Chapter 99 Strange changes
Chapter 99: Weird Changes

Bai Yanliang sat quietly in the yard, with a medical book borrowed from Gao Fei on the stone table.

Edgar Allan Poe dozed off on his legs. His wounds were almost healed. After all, half a month had passed since the body dumping incident.

Bai Yanliang didn't care much about how the case was finally closed. The murderer was already dead and there was no evidence in this case.

Where did the blood in the park go? Why was the body so decomposed?
These two questions overwhelmed the police. Although everyone had racked their brains, they still could not explain those phenomena.

It is worth mentioning that Ren Wudao did not just walk away after confirming that the murderer was dead like Bai Yanliang did. He seemed to be determined to find out the reasons for these problems.

But... he was destined to be disappointed.

All of this cannot be explained by science. Even if Bai Yanliang told them everything, they might not believe it. On the contrary... he would most likely be sent back to the mental hospital again.

Bai Yanliang touched the little black cat. It had been becoming more and more attached to him recently.

The little black cat wagged its tail comfortably and made a soft purring sound.

Bai Yanliang smiled and took out his cell phone.

Apart from the necessary summary of Wuji's tasks, he usually doesn't speak in the group.

This time too, he was looking at another page - a chat room invited by Li Mu, with only seven people in total.

Li Mu, Feng Xiuxue, Yu Wenxuan, Gu Pingsheng, Song Que, Xu Zhifei, and him...Bai Yanliang.

This chat room is different from Wu Ji's. Since he joined, no one has said a word, not even the most basic welcome.

But today, someone sent a line of text.

Yu Wenxuan: "Today, I received a call from my own mobile number."

There was silence in the chat room for a few seconds, and then several replies popped up.

Li Mu: "I also received a call the day before yesterday. The other party did not make any sound, but the number was my own mobile phone."

Song Que: “Same.”

Feng Xiuxue: "I received the call a week ago."

Gu Pingsheng: "I received it too, a week ago."

Bai Yanliang looked at the lines of text and immediately thought of himself. He... had received that call in the early morning of the day he left Wuji.

"Eighteen days ago, I received that call."

Bai Yanliang thought about it and also typed a line of text.

His remarks caused silence in the chat room for a few seconds, and then the last person spoke.

Xu Zhifei: "Eighteen days ago, I didn't answer and hung up directly."

Xu Zhifei's behavior was unexpected. She was the only one among the seven people who did not answer the phone.

"Something's wrong."

The person who sent this line of text was Gu Pingsheng.

"I'll go check it out." Li Mu had just spoken when his message popped up in Wu Ji's chat room.

"Has anyone received a strange phone call recently?"

Li Mu's appeal is unquestionable.

Soon, people started responding.

"Yes! A number exactly like mine called me, about... a week ago?"

"Now that you mention it... I think I got it too, the day before yesterday?"

"It's today! I just received that call not long ago!"

"..."

There were a lot of comments in the Wuji chat room, and soon everyone responded.

It is now clear that this... is not a joke, but a real fantasy event.

For no apparent reason, a chill suddenly arose in everyone's heart.

Who was it that called me at that time?
This isn’t Wu Ji’s mission… this is in the real world!

How could this happen en masse?

The chat room fell into a strange silence for a short time, and no one sent any more text messages.

After a long while, a two-word reply popped up. "Group five."

The spokesperson is Xu Zhifei.

"What does that mean?" someone asked in confusion.

But this time, Xu Zhifei did not answer.

"Date, count the date you received the call." Gu Pingsheng replied.

His words woke everyone up.

Yes, everyone in Wu Ji received a phone call from an unknown source, and the time they received the call was different in the morning and evening, but... there were only five time points in total.

Eighteen days ago, twelve days ago, a week ago, the day before yesterday, today!

"Does this... mean anything?"

"There are currently 35 people in Wuji. If we divide those who received the call on the same day into one group, there will be exactly five groups, with seven people in each group." Zhou Li's reply also popped up.

What Zhou Li said is correct.

In fact, several people have discovered that the calls received at different times have divided all the people in Wu Ji into five different groups.

But...what is the purpose of doing this?

No one knows at this time.

At this moment, a strong sense of palpitations arose.

Bai Yanliang felt as if his heart was being squeezed tightly by a hand. The pain was piercing and his breathing was rapid and difficult.

Even though he had a high tolerance for pain, he couldn't help but sweat profusely at this moment.

"Well--"

Bai Yanliang pressed his heart and let out a muffled groan.

Poe was awakened by his noise and jumped down from his lap, but behaved very strangely.

This little black cat, who was very close to Bai Yanliang, was now hunching over, baring its teeth, with its fur all standing up, and its pair of jet-black cat eyes were staring at Bai Yanliang.

But at this moment, Bai Yanliang had no way of noticing anything strange about the little black cat. Fortunately, he was the one experiencing this heart-wrenching pain.

What he didn't know was that at almost the same time, everyone in the fog felt the same unbearable heart pain as him.

The pain was similar to burning, but rather than burning the body, this burning sensation was more like a brand on the soul.

Their performance was much worse than Bai Yanliang's. After all, not everyone has such a strong tolerance for pain.

This painful feeling lasted for nearly three minutes.

During these three minutes, Poe didn't dare to get close to Bai Yanliang at all. He bent his waist and made a dull threatening sound in his throat.

But if you look closely, you'll find that the little black cat's entire body is trembling slightly.

It is afraid.

It seemed to see something in Bai Yanliang that frightened it.

If it weren't for Bai Yanliang, it would have turned around and ran away long ago.

This stubborn cat was trembling and its fur was standing on end, but it still refused to take a single step back.

Finally, Bai Yanliang felt the burning pain begin to subside.

But at the same time, a strong burning sensation occurred in another place, but this time, the burning sensation was fleeting.

Bai Yanliang spread out his left hand, and a regular, perfect, ink-black circle was imprinted on his palm.

It is not big and is hollow. Since it is just a simple circle, there is nothing mysterious about it.

But... when Bai Yanliang looked at the circle in his palm, an extremely unfamiliar feeling finally emerged in his heart.

"Boom... boom..."

My heartbeat quickens and my pupils gradually dilate.

Bai Yanliang touched his heart, which no longer hurt, and an extremely unfamiliar expression appeared on his face.

If you know Bai Yanliang, you will definitely find this matter incredible.

Because the expression on Bai Yanliang's face was... fear.

(End of this chapter)