Chapter 703: 473
After waiting for some time, just as Dong Tianyu had guessed, those people came and went several times.
Because his cultivation level was suppressed, Dong Tianyu could only barely use the Invisibility Technique. He could achieve complete invisibility while standing still, but any significant movement would cause light and shadow refractions that others might notice. Therefore, the more critical the moment, the less Dong Tianyu dared to act rashly.
"It seems like there’s nobody else around, it’s getting dark, Watson, come out."
Those people didn’t come over directly this time, but their loud shouting carried over. Under Dong Tianyu’s surprised gaze, a person even shorter than Ergouzi crawled out from the grass by the wall.
Had this person not emerged from the grass, Dong Tianyu wouldn’t have noticed him at all.
After he left, Dong Tianyu still refrained from any hasty movement. Only when the night fell and the protection of darkness was upon him did Dong Tianyu cautiously leave from the hall.
When Dong Tianyu finally entered the front courtyard of the estate, he was surprised to find that there was not a single person in sight. Only after seeing the lights on inside the rooms did Dong Tianyu confirm that everyone was staying inside.
At that moment, Dong Tianyu suddenly remembered the reminder upon entering the estate: not to be caught by the living, nor to make contact with the dead.
It seemed that this rule applied not just to them, the outsiders, but also to those who originally lived in the estate.
But what exactly were the dead? Zombies? Ghosts? Or something even more indescribable?
Just as Dong Tianyu was puzzled, he suddenly heard singing from afar. Following the plot of horror movies, Dong Tianyu should have been curious to investigate, only to then be chased and hunted by ghosts.
The best approach for a normal person would be to hide somewhere away from where the singing was coming, and wait there until daylight to move again.
Yet, Dong Tianyu noticed that along with the distant singing, the lights inside the houses went out in an instant, and the well-lit estate plunged into darkness.
Before Dong Tianyu could take any action, he realized someone else was nearby, also moving around at this time, seemingly another outsider like him.
Thinking about it, the reminder did mention not to be caught by the living, and now, under the cover of night, though for unknown reasons, all the living within the estate seemed to have hidden inside their rooms.
As long as one didn’t encounter the dead mentioned in the prompt, this was the best time for outsiders like Dong Tianyu to move around.
With this in mind, Dong Tianyu also discarded the idea of hiding and decided to explore, given that the invisibility technique was more effective at night under the cover of darkness, especially since there was no light source in the estate.
As Dong Tianyu made his way to the estate’s central courtyard, he faintly saw a stage being set up, and the singing was coming from a woman dressed in theatrical costume on the stage.
’Orchid fingers delicately twist as the mortal world flows like water
On a three-foot red platform, all matters enter into the tune...
...
The singing on the stage continued, and below, every seat was taken.
Wasn’t nighttime the time for the dead to be active? Why then were there so many people in the central courtyard, listening to the tune?
As Dong Tianyu was pondering this, he suddenly realized that the silence of the audience below was strangely unnerving. Even if they were immersed in the singing, they should not be completely still.
Faced with this eerie scene, Dong Tianyu immediately halted his advance, staying put to see what would happen next.
Before long, perhaps thinking that the audience below was deeply engaged in listening, someone decided to take the initiative and sneak through the large gate of the central courtyard to enter the backyard.
Sadly, as soon as that person entered the central courtyard, an audience member who was listening to the music turned his head nearly 130 degrees without moving his body and stared directly at the newcomer.
Unaware he had been spotted, the man didn’t rush toward the backyard or head back through the main gate, but continued to move cautiously forward.
As he passed by the side of the seating area, an audience member suddenly stood up and briskly walked toward where the man was.
This abnormal behavior of the audience member was instantly noticed by the man, and upon seeing someone approaching, he immediately prepared to flee.
What he didn’t expect was that as soon as he tried to quicken his pace, he slipped and fell to the ground.
By the time he got up, the audience member had already reached him, patted his shoulder, and together they walked towards the seating area.
The man took a seat alongside the audience member who had escorted him, while the other staggered toward the doorway leading to the backyard.
Seeing this, Dong Tianyu did not act rashly, for based on his earlier observations, at least a hundred people had entered the estate, and certainly, some had been captured by the living during the day.
But Dong Tianyu felt that there were still many others within the estate at this time, so he did not wish to stand out and wanted to see if anyone else would make a move.
