Mysterious Fluctuation

The entire illusion was cast in an extremely gloomy palette. Misty gray darkness spread across the land, and even daylight could not dispel the dimness.

However, the illusion was not completely without light. Jiebo noticed that radiance rose from several ruins—some from fluorite streetlamps, some purely from fireflies, but most from those lamp-bearing banshees floating in midair.

High above Jiebo, terrifying banshees carrying scarlet lamps were prowling.

These banshees looked exceptionally vicious and horrifying. They held lamps in one hand and massive scythes in the other, and with a casual swing, they could sever trees and boulders out of thin air.

But on closer inspection, their bodies were filled with some kind of illusory power. They were not real banshees, merely creations of illusion.

"What did Angel set these lamp-bearing banshees to patrol for?"

And besides these banshees, what were all the ghosts and phantoms scattered everywhere for? Was it simply to stop people from entering the orphanage?

As Jiebo puzzled over this, a man wearing a headscarf burst from a ruined building, crying and shouting.

Bloody light flickered in the stairwell.

After rushing out, the man was still yelling, "Five more minutes, five minutes... As long as I make it another five minutes, I'll survive."

Hee hee hee—an eerie little girl's laughter drifted out from the stairwell of the ruined building behind him.

It was a terrifying little girl in a blood-red dress. She reeked of blood and floated out leisurely with a tiny rasp in her hand.

The instant the man saw the girl in red, he was scared out of his wits. He jumped up and fled wildly outside.

Yet outside was nowhere near as peaceful as he had imagined. There were even more knife-wielding butchers watching him as they sharpened their blades. After running for some