As the golden sun rose higher and the vehicles' shadows grew shorter, the group traveling across the wilderness finally reached Ghost City.
Despite its name, Ghost City was actually a small town nestled in a mountain hollow.
The town was called Praying Water Town. Mountains enclosed it on three sides, leaving only its eastern side relatively flat.
Praying Water Town still retained the architectural style of the Great Xia Federation era, with modern buildings of varying heights packed closely together.
As an industrial town, it also retained old factories, smokestacks, and a large acid-pickling site.
Xu Ye surveyed the town. To his senses, it seemed shrouded in a veil of shadow, leaving everything impenetrable.
"Heavenly Dao distortion at fifteen percent?"
"Hehehe..." The Bandit Lord grew excited. "Kid, there must be something uncanny here. I'm not picky, you know. I can just about stomach uncanny energy too."
Xu Ye ran his tongue over his lips.
Unless something unexpected happened, there should be a Mirror Spirit here too.
Where was that enormous wall? I can't even see it from here. My vision must be distorted.
The vehicles slowed down.
Ye Meng's expression turned grave. "I came here once as a child. This place is uncanny. People often disappear at night, and strange things happen."
He looked at everyone and warned them, "First, no matter what you hear at night, ignore it."
"Second, if you encounter something terrifying that defies ordinary understanding, kneel down and kowtow immediately."
"Also, we're here to hunt giant wolves. If we can't find any, we'll scavenge some supplies near the outskirts and leave right away. Whatever you do, don't venture deep into town."
"Isn't it just some haunted place? It's all folklore. What's going to happen if we go in?" Zhang Yiyong muttered.
Ye Meng gave a cold