"Brother Feng, are you saying Xixi is nearby?"

"Yes, she should be in that direction." Feng Yi pointed toward a distant Lost City to the south.

However, as a minstrel, Bai Zhexian undoubtedly had a much greater understanding of mysticism than Feng Yi and the others. This was the initial reason Feng Yi sought Bai Zhexian's help. Feng Yi dared not rashly attempt to use the Third Rhythm to break the spatial rules, so the three of them could only carefully trace the others' aura step by step. Except in cases of extreme urgency, Feng Yi had no plans to use that ability again.

Firstly, the Third Rhythm was a tremendous burden on his current physical state. After all, the moment he stepped through the gate of light and fell from Four-dimensional Space back to three-dimensional space, coupled with his desperate use of the Third Rhythm to escape earlier, Feng Yi's condition could only be worse than before.

The steps of Bai Zhexian paused slightly, as if he was pondering something, with a hesitation in his expression.

"Brother Bai, have you discovered something?"

Bai Zhexian nodded with difficulty, his tone uncertain, "I think I may have been to this place in a dream before, but it could just be a coincidence."

Bizarre had the ability to turn dreams into reality, so Feng Yi harbored no doubts about Bai Zhexian's words. At such a critical moment, a misstep could cost them their lives, and Bai Zhexian was certainly not one to indulge in petty distractions. Feng Yi asked further, "Then do you sense anything unusual about this space? What was the dream you had, Brother Zhexian?"

Kevin was standing aside. Although Bai Zhexian seemed inclined to keep things to himself, he knew that this was not the time for concealment. He slowly began to recount his dream...

In truth, it was just a common nightmare. In the dream, everyone in the city had perished, a cursed city from which no adventurer had ever returned, and even those who did soon became utterly mad.

Of course, there were things Bai Zhexian didn't dare mention. For instance, after the conversation with the others, he did recall the images from his dream where he encountered four individuals in the city—Xixi and three others—among whom one was not human at all.

Bai Zhexian did not reveal this during his recounting. Instead, he took the opportunity on the way into the city to confide in Feng Yi, knowing well that any negative associations could be exploited by Bizarre. If that boy let his imagination run wild, things could become even more complicated than they already were.

Feng Yi did not fear death, but even he felt a bit unsettled upon hearing Bai Zhexian's account.

According to logical analysis, there should be a cause before effect. The city itself existed first, followed by the emergence of the spatial gate, and then Xixi entered. Using Bai Zhexian's words, if the spatial gate didn't exist, how could there possibly be dream worlds, let alone so many spatial gates, each representing an individual's dream?

However, since dreams exist in a 3.5-dimensional space, a realm of thought, it's only when one truly enters the space itself under some unknown condition that dreams reveal themselves, turning illusion into reality.

Why Xixi entered Bai Zhexian's dream was a question Feng Yi couldn't solve. Of course, there was another possibility; when they entered this space, when the void dimension interconnected with everyone, Xixi's surroundings might have already changed imperceptibly, unbeknownst to her.

"Brother Bai, where were these four individuals you spoke of?"

"The Xixi you mentioned is in a hospital not far from us, as for the other three..." Bai Zhexian paused to remember and finally shook his head, "I can't seem to recall."

"Alright, let's find that hospital you mentioned as quickly as possible."

Feng Yi had decided that no matter what this world was like, it was irrelevant to them. As soon as they found the others, they had to leave immediately. This kind of exploration was no longer something that humans could contend with.

So as they walked, Bai Zhexian subtly talked about solutions to confront the curse. In order not to subject Kevin to psychic contamination, he cleverly started from a scientific perspective, randomly categorizing phenomena like the early Bermuda Triangle, the unknown moon portals, and even the bizarre magnetic field fluctuations as part of his explanation.

Next was the astrophysical theory of black holes, which are simply high-magnetic-field, hyperdensity phenomena of star attraction. Invisible, yet able to break existing physical rules and devour all matter, they made curses seem not so mysterious after all. Curses were fearful simply because they manifested in ways most humans could not comprehend.

The advantage of this approach was that it could greatly reduce the fear in Kevin's heart. As for the way to break these things, it was very simple; if you're a healthy person with ample life experience, these things would hardly be able to get close to you.

It left Kevin engrossed and not the least bit frightened.

The reason why Bai Zhexian said this was to prevent the boy from thinking negatively, as hospitals are often synonymous with horror and ghosts in many writings, and he feared that Kevin might associate it with something bad.

As they conversed and walked, they found that Xixi's presence was very close. When they reached the doorway, they saw the inside filled with a cold draft and in a state of ruin, with paintings all over the walls and bones of unknown origin in the corners. It was then that Kevin finally frowned slightly and said, "Is this where we're going?"

Bai Zhexian responded, "Of course, let's move quickly."

With a creaking sound, the spotted door was pushed open by him. As soon as they entered, they were assailed by an ancient and stale atmosphere, a mess of medical items, cobwebs, and lots of broken medical equipment.

Bai Zhexian's gaze sharpened suddenly. He could assert that this was definitely the place from his dreams, the temperature within stood in stark contrast to the outside, marking it as an extremely ominous location.

The more empty a space, the easier it is to gather negative energy—what more an abandoned hospital filled with heavy spirits? Especially such a long-deserted hospital, when a person's own magnetic field is not strong, entering it could lead to sudden dizziness and physical discomfort. This results entirely from the positive magnetic field being suppressed by negative energy, leading to a chain reaction. What happens when your own magnetic field is overwhelmed by another is difficult to predict; it might be a cold or a minor sickness, or possibly hallucinations and even a psychic breakdown.

Fortunately, the three of them were robust. Feng Yi, especially, had killed people and seen blood on the battlefield, and he had a fierce air about him that negative energies could not approach. The three of them entered one after another and all was well.

"Xixi... Is Xixi really up there? Why can't I hear anything?" Kevin asked.

"We'll go to the third floor. She should be in a surgery room on the third floor," Bai Zhexian replied, recalling the memory from the dream, where the girl named Xixi was looking for medicines. As a medical professional, despite Xixi's demure and fragile appearance, she was actually quite resilient and not scared of these things.

The trio set off immediately. As they just entered the second floor's staircase in this somewhat oppressive atmosphere, they suddenly heard a continuous, loud clanging noise from the end of the corridor. The enormity of the sound clearly couldn't have been caused by the wind, sounding as if someone was deliberately pushing a door.

Feng Yi chuckled coldly, having long been enlightened by life and death experiences and feared no groundless specters. He said, "You two go up. I'll check out what's going on over there."

The moment he finished speaking, the constant hammering of steel at the end of the hallway suddenly stopped. Typically, this abandoned hospital wouldn't even attract an animal, let alone produce such a loud noise.

These were not hallucinations; hallucinations could absolutely not disturb Bai Zhexian. Even if they could disturb Bai Zhexian, they would not manifest in someone like Feng Yi who had gone through countless battles.

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