Gao Ming and Number Two had no idea why Shadow suddenly went crazy. The curse that erupted just now evaporated a large swath of the mist sea. If it had attacked a specific person, there probably wouldn't even be bone fragments left of them.
The cellphone that had been used for so long was beyond salvaging. Even if Shadow returned it to Gao Ming, he wouldn't dare use it. That thing was tainted with more curses than he'd seen in the first half of his life.
The whale song echoed in the deep world; the clay sculpture of a child on the isolated island appeared and crumbled, seemingly a conflict between Shadow's inner humanity and malice.
After a long time, Gao Ming's cellphone was crushed by two forces. Shadow ultimately did not connect that call or say a word to the person on the other end.
