After packing his equipment, Lin Feng placed the prepared food, clothing, weapons, various coins, and other items that Louis had reminded him of and included into a steel cabinet about half his height.

He closed the cabinet and stored it in his belt inventory. He then put some frequently used items together and sucked them into another bracelet-shaped inventory.

He then stored the jade pendant and magic potion in a small backpack close to his body, hiding it under his clothes.

"Task refresh countdown: 00:00:01"

As the five-hour countdown ended, Lin Feng immediately refreshed the mission worlds he could freely enter.

"Matching data..."

"Match complete. Currently available missions: Silk of Horrors, Zombie Island, Sealed Gate Village, Renjia Town, and Terror in the Future."

"Task selection time: 04:59"

"It seems like all of these are paranormal?"

Leaning against the windowsill in his personal space, Lin Feng repeatedly selected from the five mission worlds that were refreshing before him, deciding whether to choose one of them.

"Task selection time: 03:59"

A minute passed, and Lin Feng's calm gaze swirled back and forth between the eerie silk and the zombie island.

He now roughly guessed the meaning of the Nightmare Space; everything seemed easy, and there were opportunities to exploit them.

In terms of threat level, Zombie Island should be the easiest, but it's obvious that the world offers him almost no help and weakens the supernatural abilities he just purchased to some extent.

Overall, the background of Silk will be closer to the norm, and he will be able to adapt to the legendary paranormal events better after entering it, and he is also familiar with the movie.

Fengmen Village is a place where you can enter but never leave, and it is full of ghosts and monsters; Renjia Town is full of demons and Taoist priests, and if he makes a slight mistake when he enters, he will be subdued; he is also familiar with the movie "The Terror Is Coming," so familiar that few of them survive.

"Task selection complete!"

"Currently, 6 players have been selected for the task."

"All participants are booked, the mission is about to begin..."

Six people? As Lin Feng imagined what might happen, another line of blood-red text appeared in front of him.

"Intruders have been forced to join; current mission participants: 14."

14?

A nameless fear crept up my spine. Six participants were enough to make the mission take an unpredictable turn, let alone 14, eight of whom were people who had forcibly entered the mission. That was obviously not a good thing.

"Mission begins..."

A new prompt appeared, but before Lin Feng could react, his vision blurred, and he completely lost consciousness.

"Beep beep beep!"

The piercing sound of a horn rang out, startling Lin Feng, who was standing by the roadside. He followed the sound and saw a red car honking its horn frantically.

"Are you out of your mind?!"

The car driver leaned out of the window and repeatedly pounded the horn button on the steering wheel.

Lin Feng's gaze followed the driver's angry expression. In front of the car was a female student in a high school uniform, standing blankly in the middle of the road, without any reaction.

The bus stop was quiet at night, with few people around. The surrounding buildings were dilapidated, and the billboards across the street displayed traditional Chinese characters, creating a sense of unreality.

Lin Feng quickly scanned the surroundings, then took a step back without making a sound, taking in the five people around him who were gradually waking up.

There were seven people in total: a man in a suit, a woman in combat uniform, a man with short hair and a vest, an old man with squinting eyes, a teenage boy, and the strange female student in front of them.

What about the others?

Before they could think it through, the five of them instinctively took a few steps back, creating some distance between themselves, and their expressions became tense.

At this moment, the female student in the middle of the road was the last to wake up. In the instant her eyes focused, a barely perceptible hint of anger flashed across her face as she raised her hand and pointed it at the driver.

The pale, thin arm was stretched out straight, with several fingers, painted with red nail polish, bending and closing inward as if grasping something out of thin air. It struggled and twisted, creating a black, phantom hand that floated into the chest of the still-cursing driver.

"nerve..."

The driver's anger abruptly ceased. He shut his mouth, blankly turned his head back, got into the car, shifted into reverse, and slammed on the gas.

A barely perceptible emotion flickered in Lin Feng's eyes, and the student girl immediately turned her head, her dark pupils looking directly at Lin Feng.

laugh.

A slightly aloof, innocent smile appeared on the student's face. Then, she withdrew her fair arm and walked towards the roadside.

