Gao Ming had stayed in the shadow world all night. With a hundred residents of Shadow City, he began clearing out the walled settlements of Lishan and Dazhai.
Even in reality, the settlements' layout was incredibly complicated. Corridors crisscrossed everywhere, and even someone carrying a map could get lost.
In the shadow world, Gao Ming and his companions used their cursed items and the abilities of ghost creatures to make the settlements even more terrifying.
Rooms lay behind rooms, with endless corridors and staircases. Monsters and traps could lurk behind any door.
"I need an absolutely safe home."
As the darkness receded, Gao Ming was still hard at work. Meanwhile, Hanhai in the real world had already been turned upside down.
The rain that had fallen for so long finally stopped, but the dark clouds remained. Daylight hours had noticeably shortened.
Traffic still filled the roads, and the vast majority of Hanhai's residents had been unaffected by the previous night's chaos. Once daylight came, all the ghost creatures and horrors vanished, as though everything had merely been a rumor.
The Investigation Bureau suppressed the truth and deleted all related information. Those who had been replaced played their parts diligently, appearing even more optimistic and enthusiastic than the living residents.
Undercurrents stirred, but on the surface, everything remained calm.
A flashy sports car swept down the street. Water sprayed from its tires onto a bus stop, and a drop of dirty water stained a beautiful pair of white shoes.
Folding her red umbrella, Xuan Wen stepped off the platform with earphones in her ears. She was even more beautiful than before, impossible to overlook, the center of attention wherever she went.
She righted a fallen shared bicycle. Her kindness seemed even more dazzling than her beauty.
People watching from afar could