When speaking.

Su Bai also took in everyone's reactions.

That pale, large hand with bright red nail polish was one of the things the player feared.

However, the psychological shadows and fears of ordinary people are mostly different.

You can tell from their reactions.

Su Siyao was somewhat afraid, but not obviously; Mo Yu was terrified, probably because his childhood trauma was related to these kinds of ghosts and strange things, and his hallucinations were probably similar to those things; Jiu Ming, on the other hand, looked excited, which seemed to indicate a psychological disorder.

Ning Hongchen...

She became somewhat silent after entering the Weeping Cemetery.

When he looked at her, she seemed to sense something and turned her head away, then gave Su Bai a big eye roll... It seems there's no problem.

"If the deep nightmares you're talking about are all like that, I... might just unplug the internet cable."

The cuttlefish was timid but honest.

Su Bai expressed his understanding. If psychological trauma were so easy to overcome, it wouldn't be called psychological trauma. He comforted him, "Don't worry, our target this time is not a deep nightmare."

Apart from that incident, nothing else happened on the road.

The group arrived safely at the old cemetery area.

Passing by the gravedigger's hut, Su Bai did not stop, as he currently had nothing that could be exchanged for the precious symbiote.

keep going.

Deeper into the cemetery behind the gravedigger's hut, a forest of charred and twisted dead trees grows, and the ground is covered with serrated needle-like grasses that sway gently in the wind. But if you stop and feel around for a moment, you can tell that there is no wind at all.

Explosive Flame Bullet!

Su Bai immediately raised his hand and unleashed a massive fireball.

Suddenly, flames erupted, and the seemingly harmless needle-leaf grasses split open their long, narrow mouths filled with sharp teeth, emitting a shrill scream in the flames.

But soon.

The raging flames ended their suffering.

[Gained: Experience +230!]

[Gained: 740 Experience!]

...

The system chat was filled with pages and pages of experience gain notifications.

As the embers burned out, a winding, eerie path appeared before everyone amidst the ashes.

Let's go.

Su Bai led the way.

On both sides of the path are a continuous stretch of low, barren hills. In the distance, shrouded in thick fog, one can occasionally see wandering lost people, or broken walls and ruins that resemble some kind of ancient site.

Not long after we left.

Everyone then began to clearly feel that the surrounding fog was gradually dissipating.

But what followed was a pungent, fishy smell, like the unpleasant odor commonly found on snakes.

[Hint: You have discovered a new area—the Contaminated Lands!]

[Warning: You are being harmed by some kind of chronic toxin!]

[Toxin level: 1%!]

...

A system notification sounded.

Damage numbers of '-1' appeared above everyone's heads simultaneously.

This is what makes the Contaminated Land more troublesome than the Mad Streets.

Although both are environmental infections, both the Frenzied Virus and the Scurvy Virus only break out after accumulating to a certain level. Given the amount of time players spend in the Lost City, they basically don't need to worry about them.

However, the environmental impact of polluted areas will continuously cause players to lose health.

Moreover, the damage will continue to accumulate as the toxin's corrosive effects increase.

You must constantly monitor your blood volume.

Therefore, we need to prepare a large number of recovery and antidote potions, otherwise we won't be able to stay here for long.

fortunately.

Su Bai possesses both of these abilities.

"Don't stray too far from me, lest your healing skills fail to reach you. Use the antidotes and healing artifacts you have when needed; they're not worth much."

He gave a word of advice.

As they were talking, the road ahead came to an end, and the ground under their feet began to become damp and soft. With a little pressure, they could step out a dark green liquid.

Directly ahead was a dark swamp shrouded in green poisonous miasma.

Ancient trees, each as thick as several people could hug, grew scattered in the swamp. Their thick trunks were uneven, covered with ugly pustules that spewed out thick, green poisonous mist. Their broad, dense canopies joined together to form a dark barrier that blocked out the sunlight. Within the thick canopy, something seemed to be crawling in the shadows.

After arriving here.

The rate at which the toxins eroded the population began to increase was clearly accelerating.

Healing Hands!

A glimmer of light!

Su Bai unleashed two skills in quick succession, and then opened the map. The star chart had already outlined the terrain of this area for him.

He then took out the fragment of the incomplete map that Mylene had given him.

At this moment.

A notification sounded.

[Notice: A new map plugin has been detected. Update now? After updating, all existing items will be permanently removed!]

...

"Um?"

Su Bai was slightly taken aback.

Normally, players' maps can only be updated with complete and correct map plugins.

It is absolutely impossible to identify map fragments with incomplete information.

If he could, he would have used it before.

Why wait until now?

Unexpectedly, after incorporating the star chart, his basic map functions also evolved in all aspects.

This is much more convenient.

Looking again, the location indicated by the map fragment was now prominently marked on his system map.

It was very close to everyone.

It's about a few hundred meters from here after crossing this poisonous swamp.

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