"Damn it... how did I run into them!" The short-haired man in the vest muttered under his breath, trying to suppress his chuckle. He covered his face with one hand, avoiding the schoolgirl's gaze and trying to hide his discomfort.

The others were all different. The old man sat steadily on a chair at the bus stop; the little boy followed the man in the suit and the woman in combat uniform, seemingly a small group. Among these people, only Lin Feng looked directly at the schoolgirl.

At this moment, the long-awaited task notification finally appeared.

"Mission initiated."

Location: Lane 24, Xiushui Road.

"Task 1: Survive for 7 days and obtain at least 100 Nightmare Points."

"Task 2: Find the source of the creepy silk."

"Task 3: Clear out the ghosts 0/10"

"Completing the mission will reward you with 500 Nightmare Points. Completing certain missions will grant you stage rewards. Once the mission is complete, you can return to the Nightmare Space."

The mission prompt temporarily halted the student's progress. At that moment, time slowed down considerably, and several white threads drifted towards them from afar, rapidly approaching the group.

The short-haired man in the vest got goosebumps and cursed repeatedly, "What the hell? I just walked in and I'm already being targeted... I'm not playing anymore, damn it, you guys better pray for yourselves, I don't want to get involved with Ghost Shadow's people!"

As he spoke, a miniature cage prop appeared out of thin air in the short-haired man's vest hand, quickly grew larger, locked him inside, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and saw the ring on the other person's index finger before he disappeared. Then, the strange silk that floated towards the short-haired man in the vest disappeared into the air after searching in vain.

As the others were connected to the drifting, eerie thread, the surrounding noise surged into their ears like a long-accumulated torrent, officially pulling them into this world.

The sounds of cars crashing, screams, trees rustling overhead, and the flickering electrical noise of the bus stop lights behind them.

Boom! The car's fuel tank exploded, and a wave of heat hit us.

Lin Feng's gaze fell on the red car from before. The dark figure controlling the driver emerged from the sea of ​​fire, grabbed a distorted face that was screaming in agony, and returned to the student girl's body.

"Heh, the ghost of Ghost Shadow is still as violent as ever." The old man lit a cigarette for himself at some point, took two puffs, and then slowly exhaled it onto the eerie silk in front of him.

The silk thread swayed a few times in the smoke, and the old man's eyes widened considerably. He glanced cautiously at the others, then quickly composed himself, stubbed out his cigarette, and hunched over, remaining silent.

At this moment, the three men in suits and the female student walked over, formed a circle, and remained silent without anyone speaking.

After a few seconds, the little boy suddenly burst into laughter, stepped forward, pointed at the old man, and sneered, "You old codger, your cigarette smells pretty good, but how come it's so useless?"

The old man opened his eyes a crack, glanced at the little boy, and scolded him mercilessly: "You're over fifty years old, don't try to act young."

"Heh heh!" A dark aura appeared on the little boy's face. His once cute and chubby face turned ashen in an instant, like a corpse that had been dead for several days.

"Alright, we're not here to argue!"

The man in the suit spoke, his tone reproachful. He grabbed the little boy, and just as the boy was about to turn to the old man with a slight smile, the old man snorted coldly, "Don't try that on me. If you want to say something, ask these two first. This old man has no opinions of his own. As long as I don't cause trouble and can survive, that's enough."

The man in the suit showed a hint of displeasure, his gaze sweeping over the schoolgirl and landing on Lin Feng. He then chuckled, "You look young, so I'll call you 'little brother'."

"Let me first explain the current situation. This kind of ghost thread is a thread that grows from a ghost. Once a living person is connected to it, they will be locked onto by the ghost and subjected to endless pursuit."

"In the original story, the ghostly threads grew on the boy ghost and his mother. Once they discovered that humans could see them, the ghostly threads would connect to the humans. The protagonist, Ye Qidong, avoided several life-threatening situations by not making eye contact with the ghosts."

Seeing the man in the suit recounting details from the original story, Lin Feng nodded in agreement, acknowledging that the man was well-prepared.

"However, this is just the original plot. The current situation doesn't allow us to simply follow the plot, especially since there's another team on this mission!"

The man in the suit immediately turned cold, and a fierce red light suddenly flashed in his eyes.