As long as you have the courage, fierce ghosts go on maternity leave.

Chapter 157: The Truman Show?

In an instant, Alexander’s head felt as if it had been heavily struck by a hammer, causing a fierce dizziness that made it seem as if countless stars were appearing before his eyes.

It took him quite some time to regain his senses. He stared at the familiar figure on the broken tombstone in front of him, staying silent for a long time.

"Young man, were you a friend of this person?" An old man who was clearly visiting to pay his respects to a relative asked curiously as he passed by.

Seeing that Alexander remained silent, the old man sighed regretfully and said, "Such a pity, this boy lived upstairs from us and was a good child. He was unfortunately chosen and died terribly. After his death, only his grandmother was left and she passed away a few days later, unable to bear the blow."

The figure in the photograph on the tombstone was unmistakably James, the one chosen who died in the ghost restaurant, and his death was caught on video and used as a negative example.

Seeing Alexander’s dazed expression, the old man shook his head and walked away.

Though Alexander appeared to be in a stupor, his mind was in turmoil. The community where he had lived for five years had suddenly become a cemetery. How absurd was this!

Isabella, Sophia, Sam... could all of this be a fabrication?

"No!" Suddenly, Alexander seemed to realize something. His face turned pale and he reached into his pocket.

Inside was an old videotape. This tape, taken from Sam’s collection, was meant to be used as leverage.

The tape was still in his pocket. Its cover depicted scantily-clad women, and it was titled "Shameful Hospital Nurse" in Japanese.

This was one of Sam’s favorite items, for which he had paid a high price to have someone buy from Japan. The lead actress was the famous adult film star, Sora Aoi.

Originally, Alexander planned to use this tape to threaten Sam into telling him everything he knew. But now, looking at the tape, Alexander felt his body trembling, a chill running down his spine.

This was another parallel world, not the Earth he knew! Although this world was similar to Earth in many ways, the most significant difference was that everyone spoke English, not their native languages.

In this world, there was no Japanese language. So where did this tape written entirely in Japanese come from?

"What on Earth is going on!" Alexander cried, clutching his hair in frustration.

It was only then that he realized that there were many odd things about the community where he had lived.

For example, the adult films that Sam often invited him to watch, such as "Sex is Empty", "Shameful Hospital Nurse", and "Neighbor’s Mother and Daughter"... these were all popular adult films from Earth!

Furthermore, Isabella and Sophia were also suspicious. There was no such country as India in this world, and, likewise, there was no such thing as yoga!

There were many other inexplicably strange things. For instance, Alexander, Sophia, and Sam lived in the same complex, but didn’t attend the same school. Alexander didn’t even know the name of their school or where it was located.

Under normal circumstances, wouldn’t you know the name of your childhood friends’ school? Wouldn’t you ever ask how their school was?

Furthermore, upon reflection, Alexander realized he’d never seen anyone in the community actually leave. Countless times he had come and gone, yet he never saw anyone else preparing to leave.

"In such a community, I lived for five years without realizing anything!" Alexander felt a chill down his spine, murmuring to himself.

However, this community certainly existed, or else Alexander would never have been able to live in it for five years. Moreover, Sam’s adult tape was still in his hand.

"Could it be...this place was a convergence point in time and space, and the community I lived in was actually still on Earth, just overlapping with this world?

Because of the rules of the world, my memories and knowledge were shielded, so I didn’t notice the anomalies of the two?" Alexander, an avid reader, quickly came up with an explanation for himself.

However, he couldn’t help shaking his head immediately, feeling the explanation was rather far-fetched.

Rather than some kind of temporal-spatial convergence, it was more likely that everyone in the previous community was acting strangely, as if they were all acting in a play for him.

When Alexander first became a chosen one, Sophia was soon fancied by the manager of the Ghost Restaurant, and most bizarrely, Sophia actually had three thousand ghost coins.

Three thousand ghost coins was not a small sum. Without this money, Alexander wouldn’t have been able to help Su Rong repay her loan.

Without repaying the loan, Su Rong’s favorability wouldn’t reach 100, let alone become his ghost servant, enabling him to become a ghost master.

One thing led to another, as if there were invisible hands manipulating everything behind the scenes.

"What are your intentions? And why did you suddenly disappear?"

Alexander stared at the gravestone in front of him, as if he was talking to himself, or questioning the hidden hand behind the scenes.

From the current point of view, Isabella and Sophia seemed to harbor no malice towards him. Instead, they facilitated him to become a ghost master.

However, this was not absolutely certain, after all, anyone who suddenly discovered that the place where they had lived for over a decade was a cemetery, would definitely feel uncomfortable.

This reminded Alexander of a movie on Earth called "The Truman Show". The protagonist lived in a huge studio, everything was just a plot arranged by the director, all the characters were hired actors, his entire life was a reality show.

Of course, what happened in the horror world was not something a reality show could stage. Even if technology advanced a hundred years, it wouldn’t have that capability.

In his mind, he unconsciously recalled scenes in the community, and finally, his memory settled on Isabella’s lovely face.

"No matter what your intentions are, I will find you and ask you in person!"

"Excuse me..." As Alexander was secretly making up his mind, a young man in a black suit approached him, took out a photo, compared it with Alexander for a few moments, and said:

"Are you Mr. Alexander? I have a gift here for you. It was left by a lady named Isabella!"