Tonight, the moon shone bright amid sparse stars, a full moon hanging high in the sky.
After the car left the town, it drove farther and farther into the countryside.
The rice plants in the fields on either side bowed beneath their heavy ears. Harvest season was nearly upon them again. Ahead, not far off, mountain ranges rose and fell, wreathed in clouds and mist, hazy and indistinct.
Jiangnan was mountainous, with hills and peaks everywhere. Many villages and towns had been built along the mountains.
Chen Shouyi checked the time. It was only eight in the evening.
"When did you get here?" Chen Shouyi suddenly asked.
"Five this afternoon!" Jin Feiyan replied.
So only three hours had passed. There should still be time.
The car followed a narrow road along the foot of the mountain. After a long detour, it headed toward a mountain hollow, and a thin mist gradually spread across the road.
He noticed a village along the way. It had already been evacuated, and lay dark and deserted.
"Was there fog during the day, too?" Chen Shouyi asked.
"There was. Meijia Village is in the mountain hollow up ahead, where the fog has always been thick. But in the past, it only appeared in the mornings and evenings. Now there's fog even at midday." A local town chief spoke with an uneasy look on his face.
Chen Shouyi was surprised. It was summer, and the weather was scorching; daytime temperatures could reach forty degrees. Under the blazing sun, even the thickest fog should dissipate. To blanket an entire village in fog under these conditions, this clearly wasn't an ordinary Otherworld Creature.
This mission was going to be tricky. Chen Shouyi furrowed his brow.
Before long, the truck reached its destination.
The area had been sealed off,