Name: Lin Feng; Age: 25; Gender: Male.

Attributes: Stamina 3, Spirit 6, Intelligence 6, Agility 5, Strength 2

Rating: Poor (Human Level)

A cold wind blew through the hospital corridor in the summer, and the figure standing stiffly by the window suddenly felt a chill, which flowed from behind him into the dim light of the corridor.

The rustling outside the window abruptly stopped, and the birds chirping on the branches suddenly became repulsive, turning their bloodshot eyes toward the corridor, reflecting a slightly hunched figure.

Are you scared?

The sound came from the scarlet vertical pupil protruding on the back of Lin Feng's left hand. It had suddenly appeared a few minutes earlier, tearing open the skin and pulling it out of the flesh.

Putting aside what the vertical pupil described, how could he not be afraid of such a terrifying scene unfolding before his eyes? But he was even more afraid of rotting on the excrement and urine on the hospital bed.

What a tragic fate! At 25, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with only two months left to live.

Lin Feng sighed inwardly, but a light gradually appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this, the vertical pupil opened a new blood-red light curtain.

"Please proceed to Nightmare Space within 3 minutes."

"Open any type of building and pass through it to enter the Nightmare Space."

Lin Feng read it word by word, then, using his stiff limbs and leaning on his cane, he endured the stinging pain in his nerves as he walked towards the door behind him.

That was his hospital room, number 304.

The pale white door, as always, disgusted him, and he always wanted to smash it open with all his might. But today, as he approached, a glaringly terrifying sight opened up on the door.

The whitish texture is interspersed with winding black lines, which inevitably evokes the image of a skull buried in the soil.

Gaa!

Just as Lin Feng grabbed the doorknob and was about to exert force, the door, which should have been heavy, slowly opened with a deep black gap as if it were made of paper.

Gaa gaa gaa...

The door opened again, and the jarring sound echoed in Lin Feng's mind.

Gaa... The vertical pupil on his arm turned its eyeball, glanced at Lin Feng one last time, and then turned into a dark tattoo.

Lin Feng's breathing quickened. He gritted his teeth and pushed open the door with all his might, then plunged headlong into the darkness.

...

"Number, Name: Lin Feng..."

Lin Feng was startled awake by the information that popped into his mind, and stared wide-eyed in a daze.

"Character datafication initiated."

A thin ray of light shone directly onto his face.

Lin Feng's eyelids twitched, and his newly opened eyes were stung by the light. He turned his head as if he had been electrocuted, raised his arm to block the glare, and looked around again.

He was in the middle of a dark, dense forest, surrounded by trees seven or eight meters tall. The branches and leaves at the top of the trees blocked out the sky, cutting off the sunlight and warmth, like a place teeming with evil spirits, allowing no room for life.

squeak!

Several screams came from behind the trees in the distance. Lin Feng looked up and saw a blurry black shadow flash past his line of sight.

Swish, swish, swish!

A foul-smelling breeze blew by, causing Lin Feng's nose to twitch rapidly and his face to turn extremely pale. The stench was mixed with many strange smells, triggering memories deep within his mind.

This smells very similar to the urine and feces of animals in the countryside, and it is highly likely that it is some wild animal here.

Instinctively, Lin Feng used his arms to prop himself up. As soon as he exerted force, a long-lost sense of comfort washed over his muscles, helping him to get up from the wet grass and stand steadily.

The pain from cancer has all disappeared; that eye didn't lie to me...

Lin Feng was overjoyed, a feeling of exhilaration surging through his body, which he grasped in his palm. But soon, a chilling sensation seeped into his skin, forcing him to conceal all his emotions within.

Location: Dark Forest

"Task 1: Survive for 6 days, adapt to the nightmare space, and obtain at least 50 nightmare points before the mission ends."

"Mission Two: Kill 10 regular goblins, 5 fire goblins, and 5 ice goblins."

"Mission 3: Kill 5 jungle zombies, 2 hungry zombies, and Kalzak."

"Completing the mission will reward you with 200 Nightmare Points. Completing certain missions will grant you stage rewards. Once the mission is complete, you can return to the Nightmare Space."

"You can check the mission progress using the Nightmare Eye."

"You can view your personal attributes."

"Task start countdown: 30 seconds."

The terrifying handwriting vanished in the air like blood seeping into the soil. As the 30-second countdown ended, Lin Feng immediately felt an even more bone-chilling coldness all around him.

His subconscious told him that this was the moment he had truly entered this world.

"View personal attributes".

Lin Feng activated his thoughts, and a red panel opened before him. The attributes remained unchanged, but a status bar had been added below.

"Data-driven body: A newbie perk, shielding you from some negative status effects, constant regeneration, and allowing you to fully enjoy the battle... but you might not even know how you died!"

"Cancer Torture: Permanently reduces Strength by 1 point every ten days. When Strength reaches 0, Stamina is permanently reduced. When Stamina reaches 0, death occurs instantly!"

"Survival countdown: 5 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes."

It was cured, but not completely cured...

After quickly reading it, Lin Feng smiled bitterly. Compared to his body, which couldn't do anything, this was already a good start. Otherwise, he would never have been able to survive for several hours in the wild.

