I heard a faint sound in mid-air, looked up, and there was Boss He!
This time, his figure was even more ethereal! He stood there like a shadow.
"You don't need to worry about me. I've come to understand now that this is the only way I can appear!"
When Mr. He's voice came through, I immediately understood.
He was confined to a higher-dimensional space, which allowed him to see everything here more completely.
Now I completely understand that we were following Xiao Zhang's perspective.
We just quietly followed behind Xiao Zhang, keeping a distance that wasn't too close or too far. Although he couldn't see us, I really didn't want to see his passionate side again.
The young man came to a fork in the road and saw an old farmer carrying a hoe. He approached him respectfully and asked for directions.
"Excuse me, sir, how do I get to the building on the east side?"
"You're going there to work, right?"
The old farmer put down his hoe, looked Xiao Zhang up and down, shook his head, and said with a hint of regret.
"Young man, you're from the west, right? It's not easy to make a living in the east these days. A group of outsiders came recently and not only were they stealing jobs, but I also heard that some people are robbing people on the roadside. Are you sure you want to go?"
The old farmer spoke while hunching over.
"Hijacking someone?"
Xiao Zhang paused for a moment, then shook his head and clenched the map in his hand.
It seems they've become even more determined.
"It's alright, even if I don't do well, it's still better than that place in the west."
He paused for a moment, but I sensed that his tone had become even more resolute.
However, as soon as I said that, I couldn't help but glance at the air above. At that moment, Boss He's expression was clearly rather unpleasant.
"Don't listen to people who say that the west is a wasteland. In fact, that place should have been the center!"
My older brother runs a hotel there; it's sure to thrive in the future!
At that moment, I felt a sense of relief.
Without even looking, I think Mr. He would have the same expression right now, only more gratified than I am.
"That brat... hah."
A gentle voice came from above. Indeed, the semi-transparent figure, Boss He, was still wearing blue overalls, but I could feel that the wrinkles on his face were deeper and his hair was whiter.
It was around six or seven o'clock in the evening, and the setting sun had dyed the clouds orange-red, unlike the previous cold and glaring light.
I stared at Boss He's figure before I suddenly realized what was going on.
When I first met them, Xiao Zhang said he was going to stand on the last train...
This must be the moment!
When we first met Xiao Zhang, the two doors he opened, and the light of the setting sun shining in, were exactly the same as they are now!
My mind suddenly felt like it had been hit by a huge shock.
He wasn't talking about work, but about the last day of his life!
Today must be the day he was kidnapped and lost his life!
Thinking of this, my heart felt like it had been hit hard. I didn't dare to look up and tell Boss He again, but I subconsciously wanted to rush up and remind him.
But he had only taken half a step when he was pulled back to his original position by the telepathic message from the Thunder Strike Sword.
"Master, don't be impulsive. We called out to him countless times when we first met him, didn't we?"
I sighed deeply, a strong sense of powerlessness welling up inside me.
Walking a few more steps forward, we saw Xiao Zhang suddenly pull out his phone from his pocket. It was an old flip phone with two torn stickers on the screen.
He turned on the screen, then flicked his finger a couple of times. For some reason, this time, even though I was a few steps away from him, I could see the content on the screen very clearly.
"Boss He!"
The way he looked clearly indicated that he was about to send a message to his boss.
But after hesitating for a few seconds, he put his phone back in his pocket and continued striding forward.
"Stop! Don't go any further!"
I shouted loudly.
Just as he opened his mouth, Mr. He above him suddenly became anxious.
"Hey kid, stop! Don't go east!"
His hoarse voice echoed in mid-air.
And I could also sense the intense anxiety in his tone.
At that moment, no matter how we called out to Xiao Zhang, he seemed to be isolated in another world, completely unaware. Soon, he walked to the entrance of a narrower alley and met two men wearing similar jackets.
Without hesitation, Xiao Zhang went up and questioned the two men for a couple of minutes. The two men pointed to the depths of the alley and said something to him.
Xiao Zhang simply nodded, thanked them, and walked directly into the alley.
I simply sensed it and found that the alley was very eerie, with a dark aura about it.
"Master, this is terrible! Even the setting sun can't get into that place. Something's definitely wrong!"
My heart tightened. Lei Jijian was right, but just as we were about to rush forward, we were stopped by an invisible force, as if we had been hit by a transparent wall.
Meanwhile, Boss He in mid-air became even more anxious. His figure grew fainter and fainter, and his voice was filled with despair as he tried to persuade Xiao Zhang to stop, but to no avail.
We were just following behind and couldn't speed up at all. I thought to myself that it must be because we were intruders here and hadn't fully entered Xiao Zhang's perspective, so he couldn't notice us, and we couldn't keep up with him.
All you can do is follow him slowly from behind, walking the path he has walked, but you can't influence anything about him.
At this moment, Mr. He's voice kept echoing in the air, as if he was extremely unable to accept it.
And so we followed him for almost two or three hours, walking through alleys that became increasingly remote.
The people he asked were getting stranger and stranger, and they were wearing more and more clothes. One of them even wore a baseball cap and wrapped a scarf around his neck. I could vaguely see that the middle-aged man's tongue seemed to be sticking out, but it was all wrapped inside the scarf.
Inexplicably, I sensed that everyone here was very protective of their privacy.
Finally, we arrived at a wasteland with only a few withered trees and not a soul in sight. My legs were starting to ache.
If we stop to rest for a while, Xiao Zhang will walk quite far, but if we concentrate and chase after him for a little while, we will soon see him again.
"Brother, what's going on? It seems like if we let our guard down for even a moment, we can't see him anymore, but after taking a few steps, it's like we're right behind him again?"
At this point, I said to Yiyi beside me, "Before, we were following Boss He's perspective, but this time it's Xiao Zhang's, so the timeline is longer and the details are clearer."
It's as if we're right there in his spirit!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
