Lu Xin walked forward with Mom and Sister along the beautifully paved cement path built by the town.
They passed row after row of cramped rooms and headed toward the back of the town, where Mom had pointed earlier.
Behind them, more and more people followed until they had formed quite a crowd, quietly trailing him.
Whenever Lu Xin turned around, the crowd would abruptly stop, their gazes glowing faintly in the darkness as they watched him.
Rustling sounds also came from some of the rooms beside the path.
Within the black windows, he could sense gaze after gaze following them warily along the way.
Sometimes Sister would turn around and bare her teeth viciously at the black windows, but Mom continued walking forward unperturbed. She seemed to enjoy being watched like this, as if she were walking down a runway.
Although it seemed that the residents of this town were only watching Lu Xin.
Fortunately, I have Mom and Sister accompanying me...
Lu Xin couldn't help thinking.
In such a quiet yet bizarre town, entering alone would have felt exceptionally terrifying.
It was as if he were facing a group of abnormal people, while he himself had become the abnormal one.
But with his family beside him, the feeling was completely different.
Under the eyes watching them, they quietly reached the back of the town without incident.
Mom vaguely remembered that there had been a light on here earlier, but it had gone out after Lu Xin entered the town.
The houses here looked much like those elsewhere—quiet and dark. Several rooms were connected together. Compared with the densely packed houses around them, these stood out somewhat because they were on the edge.
"I only vaguely remember that it was around here. I really don't remember which