In an ordinary ground-floor residence within Rain Alley Home Community, a standing mirror abruptly appeared, then immediately vanished without a trace.
Lu Ran looked at the dust-covered small bedroom, but had no time to dwell on it.
He turned to look out the window and saw nothing but pitch-black darkness.
Why hadn't the community's streetlights turned on?
Lu Ran flashed into the night sky. When he looked down at the Small City beneath his feet, he froze.
Pitch-black darkness!
The streetlights scattered throughout every street and alley gave off not the slightest gleam, and not a single household had any lights on either.
After observing for a moment, Lu Ran immediately realized that Rain Alley City had not suffered a power outage. There simply were no signs of human activity.
The already dilapidated Small City was now even more ruined, with wreckage visible everywhere.
The streets were utterly empty.
There were no humans, nor were there any evil creatures.
Only the thick dark clouds that lingered in the sky, and the drizzling rain that remained as it had always been.
Lu Ran dismissed his Water Flow Armor and let the rain from his hometown fall over him.
It was the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and winter had already arrived in the north.
The winter rain was icy and bone-piercing as it splashed across Lu Ran's face.
Rain Alley City... had the whole city relocated?
As early as when Lu Ran had been in high school, the city's population had been steadily draining away. Back then, a saying had circulated through the city: Escape Rain Alley.
Escape this cursed city!
Had this day finally come?
Lu Ran's feelings were impossibly complicated. He was glad that everyone had left. No matter where they had gone or where they had