The distant horizon was filled with milky-white mist. It was so thick that it surged and churned toward Chuyun City, engulfing it and making the entire city seem to have plunged into a sea of clouds.
Zhou Li walked ahead, leading the way, while You Su followed behind him.
"Not being able to see might be a good thing at a time like this," Zhou Li said solemnly.
You Su was dazed for a moment, then gave a self-mocking sigh. It seemed they had underestimated him far too much.
There were thirty-six people on patrol, three for each hour. As the champion of the Ascension Gathering, You Su had nevertheless been excluded from the roster because he was blind. Even when he returned home, City Lord Liu had specially arranged for someone to escort him, just as he had sent Wu Cheng to receive him when You Su first arrived.
He had plainly become that useless person in everyone's eyes.
But You Su did not see it that way. Beneath this all-encompassing fog, everyone was blind to some degree. What made these people, who had only recently lost their sight, think they would adapt to this hazy environment better than someone who had been blind for eighteen years?
Still, You Su did not insist on anything. Faced with this sudden crisis, all he wished for was to protect his junior sister and Mistress. If he had the strength left, he would save others as well.
"Not being able to see has never been a good thing," You Su replied flatly.
Zhou Li was somewhat taken aback. He had not meant anything else by it. It was simply that everything around them was too quiet, and their vision was restricted. If no one spoke and they continued forward in silence, he