But indeed, he had noticed a black fog, like a spirit snake, slithering from the distance.
"Is that the unseen thing Cao Long and Mu Qing spoke of, the one even the great families fear?" Qin Ming's heart tightened.
He observed the surroundings without raising any suspicion, but the black fog did not appear again.
Shuangshu Village wasn't large, just over forty households, and any small incident would quickly become known to all.
Xu Yueping arrived, sighing, "Now that food from outside has been transported in, and the mutated creatures have receded from the outskirts of the mountains, hunting has become safer. Just as life seems to be getting better, some of the elderly are passing away."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming immediately felt something was amiss and asked, "Recently, have many elders died?"
Xu Yueping nodded and said, "Yes, in the surrounding villages, elderly people are dying every day."
