novelhk Chapter 233 You've Come to Keep Me Company
Chapter 233 You've Come to Keep Me Company
Chapter 233 You've Come to Keep Me Company
Standing on Xiaobai's arm, Xiaohui tried her best to avoid eating lemons and instead focused her attention on observing the surrounding environment.
Orientation was useless in the endless darkness; he could only grope his way forward with his blurry eyes.
An eerie silence surrounded them, with only the sound of Xiaobai's footsteps echoing along the rugged mountain path.
Little Grey tried to look back, but all he saw was boundless darkness, like a gaping maw of an abyss swallowing up the light. Only in the direction they were moving forward could he vaguely see the outlines of some buildings.
After traveling some distance, the outline gradually became clearer, and what appeared before his eyes was a village shrouded in darkness.
There wasn't a single light in the village. The houses were dilapidated, the roads were wide, and the houses were not neatly arranged, just piled up haphazardly. There were a few small trees at the entrance of the village, but they had long since withered.
Little Grey hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath. "Um, be careful, I feel like something's wrong up ahead."
"What did you see?" Xiao Bai, who was already nervous, jumped up even more upon hearing this.
Actually, she didn't need Xiao Hui to tell her to notice, because she could feel that the road under her feet had become relatively flat.
"There's a small village in front of us, but it looks quite large. I don't know what's inside, but it's better to be careful."
"The village?" The pretty girl's face stiffened, and she stammered, "Can't we...can't we avoid this village?"
"It probably won't work." Little Grey looked back at the road they came from and sighed. "We were just on the edge of this surface world. Qin Nan and Tang Cao should still be in the village."
Then, Little Grey moved to Little White's shoulder and patted her face with its wing. "Let's go, it's okay, I'm with you, don't be afraid." "Are you sure? Then you have to promise me that you must tell me about any little thing." Little White clutched its chest.
"I promise you, let's go now." Little Grey shook his head helplessly.
Compared to Xiaobai, who can't see anything at all, he, who can see roughly, is the one who should be the most afraid.
The village in front of them was not of the modern era, but rather very retro. Xiao Hui would believe it if you said it was from the feudal period, but there was nothing about the buildings that could be dated to a specific time.
As Xiaobai stepped into the village gate, the surrounding buildings became much clearer.
The whole village was quiet and seemed deserted, but Little Grey knew very well that it wasn't as safe as it appeared; it could be deadly.
As they were walking, Little Gray suddenly poked its head out and let out a questioning sound.
"Um?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?!" Xiaobai immediately stopped in her tracks.
She's like a frightened bird now; any sound is enough to make her tense up.
Little Gray looked at the surrounding buildings with a strange expression. "Why are all these houses black?"
"What's wrong with black?" Xiaobai didn't understand.
Little Grey didn't know how to explain. "It's nothing, I was just a little confused. You can keep going, it seems safe now."
Xiaobai swallowed hard, started walking again, quickened her pace in the dark, and just wanted to meet up with Tangcao as soon as possible.
On her shoulder, Little Grey stared curiously at the houses shrouded in darkness. The blackness was like a huge curtain, covering and obscuring the houses' original appearance.
At the same time, this curtain is as thin as gauze, clinging tightly to the surface of the building, like a shadow.
Wait, a shadow?
Xiao Hui's thoughts suddenly stopped. His gaze was fixed on a half-closed house. His whole body trembled slightly, and then he froze on the spot.
Feeling the movement on his shoulder, Xiaobai didn't even dare to breathe.
"What's wrong now?"
"...I...I can't say for sure..."
Little Grey opened its mouth and took a few steps closer to the door.
"I just...I think I just saw something...was it a shadow, or something else? It just...it just moved a little from inside that door."
"A shadowy figure? A huge, huge gate?"
Little White's teeth kept clattering together. She couldn't see anything but darkness, and she couldn't even determine her direction.
"Don't get agitated. I must have misjudged. The atmosphere here is too chaotic, and everything is shrouded in shadow. Perhaps I mistook the things inside the door for something that had moved."
However, before Xiao Hui could finish speaking, Xiao Bai suddenly felt a hand touch his ankle.
After losing her sight, Xiaobai's other senses were greatly enhanced, and her sense of touch became incredibly sensitive.
This powerful sense of touch allowed her to clearly feel that hand—dry, stiff, and cold, as if it had just emerged from a coffin...
next second.
"Meowhhhhh!!"
Without the slightest hesitation or thought, Xiaobai shot out like an arrow, instantly transforming into a bullet.
Little Gray didn't even have time to react before he was thrown off. When he finally managed to regain his footing, he found a strange, dark figure wearing a top hat slowly struggling to crawl out of the shadows on the ground.
Turning around abruptly, the deathly silent houses around me seemed to suddenly come "alive".
One by one, humanoid figures in suits and leather shoes emerged from doors, windows, water tanks, and even cellars.
"The Shadows?!"
