After Wei Shengnan left with her people, I paced back and forth in the villa, waiting anxiously.

At this moment, Xu Le and his group were nowhere to be found, and even Wei Shengnan personally went to look for the whereabouts of the Huang family.

On the contrary, I, the one who led the group to Arxan, was confined to the villa, feeling like a tiger trying to devour the sky, with no way to start.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, Wei Shengnan called my cell phone.

I saw the caller ID and quickly answered, "How's it going on your end?"

"It's terrible."

Wei Shengnan sighed: "I searched for a long time before I finally found our people based on their phone location. They were all unconscious and I couldn't wake them up no matter what I tried. It seems they've been infected! Oh dear, the people who were keeping watch on them have also disappeared. I asked the hotel staff, and they said that no one had ever been there. They don't know if they were bribed or what."

"It seems that the Huang family is more difficult to deal with than I imagined."

After hearing Wei Shengnan's reply, I checked the time again: "It's getting dark, I'm going out to meet the person I need to take care of. We'll keep in touch by phone once we have more information."

Having experienced what happened to the Wei family, Wei Shengnan became noticeably more wary: "Things here are too eerie. I'm coming to find you. Let's go together."

“We waited all day just to avoid the Huang family. Now that we’re out here, who knows what we’ll encounter! If something happens to us, there’s still room for negotiation. But if something happens to you, all our efforts will have been in vain.”

I paused for a moment: "We haven't officially confronted the Huang family yet, so your involvement at this time won't be of much use. Just wait for my news."

“Alright, then I’ll stay in the city and wait for Qu Ruilin. If you need anything, just contact me anytime, and I’ll be ready to leave at any time.”

After saying that, Wei Shengnan added, "Duan Shenxing, I know you all came here for me, but we can't burden more people for the sake of one person. So if you really encounter something you can't handle, don't force it."

"Now is the time for everyone to unite. Everyone else can be discouraged, but you can't. Don't overthink it, you'll be fine."

I left Wei Shengnan with a message, then hung up the phone and walked to the door, looking out through the peephole.

The sun was about to set, and the light outside was very dim, but the streetlights in the resort had already been turned on.

I walked over to the sofa, picked up my travel bag, and said, "It's time, everyone get ready to go."

"Damn it, I can finally get out of here. If I had stayed in this room any longer, I would have become depressed."

As soon as I spoke, Song Laosan sprang to his feet as if springs had been inserted into his backside, quickly standing up from the sofa and striding toward the door.

I peeled off the talisman on the door and looked at Manjing, the monkey, and the two Wei family members, saying, "After we go out, all of you will stay with me. Remember to walk in the shadows and try not to stand in the light."

"Young Master Duan, you actually believe Xu Le's nonsense?"

The monkey scoffed, “Our resort is located on the westernmost side of the city, while the meeting point Xu Le asked us to meet is on the easternmost side! Although Arxan is just a small county, it must span several kilometers from east to west, right? Let alone whether we can walk there, even if we could, how could the whole way be in the shadows?”

Song Laosan cleverly replied, "I think so too. How about we get a car? If we don't turn on the lights, wouldn't that be considered being in the shadows?"

Seeing Song Laosan and Monkey's nonchalant demeanor, I took a deep breath: "Wei Shengnan has found the Huang family's residence. The sixteen people from the Wei family who are responsible for watching them have all fallen into a deep sleep, and Wei Shengnan has tried everything but has failed to wake them up!"

These aren't bodyguards from the Changwei Group; they're legitimate members of the Wei family! A dozen or so people were taken down without any warning. Do you really think Xu Le's words were just alarmist talk?

After hearing my words, Song Laosan frowned incredulously: "You mean, the Wei family members were taken down before they even made contact with their targets?"

“I don’t know the specifics, but Wei Shengnan said that all of them, more than a dozen people, were unconscious and had no injuries on their bodies. Even the people at the hotel didn’t remember the Huang family members.”

I looked at them seriously and said, "I'm like you; I don't believe that anyone in this world can actually use magic or anything like that. But those of us in this line of work should still have a sense of awe for the unknown. Don't forget that we're here to save people; we can't joke around with Wei Shengnan's life."

"My idea of ​​saving people has never changed, but I just don't like the feeling of being led by the nose by a bunch of charlatans."

Song Laosan became serious: "Regardless of what kind of people these are, the fact that they can make more than a dozen members of the Wei family faint is enough to warrant our attention."

I glanced outside through the peephole and saw that the sun had completely set. I gripped the talisman and pushed open the door: "It's about time, let's go."

As soon as I finished speaking, I reached out and pushed open the door, clutching the talisman tightly in my hand, and was the first to step out of the room.

Our villa has a yard, and there is a round light bulb on each of the two gateposts on either side of the main gate.

Remembering Xu Le's instructions, I picked up two stones from the ground, smashed the light bulb with a flick of my wrist, and walked out of the villa toward the mountains next to the resort: "Xu Le said that we should choose to travel in the shadows. If we go through the city, there are too many streetlights. Let's go around through the woods."

Led by me, the group quickly disappeared into the woods, still heading east of the city.

Xu Le's decision to keep us from seeing the light means that we can't even use lighting tools.

The sun had just set and the moon had just risen, and the light in the woods was very dim, so everyone could only trudge forward.

The urban area of ​​Arxan is much smaller than I imagined.

I walked along the mountains outside the city for about two or three kilometers before reaching the edge of the city on the other side.

Song Laosan stood under a tree, looking down at the streets lit up with streetlights, and asked me, "We've reached the east of the city, where are we going next?"

"I don't know. Xu Le only said that if she hadn't returned by dark, we should head east of the city, but she never said a specific location! However, since she told us to stay out of the light, she probably meant for us to head out of the city."

I surveyed the terrain and pointed to the woods across the street, saying, "Let's go into those woods and see if we can find them."