"Go up first."
Lu Tianxiong looked at the corpses covering the ground and didn't dare stay any longer, afraid that he might fall victim as well and be targeted by something supernatural lurking in the dark.
He quickly climbed back up the wooden stairs to the kitchen on the first floor.
The moment he came up, he immediately realized something was wrong.
All of his subordinates who had remained upstairs had vanished.
There was no one in the kitchen. The courtyard and the surrounding rooms were empty as well. Even the streets outside were deserted. Everyone had disappeared.
No.
It wasn't just his subordinates. The other people on the streets were gone too.
The fleeing residents.
The bandits and guards caught in the gunfight.
They were all gone!
"This is bad!"
Realizing something was wrong, Lu Tianxiong immediately turned to return to the cellar.
But just as he turned around, he heard an old voice.
"Lu Tianxiong?"
"As expected of a renowned expert from the north. You're quite experienced. You noticed the problem just like that? I thought you'd try to be clever and continue exploring the streets outside."
"If you had, you would have saved me some effort."
As the voice faded, an old man with disheveled hair and a filthy body suddenly appeared in the attic of the Fan residence.
"Who are you? A bandit who recently joined Tiger Lian Mountain?" Lu Tianxiong's gaze sharpened.
"A bandit? Hahaha, perhaps. Given my current identity, I should count as a bandit." The old man laughed.
"As expected." Lu Tianxiong's face was filled with vigilance. "Why did you attack Ninggu City? What exactly is your purpose? With your strength, why would you join a Minor Faction like Tiger Lian Mountain that hides in the shadows?"
"Young man, your curiosity is too