Midnight.
Jiang Qiao had not stayed at an inn. Instead, he casually found a wealthy household and moved into one of their vacant rooms.
Of course.
The wealthy family had no idea that an extra guest had appeared in their home.
There was plenty of land but few people.
That was how things were.
Thus, there had been a saying among the common people in ancient times: if a house was too large, there had to be many people in the family.
If it was cold and deserted,
problems were likely to arise.
That was why, in ancient times, entire clans lived together.
Even if the family was not particularly large,
they could always hire more nurses and servants.
In short,
they had to fill the place with human presence.
Otherwise, a large residence with few people was truly a sign of decline.
However...
There was no such thing as feng shui in this world anymore. Besides, the situation was abnormal now. Whether they could survive the next few days was still unknown.
Because
just after midnight,
Jiang Qiao suddenly saw the entire sky darken... It was already night, but after this additional darkness, it truly became so black that he could not see his hand in front of his face.
Even the lights from the town's lantern festival vanished in an instant.
"Hm?"
"What is that?"
Jiang Qiao was not the only one.
At that moment,
Zhao Qian, the town's leader, had not yet gone to sleep.
The moment the darkness descended,
he immediately stood up, staring in astonishment at the candles that had turned a sinister, ghostly green and the nearly impenetrable darkness outside the window.
"Damn it!"
"It was actually true!"
Zhao Qian's expression turned grim. He immediately tried to extend his perception and see through