After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.
He seemed to sense something, his expression tightening slightly, and he said sharply, "Yours are different from mine. You're helping with the party, right?"
Su Cheng frowned but did not answer.
No one answering is the answer.
Lu Heng didn't show much surprise, but his brows furrowed unconsciously.
Everyone present had the same mission, but he was the opposite, as if he were uniquely divided into two camps.
Since the tasks are reversed, will it still be possible to exchange information without any reservations in the subsequent parts of the instance?
Su Cheng broke the awkward silence by speaking first, "Could you tell me what your mission description is?"
"Of course. My mission description is: The citizens of White Moon City dislike bright red; please stop the impending red-themed New Year's Eve party."
Lu Heng answered without the slightest hesitation, and did not ask Su Cheng to tell him the details of the mission.
This action revealed a sense of trust and conveyed his unwillingness to be hostile, easing the previously tense atmosphere.
"Bright red, does that refer to the color of blood?" Yun Xi asked. Now, whenever the color red is mentioned, she instinctively thinks of blood.
Xu Shaowei: "It's hard to say. Red represents joy and celebration. The Spring Festival couplets, clothes, and decorations can all be red."
Su Cheng pondered for a moment, feeling that there was a connection between the pieces of information. "Red can be associated with so many things; without any basis, you might not even guess correctly after a long time."
Su Cheng glanced at Youjian; Wang Tai was almost there. "We still need to split into two groups, one inside and one outside the city, to find more clues."
Xu Shaowei walked to Yun Xi's side in agreement. " Yan Yu and I will go with Yun Xi. We can contact each other if anything happens."
Yun Xi nodded as well.
Lu Heng paused for a moment, then looked at Su Cheng, "Can I come with you?"
After saying that, he immediately added, "I have medicine. It must be very dangerous outside the city. If any unexpected situation arises, I can restore your health to the greatest extent possible."
Looking into his deep, unwavering eyes, which held no trace of impurity, Su Cheng finally replied, "Mm."
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Chapter 137
After agreeing on the terms, the group left the hotel together. As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, they bumped into Manager Lin, who had been waiting for them.
Manager Lin, oblivious to the presence of Lu Heng and Yun Xi, focused solely on Su Cheng and Xu Shaowei, smiling as she inquired about their accommodation experience.
Xu Shaowei gave Su Cheng a wink, then grabbed Manager Lin's arm and pulled her aside.
Su Cheng and Lu Heng quickly left the hotel.
Wang Tai was already waiting outside the hotel.
He leaned against a taxi, a cigarette still in his hand, and only stubbed it out when he saw Su Cheng come out. "Good morning."
"Good morning." Su Cheng gestured to Lu Heng behind her, "He's here too."
Lu Heng stepped forward and shook hands with Wang Tai. After a few brief introductions, they were acquainted.
The taxi was rented by Wang Tai, and the route was already navigated to in the car.
Wang Tai got into the driver's seat and started the car. Su Cheng glanced at the Man Moon Hotel in the rearview mirror.
The lingering yin energy, like a thin layer of gray mist, shrouded the hotel. Although it was unwilling to dissipate, it was no longer as solid and indestructible as before.
As the sun rises, its rays will penetrate this area.
The mornings in White Moon City are very quiet; the residents do not have the habit of getting up early before sunrise.
The wide street was only occupied by Su Cheng and her two companions' vehicle, which made a slight "rumbling" sound as the tires rubbed against the ground, making it somewhat noisy.
Wang Tai pressed the accelerator, increasing the speed even further.
According to the navigation, there is only one highway leading out of White Moon City, a long straight line that resembles a bridge, connecting the inside and outside of the city.
The further away from the city center you are, the fewer residential buildings you see.
The greenery along the highway has turned into withered trees and yellowed weeds, and the area outside the city is as quiet as a wasteland, without a trace of any living creature.
Navigation prompt: "Destination in 200 meters."
A tall stone gate came into view.
The sign on the door was written crookedly in red paint: White Moon City.
"We're almost there." Wang Tai's voice tightened, and he gradually slowed down.
The three of them stared intently at the approaching stone gate.
Behind the door, the dark asphalt road turned into a dusty dirt road. On both sides of the dirt road were vast fields of rapeseed flowers, a dazzling golden sea that undulated in the morning mist with the gentle breeze.
Farmers were bent over, working in the fields, while oxen grazed nearby, swishing their tails.
Beyond the fields, rolling hills and scattered houses can be seen.
This is just an ordinary rural scene.
Su Cheng blinked, and the leisurely scene instantly turned gray, shrouded in black mist, with countless human-shaped shadows moving through it.
The reddish-brown dirt road was rotten, its color a result of countless times being soaked in blood.
This rotten land, a mixture of resentment and the stench of death, was dark and lifeless, so much so that even flies and mosquitoes refused to set foot there.
