Chapter 501

For the past two days, Li Qingyuan had chosen not to light her Lantern. Once lit, she would inevitably encounter people, and while many were decent, even one or two bad ones were enough to cause a massive headache. To make better time, it was safer to keep the light extinguished. She had assumed that traveling with the light off would mean seeing no one, but after passing a small village, she heard the sound of someone crying. It was rare for Li Qingyuan to hear sobbing in the Lamp-Extinguishing World; she had half-assumed that everyone must have found a way to acquire a lantern and moved to the world of light, leaving the dark world empty. Following her instincts and her growing suspicion, Li Qingyuan drew her weapon and crept cautiously toward the village. As she reached the entrance and peered inside, she saw a scene that made her shudder.