"Was that woman from just now?" Tang Yu asked. "She didn't seem like an ordinary person. I don't know if she was wearing some powerful Artifact, but from her physique and aura, I couldn't tell she was a Player."
Xu Huo's Spiritual World could cover the entire residential complex. While the others were talking, he had already searched the complex quickly, but he couldn't find the woman.
"I'm not sure whether an Artifact caused this," he said. "That woman from just now has disappeared."
"She's not in the complex? Then she must be a Player. An ordinary person couldn't have gotten out, either." Old Cai's expression darkened. "We can basically rule out a Dungeon. If this wasn't caused by an Artifact, I can't think of anything else that could produce this effect. The more powerful an Artifact is, the stronger its limitations. Since she's not here, the only explanation left is that the Artifact's range covers more than just this complex."
"Let's go outside and have a look." Xu Huo turned toward the gate. Tang Yu and Zhu Xiaojin hesitated, about to say something, when an old woman burning paper money in the distance suddenly called out to them, sounding anxious. "It's dark already. What are you young people still doing outside? Hurry home!"
Xu Huo stopped and looked back at her. "We don't live here."
The old woman froze, then said angrily, "You youngsters have no manners. Do you think you can just come here whenever you like? You should've left earlier... It's dark already. You can't get out now. If you have nowhere else to go, come to my place. I live in 603."
After saying this, the old woman hurried off, muttering as she went, "The living take the main road; the dead don't block it," and,