The noisy Bustling Market fell silent in an instant, as if the system had automatically shut down. Everyone's expressions became unnaturally rigid as they stared coldly at Gou Dan and the other woman from bizarre angles.
The Fishmonger Father and Son were the same. The shy child's face had gone numb, and his hollow eyes stared coldly at Gou Dan like a wild wolf eyeing a chunk of raw meat. Though his expression was not twisted, it was filled with malice. He was completely different from the bashful little boy who had been shy because of her beauty just moments ago...
Even Gou Dan, who usually had nerves of steel, got goosebumps all over at the sight and shrank beside Guo Xiaoyun.
"Boss... what's going on?" Gou Dan asked in a low voice.
"I realized something was wrong a long time ago..." Guo Xiaoyun said calmly. "There wasn't even a single insect along the way. It was so clean, without a single living thing, that it felt fake. I concluded then that either all the creatures had truly been wiped out, or everything around us was an illusion. After seeing Cloud Lake Town seven kilometers earlier than its original location, I understood. It should be the latter..."
"You knew there was something wrong with this town, and you still brought me in?" Gou Dan immediately glared at Guo Xiaoyun.
"We've already been targeted. Whether we came in or not, they wouldn't let us off. Since that's the case, we might as well come in and see just how sophisticated their illusion is..."
"So... can you tell now? Is it sophisticated?" Gou Dan asked foolishly.
"It's very sophisticated..." Guo Xiaoyun took a deep breath. "Even the illusions the instructors in the academy showed me weren't this exaggerated. It completely replicated every