Xia Libing stopped after stepping out of the courtyard gate, looking left and right. There were no people, no creatures, no unusual occurrences.
Her phone vibrated again, receiving a message: "Take a few steps forward."
Xia Libing did as instructed and took a few steps forward, stopping at the edge of the road outside the gate.
Chongyun Village's terrain was not flat. Their position was on a high area, and from the courtyard, on the other edge of the road, one could see most of the village below. The newly constructed village path stretched from a distance, completely deserted, illuminated by bright street lamps on both sides.
Suddenly, the street lamps in the village started to extinguish from where they lived towards the outside of the village, like a wave of darkness quickly swallowing everything in its path.
Soon, the entire village was plunged into darkness again, only the lights from each household were on.
