Afterlife Department

"You Ri, she is the best designer that I have met, so far…" Hao Baiyun spoke as they walked down the lobby of the Haoming Designing Company.

There were employees that walked past by them and didn't see them three – one ghost and two grim reapers. The employees are on a rush for their lunch break, while some are seeing their guests and others are welcoming the clients.

"As I have said, her designs are unique and have a charm." Hao Baiyun spoke as the three of them went to the stairwell to climb up.

Although their destination is on the topmost floor, the twenty-third floor, but none of them will feel tired since the three of them can't feel tiredness.

"Did she have a grudge on someone, or vice versa?" Huo Ling asked.

"I don't know. I am not clear about the matters of my elder brother's company, much less the affairs within the company." Hao Baiyun shrugged. "Why do you ask this? Aren't you going to just fetch her?" he asked.

Neither Yi Bing nor Huo Ling felt that telling a ghost is harmful, and instead might be beneficial to them in case a ghost would know something. Thus, Yi Bing let Huo Ling tell Hao Baiyun their problem.

"This is the case. You Ri died in peace and should have moved on. But then, something has happened and she turned to a ghost." Huo Ling explained.

"So that's it… it must be hard on her…" Hao Baiyun sighed in sympathy.

Yi Bing and Huo Ling nodded in agreement. For suddenly turning into a ghost, and a resentful ghost at that… ai. They both heaved a sigh. They don't feel their task is hard for them so they don't feel pity to themselves. Instead, they feel pity to the soul instead. She really should have passed in peace… what could have happened to her for her to become a ghost?

And they couldn't even use the direct teleportation spell to find her… something must have happened and it was beyond their control and power. They have to resolve this problem fast!

"If she is a talented designer, then you must have met her?" Yi Bing asked. "What can you say about her personality?" he added.

"Yes, I have met her. It was during a banquet held by the company." Hao Baiyun answered. "Her personality, she is a gentle woman, just like her appearance. She is easy to get along with, and is sensible. Anyone who would meet her would like her." He told them. "Oh. I also heard that many of her male colleagues have a crush on her. She is their ideal type!" he added.

Huo Ling fell into deep contemplation. "Judging by her personality, for her to have a gentle personality, she mustn't have met any problems in her life so she can have this gentle personality." He spoke. "Unless it was all an act." He said, then made a pause. "But, I am inclined to the former reason, since for her to pass on in peace, it must mean that she had a good and secure life, environment." He explained.

Yi Bing nodded in agreement. "I also don't think she is acting." He spoke. "People who would act are those who had emotional problems and are forced to act according to the current circumstances." He said, then made a pause. "Of course, that is unless they aren't sick on their heads, that is, have a mental problem." He added.

"I also agree." Hao Baiyun nodded. "I had once an acquaintance who is very jolly when I was in college. I really liked him and we became friends. But – " the smile on his face disappeared. " – he didn't appear in the class one day and the next time I met him, he was inside a coffin and his eyes were closed forever." He said. "His smile that he always had on his face, I never saw it again before that 'meeting'." He sighed.

Yi Bing and Huo Ling fell silent. "What was his name?" they asked,

Hao Baiyun revealed a sincere smile because of their tact. "Fei Xuli." He answered. "I hope, if there is a next life, then wherever he is now, he is living well." He said.

Yi Bing didn't answer, while Huo Ling clenched his fist. Then, he remembered the man by Hao Baiyun's side in the Stable World. "He is." He spoke. "He is definitely living well." He assured him.

Hao Baiyun's eyes widened and he nodded in agreement. His eyes are bright, feeling very happy. "I also think so!" he said and chuckled.

Stable World, S City.

"Achoo!" Fei Xuli sneezed and immediately wiped his nose with a tissue. "Who's talking bad about me?" he muttered to himself. He shook his head, then turned to look at Hao Baiyun. "Young master, do you still feel cold?" he asked.

Hao Baiyun didn't answer and just looked at his arms. He still could feel that bone-chilling sensation, and at the same time, a feeling of elation.

"Young master, your condition…" Fei Xuli's expression turned grave as he looked at Hao Baiyun.

"I really felt it…" Hao Baiyun spoke after a while. "One of 'me' should have already died. But…" his voice trailed off. "I can feel that 'he' is still 'alive'." He said.

"How?" Fei Xuli felt bewildered.

"I don't know. I just hope that 'he' is well…" Hao Baiyun honestly answered and he heaved a sigh. "Currently, our world is becoming more chaotic." He said and looked outside the window. "There are more and more accidents lately… and more strange sighting of strange creatures." He said. "Flying 'people', faceless monsters… even doppelgangers…" he frowned. "All of these… they shouldn't be humans." He said.

Fei Xuli nodded in agreement. "Jing Yu, Lan Tian, Zheng Jian, Zi Chen and Jin Chulin are already on the move. The Youth Department is also in action while the government suppresses the news." He spoke. Then, he suddenly paused when he remembered something. "Young master, if it truly is as what you have said…" he looked at Hao Baiyun's back. "Then, this world… will really meet its destruction?" he asked as he sharply inhaled cold air just by thinking it.

"It will." Hao Baiyun answered in a definite voice before he lowered his head. "If the chaos couldn't be stopped." He added.

Fei Xuli felt his heart that just sank returned to its original position. "Thank goodness…" he muttered as he sighed in relief. "But, young master, the chaos is getting bigger and bigger… I am afraid…" he clenched his fists. "Our strength won't be enough to stop it." He said.

"'our' strength really won't be enough." Hao Baiyun spoke.

Fei Xuli raised his head and looked at him in the eyes. "Young master means…?" he asked.

"Do you still remember that day in that U-shaped apartment?" Hao Baiyun asked.

Fei Xuli nodded. "Young master noticed something?" he asked.

"Yes." Hao Baiyun answered. "If my guess is right, 'they' wouldn't stand by and watch this world fall into disorder and finally, die." He smiled. "If my other guess is also right, then, as we are speaking right now, 'they' should also be on the move." He said.

…

Somewhere in East City.

"Fcking pieces of sh*ts!" Feng Er cursed as she catches her breath. She had just finished using the wind to enter the Soul Eaters' bodies and exploded them from the inside. "Disgusting!" she frowned in disgust and rubbed her arms as she shivered when goosebumps rose on her skin and all the hairs on her body stood on their ends.

"You really could have been a perverted maniac before, from the way you killed these monsters." Liu Lin spoke after he crushed the Soul Eaters into paste with the broken pieces of the trunks of a tree.

Si Shui silently nodded in agreement as he made the Soul Eaters' bodies shrivel until all that was left of them are their dry skins and bones.

"His method is nastier!" Feng Er refuted and pointed at Si Shui.

Liu Lin declined to comment and tapped on his communicator to send a message to Di San.

6666: East City. Five humans, dead. Three Soul Eaters, dead. Five humans died after two Soul Eaters pretended to be humans and joined with the third Soul Eater to feast on the five humans that passed by them. 

6666: The Soul Eaters are getting stronger, as well as their intelligence, to be able to act like humans to the point that we, ourselves, were almost deceived by them like these five humans. 

Liu Lin sighed after he sent the messages to Di San. Like he said, he, Feng Er and Si Shui were almost deceived had it not been for their powers. The trees told them that the three 'humans' have no breath of life. Feng Er noticed them because they don't inhale oxygen like the humans while Si Shui noticed that the liquid flow in the three 'humans' bodies is strange.

The three 'humans' are actually Soul Eaters!