Chapter 15 Nightmare Night

"Jiang Xuan?" Chen Ge silently memorized the name. It matched the surname on the half-torn paper work permit he'd seen before, but the words on that letter...

He didn't say it explicitly, but if this person was truly who he suspected, then he was likely the master of this city. Faced with such a "person," let alone himself, even a fierce god would be no match.

Moreover, the fact that the other party dared to bring four strangers into his home clearly meant he had nothing to fear. Who knew what cards the other party held?

"By the way, those things you mentioned earlier..." Chen Ge remained wary of this "Jiang Xuan," but some things could only be known by the "natives." He had to understand some things before judging their truth.

"Heh, it's normal that you outsiders don't know." Jiang Xuan consistently referred to them as outsiders, but judging from his expression, he clearly didn't know where the outsiders came from either.

"This city actually has many taboos, and what I told you just now is one of them." Jiang Xuan poured himself a glass of water, drinking it while looking out the window at the city, "When night falls, all the urban legends in this city will come true."

"So, during the night, never go out, otherwise you'll encounter horrors you've never seen before."

"Moreover, besides this, there are many other taboos in the city. If you violate them, even hiding at home won't be safe."

"For example, you can't pick up things that fall on the ground, you can't open the door no matter what sounds you hear at night, and you have to pretend you don't see anything no matter what you see..."

"What if we have to walk through the city at night?" Chen Ge asked. He thought of his mission to enter No-Lights Road before 4:44 AM, which was clearly aimed at him.

Jiang Xuan was also stunned, looking at Chen Ge with a sigh, "Then you're a madman. As far as I know, no one who dares to enter the city at night has ever lived."

"Has anyone ever done this before?" Chen Ge asked again.

"Someone has done it, but without exception, they all died." Jiang Xuan emphasized again, "No one can survive in the city at night."

Chen Ge fell silent. Even the trio cleaning the room slowed down. They hadn't expected the nights in this city to be so dangerous.

"Then...do you know if there's a No-Lights Road in the city?" Chen Ge asked one last question. This was the only path for him to enter the deeper layer of the dream.

Jiang Xuan seemed to have heard something unbelievable. He looked at Chen Ge, and after a long time, he calmed down, "You actually know about that place. Do you also know that legend?"

"Legend?" The more he asked, the more unexplainable this mission became. Like now, he was actually talking to someone in a dream, even taking the other party's words as a guide in the dream.

"It seems you don't know." Jiang Xuan said, "No-Lights Road is one of the biggest urban legends in the city. Legend has it that it's the exit of this city, and there's also a legend that it's the entrance to a deeper level of darkness."

As he spoke, he pointed in a direction of the city that was gradually falling into darkness, "That way is No-Lights Road, but I advise you not to get close. That road is full of weirdness, even during the day."

Chen Ge frowned. This mission was indeed more difficult than he had imagined. The shallow and middle layers of the dream were already like this, so what would the deep layer of the dream be like?

Moreover, he hadn't found a way to bring his employees into the dream, which was the worst part. Right now, he didn't have much chance of winning against powerful ghosts.

...

Night slowly descended, and the entire city fell into silence. On this first night in the city, Chen Ge and the boss stayed at Jiang Xuan's house, but other than the homeowner Jiang Xuan, none of them could sleep.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

In the early hours of the morning, someone knocked on the door. Each time, they knocked three times, then paused for a few seconds, like a pre-set program.

The knocking lasted for half an hour before disappearing, but this was only the first test of the night.

Around two in the morning, cries for help came from outside. It was a woman's voice, crying and begging for help, as if being chased by something, constantly pounding on the doors inside the building.

Around four in the morning, the wind rattled the windows. If you looked closely, you would find that they were corpses, hanging outside the window, hitting the window back and forth as the wind blew.

At six in the morning, the first ray of sunlight appeared on time, but at this moment, the temperature dropped sharply. The hazy sun didn't seem to bring life and vitality at all, but rather seemed to welcome death.

Through the dim light, Chen Ge also saw the scene in the distant city. In this moment before dawn, the night fell into its final frenzy. Outside the buildings, various strange scenes could be seen: corpses, heads, and severed limbs... There were also some inexplicable monsters, cleaning the streets and devouring those who died in the night.

But at the moment when the light completely descended, they also disappeared at the same time. There wasn't a trace on the streets of the entire city, clean and tidy, as if they had just been swept.

*Ka!*

At this time, Jiang Xuan's door also opened. He walked out of the room, completely like an ordinary person, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and started washing up and making breakfast.

Everything outside didn't affect him, or rather, he was used to it all.

Chen Ge didn't know what to say. He really doubted whether this was a dream. If it wasn't a dream, how terrifying would this person's will be? In such an environment, he could still be so calm.

"Didn't sleep all night?" After a moment, Jiang Xuan walked out of the kitchen with a few breakfasts, looking at Chen Ge and the others, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"H-How could we sleep?!" The Shen brother's name was Shen Luo, but his face was very pale now, as if he was seriously ill, his eyes full of fear.

This night was indeed bizarre. They saw and heard all kinds of strange scenes, especially the scene in the city before dawn, which made him even more terrified. This city was truly dangerous to the extreme.

Moreover, he found that even his talent skill couldn't be used here. He was actually like an ordinary person, which was very illogical.

"You'll get used to it." Jiang Xuan smiled, "Come and eat, and then I'll accompany you to find a place to live."

"Although I don't know how you outsiders came in, now that you're in this city, don't even think about leaving. Honestly find a place to live, remember the taboos I told you, and maybe you can live a little longer." Jiang Xuan's tone was relaxed, but Chen Ge and the others didn't feel good at all.

"Have you never thought about leaving here?" Chen Ge asked. Jiang Xuan knew this city very well. If he had his help, he might still have hope of leaving.

Jiang Xuan shook his head and said, "This city stands on the edge of darkness. You want to leave, but have you ever thought that what lies ahead may not be light, but also an endless hell?"

"It's better than waiting to die here." The boss gritted his teeth. It was just a hidden map, he didn't believe he would be trapped here to death.

Chen Ge looked at Jiang Xuan. He had always felt that this person was not ordinary, especially after seeing the words he had written.

Even at the beginning, he had speculated that this person was the master of this city, which was why he was so unscrupulous and nonchalant, and why he could appear so calm in this city wrapped in various weird things.

"Could you help me with one last favor?" Chen Ge asked after thinking for a moment.

"Tell me." His mouth still had a smile on it. Chen Ge couldn't see through what he was thinking. He had only experienced this feeling in Gao Ruxue, and it could even be said that this obviously younger youth gave him an even deeper feeling, like a bottomless black hole, in which nothing could stir up waves.

"If I want to go to No-Lights Road, what should I pay attention to?" Calming his mind, Chen Ge asked again. He had to go to No-Lights Road, and he had to go to the deep layer of the dream. It was related to the truth of everything. Even if he really had to stand against a city, he had to try.

There wasn't much surprise in Jiang Xuan's eyes, as if he had guessed his question. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "In No-Lights Road, try to avoid places with '4'. You just have to remember, the more '4's, the more dangerous it means."

Chen Ge was stunned. Didn't that mean that the place he was going to...was the most dangerous place?!