The old man's strange behavior actually caused the two people standing outside the door to leave. No, it should be said that they returned to the house. Such a situation was something Lin Mo had never thought of beforehand.
"What's happening here?"
The old lady just closed the curtains and then slowly walked back to her room, without even looking at Lin Mo during the whole process.
"boom"
After entering the room, the old man closed the door and the room returned to silence.
The people outside had left, and the old lady also returned to the room, and then locked the door. The situation that had made Lin Mo wary before simply dissipated, leaving Lin Mo holding the black paper lantern in his hand.
Extremely confused.
"Is this the end?"
Completely confused, Lin Mo couldn't even figure out what the connection was between the changes inside and outside the room.
First, someone stood outside the door, waiting quietly but did not come in. Then the old man walked out of the room, closed the curtains, and then the people outside seemed to have received some signal and left quietly.
Incredible, completely unbelievable, the time interval between when the old man closed the curtains and when the person outside the door walked away was only a few seconds.
Unless you see this process with your own eyes, even if someone sends a message notification, it will not be so fast at all. However, through a door, people outside cannot see what is going on in the room.
He shook his head and couldn't figure it out at all. He could only keep this matter in his mind secretly. Lin Mo had other things to do at this time.
"It's eleven o'clock. People outside have left. You can go out."
Taking out the lighter given by the old man, Lin Mo lit up the black paper lantern in his hand. He said it was lit, but in fact it was just the two holes on the top and bottom that revealed a little light. The edge of the entire black paper lantern was almost
It is opaque, but the light that comes on looks a bit strange.
The black paper lantern had been lit, but Lin Mo did not come out of the room immediately. Although there was not much time, only one hour, Lin Mo would return the black paper lantern in one hour, but he still waited a moment.
for a while.
Standing still, Lin Mo smelled a faint fishy smell coming out of the black paper lantern, and then the smell wrapped around Lin Mo's body, shrouded in a faint layer of smoke. If you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to detect it.
this matter.
Since yesterday, Lin Mo has been very curious about this black paper lantern, and even speculated that this black paper lantern is related to the disappearance of the concealment effect of the black shadow power.
So when he lit the black paper lantern, Lin Mo did not go out immediately, but investigated the situation of the black paper lantern until he discovered such a change, and the doubts in his heart were resolved.
Most of it.
"It turns out that's the reason for the smell."
Sniffing lightly through his nose, Lin Mo still didn't know the source of the smell at this time, but he was sure that the smoke emitted by the black paper lantern could track and attach to people's bodies.
"I didn't smell this smell yesterday, but it may still be in the air. When the old man was burning paper, my body was exposed for a period of time. It may be at that time that I was contaminated with this strange smell.
The smell, so I was discovered by the old lady when I followed her."
There was a hint of understanding in his eyes, and most of the problems that made Lin Mo feel strange were solved.
"But the power of the shadow can't isolate the smell. This is something I didn't expect. It seems that I need to be more careful in the future."
Thinking secretly, Lin Mo thought of another thing at this time.
"Did the two women outside realize my presence because of this smell?"
"No, even if I have this smell on my body, but I am holding a black paper lantern in my hand, even if the lantern is not lit, it should not smell my body, and the old man also lit this black paper lantern,
This kind of smell will definitely appear in the room, and this smell should not make them alert."
"Forget it, let's not consider this matter for now. We don't have much time. We have to go out and see the situation quickly."
Slowly opening the door, Lin Mo first glanced outside through the crack in the door. The corridor was dark, and there was no light at all. The building once again became as dark as before. No one could see outside.
When there was half light, Lin Mo knew that those strange figures outside had appeared.
Carrying the paper lantern, I moved slowly, the power of shadow covering the soles of my feet, and there was no sound during the entire walking process.
There was no one, the corridor was empty, and nothing was seen. Lin Mo arrived at the entrance of the safe passage smoothly. He briefly checked the situation and made sure that there was no danger. Lin Mo quickly walked down the stairs.
building.
When he arrived at the door of the building, Lin Mo's expression had returned to calm. What he would face next might be the biggest secret hidden in this garden community. When he thought of seeing Wuyang Wuyang's figure about to appear in front of him, Lin Mo
Mo Ye couldn't help but his heart beat a few more beats.
Holding a black paper lantern, I slowly pushed the door open. A feeling of shackles came from outside the door. It was a sticky feeling, as if there was a thick quagmire outside.
"I'll go, I finally know why the old lady came out before eleven o'clock!"
With his face flushed, Lin Mo continued to increase the strength in his arms, but he still faced a very strong sense of obstruction.
He did not expect that the force of pushing the door would be completely different before eleven o'clock and after eleven o'clock.
Yesterday, when Lin Mo learned that strange changes would occur in the community after eleven o'clock, but it would not affect the people holding black paper lanterns, Lin Mo had this doubt. After returning to the bookstore yesterday, Lin Mo
I once carefully recalled that it was not even eleven o'clock when the neighborhood was completely dark.
The old lady did not come out after eleven o'clock, but walked out of this building less than a minute earlier. Because Lin Mo was completely absorbed at the time, he could only judge the time a little bit right.
error.
However, Lin Mo had never been able to determine whether there was an error or not. Now, under such circumstances, Lin Mo was finally able to determine the time change at that time.
After confirming this, there was no possibility of solving the current situation. I continued to exert force, and the veins on my arms popped out. I finally pushed the door of the building open to a gap that only one person could pass through.
Passing the black paper lantern forward, the stagnation feeling eased a little, and then Lin Mo almost squeezed his body out from the gap. The black paper lantern appeared outside, and the stagnation feeling disappeared instantly, and the building
The figures gathered at the door all dispersed.
"Huh~ uncle, I'm so exhausted."
The whole person appeared outside the building, and the black paper lantern had been placed outside. But at this time, Lin Mo's body was covered with sweat. It seemed to ordinary people that he just simply opened the door. Why didn't he expect that such a big lantern would be used?
strength.
He also understood why no one from the residents in the community appeared outside after eleven o'clock at night.
Maybe it's not that they don't want to come out, but that there is no way to get out of the building. From 11 o'clock to 1 am, the Garden Community will become a place that can only be entered but not exited. Anyone who enters the building,
It is basically impossible to come out at this time.
If someone can walk out of this building, that person must have a black paper lantern, and his physique must be beyond ordinary people.
Just now, Lin Mo used almost ten times the power of an ordinary person. That is all the power he can use now. Others?
Lin Mo didn't think there were many people like him in Maple City, unless... they weren't human.
"Before eleven o'clock, there were people standing guard outside the old man's house. After eleven o'clock, the door to the building was extremely difficult to open. Is this situation due to my appearance, or is it due to some other reason?"
Lin Mo couldn't figure it out. The completely contradictory things made him very confused. Obviously, the old lady lending him the black paper lantern was not as simple as the transaction at first, and it was something the old lady had hidden from him.