That was what dusk was like.
You might think you were walking down the road alone, but around that corner, on those steps, aboard that bus, on that ship, or inside that elevator, there might be something else heading home too.
You just didn't know whether its home and yours were the same place.
There were seven people in Jiang Qiao's group.
They walked along the road toward the outskirts of the city.
It was four in the afternoon.
The sky was still bright, but dusk was closing in. Just as he had expected, countless Living Dead lay inside the buildings on both sides of the road. Their expressions were peaceful, as though they were asleep.
"We're almost there."
"Beyond Xin Zhou City is a canal. Follow it for several hundred li, and you'll reach the Capital City."
The ordinary man named Ma Wu explained.
"The Capital City is only several hundred li away. With such a serious Supernatural Event happening here, surely they can't just leave us to fend for ourselves, can they? What if it spreads to the Capital City?" Jiang Qiao asked.
As soon as he said that,
everyone suddenly fell silent. No one answered him.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing their expressions, Jiang Qiao immediately realized he had said something wrong. "Is there a problem?"
"Mr. Jiang."
"You've only just returned from the South Seas, so there are probably some things you don't know."
Double Happiness Bride spoke up at this point:
"Ten years ago,"
"a very terrifying Supernatural Event occurred in the Capital City."
"No one knew where it came from, but a Vicious Ghost appeared, codenamed Person in the Wall. It went on a killing spree in the Capital City, slaughtering all the top figures and Great Divine Ability Users who held power."
"One-third of the