If not for the Barrier formed by the Long-Handled Lamp, the owner of those eyes might already have discovered Yin Chao.
Though he knew he would never be discovered as long as he stayed in the light, Yin Chao instinctively slowed his breathing.
He slowly straightened up, watching the eyes gradually move away from the gap.
It seemed the basement in the parallel world existed in this world as well.
Something lived inside, though he couldn't tell whether it was human or a monster.
Yin Chao put the Long-Handled Lamp back on the bookshelf and raised the photograph he had picked up to his eyes.
It was an old black-and-white photograph of five little girls wearing identical clothes.
They were probably school uniforms, and behind them was the school's soccer field.
It should have been a picture full of lush greenery and life.
But someone had blacked out the little girls' faces with ink, making it look eerie and frightening instead.
Yin Chao saw nothing revealing for the moment. He picked up the document envelope beside him and slipped the photograph back inside.
The envelope contained several sheets of A4 paper, each with a photograph attached and a short biography written on it.
Yin Chao didn't recognize the first few people, but they all had one thing in common-they were founders of the church.
In other words, these were the people who had brought some of the church's beliefs and teachings to Small Town.
Yin Chao leafed through several sheets before finally finding the brown-haired teacher, Andy.
The photograph attached to her page looked nothing like her in person. In it, she looked gloomy and vicious, nothing like the kindly teacher who greeted people with a smile.
Yin Chao quickly scanned the account of her life on the page, but