Little Grey shuddered.
Suddenly, the strange man in front of him opened his mouth wide, and his flesh-colored hand reached straight for him.
"Holy shit!!"
Scrambling and tumbling, it dodged the palm, then flapped its wings and flew high into the air. Its gaze swept downwards, and below, shadows were chasing after Little White.
Seeing this, Little Gray immediately swooped down.
"Wait for me!"
On the other hand, after a period of calm, Tang Cao was no longer as nervous as she had been at the beginning. On the contrary, she felt a little bored while waiting for Qin Nan to come to her.
Finally, a glimmer of light appeared in the darkness, and then, with the sound of a door opening, Qin Nan's silhouette came into her view.
"Sister Nan!"
Upon seeing the person approaching, Tang Cao quickly went to greet them.
By the faint light emitted by the hyacinth, Tangcao realized that she had been standing in a livestock shed the whole time.
"Are you alright?" Qin Nan asked, slightly out of breath.
"I'm fine," Tang Cao replied, then noticed that Qin Nan's breathing was a little labored. "Sister Nan, when you came..."
"The Shadow Clan are everywhere," Qin Nan waved his hand. "They're not much of a threat, but you can't kill them all. It took me a bit of effort to shake them off."
Upon hearing this, Tang Cao was first startled, then suddenly realized something. "What about Little White and Little Gray—"
"I lost contact with the Shadows after they emerged; it must be the power of the shadows that severed our telepathic connection."
"Pfft, I thought I could find a loophole, these guys reacted really fast."
Qin Nan sighed deeply.
"It's good that you listened and stayed here without moving around, otherwise it wouldn't have been easy for us to get together."
"Then let's hurry up and go find them," Tang Cao couldn't help but say.
"Hmm." Qin Nan had no objection and turned to look at Hyacinth. "How is it? Can you sense the location of Little Grey and the others?"
"Okay, but..." Hyacinth frowned.
"But what?"
Qin Nan frowned, and the next moment, she saw out of the corner of her eye that a hand was reaching out from the shadow behind Tang Cao.
"Wardfa!"
Grabbing Tang Cao's hand, Qin Nan lunged forward, the sharp dagger slicing through the air and piercing the withered palm.
"Waaaaaaah!!"
A piercing cry, like that of a baby, rang out.
The hand quickly retracted, but soon, the surrounding shadows all began to writhe.
"They're catching up! Let's go!"
Without thinking, Qin Nan hugged Tang Cao tightly.
With a flap of their wings, emerald green feathers gathered together, and the two instantly broke through the shadows and flew out of the dilapidated shack.
Arriving in the empty air, Tangcao cautiously looked back, but could only see darkness, and the baby-like crying gradually faded away.
The two landed on the roof of a house, Qin Nan panting heavily.
"It should be safe here for a while, but unfortunately, there's no magic in this environment, so we can't stay here for very long."
"Those Shadows don't seem to have any anti-air capabilities. If they just keep flying in the air, they shouldn't pose a threat to us, right?" Tangcao suggested.
However, Qin Nan shook his head slightly. "Do you know how much magic power is consumed when flying in this environment? And the higher you fly, the more magic power is consumed. If we use this method, I estimate we can't last even ten minutes."
Just then, Hyacinth suddenly spoke up. "I think I can sense Little White and Little Gray! Wait, they're moving, and they're moving so fast!"
"What!" Qin Nan frowned. "Damn it, they're probably being watched too."
"Then what should we do?" Hyacinth looked at Tangcao.
"Before, when Xiaobai and I were in the surface world, we only managed to get out by breaking through the energy nexus. Maybe we can do the same," Tangcao said quickly after a moment's thought.
"But the problem is, this place has been invaded by shadows, so where is this energy hub from?" Hyacinth shrugged.
Qin Nan frowned and shook his head. "No, our goal isn't to get out, it's to find that magical girl."
"But, Little White and Little Gray..."
"They're not that weak," Qin Nan said. "And this is good too; let them draw the Shadow Clan's attention so we can find our target as quickly as possible."
As she spoke, Qin Nan called out to Hyacinth.
"Hyacinth, didn't you sense that magic before?"
"Yes, in that direction."
The hyacinth pointed to a patch of darkness.
"In the very center of the village, we're still 700 meters from our destination..."
"etc..."
Suddenly, the hyacinth's expression changed.
"Six hundred meters..."
"Woolen cloth.."
.
Qin Nan and Tang Cao were also stunned.
"Distance... 500 meters..."
"Four hundred meters..."
"Destination...how far away from us..."
"One hundred meters..."
An eerie silence fell.
Tang Cao and Qin Nan both became alert and held their breath.
"Fifty meters..."
With the trembling sound of hyacinths.
Immediately afterwards, a murmur, like that of a ghost or a theatrical performance, drifted lightly into the ears of the two girls.
"sisters..."
"you..."
"You've come to keep me company..."