Zhou Xuan returned to the time rift from an hour ago. The guesthouse remained in the same state.
The floorboards and walls were riddled with holes caused by decay, a pervasive sour and rotten stench lingered in the air, and the guesthouse was entirely devoid of people.
"This isn't the time the crime happened."
Zhou Xuan shattered the temporal rift and adjusted the rewind to two hours earlier.
Two hours ago, the guesthouse was still in its decayed state; Hunger had already acted.
He rewound the time even further to three hours earlier.
The guesthouse was shockingly still in its rotten and dilapidated condition.
"This suggests Hunger acted three hours ago, precisely coinciding with Old Li's departure?"
Zhou Xuan pondered.
It was now only 1 AM, so three hours ago would have been 10 PM. At minimum, Hunger acted before 10 PM.
Li Chengfeng had passed the lantern around 9 PM, notifying Gu Ling of the news that "Hunger had been slain."
