Time passed second by second.
The second floor of the Tool Room was deathly silent, without a sound. Some stood while others sat, all patiently waiting for dawn without saying a word.
However.
Only half an hour had passed when another strange change suddenly occurred.
After the Vicious Ghost had been slain, the lights had returned to normal. But now, they suddenly dimmed rapidly. What was strange was that this dimness was not caused by the lights going out.
The filaments were still shining brightly, yet the light around them was growing darker and darker.
It was as if some invisible thing had covered the lights, preventing their radiance from shining through.
The moment this change appeared, everyone immediately became alert.
"The main gate is already closed, and all the supernatural phenomena have been cleared. How could something abnormal be happening?" Liu Jing rose and surveyed the surroundings, trying to find the source of the anomaly.
He was not the only one. Most of the other teammates also instinctively grew wary of their surroundings.
They were worried that a Vicious Ghost had slipped through the net and was hiding nearby.
But after searching the area, they found nothing. The entire second floor appeared perfectly normal.
One teammate went to the stairs and looked down at the first floor.
There was no abnormality there either.
When the few Awakened guarding the first floor saw their companions, they wore puzzled, questioning expressions.
"How strange."
Shu Qing frowned.
"I sensed an aura of Evil nature, and it only appeared just now. But it came so abruptly, as if it had suddenly spread throughout the area."
"I can't find where it came from at all."
As she spoke, she took out the White Bone Flute and prepared herself vigilantly to deal with the supernatural