A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 177 Jiang Xing glances at the world before him...

Both Cui Xiufen and Shi Nian'an can be considered victims of the bizarre.

No one did anything wrong.

But everyone is tormented by the strangeness.

Seeing Jiang Xingni squat down, Shi Nian'an not only did not lower his guard, but the vigilance in his eyes intensified.

"Stay away from me! You and Mom are in cahoots; you both want to sell me out!"

Jiang Xing glanced at the police officer, who had just lowered his guard, and then a look of suspicion returned to his eyes after hearing this.

"Where are we now?" she asked directly.

The little girl hugged the policeman's leg tightly, hesitated for a few seconds, and probably only chose to answer after seeing that there was someone she trusted there.

"I just came from the place where my mother sold me, don't try to trick me into going back," she whispered.

Jiang Xingnian looked up and met the policeman's gaze.

—The police remembered that Shi Nian'an had just come out from the side entrance of the hospital's inpatient department.

She frowned slightly, then squatted down as well.

His gaze met Shi Nian'an's at eye level, and he could see the tears still lingering in her eyes, yet to fall.

"You weren't sold. You were just in a hospital," the police officer said. "Were you just sold in the hospital? And they were the buyers?"

Jiang Xingni did not defend herself, and her gaze, like that of the other person, fell on Shi Nian'an.

as predicted.

She didn't need to defend herself at all; all she needed to do was for Shi Nian'an to speak.

A girl whose perception differs from that of ordinary people will naturally reveal her strangeness.

"No, no..." She was held in the policeman's arms, but at that moment she frantically tried to escape. "I wasn't just sold... I was definitely sold already..."

"My mother sold me away a long time ago. The house was full of strangers, and some of them even tried to give me injections. My mother was their accomplice, but I didn't know what to do. I finally escaped, but they're chasing me now..."

She pointed at Jiang Xingni and Xie Yungui, indicating to the police that these two were the bad guys who had been chasing her.

"You mean, after your mother sold you, she would still frequently appear around you, just to prevent you from escaping?" the police officer repeated. "And the place where you were being held is inside this hospital ward building?"

The more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

However, Shi Nian'an was crying so bitterly that he couldn't just tell the truth so bluntly.

Looking at Jiang Xingni and Xie Yungui, who both looked helpless, the police suspected that if he said that everything was Shi Nian'an's fault, she would probably lose all trust in the police and also accuse them of being accomplices.

Who knows where she'll run off to then?

Shi Nian'an nodded sadly, "Yes, that's it!"

"My mother locked me up like that, and to prevent me from escaping, she even had people keep an eye on me."

"That person just stood by the door, blocking the doorframe, not saying a word. I yelled at him, but he didn't respond. I finally managed to push him aside and get out. Luckily, he didn't follow me out!"

Then she reached out, this time not pointing at Jiang Xingni and the other person.

Instead, it was the side door of the hospital building from which she escaped.

"Look, he's right there, watching me, but he's not coming out, and he's not running away—" The girl's voice was incoherent, filled with panic and helplessness. "What should I do?"

Shi Nian'an asked softly, "How can I escape?"

The police looked in the direction she pointed.

The end of the gaze was the side door that had just closed due to someone going in or out.

Shi Nian'an mistook the side door for a person, and thus, every door she could see became a barrier to her escape.

"That's not a person." The policeman's voice was momentarily hoarse. "That's a door."

Upon hearing this, Shi Nian'an stared intently for a moment, then shook her head with unwavering determination: "How could that be? Sister, look again carefully, it's clearly a person!"

Just then, Cui Xiufen rushed over from outside the hospital.

"Nian'an!" she called out Shi Nian'an's name from afar. "Nian'an, Mommy's here."

Shi Nian'an was so frightened that he immediately burrowed into the policeman's arms.

"Mommy, Mommy—don't take me away!" she screamed. "I'm telling you, I'll call the police! I'll have the police take you away!"

The police were at a loss.

She hugged Shi Nian'an and first comforted him gently.

"Don't worry, don't worry, as long as you don't want to, no one can take you away from me."

Then she raised her head, looked at Jiang Xingni, and then at the woman on the other side whom Shi Nian'an called "Mom".

Cui Xiufen hadn't had time to change out of her work clothes yet, and because she had run so fast, there were still beads of sweat on her forehead.

She gasped for breath, her eyes fixed on the police officer, trying to defend herself: "Officer, I'm not a bad person. I'm Nian'an's mother. If you don't believe me, I have... I have her testimony here, and... and the nurses at the hospital can also testify for me."

"Believe me, I'm really not a bad person. That's my daughter in your arms... How could I possibly sell my daughter like that?"

The police are now able to believe Cui Xiufen's words—after all, Shi Nian'an called her "Mom" before accusing her.

But I believe that this won't change anything.

We cannot allow Shi Nian'an to lower his guard and accept Cui Xiufen.

We also couldn't let her figure out what had happened.

"What happened?" Finally, she looked at Jiang Xingni, deciding to get information from her half-colleague.

After all, Jiang Xingni and Xie Yungui were people with official credentials, even though the police couldn't identify which mysterious department they belonged to.

"Schizophrenia," Jiang Xingni said. Schizophrenia does indeed have these symptoms, but Shi Nian'an's current condition is not solely caused by schizophrenia; the main issue lies with that monster.

"There are some things I can't tell you, but I need to see her." Jiang Xingni's gaze was fixed only on Shi Nian'an's eyes.

Obscured by layers of black mist, my entire mind was turned into a murky mess.

"What can you do if you encounter her?" the system asked. "Your ability can't cause any real harm."

The Eye of Truth is merely a support-type ability; it cannot actually cause any real damage using superpowers.

Jiang Xingni knew this weakness of his superpower.

"So now is the perfect opportunity."

She reached out her hand and silently answered the system's question in her mind.

When could be more opportune than now to hint at your new abilities to your readers?

This monster has no physical form.

Jiang Xingni's fingertip touched Shi Nian'an's eyes, and the strange creature hesitated for a moment.

Then, unable to suppress his greed.

The black mist moved swiftly toward Jiang Xingni's direction.

The scene before Jiang Xing suddenly changed.

Like a drop of ink falling into water.