"This female ghost, I'll just go and actively hunt her down later when I have the time. As for now, I definitely need to head right away to the Ashen World to hunt monsters. So, I choose Option One, head to the Ashen World!"
After making his choice, the Time Pause instantly vanished. First, his vision went black, and then it switched to gray. Gazing at the greyish-white ceiling that had become all too familiar, Zhang Yanhang felt an oddly homey sense of affection.
However, Zhang Yanhang couldn't tell if it was an illusion or not, but the ceiling, which he had already partially cleaned of dust, seemed even more aged and decayed after his brief absence, as if on the verge of collapse any moment, like it was ready to cave in.
"I've only been gone a few days, right? Why does this house look like it's about to fall apart at any moment? That's ridiculous. Could it be that the floor above refreshed with a dozen zombies partying day and night, almost stomping through my ceiling?"
