The Institute (29)

The moment Tang Shun and Chao Bin reunited with Chu Yi, they could instantly tell that something was very wrong, 

Despite the lack of anger or brooding fury on Chu Yi's face, they could still feel a heavy, oppressive tension stifling the air around him as a dense weight squeezed against their hearts–

Vaguely, as Tang Shun drew closer; he inexplicably noticed a faint outline projecting from the darkness behind Chu Yi, the silhouette had attached itself tightly to his body, and regardless of where Chu Yi turned, it would always be floating right before his eyes.

Almost as if it was tyrannically marking Chu Yi as its own.

He squinted his eyes slightly and although mostly indecipherable, intuition told him that this oppressive shadow was related to the merman—

The creature seemed to have felt his burning stare and briefly shifted its gaze towards Tang Shun,