[Amidst the faint smoky haze, the two people sat facing each other.] [The man called the “Family Head” wore a faint, almost imperceptible smile. Opposite him, Yuan kept silently smoking, making no other movements.] [The whole room was enveloped by thick chains of smoke, heavily surrounding the place. From the outside, all one could see…

After midnight, there were very few cars outside.This was the north after all, and in winter, once it got dark, people rarely went out. At this time of night, only groups of people—or monsters—dared to be outside.Gao Ling looked at the comic’s cover and inexplicably felt a chill. She stood up, glanced out the window,…

“Be reasonable…” Gao Ling felt a headache coming on as she looked at the lively discussion in the group chat. “Why is everyone so excited? They weren’t like this a few days ago.” These past few days, everyone in the group had been strangely giddy, caught in a state of inexplicable excitement—as if they had…

Yuan Yuanyuan stared blankly at the piece of human skin in her hand for a long time. She touched the area on her chest where the skin had peeled off. Strangely, it didn’t hurt much—just a slight pain, and more of a numb, itchy feeling. After peeling off that patch of skin, Yuan Yuanyuan scratched…

“Here, take this,” Gao Ling said before leaving. She pulled out the talisman from her chest and stuffed it into a boy’s hand. “This is…” “I’m going home. I’m not going out for the next few days,” Gao Ling said. “You go to the group leader and get a new one, then return this to…

Within just a few seconds, the entire venue returned to its lively state. It was as if nothing had happened at all. The place was bustling, noisy, full of laughter and chatter, as if it had been yanked straight from hell back into the human world. Gao Ling stood frozen, completely stunned by what had…

In an instant, everyone’s attention was locked onto that dagger. The dagger was embedded straight into the wall. Its blade shimmered with a vivid red glow, as if it had been soaked in fresh blood. Because the person who had thrown it had clearly used a tremendous amount of force, the dagger continued to tremble…

When the place was flooded with green light earlier, Gao Ling had secretly thought it looked like the underworld. Now that everyone had collapsed to the ground, the scene around her basically was the underworld. She lay on the ground, staring at the blurry sky above, thinking, This is it. I’m done for… In the…

Yuan Yuanyuan narrowed her eyes for a long time, trying to figure out what was happening in the area where the lights had first come on. Next to her, Liu An almost immediately stripped off his outer clothing and threw it into the crowd. Yuan Yuanyuan instantly suppressed her demonic aura, making herself seem like…

At a comic convention, things were usually pretty standard: browsing booths, taking photos, watching performances, and if there were any guests, maybe inviting a few to walk around… that was basically it. Oh, right… or maybe flirting with a few guys and girls. If the convention was large, you’d naturally spend more time there; if…