Closing her eyes... opening them again... (First Update! Please Subscribe!)
In the darkness, whispers fell thick as rain, surging back and forth like the tide, never ceasing.
Tap, tap, tap...
Faint footsteps echoed monotonously through the shadows.
The Destiny Lantern hung high in midair. Its ghostly, chilly light cast one gaunt, elongated shadow after another across the barren Gobi, stretching them into grotesque, twisted shapes.
Like countless black snakes, they silently slithered along behind the group.
More than thirty figures trudged forward as if they never tired. In the faint lamplight, the monotonous gravel and grass seemed to repeat in an endless loop.
The frenzied whispers curled around their ears, seeping in like liquid mercury, seeking every crack through which to batter their minds.
Not a soul spoke. All marched in exactly the same rhythm, following Ji Changfu at the very front as they pressed on.
Pei Ling was utterly drowsy. Before he knew it, his eyes had closed once more.
A few breaths later, he jolted and snapped his eyes open, only to see figures looming indistinctly ahead. Their number had already grown to forty...
That overwhelming sense of danger had become almost tangible!
Knowing something was wrong, Pei Ling forced himself to stay alert. But sleepiness seemed woven into the darkness all around him, surging in from every direction. He felt like a tiny boat struggling to stay afloat in an ocean of drowsiness. Even staying awake was already terribly difficult.
His thoughts and reactions had both grown sluggish.
He wanted to do something, but even after the thought crossed his mind, his body refused to obey.
Sleepiness crashed over him like towering waves, roaring and churning as it continued to batter him. It felt as if, in the next instant, it would swallow him whole and drag