet was at its limits. It cracked open. The inside of its body was stuffed with paper. Gao Ming tried to put them together. It contained Situ An’s handwriting. They were the script for the corpse puppet.

“Don’t... believe it.” Xuan Wen sensed a clear change in Gao Ming’s emotions. She should have been happy, but she couldn’t. She even blurted out a word of warning.

Gao Ming stood in the pool of blood and shook his head. The God of the Past and the God of the Future were once the scariest existences in the shadow world. Even though they had been buried in the shadow world, their mud figurines still contained part of their power. This power could affect the past and the future.@@@@

Echoes of footsteps came from behind her. Xuan Wen turned back. Gao Ming chased after her.

Inside Building Three, someone knocked on the door of Room 1801. Wang Jie, who stood before the mirror in his school uniform, started. He turned around and hid the knife behind his back. He slowly moved to the door.

Through the camera, he saw a pair of middle-aged couple standing at his door. The man was upright in his suit. He was tall and handsome. The woman, wearing a white top and jeans, was soft and gentle. She carried a birthday cake box that was wet from the rain.

“They look familiar...” After confirming they carried nothing dangerous, Wang Jie pressed the button. He spoke to the speaker, “Are you here to exchange food? What do you want to exchange the cake with?”

Building Three had been infiltrated by the worst future. Time flowed abnormally. Human desires like hunger were greatly amplified by the passage of time.

“We are Gao Ming’s parents. He hasn’t gone home after school. You are his roommate. We want to know if he’s with you.” The man should have just gotten off work. He didn’t even have the time to change.

“Gao Ming’s parents?” Wang Jie was confused. After he was there for so long, his memory started to blur.

“Why would Gao Ming be at my home?”

When Wang Jie was thinking, knocking echoed around the whole building.