Chapter 12: Spooky Stuff

Chapter 12: Spooky Stuff

"What the heck?"

"Where's the Specter?"

Everyone started to frantically look around but saw nothing.

"Fang Xiu, what are you blabbing about? Where's this Specter?" One of his friends, shaking in his boots, glared at Fang Xiu.

"Seriously, now's not the time for jokes, Fang Xiu. Quit freaking us out."

Fang Xiu just stood there, looking at everyone calmly. His pale, handsome face looked somewhat eerie in the dark. With his emotionless face, he looked like a life-size doll. His icy, blank stare was unsettling, and those berating him started to calm down.

Suddenly, Fang Xiu broke the silence. "Wang Xiaoli is gone."

"No way, Xiao Li is right here. Xiaoli, say something," his friend called out.

But Wang Xiaoli didn't say a thing.

The guy felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly turned on his phone flashlight, only to find that Wang Xiaoli, who had been right next to him, was indeed gone.

"Wang Xiaoli! Wang Xiaoli!" he shouted her name, but there was no response.

That set everyone off.

"Wang Xiaoli is really gone!"New novel chapters are published on

"Is it really the Specter?"

"Fang Xiu, did you see the Specter?" Wang Ziteng asked out of nowhere.

Even though Wang Ziteng and Fang Xiu didn't really get along, they knew that now wasn't the time to fight when they might be facing a serious threat.

Then Wang Ziteng said, "So, anyone here could become a psychic. If someone does, we might have a chance of getting out of the Specter Zone!"

"What happens when your spirit starts to shine?" Fang Xiu asked.

"First, they'll be stronger than a normal person, their senses will be super sharp, and when their spirit shines, they'll get a special power. This power is a sign of their spirit. Just like no two spirits are the same, no two powers are the same."

*'Power? Sign of the spirit?'*

Fang Xiu's mind raced, and he couldn't help but consider his unique ability to reset after dying.

*'Is that my power? Wait, that can't be right. I'm just as strong, and my senses are just as good as anyone else's. They're not better.'*

Plus, he felt like his power to reset after dying was something he got after coming to this world, not because his spirit started to shine.

*'Based on what I know, it seems like my spirit hasn't started shining yet. So, the question is, if my power to reset after dying isn't because my spirit started shining, why haven't I become a psychic even though I've met the two conditions?'*

Then, Fang Xiu realized he hadn't actually met all the conditions because of his power.

He'd been in the limbo between life and death, and that state, like his thoughts and memories, hadn't changed every time he "reset." However, his way of thinking changed after experiencing multiple deaths. Nevertheless, he hadn't met the condition of getting in touch with a Specter, as he died every time he could touch his wife. This time, he only survived because he deliberately avoided interacting with her.

And those Specters he'd seen wandering the streets didn't count either. Fang Xiu figured it was because if they weren't "seen," they were basically not there for humans.

However, this situation now was different. The Specter lurking in the shadows, like it had stepped from make-believe into the real world, could kill even if it wasn't "seen."

The mental hospital disappearing, a Specter that could kill without being "seen," the psychic... These clues were all tangled up in Fang Xiu's mind.

There had to be a connection between them, but he hadn't figured it out yet. Even though he was in a really bad spot, Fang Xiu felt a surge of excitement. He saw a chance for payback, and that was to become a psychic.

Suddenly, Fang Xiu saw something out of the corner of his eye.

"Another one's gone," he said coldly."