didn't let Lin Mo wait too long, and soon, the door of Unit 4 was opened, and the figure of the old man appeared at the door of the building.

"Sure enough, it's not a power outage."

There was still a faint light in the corridor, and this light was not an emergency light, but an elevator light.

When he saw the indicator light, Lin Mo understood that there was no power outage in this community, but it was such a community, without a power outage, it became pitch black almost instantly, and this weirdness made Lin Mo a little confused.

This is definitely not a special custom, after all, Lin Mo is a native of Fengcheng, and of course he has some understanding of the customs of Fengcheng.

What if you say that the lights go out regularly?

Don't dream, this is not a school, how can there be a rule that the lights will be turned off at 11 o'clock, and the switches in each household are not together, unless the main electric switch is directly broken, otherwise, there is no way to turn off the lights in the whole building at the same time.

But if you want to turn off all the lights in the entire community, I am afraid that you will directly destroy the power grid.

There was no need at all, and it seemed that there was no need to do that here, and everyone seemed to know the rules here, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, the lights would be quietly turned off.

It's just that the behavior of these two old men made Lin Mo a little confused.

I watched the old man grope his way in the darkness with a basket on his shoulder, holding not a candle in his other hand, but a small paper lantern.

The lantern was pasted with layers of paper, and the light was very weak, so that the light could only shine through the holes at the upper and lower ends, illuminating a very small place, and the old man's steps were very slow, but he was quite calm, and did not hesitate for half a minute because of the light.

"Where the hell is she going?"

Lin Mo quietly followed behind the old man, Lin Mo, who had already melted into the black shadow, was not worried about being discovered by the old man, the power of this black shadow was used to hide, in this darkness, almost no one could detect Lin Mo.

Although the old lady behaved strangely, she still didn't have the ability to detect Lin Mo's existence.

At least, judging from the old man's performance, the other party didn't notice that someone was following him, of course, Lin Mo still retained a bit of vigilance in his heart, saying that the other party had actually discovered him, just pretending not to know anything.

People who can live to this age have seen too many things, and if you just regard them as an old man who is simple and kind and does not have any bad intentions, you are underestimating their experience for many years.

And an old man who can pretend to be crazy for several years, no matter how you look at it, will not be a simple character.

The old man took the small lantern and walked slowly on the road of the community, the buildings on both sides were pitch black, and the residents here did not seem to know that at this time, there would be people walking in the community.

Lin Mo followed the old man's footsteps, his eyes wandering one window after another, and he didn't see anyone standing at the window to check the situation outside.

There are not many residents in the garden community, but at this time it seems to be a dead place, the tall buildings hidden in the darkness are like a huge coffin composed of countless coffins, and all the people in it seem to have died.

It was silent, deserted, there was not even the slightest sound of wind around, and the branches of the fallen trees were like the hair of a dead man, hanging here and there.

The ground was dark, there was not much light around, the only light was in the hands of the old man in front of him, Lin Mo walked in quietly and saw the paper lantern in the old man's hand.

After seeing this paper lantern, the expression on Lin Mo's face was very strange, it was a black paper lantern.

From ancient times to the present, there are several kinds of lanterns commonly used, red lanterns, white lanterns, and those flower lanterns that appear at the fairs, as well as the kind of lanterns used for lighting in ancient times.

But basically no one has ever seen a black lantern.

Lanterns were originally used for lighting, but later white lanterns and red lanterns were often used to render the atmosphere, and the lanterns were mainly used to illuminate the patterns drawn on the lanterns through the light, and the colorful lantern paper was used to render the joyful atmosphere.

And black is not transparent to light, and things that are shrouded in black cloth are often difficult to be exposed to the light, because the light will be absorbed by this black thing.

However, Lin Mo not only saw a paper lantern in this situation, but also a black lantern.

The old man holding the black lantern, in this pitch-black environment, his figure was a little fluttering, and the holes at the upper and lower ends, illuminating the sky on one side and the ground on the other, became the only light that penetrated the darkness in this completely dark environment.

That beam of light seemed to communicate between heaven and earth, making the old man a very special existence in this community.

The old man's footsteps echoed on the road, still the same as before, not hurried, but very rhythmic, and the basket that was straddled by the old man on his arm shook gently with the old man's movements.

Lin Mo followed behind the old lady and didn't speak, and he couldn't make a sound hidden in the shadows.

"What the hell is this old lady trying to do? Looking at the direction she is heading, it is the gate of the community, could it be that she wants to leave the garden community at this time? ”

The old man was walking towards the door of the community, the darkness around her did not affect the old man's speed in the slightest, she did not feel fear, nor did she suspect that there was any danger hidden in the darkness.

"It's strange, does this black lantern have any meaning?"

Lin Mo didn't think that the black lantern that the old man was carrying was idle and boring, after all, no matter how boring he was, he would not do such a thing, he could see that the old man was a little difficult to carry the basket with one arm, but the other party had no intention of changing hands.

The basket should have contained a lot of things, which was heavy for the old man, but the other party had no intention of putting down the black lantern.

Since it has not been put down, and it has been held in his hand all the time, it means that this black lantern must have something special about it.

As for what is special, Lin Mo still can't figure it out, but from the time when the old lady was completely dark in this community and everyone hid at home and didn't come out, she walked out alone, which means that this old man is a very special existence in the garden community.

"It's better to look at it slowly, and you should still be able to find something."

Lin Mo slowly followed the old lady, and soon came to the door of the garden community.

And the security room is where the other old man stayed, the old lady's steps did not slow down in the slightest, and still maintained the original speed and walked out of the door of the community, and the security guard did not come out to stop or ask.

This made Lin Mo slightly curious, and subconsciously glanced into the security room, and Lin Mo saw another black paper lantern.

This black lantern is different from the paper lantern in the old lady's hand, the black paper lantern in the old lady's hand has two holes in the upper and lower holes, but the paper lantern placed in the security room is more tight.

The black paper lantern seemed to be covered with a piece of black paper, and it was pitch black, with only a faint light shining through a few holes.

It only emits a faint halo, and it is impossible to see the situation in the room at all.

Lin Mo saw that in the corner of the room, there seemed to be a person, who was facing the door of the security guard with his back, and the figure should be the old man of the security room that Lin Mo had seen before.

"Why is he sitting with his back to the door? Is it because you're worried about seeing something? ”

"What exactly does this black paper lantern mean, and why do you put such a black paper lantern in the middle of the room?"

Lin Mo frowned, the old security guard didn't make any movement, and there was no point in continuing to watch.

Looking at the black paper lantern in the old lady's hand, Lin Mo began to think about the meaning of this paper lantern in this garden community.

"Does every house have a black paper lantern? Or is this paper lantern only something special people can have? ”

"What is the connection between this old security guard and the crazy old lady?"