Book 3: Chapter 31: The Zhang Family’s Magical Domain

Book 3: Chapter 31: The Zhang Family’s Magical Domain

I had a hunch just based on the general clues we had seen so far, but when Poker-Face put it into words, I suddenly felt my heart clench.

Fatty and I looked at Poker-Face and I asked, "What changes do you mean?"

"Tired," he said as he glanced down at my shadow, which looked completely worn out and exhausted.

I glanced at Fatty, who nodded, "Of course Im tired. Why, I just thought that I was the only one who felt this way."

"But why didn't I notice?" I asked him.

"I thought that I was just getting old, so I had to try and hide it, Fatty said. But if you felt the same way, Little Brother, then I guess Im not getting old after all.

Poker-Face nodded and Fatty and I exchanged a look before giving each other a high-five. Great, its not a problem with us. But is it really a problem with this grassland? Is this grassland really sucking our spirits away?

Poker-Face shook his head and then pointed to his watch.

"What do you mean?"

"When the satellite phone rang and we went into the darkness to find the sound, about one night passed before we got back on our horses and left the area." Poker-Face phrased this as a statement, but he seemed to be asking me a question as he looked up ahead.

I nodded, but at this time, I suddenly realized something and immediately looked at my watch.

In fact, we usually didnt pay any attention to the date and just looked at the time.

I looked at the date and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. "When did we enter the grassland?" I asked Fatty.

"On the third, he said. So it should be the seventh. Right?"

"Dont worry about it. What you said is right," Fatty said. "Thats probably exactly what happened." He then looked at Poker-Face, "Little Brother, is this how you felt before? Like your time has been stolen? You woke up and thought that it was still the same day, but in fact, a long time had passed."

Poker-Face didn't answer. I patted Fatty and sighed in my heart. I honestly never imagined that we would be able to feel the same as Poker-Face. Of course, our situation couldnt compare to his since the time he had lost was calculated in years. But I never thought that losing time would feel so creepy.

We had lost that huge chunk of time in the middle of our journey. What did we do during that time? Did we simply keep moving? Were we being controlled or were our memories erased along the way?

My whole body was covered in a cold sweat, this whole thing is really strange.

"Shen Qianjue knows," Poker-Face said.

Of course she knew. She had contacted us from outside the grassland, after all. She must have been unable to contact us and waited for several days. When I thought of this, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and turned on my cell phone to listen to the recording from earlier. I listened carefully to the strange voice and realized that I couldnt blame them for having reservations. I couldnt even blame her partner for thinking that I was dead.

That was my fucking voice!

I hadnt noticed before because the voice was so hoarse that the tone was no longer audible. Moreover, that voices pronunciation was completely different from mine. Although it sounded like my voice, that persons pronunciation habits werent the same as mine.

During those days that we had lost, I had apparently been hoarsely telling Shen Qianjue to go back to the grassland. But the thing was, the speaker wasnt me.

"Weve been possessed," Fatty said. "Damn it, someones possessed us."

I glanced at Poker-Face. He can get possessed?

I suddenly understood why the Zhang family had considered this area so taboo. The things that had happened here were completely different from what we had encountered before. Not only was this a magical domain, but it also had something to do with memory.

Just as I was thinking this, a river valley appeared right in front of us. It appeared that we were starting to enter the area where the Sea of Black Lights was.

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I'm over here like "Time Warp!!"