The so-called "attempt" in Sunny Xu's mouth naturally only meant one thing.

He had already tried communicating with lifeless objects, and communicating with humans possessed by monsters. So, the next step...

There was no doubt that it was to directly communicate with the monsters themselves.

And the risks of doing so, he still knew nothing about.

But according to Starry Lin's account, when Sunny Xu communicated with the strange person and entered Teacher Yang's inner world, the person did indeed stop moving in the real world.

This meant that if he directly applied his abilities to the old man in the haunted house, there might be some unexpected changes.

Of course, according to Sunny Xu's original plan, the testing of his own abilities should not have been so radical.

In fact, he had carefully designed several plans for his ability experiments, which could be roughly divided into several stages:

The first stage was the effect similar to "memory regression" produced by inorganic matter. The related experiments had already come to an end after his efforts during this period. The second stage was dealing with the possessed.

Whether he could drive the monsters away from humans would determine how they would face the possessed in the future and how to deal with similar people. This undoubtedly required repeated practice to confirm and to proficiently master his own abilities through this method.

However, unfortunately, he no longer had time.

Because Starry Lin was right behind him.

Her energy was limited, and she needed some time to recover after summoning Little An...

And now, the old man in the haunted house was right in front of them.

Sunny Xu actually had no other choice but to bet on himself.

So, the only reason that could stop him from taking immediate action was...

He was afraid.

He found that his legs were trembling and he couldn't concentrate.

Could human consciousness alone really defeat a ghost, a monster from another world?

For Sunny Xu, delving into that dark and lightless inner world was not just "unknown fear". Because he had just tried the second stage, the result had already left him with lingering fear.

If he hadn't interrupted the communication in time, if he had been dragged into the abyss by the ghost lurking inside Teacher Yang... what would have happened?

This made him even more aware that he was facing a completely new and unfamiliar world. There were not only novel scenery but also unimaginable crises.

Sunny Xu felt as if he had traveled to another world.

If there were people in this world who were like him and Starry Lin, they would definitely understand his current state of mind. The fear of walking on thin ice, always facing danger.

Facing supernatural events firsthand was like walking on a tightrope hanging above a deep valley. At any moment, a gust of wind could blow and make him fall into the abyss, breaking into pieces...

"Sunny...?"

Starry Lin's slightly trembling voice came from behind him, interrupting his thoughts.

"I, I don't know what you want to do, but... please don't force yourself, okay? Don't scare me like you did just now..."

Sunny Xu took a deep breath.

In that instant, his mood suddenly calmed down.

"Did you, did you hear that? Hey, tell me!"

The voice came from behind again, but he didn't answer. He just closed his eyes quietly.

*

When Sunny Xu opened his eyes again, he realized that the result of this communication was completely different from the past.

What he saw was not a mind world immersed in boundless darkness, but reality.

He could even see Starry Lin tightly hugging his limp body, shouting in worry.

However, strangely, his perspective was from a top-down angle. And the world he saw was not in color, but black and white, just like the scenes he saw when he traced memories of certain objects.

In addition, he also saw...

The old man in the haunted house.

In the frozen world, it seemed that only he was still moving.

The old man slowly raised his face, and his pitch-black eyes stared directly at Sunny Xu's disembodied consciousness.

The surrounding air became unusually viscous, and the eerie and decayed aura engulfed the nearby area, almost suffocating him.

Sunny Xu slowly came back to his senses.

...So, that's how it is. That's how it is.

His ability to communicate had never been hindered. It went without saying for lifeless objects, and when he communicated with the strange person just now, he directly entered the person's mind world. That was because Teacher Yang was just an ordinary person and didn't have any defenses against him.

But now, when he wanted to communicate with this old man in the haunted house, he finally encountered resistance. This indicated that some powerful anomalies indeed had the ability to interfere with the communication process...

Sunny Xu didn't feel angry or frustrated at all. On the contrary, he couldn't help but want to burst into laughter.

What does this mean? It means that his method is undoubtedly effective! The other party fears and dreads this approach!

Although it still involved great risks, just knowing the fact that it was "effective" was enough to make him persist!

However, despite wanting to laugh, Sunny Xu quickly realized that he couldn't actually smile.

His current state was like a "soul out of the body" in legendary stories, without a physical body, like a wandering ghost, unable to do much. But on the other hand, there were many things that he couldn't do when bound by a physical body, which he could now try.

He was a gust of wind, a free wind that could travel between the real world and another world.

So, you can't... stop me!Sunny Xu stared at the old man in the haunted house. He clenched his teeth and used the techniques he had learned in Teacher Yang's inner world, immersing himself in his mind and extending his consciousness, like tentacles.

The air around him, like solidified gel, finally began to twist under his will, just like the frozen river starting to flow under the ice in the warm spring.

Right, it was on the night when the strange creatures invaded the campus--

While resisting the old man in the haunted house, Sunny Xu remembered something. The first time he communicated with Teacher Yang, that electric shock-like sensation was probably the clash between consciousnesses.

But it lasted too short, and he successfully invaded the mind of the strange creature, so he didn't have time to react.

But now, he finally encountered an enemy with enough power to counter and even suppress his own spiritual abilities...

*

The old man in the haunted house was slowly approaching the teenagers.

Since being forced to retreat that night, it never gave up. It seemed to have been observing them in secret, patiently waiting for the right moment.

So, it first controlled a teacher at No. 15 Middle School with monsters, making him attack the school as a test. Then it set a trap again, making the possessed person consume Starry Lin's power before taking action personally.

