Chapter 62: The Ghost Living in the Borderland
Chapter 62: The Ghost Living in the Borderland
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For the first time, Li Lin saw Captain Song—usually so composed and dependable—looking uneasy, as if he were facing a formidable enemy.
“So… that eye-shaped Dark Angel just vanished silently from the Otherworld it had infested? It didn’t try to corrupt or control anyone, nor did it leave behind any ‘offspring’?” Captain Song asked after listening to the report from the two Special Operations Bureau agents in front of him. He had been silent for a long time before finally speaking. “And throughout the entire process, neither of you heard any ‘higher-dimensional whispers’ in your minds?”
“No,” Xu Jiali replied, shaking his head, his voice low. “But it definitely noticed us. For a moment, I could clearly feel its gaze. It focused right where we were hiding. It was as if…”
Captain Song leaned forward, frowning. “As if what?”
Xu Jiali hesitated,
Meanwhile, back in his office, Captain Song leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples. The enigma of Yu Sheng was unlike anything they’d encountered before. An entity—or perhaps a ghost—that believed he was human, living unnoticed among them for decades. The implications were unsettling.
He picked up the phone, dialing the Director’s number. “Sir, we need to talk. It’s about the ghost in the Borderland…”
The stage was set for a deeper investigation, one that would challenge everything they thought they knew about the boundaries between their world and the unknown.
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