Chapter 403: All Are People

“Su Shan, there’s no one there,” Zhang Chenze said. “Are you seeing things?”

“Seeing things…?” Su Shan slowly widened her eyes, her vision turning blood-red again, the two silhouettes becoming clearer. “I’m not mistaken… There are people standing there…”

Su Shan took a step forward with a smile. “Can’t you see them? A man and a woman—what are they doing…? Why aren’t they moving…?”

The others glanced at the display screen and the giant clock, an eerie feeling creeping over them.

“Hey…” Lin Qin reached out and grabbed Su Shan’s arm. “You might be ‘over-resonating.’ You need to stay lucid… Remember, *you* control the resonance, not the other way around.”

“No… I’m fine…” Su Shan turned to look at Lin Qin, blood tears streaming down her face again. “I can see even more clearly now… I’m seeing the world anew…”

Qin Dingdong frowned slightly. The last time she had worked with Su Shan, they had only operated indoors—she had never taken her outside. So now, she wasn’t sure if Su Shan had lost her mind or if she was truly seeing something.

“Lin Qin… your ‘light’ is so warm…” Su Shan continued smiling, reaching out to grasp Lin Qin’s wrist. “Your body is covered in the words ‘stimulate’… You’re like a radiant sun…”

Then she turned to Zhang Chenze. “Chenze, your ‘light’ is unique. It hovers above your head, swirling with murky ‘soul migration.’ From a distance, you look like a black lighthouse.”

At the mention of a “black lighthouse,” Zhang Chenze’s expression visibly darkened.

“Xiao Shan, you really need to rest. Right now, we don’t need to know what our ‘resonances’ look like—you just need to close your eyes for a while,” Qin Dingdong said before turning to Lin Qin. “Old Lin, let’s take her inside for a bit.”

“Alright…” Lin Qin nodded, reaching for Su Shan, only to be pushed away again.

Su Shan smiled as she scanned the surroundings. “Have you noticed? There are more and more ‘people’…”

“What ‘people’?” The other three looked around—there was nothing but ruins.

“We’re surrounded by ‘people’…” Su Shan laughed. “So many in the ‘Land of the End’… It’s so lively…”

She slowly walked forward, stopping under an old streetlight, and reached out to touch the pole.

“Why aren’t you moving…?” she asked softly, still smiling. “Have you been standing here long?”

“Su Shan…” Zhang Chenze moved to stop her, but the other two held her back.

“Chenze, it’s no use…” Lin Qin said regretfully. “We’ll have to wait for the next time…”

The three watched as Su Shan spoke to the streetlight, their hearts heavy. If not for Su Shan’s eyes, they would have died in Earth Dog’s game.

But those same eyes had now taken her sanity.

The ‘resonance’ affecting her eyes seemed different from the others.

Human curiosity was boundless—people wouldn’t care about what they couldn’t see. But once they glimpsed a vague outline, they’d strain to see it more clearly.

Now, Su Shan wanted to see those blurred silhouettes, to perceive every trace of ‘light’ around her.

And it was going to kill her.

“How strange…” Su Shan turned back to them, still smiling. “Can you hear this person speaking?”

Her eyes had darkened to a deep crimson, unsettlingly eerie.

Zhang Chenze looked at the streetlight in front of her and shook her head grimly. “No.”

“Neither can I…” Su Shan’s expression grew vacant. “This person keeps opening their mouth, but I can’t hear them… I thought my ears had failed too…”

Then she studied the countless ‘people’ around her—all seemingly speaking, yet utterly silent.

“How fascinating…” she murmured. “It’s like watching TV on mute…”

“Old Lin…” Qin Dingdong whispered. “Should I kill her? This can’t go on.”

“Ugh…” Lin Qin sighed. “Do you even have the strength? Su Shan used to be a cop—she must have had training…”

“Then I’ll find a rock. Even if she’s trained, a direct hit to the head should…”

“Wait… what are you two discussing?” Zhang Chenze blinked in confusion.

“Chenze…” Lin Qin frowned at her. “We’re going to send Su Shan off. It might sound cruel, but you’ll get used to this kind of thing…”

Zhang Chenze thought it over. Though it felt unjust, it was the only option.

If Su Shan continued like this for the remaining six days, it would be torture for her.

“Then… I’ll do it,” Zhang Chenze said after a pause. “Neither of you has the strength left.”

She walked over, picked up a stone from the roadside, and held it firmly.

The other two stared at her, stunned by how composed she was.

Was it normal for a ‘newcomer’ to steel themselves so quickly?

Zhang Chenze approached Su Shan from behind, stone in hand. The scene felt familiar, yet different.

This time, she was about to kill someone who had been kind to her—and that hurt.

“But I’ve already taken a life…” She clenched her teeth and raised the stone.

Su Shan stood with her back turned, slowly lifting her head to gaze at the sky.

A moment later, she took a half-step back, nearly bumping into Zhang Chenze.

“What…?” Su Shan murmured, her expression shifting to confusion.

Zhang Chenze had planned to strike then, but curiosity got the better of her. She followed Su Shan’s gaze upward.

Above them was only a dull yellow sun streaked with black veins.

“Look…” Su Shan slowly raised a hand, her face lighting up with a smile. “It’s so lively here… There’s even a woman floating in the sky… Why is she up there?”

A chill ran down the others’ spines.

There was no one in the sky.

The dark-red expanse held not a single cloud—just the lonely sun.

“Are you coming down to play…?” Su Shan spread her arms as if to embrace the air. “Isn’t it dangerous, floating so high…?”

The moment she spoke, her pupils turned pitch-black, inky blood spilling down her cheeks.

Within seconds, her arms dropped, and she collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Chenze froze, then quickly set the stone aside and checked Su Shan’s pulse—she was gone.

A chime echoed from the nearby display screen.

The ‘Spiritual Vision’ had vanished.