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Silky ran quickly through the black passage, her fluffy braids flying in the air.
This passage is a shortcut to the art exhibition, and she needs to get there before the hidden darkness erupts.
Sifei never expected Yinyin to be so bold as to cause trouble on her turf. He was just a good-for-nothing. She hadn't dealt with him last time, but this time he dared to run into her trap.
She was determined to turn his mind into color, so that he would tremble at the sight of her.
"Sifei, why are you running so fast? You really have feelings for those humans." A deep male voice suddenly rang out in the passage.
Sifei didn't stop walking. She knew who this person was, but she didn't want to pay attention to him.
But the man stopped her.
"So annoying, get out of my way." Sifei's tone was very unpleasant.
The man was very tall, probably over two meters. His imposing figure looked like a mountain in front of the petite Sifei.
"I'm heartbroken, Sifei. You've found He Qing and are all lovey-dovey with her, but you don't even think about us old classmates. It's so hurtful." The tall figure chuckled.
"It's you, you can talk?" Sifei asked impatiently.
"Of course not." The man deliberately dragged out his words.
What exactly do you want?
"You want to kill Yin Yin, is that right?"
Sifei sneered, "I'd rather kill you now."
"Don't underestimate Yin Yin. He's lived among humans for so long, he's gotten stronger. He won't be so easy for you to kill."
"How strong can it be?" Sifei scoffed.
"You gave the painting to He Qing, didn't you?"
"What's it to you? Get out of the way."
"I'm helping you, helping you achieve what you desire."
"What?"
A black shadow cautiously swam past the two, assuming they hadn't noticed it.
But it was wrong.
A strong, powerful arm gripped it, its muscles contracting and relaxing, black characters tracing patterns across the arm before spreading to the back of the hand.
With a slight exertion, the tall figure crushed the shadow completely, turning it into smoke and dissipating into the world.
“Wait here, Sifei, Qing will look at your painting,” the man said.
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"Watch out!" Without thinking, Mu Heqing lunged at Jiang Kaicheng, who was pinned to the ground.
Without its object, the black face slowly retracted its tentacle-like shadows and returned to its original face.
"What the hell is this thing?" Jiang Kaicheng sat on the ground, too scared to get up. He swallowed hard, still feeling lingering fear.
Mu and Qing sat down next to him without getting up.
They were dismayed to find that even after reaching the first floor, they couldn't get out; the first floor was filled with people whose faces were covered in black. These people wandered around the first-floor lobby like ghosts who had lost their souls.
"Let's go down to the second basement level. My car is in the parking lot on the second basement level. Let's drive away from here!" Jiang Kaicheng said urgently.
Mu and Qing nodded. She realized that as long as Black Face couldn't see them, he wouldn't move around.
All they have to do is crawl into the elevator, even if it looks ugly, as long as they can get out of here, what does ugliness matter?
The two of them crouched down and turned their heads, walking on their elbows. Mu and Qing reached out to touch the elevator buttons, but they couldn't reach them no matter how hard they tried.
"Sis, your arms are too short. Watch me." Jiang Kaicheng reached out, but couldn't reach it no matter how many times he tried.
They can't reach the elevator buttons while lying down, unless one of them has a mutated arm.
Jiang Kaicheng cursed, "When I go back this time, I'll definitely suggest my mom install a voice-activated elevator. Why put the elevator buttons so high up?"
The elevator designers never expected that someone would lie down and press the elevator buttons.
“We either have to climb to the second basement level, or we’ll have to crawl out from among these people,” Mu Heqing offered.
Jiang Kaicheng didn't have the idea that a man's knees are worth gold; he immediately agreed that climbing to the second basement level was a good idea.
He would rather climb to the second basement level than walk through so many strange people.
Without further ado, the two crawled slowly toward the stairs in a very unorthodox low-lying posture.
When they were halfway up the mountain, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the door.
"Someone's here?" Mu Heqing looked towards the main entrance on the first floor. Her gaze swept across the area and she saw at least ten people.
These people were dressed in formal attire, chatting about technical jargon that Mu and Qing couldn't understand, casually mentioning things like net profit margin and future direction, their conversation rapid and incessant.
Jiang Kaicheng recognized the group. "Damn, they're here to visit the group today."
He immediately shouted, "Don't come in! It's dangerous here!"
The group was engrossed in their conversation and didn't react immediately when Jiang Kaicheng shouted.
There was no other way. Mu and Qing reached into the bag for the painting that Consort Si had left for them. They had to use it no matter how much they didn't want to.
There are two reasons why Mu Heqing has never dared to use it. First, after so many years, she might not be able to handle Sifei's abilities. Second, and most importantly, she is afraid that it will have adverse effects, and then she and Jiang Kaicheng will both die here.
Her left eye muscle suddenly twitched uncontrollably.
What does this feel like?
Something seems off.
The group of visitors followed the muscle memory of their footsteps as they stepped into the Guihui Building. As soon as they entered, their expressions froze on their faces.
As soon as Mu and Qing's hands touched the edge of the paper, an indescribable atmosphere slowly spread.
Her fingertips trembled uncontrollably, and her hand slipped from the drawing paper.