Seemingly Perception the approaching human presence, the figures darted about incessantly through the mist, even beginning to roar excitedly.
Two dark figures emerged from the fog. They had no faces, and were it not for their human-like form, one would never associate them with humans.
They stopped at the edge of the stone gate and waved to Su Cheng, " Chengcheng, you're back to see your parents? Come here..."
It turns out they were the "parents" she had previously played with, the ones she had a deep emotional bond with.
Su Cheng's expression remained unchanged, her indifferent eyes watching a play as if it were none of her business.
The two dark figures twisted for a moment, but their voices were unusually sorrowful. " Chengcheng, you haven't replied to your parents' messages these past few days. Did we do something wrong?"
If Su Cheng didn't have the Yin-Yang Eyes, she would definitely see them as heartbroken parents longing for their daughter to turn back.
Compared to Su Cheng's calmness, Wang Tai and Lu Heng were more confused.
"Mom?" Wang Tai unconsciously took a step forward, then stopped in his tracks, forcefully restraining his legs from moving forward.
Lu Heng looked dazed, shook his head, and after drinking a bottle of medicine, his eyes became much clearer.
He then took out two more bottles and handed them to Su Cheng and Wang Tai, saying, "I have some medicine here that targets psychological attacks."
Wang Tai did not show off. After thanking them, he drank it down in one gulp. When he looked at his "parents" who were calling him, the overwhelming feeling of filial piety had finally disappeared.
He watched as they grew increasingly angry at his "rebellion," like a parent truly enraged by a disobedient child, frustrated yet powerless.
Su Cheng put the medicine Lu Heng gave her into her bag, turned around and said, "I'm going in. The danger inside is unknown. You should decide whether you want to come with me based on your own situation."
Lu Heng didn't hesitate, "I'll go with you."
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Tai gritted his teeth and decided to go together. "We're already here; backing down at this point isn't my style."
Su Cheng nodded. "Okay, let's go in together then. If your life is in danger, take care of yourself and don't worry about others."
She stood in the middle, grasped their shoulders, and White Qi wrapped around them like a thread. "It's very dark inside, be careful not to get separated."
"Good."
In Lu Heng and Wang Tai's eyes, it wasn't dark outside the city gate; the dawn was just bright enough to see.
But Su Cheng said it was dark, which must mean that the morning fields they saw were just an illusion.
The three of them walked slowly through the stone gate.
The moment they stepped through the door, Lu Heng and Wang Tai finally understood the extent of the "blackness" Su Cheng had described.
They were as if they were enclosed in an absolutely sealed, dark space.
I initially thought that my body had been enhanced, allowing me to see even in the dark, but it turned out I was being too optimistic.
They couldn't see their own bodies, not even their outstretched hands.
One way to determine your location is to listen to your teammates' breathing.
Only when you can feel the presence of your teammates can you be sure that you haven't gotten separated from them.
A faint, rotten stench lingered in the air, like the putrid smell of an animal that had been dead for a long time.
The smell was a death knell, making one instinctively tense, yet the eyes could see nothing. The darkness intensified this fear and anxiety about the unknown danger.
"Roar--"
"Ahhh--"
Something approached from all directions, howling wildly, as if it had been suppressing its emotions for too long and could finally let loose; the sounds coming from its throats were both sharp and hoarse.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Five blue sparks exploded all around, and the shadows gathered at the front let out a wail.
Su Cheng flicked her wrist, chanted the Fire-Attracting Art, and drew a safe zone with a blue fire circle.
The eerie blue flames became the only light in the darkness.
By the blue light of the fire, Lu Heng and Wang Tai could finally see that the three of them were surrounded by a dense crowd of people!
No, it shouldn't be called a shadow.
They were entirely black and ghostly, and the holes in their faces were perhaps the remnants of their facial features. Under the dim light, their shadows overlapped, making them even more sinister and terrifying.
The three were like sheep that had wandered into a pack of hungry wolves, completely out of place, with each wolf wanting to tear a piece of flesh from them.
"There are too many... How can there be so many ghosts..." Cold sweat beaded on Wang Tai's forehead as he gripped the supernatural artifact in his hand tightly.
He truly hadn't expected that the White Moon City would be filled with these things.
Within the visible range of the blue flames, there were already several hundred menacing black shadows. How many more were lurking in the shadows where the light couldn't reach?
If it weren't for the blue flames blocking his way, he would probably have been swallowed up long ago.
"Don't panic, stay calm," Su Cheng said, continuously chanting the Fire-Attracting Art to reinforce the blue flame, thus preventing the temporary safety zone from being breached.
The allure of the living was too great for the shadowy figures. Although the shadowy figures in front feared the blue flames, they were unwilling to turn back. They could only be pushed and shoved from behind, turning into ashes after a scream.
Even with the blue flames as a deterrent, they continued to advance one after another, relentlessly.
Wang Tai tossed the relic beads from his hand.