Su Mu frowned slightly: "A house to accommodate everyone? Wouldn't a crowd attract shadows?"
"Indeed, a crowd will increase the probability of attracting the shadow, but it is not impossible for a person to be found by the shadow. The shadow is impossible to kill. There are only two ways to stop the shadow. The first method is a candle. As long as you place yourself in the light, the shadow will not be able to attack. As for the second method, it is..."
Ye Fanyu suddenly lowered his voice and whispered, "Sacrifice others. The black shadow has a characteristic. Once it targets someone, it will always follow and cause the candle to burn more fiercely. That is the black shadow consuming the light. At this time, the only way to stop following is to let another person be captured by the black shadow."
Su Mu immediately understood why Ye Fanyu had been bringing these ordinary people with him. It turned out that they were acting as shields. If he was alone, once he was targeted by the black shadow, he would have to wait for death. The candle will eventually run out.
He also knew the reason why Ye Fanyu told him this news, because he also brought many ordinary people with him, and because Ye Fanyu regarded him as a supernatural being, they planned to join forces to fight against the nightmare monster.
The role of ordinary people here is to act as consumables.
"I see. Then let's do as you say." Su Mu nodded in agreement.
The two decided on the next arrangements in a few words. No one asked for other people's opinions. Ordinary people have no right to speak in front of extraordinary people.
The group quickly went out and walked into the darkness outside one after another. The darkness surged like a tide, covering everyone's figures. Only the white paper lanterns in their hands emitted a faint candlelight.
Everyone walked slowly and carefully. In the darkness, there were only the sounds of dense footsteps and some nervous breathing.
Before they had walked far, Su Mu in the team suddenly stopped.
Ye Fanyu and Yang Dongqing, who were standing by, noticed Su Mu's abnormality and stopped immediately.
"Mr. Su? What's wrong?" Ye Fanyu asked in a low voice.
"No." Su Mu replied calmly. The mental power that was far beyond that of ordinary people made him feel something strange.
Ye Fanyu felt inexplicably uneasy: "What's wrong?"
"The footsteps sound wrong."
"Footsteps?"
"Yes, there is one less person's footsteps." An interested smile appeared on Su Mu's pale face, which seemed a bit weird against the darkness.
"What!?" Everyone was shocked.
He turned around, narrowed his eyes, and carefully counted the number of people. Those men in black stood like sculptures.
"Hey, so-and-so, how many people did you bring this time?"
Zhao Chaoyao's face tensed, and he quickly said, "Leader, there are thirteen people in total."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone obviously realized something and looked towards the group of men in black at the end of the team. Ye Fanyu even began to count them in a concentrated voice.
"One, two, three... ten, eleven,... twelve!? There are only twelve people left!"
"Dark shadow! It's a dark shadow!" His face suddenly changed: "Damn it, quickly disperse. The more people gather, the more attention they will attract!"
Li Qiang and the others who had followed Ye Fanyu before quickly dispersed as if it was a conditioned reflex. Everyone kept a distance of more than two meters and looked terrified.
Different from their panic, Su Mu and his group did not move at all and still stood where they were. Only Yang Dongqing gritted his teeth and distanced himself from the crowd.
"Mr. Su, please disperse quickly. The black shadow will be silent for a short time after killing someone. Don't gather together at this time. The black shadow will retreat after a while! Once gathered, it may appear again. Hold on to the lantern and don't leave the range covered by the candlelight." Ye Fanyu said anxiously.
Due to the limited number of lanterns, there were not enough to share among everyone. Except for Ye Fanyu and his friends who each got one, when it came to Su Mu, only Yang Dongqing, Zhao Chaoyao, and Su Mu himself each got one.
"Mr. Ye, the black shadow will only pull one person at a time?" Su Mu asked calmly, his eyes covered by a pair of brown glasses, making it impossible to see his expression.
"That's right, the black shadow pulls in one person at a time! Mr. Su, the black shadow is hiding in the darkness around us, quickly disperse!" Although Ye Fanyu didn't like Su Mu, he at least didn't want the other party to die at this time.
Su Mu smiled: "It's okay, I just happen to have a lot of people."
As he spoke, he instructed a man in black at the end of the team, "Leave the range of the candlelight and stand in the dark."
"Yes, chief." Without any hesitation, the man walked straight out of the candlelight range and into the bottomless darkness.
He stood quietly in the darkness, his entire figure becoming blurred, leaving only the outline of a human figure.
Ye Fanyu and the others were horrified. None of them had expected that Su Mu would be so cruel and directly let his younger brother go to die. The most important thing was that the younger brother did not hesitate.
Wang Li, who had originally failed to get close to Ye Fanyu, was planning to throw herself into Su Mu's arms. But now, seeing this scene, she felt disappointed and gave up the idea.
This man is even more ruthless than Ye Fanyu. Even though he looks polite and gentle, he is extremely cold-blooded in his bones.
Under Su Mu's gaze, a shadow suddenly surged behind the younger brother standing in the dark. It was a shadow darker than the night. It kept twisting and stretching, gradually bulging, and actually grew into a human shape!
The figure was extremely thin but very tall, like a two-meter-tall giant with only bones left, but his arms were so long that they almost reached the ground.
The moment the black shadow took shape, a pair of scarlet eyes opened in its head, cold and indifferent, without any human emotion.
Ye Fanyu and the others all showed fear on their faces, and they stepped back subconsciously, holding their breath.
Su Mu looked at the black shadow with interest, wanting to see the other party's next move.
Soon, the black shadow moved, and a black hand slowly stretched out from the shadow. It was slender and dry, like a deformed branch, with five long nails on the front of the fingertips.
The terrifying black hand slowly reached out to the younger brother. For some reason, Su Mu saw a hint of strange elegance in it, as if at a grand party, a gentleman stretched out his hand to a beautiful lady and invited her to dance a waltz.
"Attack." Su Mu gave the order.
Without any hesitation, the younger brother pulled out a pistol from his waist and shot wildly at the twisted figure in the darkness.
Bang, bang, bang…
Fires flying everywhere!
The black shadow that was hit trembled like water waves, but quickly calmed down the next second and was unharmed.
Su Mu's eyes flashed, and he took off his brown glasses without knowing when. His deep eyes emitted a faint light in the darkness, and his invisible mental power surged out, covering the black shadow.
He planned to try and see if he could hypnotize the shadow, but the result disappointed him.
The mental power poured into the black shadow's body like entering a quagmire, without causing any ripples at all.
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