Although these were just Sunny Xu's and her speculations, the current situation was enough to prove that the situation was highly likely.

This cold and sinister approach, like an ambush in the grass, made Starry Lin shudder.

...More importantly, the truth of the matter was probably no longer important.

The opponent was already approaching, and if they couldn't survive, everything would be meaningless.

She noticed that every time she blinked, the scene in front of her would flicker like a photograph, and then the old man in the haunted house would suddenly move a distance closer out of thin air.

Starry Lin became flustered, but the more flustered she was, the harder it was to concentrate.

She tried hard to find that feeling, imagining the scene of a whale leaping out of a dark cave.

The connection between the girl's mind and another world was distant and severed, but to truly invade reality with the power of that ocean, she needed to give it her all, let the turbid flow erode the barriers of reality, and open the channel connecting the two worlds. This was the most burdensome part for Starry Lin.

Just like this time, once Little An turned around and she wanted to summon it again, Starry Lin would feel a splitting headache. It was a sign of exceeding her limits and overloading her mind.

"Ugh...!"

Starry Lin covered her head, her face pale, and cold sweat covered her forehead.

She waited for the old man in the haunted house with hatred. But at this moment, the opponent suddenly stopped approaching and looked elsewhere with empty eyes.

"...Did it really stop?"

Starry Lin frowned and didn't let her guard down.

She could feel the tense atmosphere in the air, the invisible wills confronting each other.

At the same time, Sunny Xu let out a muffled groan and suddenly fell back weakly.

Starry Lin quickly held onto him to prevent him from losing balance.

She looked at her best friend's face and found that he was tightly closing his eyes, his lips trembling slightly, looking even weaker than herself.

"It's unbelievable that even you have become like this..."

Starry Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"This means we don't even have a chance to escape together, right?"

Of course, she knew very well. If Sunny Xu had chosen to support her and escape just now, they would never have been able to escape from the old man in the haunted house.

They had to find a way to stop its advance. If she couldn't do it, then let him do it. It was a simple "either-or" situation.

In the end, if Starry Lin could successfully summon Little An, Sunny Xu wouldn't have to work so hard.

But now...

"There's still a chance."

Starry Lin thought to herself.

"While this old man is really stopped, let's move to another place first. If I can recover faster...!"

She gritted her teeth, held Sunny Xu's head, and tried to lift him up from the ground. But halfway through, her arm lost all strength and she couldn't hold on anymore. She wanted to make another effort, but she couldn't even lift him.

Starry Lin hadn't fully recovered her strength, and she might need someone else's support to walk.

"Ah, really..."

She gave up on the idea of leaving and simply sat down, putting Sunny Xu's head back on her thigh in jeans.

Starry Lin could feel the invisible forces in the air confronting each other. It wouldn't take long for one side to prevail.

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One side still seemed immature and could struggle at first, but it would soon be overwhelmed by the other side.

Although Starry Lin wanted to believe that her friend had the upper hand, but...

She stared at the dark and gloomy color around the old man in the haunted house. It was gradually spreading and expanding. The inhuman aura was becoming more and more powerful, and for a moment, the sky darkened and Starry Lin couldn't feel the warmth of the sunlight.

Although so far, the opponent showed no intention of moving, whenever Starry Lin looked at it, she couldn't help but think of the zombies in the horror movies she had watched with Sunny Xu. The zombies that were locked in coffins covered with talismans at the beginning of the movie; and according to the plot, the talismans would definitely be torn off, the coffins would definitely be opened, and the zombies would definitely jump out to harm people...

When Sunny Xu's will could no longer suppress the opponent, it would be the moment when the ghost would start to act again.

"Let fate decide."The girl tried hard to calm herself down, sitting in place and continuously attempting to connect with another world, until she had accumulated enough power to summon Little An again, or recovered enough strength to leave the scene with two people.

Starry Lin sighed softly, also closing her eyes. The delicate fingers on Sunny Xu's face unconsciously stroked the boy's forehead, as if trying to smooth out his tightly furrowed brows.

*

By the time Seigetsu Zhu arrived at the scene, this was what she saw:

A boy, eyes closed as if leisurely napping, was lying on the thigh of a girl with long black hair.

If it weren't for the eerie surroundings - a chilling wind swirling around a blind old man, locked in a tense standoff with the two of them - it would look just like any young couple lounging in the sun on a meadow in the park on a weekend.

Upon hearing footsteps approaching, Starry Lin immediately opened her eyes. Seeing who it was, her face instantly changed, and she started cursing:

"What are you doing here?"

"Are you an idiot?"

"Are you here to die?!"

Seigetsu Zhu was bombarded with insults, blinking her beautiful big eyes in a somewhat innocent manner.

She wasn't angry, but instead, she suddenly remembered what Sunny Xu had said to her before class today, and couldn't help but laugh.

If Lin saw a similar scene of someone coming back to die in a movie, she would probably curse out loud too... It's just like her style.

The short-haired girl walked over to the two people lying on the ground, her gaze fixed on Sunny Xu, who had his eyes tightly closed.

Seigetsu Zhu squatted down, looking straight at Sunny Xu. She saw the boy's eyelids trembling slightly, as if about to wake up. Regardless of whether he could really hear her, she spoke softly:

"I didn't bring a gun or a chainsaw like you said; but, I brought back a real monster."

"...What?"

Starry Lin, who was standing nearby, was a bit confused by her words.

Seigetsu Zhu gently waved her arm, her posture as elegant as a conductor at a concert.

The next moment, a human-faced spider leaped down from the roof, opened its huge mouth, and bit directly at the head of the old man on the empty ground.