"Sis, I feel really uncomfortable," Jiang Kaicheng said beside her, his brows furrowing in discomfort.
She reached for the drawing paper again and took it out, but in that instant, it was too late.
The group of people entering the Guihui Building were like drops of water falling into a cup, and the cup was already about to overflow. These few drops of water would cause the cup to overflow completely.
The transformation from quantitative to qualitative change happens in the blink of an eye.
The people who had been slowly wandering in the hall suddenly stopped in their tracks. Black faces danced and stretched in front of them, and the tentacle-like shadows connecting the black faces and human faces broke off. Countless black faces rushed towards the group of people at an impossibly fast speed.
There wasn't a single scream; the hall was eerily quiet.
The black shadows dissipated, revealing the same black faces hanging before the group of people.
Mu and Qing stood up, their bodies swaying precariously.
Jiang Kaicheng was also frightened, but he knew he couldn't care less about them now. He pulled Mu Heqing's trouser leg and made her lie down. "Sis, let's go quickly."
"It seems too late." Mu Heqing's face turned deathly pale.
These dark-faced people had already spotted them, even if they hadn't seen them.
No matter how these people stood, the black faces in front of them all "looked" at them with empty eye sockets.
Mu Heqing and Jiang Kaicheng remained motionless, worried that if they moved, the black faces would detach from the human faces and float toward them, just like before.
Jiang Kaicheng's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, which got into his eyes. He blinked.
The men with dark faces instantly moved a little closer to them.
Jiang Kaicheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to blink.
The dark-faced men continued to stare at them. At this rate, they wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.
Mu and Qing suddenly took a step forward.
Jiang Kaicheng was so frightened that his heart stopped.
The black-faced figures floated away from the human faces and stood in front of Mu and Qing. Each of their mouths opened and closed, but they had no vocal cords and could not make a sound.
But Mu and Qing understood; all those faces were saying two words.
He Qing.
They were calling her name.
Mu Heqing closed his eyes, feeling increasingly agitated. It turned out that he was the one behind all this.
"Hidden Yin? Get off these people."
Mu and Qing didn't know why Yin Yin had this ability, nor did they know why, even though Si Fei said she was going to kill Yin Yin, Yin Yin still appeared in the building, but she recognized him.
His abilities are different from before, but he is always inseparable from shadows. Those black faces are made up of shadows.
She should have thought of that sooner.
She believed that Consort Si should deal with Yin Yin, which is why she wouldn't suspect that Yin Yin was the one causing trouble in the building.
The black face returned to the human face, its tendril-like shadows extending and connecting to the human face.
The black-faced figure manipulates people's voices, and countless different voices combine to form the same tone.
“He Qing, I have fulfilled your three conditions. First, I agreed to establish a connection with you; second, I agreed not to appear in front of you; third, I agreed to leave that city. Now, it is your turn to fulfill my conditions.”
"When did I agree to that?" Mu and Qing had no recollection of it.
“School, have you forgotten! Back then, you begged me to establish a connection with you, and I let you use my shadow, let you use me as a tool. But in the end, you left the school and abandoned me there!” Countless voices conveyed anger.
Mu Heqing lowered her eyes. She had asked so many people for favors that she couldn't remember what she had promised. At that time, she had only one goal: to leave No. 13 Middle School and get completely away from these guys.
Therefore, she would agree to any condition.
In the end, it was all for naught; her desperate gamble was a complete failure.
“But you still showed up in front of me,” Mu Heqing said.
If she remembered the conditions she had agreed to with Yin Yin, she should have made him disappear completely, instead of letting him leave Ancheng in an alley.
Yin Yin said, "The one who appears before you is not me, but them."
The black faces in front of everyone turned into shadows, flowing into people's eyes and mouths, and the people in the hall returned to normal.
Yin Yin was hiding among the crowd, no wonder Si Fei hadn't noticed him.
Are you playing word games with me? It's still you standing in front of me now.
Mu Heqing clenched the drawing paper in her hand, then unfolded it.
"You want to use Sifei's abilities? Hahaha, do you think her abilities can kill me?" Everyone in the hall burst into smug laughter, creating a somewhat mentally disturbing scene.
Mu and Qing retorted, "Can't she kill you?"
"It was possible in school, but not now. I am not the same person I used to be. These people can be my strength."
Black shadows appeared beneath everyone's feet, crawling like snakes. Tiny snake shadows converged at a point, forming a huge black shadow.
After losing their shadows, everyone stood still like statues, their faces pale, much like plastic mannequins in a shopping mall.
Mu and Qing lowered their eyes to look at the huge black shadow, in which endless shadows wriggled. It was a shadow composed of several black shadows.
In the past, Yinyin's shadow did not seem to be this big.
Can their abilities be enhanced?
"I can forgive you, He Qing." The huge black shadow slowly swam to Mu and Qing's feet.
Mu and Qing stepped on it, and this time, the shadow did not leave; instead, it stuck to Mu and Qing's right foot.
Whether it was a misperception or not, Mu and Qing felt an unusual coldness in the area of their right foot covered by shadow.
"What do you want? Hidden Shadow." Mu and Qing squatted down, their hands touching the huge black shadow.
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