Lu Fei looked in amazement at himself on the ground.
In his vision, the entire world had turned black and white, with only the small corner illuminated by candlelight appearing in color.
His body had become semi-transparent, floating lightly in mid-air.
Clearly.
The floating self was now a soul.
The one on the ground was the physical body.
This feeling was incredibly magical.
His body felt particularly light, as if all the constraints of the world had vanished.
He floated in front of Hu Zi and found that this guy could not see him at all; he just looked worriedly at his physical body sitting on the ground.
But the little black dog in Hu Zi's arms got excited and was about to bark.
"Shh!"
Lu Fei raised his finger and smiled at the little black dog.
The little black dog obediently closed its mouth and stared intently at him.
"I'll be back soon."
Lu Fei looked down at the red string tied around his little finger, with the other end connected to the little finger of his physical body.
He wasn't here to play around.
He needed to hurry up!
Immediately, his body lightly swayed and he floated out of the room.
Floating in mid-air, his field of vision became much wider and clearer.
Although the entire world was gray, it did not obstruct his sight.
Factories, trees, roads.
He could see everything and move through them without any obstacles.
He looked back and found that no matter how far away, he could see that tiny flicker of candlelight.
Good!
Reassured, he floated around the factory to search.
Hu Zi and the others in the dormitory could not see these things.
All they saw was Lu Fei's face suddenly turning pale, as if he were a dead man.
Immediately after.
A faint, chilly wind seemed to appear in the dormitory.
But soon, the cold wind disappeared.
"Hei Zi, be a good boy and don't move around," Hu Zhi said as he put down the small black dog and sat down, fully concentrating on the dim candlelight in front of Lu Fei.
The small black dog lay quietly beside Lu Fei.
Jing Jian checked the doors and windows, making sure they were all closed and no wind could come in.
Zhang Molin kept watch over the Five Elements Talisman, ensuring that nothing went wrong during the soul departure ritual.
Tie Shenglan sat on the other side of Lu Fei.
Although they had only worked together once before, they now seamlessly took on their respective roles, carefully surrounding Lu Fei.
Old Man Zhu watched everything with wide eyes, the scene before him surpassing his understanding.
His mouth moved, but no words came out. He could only try to sit quietly on the bed and not disturb them.
Although he didn't understand, he could feel it was a very dangerous matter.
These young people, who were not much older than his own son, were willing to take risks for strangers.
The world isn't so bad after all...
The factory under the night sky was silent and still.
Lu Fei searched through the factory buildings and the trees, going around the entire factory, but found nothing.
Aside from those few people in the dormitory, there was no one else in the factory.
"Two living people, they couldn't have just vanished, right? Could they have run out from somewhere the cameras couldn't catch?"
Lu Fei grew anxious and circled around the factory's perimeter wall.
The factory's walls were very high; an ordinary person couldn't climb over, and there was only one exit, the main gate.
If anyone enters or exits, they would definitely be captured by the surveillance cameras.
"This is strange, the person is clearly in the factory but can't be found. Could it be that they went underground... Wait, underground?!"
A spark of inspiration flashed in Lu Fei's mind.
He changed his thinking, lowered his body, and started searching again close to the ground.
Finally, he made a discovery in the warehouse.
At the very back under the wall of the warehouse, there was actually a tunnel!
The tunnel was covered with a layer of wooden boards, and further concealed by thick racks and piles of cloth, so no one would notice it.
The tunnel extended from the warehouse to the wasteland outside.
Lu Fei crawled into the tunnel and saw many scattered white hairs here.
"Why white hair again?"
But he was currently in a soul form and couldn't pick up the white hair, so he put his doubts aside for now and followed the path of the underground tunnel through the warehouse, coming out into the wilderness beyond.
Amidst the lush wild grass, a few dilapidated graves were faintly visible.
One of the graves seemed to have two human-shaped figures buried in it.
"Is it them?"
Lu Fei wanted to fly over, but felt a tug on his little finger. Looking down, he saw the red thread pulled taut.
"I can't go any further."
Lu Fei took one last deep look at the grave, making an effort to remember its location, then floated back the way he came.
The sound of the wind whistled in his ears.
His body was unencumbered, freely traversing this world; it was a kind of lightness he had never before experienced.
It was as if all the worries of the world had vanished.
Lu Fei was momentarily stunned.
The feeling of flying freely like this was wonderful; if only he could remain this free forever...
The next second.
"What was I just thinking about?"
Lu Fei shivered and came back to his senses, re-gathering his focus and looking at the faint light in the gray expanse.
I have to go back!
I haven't found Grandfather yet, and I haven't made Sinisterium Pawnshop the strongest...
But for some reason, Lu Fei noticed that his speed had slowed down.
Everything around him was getting darker and darker.
It was as if ink had been spilled, slowly staining the world.
His mind began to become muddled and confused.
"No! I want to go back!"
He shook his head and gritted his teeth, floating towards that faint light, but his speed was getting slower and slower.
The world was becoming darker and darker.
He felt a kind of exhaustion he had never experienced before, constantly murmuring his name, and struggling to get closer to the candlelight.
"I am Lu Fei, I want to go back, I need to find Grandpa...."
Closer.
Even closer.
He had already arrived outside the dormitory and could even vaguely see the figures inside.
As long as he walked in, he could return to his own body.
But at that moment, a white head hung down from the roof.
"What is that?!"
Startled, Lu Fei's eyes widened, and he became more alert.
He quietly retreated and hid in the shadows, cautiously observing the eerie head.
It turned out to not just be a head; it was attached to a body.
It appeared to be a woman, descending upside down from the roof, peering into the room through the window, with long white hair nearly touching the ground.
"White hair?!"
Lu Fei's heart raced, no, he didn't have a heart right now, but his emotions still involuntarily tensed up.
"So it wasn't just one hanging ghost with white hair, there was another one!"
The white-haired ghost crouched by the window, watching for a while, seeming to have discovered something. Its head turned, fixing on the faint red line hovering in the air.
The next moment.
It started crawling towards the red line.
"Oh no!"
Lu Fei's expression drastically changed. He was currently in a soul state, without any magic power, and he couldn't deal with that ghost.
But his friends couldn't see him, nor could they hear his voice.
"Xiao Hei!"
There was still Xiao Hei, who could both hear and see him.
Lu Fei rushed toward the gate, shouting desperately.
"Xiao Hei! Xiao Hei!"
A cold wind blew at the gate.
Xiao Hei suddenly pricked up his ears and looked towards the door.