It was the look one gives a pack of sheltered cowards,
clearly filled with disdain and scorn for the young people's timidity.
Their laughter echoed in the silent night sky, adding another layer of eeriness to the atmosphere.
The road seemed to stretch on forever. The group advanced slowly along the straight main thoroughfare,
but its end was nowhere in sight.
The main road was like a mysterious passage to an unknown world,
stretching straight onward as if to the very ends of the earth.
Some of the youths wore watches.
As they walked along the village's main road, they kept glancing down at the time,
attempting to measure the distance they had traveled.
However, to their astonishment, they had already been walking for over half an hour.
By a rough estimate, they should have covered several kilometers at least,
yet the main road still stretched on without end, like a line extending infinitely forward.
Furthermore, as they walked on,
