Lin Hui's expression turned grave. In a flash, he moved to the window and stared at any gaps that might have appeared around the doors and windows.
This was the study, and outside it was an enclosed corridor. On a night like this, that artificially sealed corridor could very well have been damaged by the violent tremor just now, creating cracks and loopholes.
And now it was night. Once there were cracks...
Lin Hui's face darkened.
He swiftly put away the Void Evolution Method, took down two longswords from the wall, and strapped them to his back.
"Hee hee hee hee..."
An eerie, ethereal laugh suddenly rang out from outside.
"So many here, so many... come quickly..."
"Husband... where are you? I found our child..."
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"Flesh and blood... fresh..."
One strange whisper after another kept drifting in from outside.
Lin Hui's heart sank. The thing he had least wanted to see had happened.
There was a gap in the enclosed corridor. Those monsters in the night fog had gotten in!!
He gripped his sword hilt, his expression grim.
To be honest, he had never truly come face-to-face with the monsters in the night fog.
What exactly were they? Could they be killed? Could they be driven away? He knew none of it.
In all his memories from childhood to adulthood, he had only ever heard one thing.
Once the night fog broke in, no matter the family's identity or status, there was only one ending.
That was—everyone vanished.
Whether great clans or common folk, that outcome had never changed for decades.
Lin Hui watched the Jade Talisman hanging before the window. It swayed back and forth as cracks visibly spread across its surface.
He knew things had gone badly. His study, too, had most likely developed a crack or