There was a time difference between the island and the Wei Family estate.
While the island sank into the silence of night, it was still afternoon at the Wei Family estate. But the weather was so gray and foggy that it looked more like dusk.
Now, the Wei Family NPCs were appearing one after another.
"Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?"
The members of the Wei Family wore clothes from the previous century. They moved as though they were floating ghosts, like cold corpses, smiling and speaking as they appeared in twos and threes.
The university students kept trembling, sticking close to Xu Gong and Zuo Shenghang. They did not even dare lift their heads, and everyone held tightly to one another's hands.
Xu Gong, meanwhile, kept studying the faces of the Wei Family members. She had seen the photographs provided by the instance main system, so she knew their identities and how they were related.
But Xu Gong had not seen Old Mr. Wei.
Zuo Shenghang guessed, "This instance has pushed time back by almost a century. During this period, Old Mr. Wei was studying abroad. He isn't here."
"Then who holds the most power here?"
"No idea."
They were merely travelers seeking lodging. The Wei Family did not seem particularly eager to welcome them, nor did they seem to have any designs on them.
They simply assigned them rooms in the most remote wing.
The university students had been badly frightened along the way. The one with the weakest nerves was already close to fainting, while, surprisingly, Liu Jiarui and Jiang Qing were holding up the best.
The Wei Family member who had brought them here spoke in an ordinary tone.
"This is the Wei Family estate, and there are a few rules