The blood-red full moon in the sky dyed the entire world a filthy shade of crimson.
The black and red clouds, already corrupt and yellowing, dripping with the foul stench of corpse water, floated eerily across the inky sky.
A group of ratty red umbrellas flew as quickly as swallows, skimming the water's surface and then plunging into the clouds, emitting piercing cackles from their massive mouths below.
Pellet drums with children's faces painted on their surfaces hopped and swayed along the turbid river's edge, singing a nursery rhyme:
"Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, sleep now, here come the old cat and monkey, the child sleeps under a floral quilt, or else get hit with a stick if you don't!"
Behind them followed a sneaking, deformed monkey.
Countless human faces whispered secretly in the dark corners by the roadside, like demonic voices infiltrating one's mind...
The bizarre spectacle filled heaven and earth; Dengzhou Prefecture had never been as crowded as it was now.