Just then, he heard a rustling sound coming from above. The friction, which seemed to come from afar, made him instinctively dodge to the side.

A monster with messy fur, two bulging eyes, and long hair, looking seven parts human and three parts cat, swooped down from the sky and landed where he had just been.

Lin Feng's breath caught in his throat. Just as he saw the monster's sharp claws reflected in his eyes, a pair of ferocious eyes emerged from beneath its fur, their huge, blood-red pupils biting into his trembling mind.

"Vampire Cat Cub"

A brief notification popped up in his field of vision. Even though he didn't have time to examine it closely, the notification was like an all-pervasive wave, freely weaving through every pore on his body, leaving countless ripples, and finally imprinting itself on his mind.

Goblins, zombies, vampire cat demons... Dark forest, could it be from some game he played?

Lin Feng's memories flooded in like a burst dam, causing his body to tense up even more, never daring to relax for a moment.

This kitten cat demon is three times the size of a normal cat, with prominent, round eyes, a slender waist, and sharp claws that slowly emerge from the grass, twice the thickness of a human finger.

Given his physique, being scratched anywhere by such claws would be fatal.

Lin Feng's heart tightened. He loosely clenched his right hand, and the lingering sensation in his palm reminded him of the cane he had when he entered the nightmare space. But now he only had a hospital gown on him and nothing else.

The suppressed panic caused a bead of cold sweat to slide down his cheek, and the excessive tension made his legs stiffen and tremble inappropriately.

Snap...

The grass and trees rubbed together, and the cat demon's eyes turned to his feet.

Damn it!

Lin Feng immediately realized his problem. His thoughts followed the cat demon as it leaped out, and he forcibly controlled his body to dodge the cat demon's pounce the moment it pounced.

As the pungent, fishy smell filled his nostrils, his frantically working brain seemed to pick up some unusual information, telling him that this body was unusual: for a normal person, such twisting would be enough to sprain the back of anyone who doesn't exercise regularly.

Deathmatch...

A word flashed through his mind, and a sense of crisis prompted Lin Feng to open his arms and chase after the cat demon that was about to land, grabbing it around the neck.

The cat demon's skin was scattered with many pieces of gravel and wood chips. When I grabbed it, my palm was pricked a few times, and then my hand slid a few times because of the oil that had accumulated under its fur over the years.

But he had no other choice. If he couldn't restrain the cat demon, he would be torn to pieces in the next moment.

In the rush, Lin Feng exerted force with the soles of his feet, causing his entire body to press down.

Crack... His knees and elbows slammed hard into the ground. The surge of adrenaline blocked out the pain, leaving only the sound of his own heavy breathing in his mind.

His knees crushed rows of weeds, and his body, finding a foothold, pressed his knees against the cat demon's spine, temporarily controlling the cat demon's writhing.

Finally, he remembered to breathe. Lin Feng suppressed the frantic pounding in his chest, his eyes filled with fear of the monster.

A cub could almost shake his body; how powerful must an adult cat demon be?

His growing fear made him grip the cat demon's head tightly with his right hand, while his left hand, after constantly adjusting, pressed against the cat demon's spine, stabilizing the cat demon's body again.

He considered some ground techniques, such as a rear-naked choke, but the cat demon had claws, and he dared not allow his limbs to be within its attack range. However, he could tell that the cat demon was panicked; after being pinned down, it kept trying to prop itself up, without any tendency to scratch backward.

After a brief stalemate, Lin Feng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, tensed up again. His strength was waning, and the surge of adrenaline in his body could not change the fragility of his body.

If this continues, the cat demon will be exhausted in just a few minutes without even needing to struggle.

With no weapons, no branches or rocks around, and out of ammunition and food, Lin Feng could find no tools that could be used.

Strangle it!

The thought had barely formed in his mind when Lin Feng nipped it in the bud.

The next second, a mouth that was opened wide bit down into the flesh behind the cat demon's neck.

Crunch... A nauseating smell assaulted his nose and mouth, his teeth squeezed out grease, and foul-smelling blood splattered onto his tongue, but he felt no aversion whatsoever.

It's bitten open!

Surprised and delighted, he swallowed hard, then bit down on the flesh of the cat demon's neck and tore it off fiercely.

"Meow!!" The cat demon screamed in agony, struggling wildly with its limbs. Inadvertently, it hooked onto Lin Feng's arm and easily tore a gash in it.

Lin Feng's heart trembled. The advantages of his data-driven body immediately became apparent. The pain and blood dispersed, but the strength in his arm did not diminish at all; in fact, it increased.

die!

The killing intent exploded outwards, and those eyes, even redder than the cat demon's, stared at the cat demon's wound, as one hand reached inside.

Sizzle! Blood stained Lin Feng's eyes as he frantically tore at anything he could grab, completely ignoring the cat demon's screams in his ears, and struggled to pull away.

Until he pulled his hands out again, the cat demon collapsed in front of him like a deflated balloon.

“...”

The devastation engulfed his mind, but suddenly the sound of wind rustling through the leaves in the dense forest forced Lin Feng's parched spirit to revive. He propped himself up, his body trembling, and staggered away from the sound without looking back.