The abandoned noble estate, the collapsed corridors reeking of mildew, the whispers of the dead coming from deep underground, and the eerie cold wind sweeping through it all—although Hao Ren felt that the undead hiding here seemed somewhat out of place, every other condition was present. The standard setting for a supernatural horror movie was complete, and walking through the tottering corridors still gave him a distinctly sinister, terrifying feeling.
Even more sinister and terrifying was the fact that once everyone had entered the grounds of the old estate, the surrounding environment quietly began to change.
By the time Hao Ren noticed, the daylight outside had dimmed without him realizing it.
He found that the corridor had grown dark, so he looked up through a hole in the corridor wall to observe the sky. Yet the bright, cloudless day from moments ago had become overcast, thick black clouds hanging down from every direction like dense ink. The daylight had already dimmed to the point of near dusk.
A cold, sinister wind blew in from nowhere. Lily's fur immediately stood on end, and she transformed into her Werewolf form in an instant. Raising her Ice and Fire Claws, she looked around. "Landlord, I think this situation is getting more and more abnormal... Is that undead planning to ambush us?"
"She still refuses to show herself," Vivian said with a frown. "She already knows that these attempts to play tricks on us are useless, yet she's still stubbornly hiding... Who knows what that undead is really trying to do."
The daylight continued to darken. The thick clouds had completely closed in, and the forest outside the old estate was swallowed by darkness, becoming hazy and indistinct, like a realm of ghosts. Then the voice from deep underground drifted over once more. "...I