Black Tiger devoured the fresh meat with gusto, swallowing it almost one piece at a time.
After a while, Zhang Shi's supplies in his backpack were completely used up, and Black Tiger finally let out a satisfied burp.
"I have left something behind somewhere else, please help me retrieve it."
Zhang Shi remembered the mission prompt and immediately agreed.
Black Tiger licked his paw with satisfaction and continued.
"There is a cemetery at the west end of the village, and there is a secret room there. What I want is in there."
"The mission has been updated again!"
Ge Dalong pointed to his wristwatch to remind everyone.
Zhang Shi glanced at it and found that the task had changed to:
Hidden mission two: Find the secret room in the cemetery west of the village.
...
The group groped their way west along the country road. The scenery along the way was desolate and dilapidated, and the surroundings were completely silent. Apart from the sound of their footsteps, there was not a single sound.
Encountering Black Tiger, a being who could speak human language and was similar to an NPC, lessened everyone's fear of the village. They moved less hesitantly and their pace quickened considerably.
The village was small, and the group arrived at their destination in no time.
Strictly speaking, the cemetery west of the village is outside the village, located on a low hill outside the village. The hill is lined with tombstones, and it looks like many villagers are buried there.
Zhang Shi looked into the distance and saw the mysterious black mist at the end of the low mountains. The entire village was surrounded by the mist and isolated in this wasteland.
The group slowly approached the cemetery. Zhao Feng, as the vanguard, walked at the front, his eyes scanning the cemetery. Suddenly, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.
"Holy crap! This is holy crap!"
Seeing Zhao Feng's stammering, the other three looked in the direction he was pointing, puzzled.
Upon seeing this, everyone gasped in unison.
A small path ran through the middle of the low hill, and the group followed this path up the mountain. They saw that all the graves on both sides of the path had been dug up, and the coffins inside had been opened and exposed. Even more horrifying, the coffins were all empty; there were no bodies inside.
"I hope this doesn't ruin things for the tomb raiders."
After catching his breath, Zhao Feng approached a coffin and examined it with a grin, but couldn't figure it out.
Zhang Shi shook his head.
“I think something’s fishy about this place. Who would come here to dig up graves? I don’t think there’s anything fishy about this place.”
Ge Dalong cautiously looked around and said in a low voice.
“This soil isn’t new; it must have been dug up some time ago. And these graves have been disturbed so thoroughly, and the bodies are nowhere to be found. We have to be careful.”
Zhang Shi nodded, signaling everyone to remain vigilant and continue forward.
They walked along the path, passing rows of weathered tombstones, each step feeling particularly heavy.
The wind, which had been blowing silently, carried a chill as it swept through the cemetery, whistling softly as if whispering untold secrets.
Zhang Shi felt a chill run down his spine, pulled out Lao Duan, and suddenly turned around to slash at what he was doing behind him.
"ah!"
A shrill, piercing sound came from right in front of Zhang Shi. Judging from the sensations that Lao Duan had given him, he must have seen something.
Strangely, Zhang Shi did not notice anything unusual with his naked eye.
"Ding, team kill"
[Evil Spirit (White) x1: A creature formed from resentment, it has no fixed form and is difficult to detect with the naked eye.]
Gained 15 experience points.
After landing a successful attack, Zhang Shi quickly retreated. As he retreated, he used his True Essence to examine the spot.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Shi's scalp tingled for the umpteenth time.
In the fixed lens, countless figures were highlighted, almost filling the entire cemetery.
"I'm testing your horse, get out of here!"
Zhang Shi grabbed Wu Qing, who was still in a daze, and ran wildly along the path.
Seeing Zhang Shi running like a startled rabbit, the crowd had no idea what had happened and could only follow him in a daze.
As Zhao Feng ran, he curiously took out the Dingzhen (a type of magic weapon), glanced back at it, and his face immediately turned ashen. He then turned around and caught up with the others.
He ran all the way to the top of the mountain, far away from the cemetery, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the highlighted figures were not chasing after him.
Ge Dalong asked breathlessly, "Zhang Shi, what exactly happened? What did you see?"
Zhang Shi shared the identification information and replied hastily, "Evil spirits, evil spirits all over the mountain! These tombs were probably dug up because of these things."
"I'm so confused. Isn't the place we've traveled to called the Wilderness World? How come there are slimes and evil spirits here?"
Zhao Feng cautiously stared in the direction of the cemetery, not forgetting to make a comment.
Zhang Shi recalled Black Tiger's strange self-healing ability and made a bold guess.
“These instances have likely been separated from the wilderness world and should have a different biological system.”
Just then, an even stronger gust of wind swept in, accompanied by howling and whispers, as if the entire cemetery was responding to the call of those evil spirits. Zhang Shi saw those bright figures slowly moving towards the mountaintop and couldn't help but feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.
"Oh no, they're here."
Faced with this unseen enemy, and a strange creature even associated with ghosts and gods, everyone felt a natural fear. Even the usually carefree Zhao Feng felt somewhat uneasy.
Behind him was a steep cliff, and even if he managed to get down, there was an impassable fog ahead. Zhang Shi steeled his resolve, took out his composite bow, and unleashed a triple strike at the evil spirit in front of him.
"Whoosh~"
The arrow pierced the air, passing right through the evil spirit's body without causing any damage. Fortunately, the two energy arrows generated by the skill were still powerful; after striking the evil spirit, they exploded in mid-air, shattering it.
“These things have no physical form, so we have to use special methods to attack them to be effective.” After saying that, Zhang Shi used the Arrow Rain skill of his composite bow to unleash a barrage of fire at the evil spirits in the front.
Upon hearing this, Ge Dalong immediately became ruthless, brandishing his magic wand incessantly, unleashing ice spikes and energy balls simultaneously, striking the direction from which they had come without a clear target. This elicited a series of agonizing screams, clearly demonstrating its effectiveness.
Seeing the bright figure in the lens of the fixed mirror shatter like a bubble, Zhao Feng overcame his fear, lit up his flint giant axe, and ignited a blazing flame on the blade, sweeping it forward with a powerful blow.
When the flames touched the evil spirit, it was as if it had encountered flammable material, instantly igniting the evil spirit and turning it into a sea of fire. Now, even without Dingzhen, everyone could clearly see the enemy's outline.
Wu Qing had already activated the Ancestral Staff and lit several kinds of incense to enhance the attributes of her teammates. Seeing that Zhao Feng's fire attack had taken effect and that large areas of flaming afterimages were visible, she immediately let out a delicate shout.
"Back off!"
After saying that, he took out a few red chili peppers and threw them forward.
Zhao Feng had witnessed the power of these chili peppers before. He abandoned the enemy in front of him and hurriedly ran backwards, holding his axe upside down.
"boom!"
Several red chili peppers exploded together, flames shooting into the sky, bringing a touch of life to this deserted village that had been silent for who knows how long.
Zhang Shi stared intently as he saw that the area of the explosion had created a vacuum zone, where countless evil spirits perished. The evil spirits on the edge were also affected by the flames and screamed as they fled in all directions.
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