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The thin man's voice fell, and the surrounding sand fell with it.

For a time, the golden sand poured down like golden rain.

The rustling sound covered up the thin man's final voice.

By the time the sand spreads over the ground, turning it into dunes, the surrounding environment has completely changed.

There are sand dunes on the ground, but what is unrealistic is that there is a magnolia tree standing on the sand dunes. The dandelion seeds flying around are dreamy, but not real.

The thin man's feet were stuck in the sand.

He stepped forward, pulling his feet out of the sand and stepping down again.

Just like this, he moved forward with one deep kick and one shallow kick, and his speed increased.

He ran towards something.

But in my field of vision, there is still yellow sand in the distance. Even if I try to look for it from a thin person’s perspective, it’s all in vain.

I was a little panicked.

Even if the ability cannot be used, I can't find Qi Bai now. I couldn't find it, but the thin man found it!

what happened?

Qi Bai is targeting thin people and only causing them to hallucinate?

Even so, I should be able to connect with the thin man's consciousness. I can see the memories that the thin man recalled, but I can't see the hallucinations that the thin man is seeing now? !

Cold sweat broke out on my body.

At this time, I could only grit my teeth, follow the thin man's footsteps, and continue shouting in his ear.

I hope the thin man can hear my voice, and the thin man can stop and turn to look at me.

But as he ran, the yellow sand under his feet became less and less, and he hadn't noticed my presence yet.

The yellow sand receded and the thin man stepped on the floor.

The strange scene receded, and what remained was a living room.

This is Qi Bai's room. I've seen it in my dreams.

What I didn't see in the dream was the hourglass sitting on the coffee table in the living room.

It was very similar to the hourglass that the thin man remembered, but it was much bigger. In my memory, although the hourglass that the psychic took out was exquisitely made, it was very small. The one in front of me is half a meter high. The two snakes used as supports also look ferocious, with their mouths open and fangs exposed. The blood-red eyes should be two rubies, but they look like real eyes. The light flows in them and is breathtaking.

The upper part of the sand in the hourglass is golden, but after flowing into the lower part, it turns black.

I observed carefully for a while and found that the black sand was still evaporating. It was as if there was a flame burning at the bottom of the hourglass. The high temperature burned the sand into fly ash, and the entire lower half of the hourglass was smoked black.

The thin man's body trembled and he finally blinked.

He kept looking at the sofa, but in my eyes, the sofa was empty and there was no one at all.

The thin man walked over and sat down on the sofa.

After he sat down, the sofa had a dent. But except for that position, the rest of the sofa was flat, with no sign of anyone sitting on it.

The thin man sat quietly for a while and then said: "I already know about this. I have a way to resurrect you. Bai Bai..." He turned to the right and looked at the empty sofa, "Bai Bai, do you want to come back to life? ? There is something wrong with this question... You may not know it, but you may have noticed... The things you like are not all true, but spiritualism, mediumship, and witchcraft are true. ...A lot of it is true. They are getting stronger and becoming uncontrollable. You may have seen a lot of things when you died..."

The thin man sighed, "I don't know what will happen in the future. It may get better, but it's also possible... you will die worse..."

The thin man's eyes were empty.

After being silent for a while, he nodded slightly, "Yeah. Yes... there is still hope for living. This principle originally made sense. Now... living is just one more life."

He patted his knees, "And this life can't be said to be reliable. To be honest, sometimes I think it would be good to die. If this continues... if you are prepared, you should choose to commit suicide. Better choice.”

I looked at the thin man in surprise.

The thin man suddenly laughed.

He was talking to Qi Bai, who I couldn't see or hear, which surprised me. What the thin man said surprised me even more.

We never talked about it.

Now that I think about it, we all intentionally avoided this problem.

No one wants to see that kind of future. No one wants to choose death just like that.

Although, after rational consideration, you will find that committing suicide at this time may be the wisest decision.

If you die unexpectedly, or die in a tragic and painful way, what will happen after you become a ghost is really unpredictable.

I feel sad, but now is not the time to be sad.

The thin man listened for a while.

He smiled bitterly, "Well, that's what I thought, but how could I just take that step casually? Death... After so many years and a lifetime, I know that death is the end of everything. Moreover, Even if you commit suicide and you are mentally prepared, who knows if it will change when the knife goes down?"

The thin man was having a heart-to-heart talk with Qi Bai.

The atmosphere between a couple separated by yin and yang cannot be said to be bad when they can have such a calm conversation.

But I know that the thin man is dead!

The thin man might have died the moment he was caught by those sands, or it might be that his relationship with Qi Bai broke down later, and Qi Bai went crazy and killed him.

I started to get anxious again and screamed.

The thin guy can't hear me.

I suddenly thought of a possibility and had a strong feeling of heart palpitations.

It’s not that I can’t see Qi Bai, it’s not that I can’t hear Qi Bai’s voice, it’s just that I am separated.

I was cut off from this illusion.

I can still see the scene here and see the thin man, but this "seeing" may be similar to seeing through a screen.

I am not in this illusion.

My eyes turned to the hourglass.

The hourglass is still timing, and the sand in the first half is decreasing at a constant speed, while the sand in the second half has not increased, but the layer of glass has become darker.

Is the problem with this thing?

Qi Bai himself should not have the ability to open up space and separate me.

I have only encountered similar abilities once with that game spirit. That is one of the most powerful spirits I have encountered so far, more powerful than most ghosts.

I floated in front of the hourglass and stretched out my hand to it.

“Hiss——” The snake on the hourglass suddenly came to life, turned its head and wanted to bite my hand.

I immediately retracted my hand and avoided this attack.

The thin man's attention seemed to be attracted.

"...Only this little time is left?" the thin man asked.

He didn't seem to see the snake's movements.

I changed my position, faced the thin man, and stretched out my hand towards the hourglass again.

The two snakes on the hourglass came to life, their bodies expanded, and they wrapped around the hourglass. Their red eyes stared at me and kept spitting out messages.

The thin man was just looking at the hourglass at this time.

His eyes moved slightly, as if he wanted to raise his eyes and look in the direction where I was standing.

This may have been a move he followed the snake's movements.

Found me? I felt happy for a while.

Nangong Yao also discovered me at the beginning. He has special abilities and has advantages in this regard. But this is enough to prove that this isolation blockade on me cannot be absolute.

As long as the thin man is aware of my existence...

The thin man suddenly turned his head and showed a surprised expression.

But what he was looking at was not me, but the empty sofa beside him!

Grass!

I couldn't help but curse.

Qi Bai! Qi Bai must have said something to divert the thin man's attention!

The two snakes staring at me completely surrounded the hourglass. They opened their mouths to the maximum, one at the top and one at the bottom, and started to engulf the hourglass from both ends.

The thin man turned around suddenly and reached out to grab the hourglass without thinking.

I just felt my heart suddenly contract.

what happened? What did Qi Bai say to the thin man?