There was a long silence in the hall.

I could only hear Sak'el's faint sobbing.

Thales' face turned gloomy and he closed his eyes gently.

Live in a different world.

He repeated feebly in his mind.

But when he closed his eyes, Thales in his thoughts seemed to be thrown into a turbulent sea.

Float with the waves.

Until he bumped into a long-lost memory fragment, bringing him back to a world he hadn't cared about for a long time.

Arousing the same strange long-lost feelings.

That voice.

Still the same voice.

That beautiful, gentle, comforting female voice that always made him laugh.

【Qi Ren, are you afraid of ghosts? 】

【……】

This damn guy asked questions knowingly.

I'm probably going to laugh at him again.

[Yes, I remember that you were most afraid of ghosts, and you couldn’t even watch horror movies.]

really.

He sighed slightly and scratched his head.

[But you’ve never seen a ghost, right? Because in many people’s world, it doesn’t exist, so of course you can’t see it.]

The female voice on the other end of the phone paused and seemed slightly depressed.

[But you might as well imagine that there is such a kind of person. In the world they see... ghosts do exist. 】

【existing.】

He frowned.

What.

[So, when they go to bed at night, they may see a ferocious face on the pillow or on the ceiling... Or, when they open their eyes in the morning, they may see a bloody head standing at the window and a body covered in blood.

The pale dead man squats in the corner... They may see a little girl in red with no face when walking, they may see bloody eyeballs when eating, and they may feel...】

The female voice was a little low, slightly trembling, and intermittent, as if she was trying her best to suppress certain emotions.

[Hey, hey, don’t scare me, okay, my aunt...you know I’m most afraid of these...]

【So...so...】

The voice trembled.

He felt inexplicably uneasy.

[So... for this kind of people, ghosts are real, at least in their own world, they are real... real, they can be seen... but they themselves cannot tell whether it is real or fake.

...In their opinion, they really saw a ghost...]

The female voice seemed to be unable to control her emotions anymore. Countless negative emotions, just like her fragile and broken voice, poured out like a bursting dam.

[They don’t want to, they are also very scared... But they, they are not watching ghost movies, but... but they are living in the world of ghost movies at all... They can’t struggle out... They are really powerless, really

All the time, you can see living, ferocious-looking, most real... ugh... ghosts...】

Puzzled, confused, uneasy.

Besides, he was a little anxious.

What's up with her?

[Eh, is the signal not good? No, hey you...why are you crying...is it, did you see something? Hey, don't cry, it's okay, no matter what strange things happen, there will be

I am here, not afraid, not afraid...]

[Qi Ren, please, don't be afraid, don't be afraid of me, I'm not... I, I don't... Please, I just... I just... Wuwu, I just live, live with you.

The same world...]

That gentle voice was filled with panic and fear, and her voice was trembling with tears.

This made him extremely panicked.

What is...a world different from his?

he does not know.

He could only try his best to comfort her.

[Come, follow me and take a deep breath. Don’t be afraid. There’s nothing to be afraid of, right? If something really happens, at worst, you’ll have to find a Taoist priest, a goddess, or a superpower expert... Come on, come on, tell me... what’s wrong?

?Why are you suddenly talking, talking...]

There was a slight sob on the other end of the phone, but it was calmer than before.

[Qi Ren, today, the doctor... the doctor told me the diagnosis result.

The female voice was much lower.

Even with a touch of despair.

He wanted to say something, but what he wanted to say was stuck in his mind, and he could only come up with three words.

【How about it?】

The female voice smiled.

【Schizophrenia, have you heard of it? 】

Schizophrenia.

A sudden fear seized his brain.

[Schizein, and phren...the Greek roots before and after are "disjointed, split" and "mind, thought" respectively.]

[Doctors say this is a disconnect and separation between perception and thinking, so some people translate this as ‘schizophrenia’. 】

The voice was sobbing lowly, as if trying to hold on, unable to laugh.

It made his heart feel like a haze and extremely sad.

He was only silent.

【But here we have a more common translation.】

He swallowed.

【what is it call?】

The female voice sneered and spoke weakly and fragilely.

【Schizophrenia.】

At that moment, Thales opened his eyes suddenly, broke free from the boundless sea of ​​memory, and returned to the dark and silent underground prison dripping with cold sweat.

He gasped for breath and looked at Sak'el, who was stuck in the prison like a wooden man in front of him.

I just felt empty in my chest.
Chapter completed!