It was clearly a little past ten in the morning, yet the sky was as gloomy as night.
Looking at the darkness ahead, even though Wang Houde was trembling with fear inside, his steps remained steady.
As a taxi driver, he had dealt with these Eerie Things several times before, so he understood just how powerless ordinary people were when it came to resisting such entities.
As time passed, he could clearly feel several cold, soft things winding around the arm he had draped over the other's shoulder. The sensation coming from Old Li's body grew colder and colder, as if he were holding a Dead Person.
Not only that, an unusual tactile sensation came from the back of his neck. It felt both as though someone were breathing against it and as though someone were teasing it with strands of hair.
By now, he no longer dared to look at what Old Li beside him looked like... because he was afraid his legs would go weak from fright.
Forcibly suppressing his desire to run, Wang Houde kept a firm arm around the other's shoulders and strode with him into the darkness.
—In the current situation, there was actually very little he could do.
...What if the other thing got full after eating him?
As wild thoughts ran through his mind, Wang Houde and Old Li beside him disappeared completely into the darkness.
The Relevant Department had not neglected to try using high-powered bulbs to fully illuminate the streets, but within the area affected by the sky, the brighter the light, the worse the erosion from the darkness became. In the end, it was all futile.
Under these circumstances, the small external light source on the roof of the car was already the limit. They truly could not ask for