Chapter 142

Feeling creeped out, Elara blurted out, "Are these real?" "It's the real world." She asked again, "Did you do that?" "I did not directly cause it." She finally understood; he was the indirect cause of this particular scene in her dream. Looking expressionless, she tried to look for clues in this absurd dream. A thought struck her. The tsunami had stopped—at least in this time and space. But in reality, the tsunami was still destroying the city. This suggested that whatever was unfolding before her had not happened in real life. Could she be in the future? It was hard to ignore the intense gaze of that man. Elara decided to ask him some questions. "Why can these things come ashore?" "It's because of the rain." His eyes were clear yet so cold they felt almost devoid of light. The heavy downpour dampened the land enough for the creatures to move freely between the ocean and the shore. Elara asked again, "Why did that thing eat the homeless man?" "That's because it wanted to