Fang Zheng opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep.

The church in front of him was no different from when he fell asleep, even the shadow cast by the fiery red sunset light was still in the same place. This made Fang Zheng a little confused, it seemed that there was something wrong with the passage of time in this world... or in other words, in this world, night would never come.

“Huh…”

Fang Zheng stood up and found two swords, one long and one short, lying quietly beside him. He reached out to pick up the long swords, and as he grasped the hilts, he saw blue and purple circular emblems appear on the backs of his hands at the same time.

Then, flames emerged from the sword, quickly spread along Fang Zheng's arms and covered his body, surrounding him completely.

Although he was covered by the blazing flames, Fang Zheng did not feel the slightest bit of burning. On the contrary, he felt as if his whole body was soaked in a hot spring, comfortable and cozy. The fatigue from the previous battle was swept away. At the same time, Fang Zheng also saw the rotten wound on his chest. The originally dark color seemed to have faded a lot under the burning of the flames.

Not only that, under the burning flames, the clothes Fang Zheng was originally wearing were gradually burned to ashes.

When the flames disappeared again, Fang Zheng walked out wearing a triangular hat, silver-white light armor, and a bright red cloak covering the lower half of his face, leaving only his eyes exposed...

Sure enough, this suit is more suitable.

Looking at the armor he was wearing, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction. He raised his right hand and opened the Dimension Code System. Although the system in front of Fang Zheng was still black and white, its prompt had changed from [System Offline] to [System Offline... Repairing (Progress 3%)]

Finally found a way to fix it.

Looking at the system prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Then he picked up the giant sword, hung the hunter's relics around his waist, and strode towards the church door again.

Just when Fang Zheng was about to leave the church, suddenly, the old man who was crawling on the ground called him again.

"Hunter... please... save those who have not been lost during the hunting night..."

"If I see it, I will save it."

Hearing the old man's request, Fang Zheng waved his hand, then he looked at the old man next to him again.

"But I must correct one thing, I am not a hunter."

"...So, stranger, you are..."

"I am……"

Looking at the old man in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"I am the Abyss Watcher, an undead warrior from Farran."

Having said this, Fang Zheng nodded to the old man, then turned and left. The old man stared at Fang Zheng's back, and remained silent for a long time...

After leaving the church, Fang Zheng was surprised to find that everything seemed to have returned to its original state after he fell asleep. Just like the monsters in an online game would refresh, in this world, the monsters he had just killed started a new round of fighting and killing again.

Unfortunately, the hunter that Fang Zheng had killed before did not come back to life, and his wife's body was still there... It seemed that apart from the cursed people mentioned by the church elders, no one else seemed to have the ability to come back to life. As for why the hunter did not come back to life again...

Fang Zheng suspected that this might be related to the power he absorbed when he killed him before.

After getting the Farlan Great Sword, Fang Zheng threw away the cane sword. Although the cane sword's ability to transform was quite cool, Fang Zheng was still better at using the weapon he was used to. On the way back, Fang Zheng killed the monsters one by one again like chopping melons and vegetables. This time, Fang Zheng observed carefully and found that after he killed these monsters, they would also "explode" energy similar to mist. But I don't know if it was because their power was too weak, so Fang Zheng returned to the earth before he had time to absorb it and disappeared in this world.

Well, maybe it’s waiting for the next “refresh”.

There is clearly something wrong with this world.

Whether it was the fact that time seemed to have no elapsed at all, or the fact that these monsters would respawn after being killed, it was obviously not real. Fang Zheng felt that this small town called Yharnam seemed to be in the gap between dreams and reality. Some people really existed, so if they died, they died. But some people had been attracted by the dream, and they entered a nightmare that they could never leave, and they would feel eternal pain in it.

But now...

"Why……"

Fang Zheng felt a little depressed when he thought about having to bring bad news to the girl. He didn't want to be the bad messenger, but now it seemed that there was no one else who could do this except himself... No, wait, it seemed that there was?

Fang Zheng clearly remembered that, in addition to the little girl, there was also an old man who was willing to talk to him and asked Fang Zheng to find a safe place for him. Now it seems that the small church is indeed very safe. If it is there, there should be no problem. In this case, then... Fang Zheng has a solution.

“Boom boom boom.”

Soon, Fang Zheng followed the original route and arrived at the old man's house again and knocked on the door. Then, the old man's slightly impatient voice came from inside.

"What is it, Hunter? Have you found a safe place?"

"That's right, ma'am."

Hearing the old man's question, Fang Zheng nodded.

"The Orton Chapel is a very safe place. Those monsters won't enter it. If you are sure you want to go..."

"Go, of course I'm going!"

But just as Fang Zheng finished speaking, the old man suddenly screamed.

"I've had enough of this damn place! I'll go there now. Okay, hunter, go do what you have to do! Leave an old woman like me alone!"

"...I already said I'm not a hunter..."

Facing the old man's answer, Fang Zheng rolled his eyes helplessly, but he still reached out and knocked on the door again. This time, the old man's impatient voice came from the door again.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else you want?"

"It is like this, old lady..."

Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment.

"Just before I came here, I talked to a little girl. Her mother left the little girl alone to find her husband, so the little girl wanted me to help find her parents..."

"I don't see anyone here except you!"

"I understand that... I mean... well, although I did find the little girl's parents, they're already... so now, the child is alone. I think it's very unsafe for her to stay in the house alone. If possible, could you come with me to find her and take her to the church?"

“…”

This time, the old man did not speak. After a while, the door that was originally closed in front of Fang Zheng opened a crack, and then an old man wearing a white hat stared at him through the crack.

"Who? The little girl? Who are you talking about? Who are her parents?"

"These are all I can bring back..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and showed the old man the brooch in his hand. When the old man saw the brooch, his eyes widened suddenly.

"Oh my God... it's Father Gascoigne and his wife... Well... then the child must be Cecilia..."

Having said this, the old woman was silent for a moment, then she looked at Fang Zheng again.

"Okay, wait here for me, stranger, I'll go pack my things."

After saying this, the old woman closed the door again. But this time, Fang Zheng didn't have to wait too long. After a few minutes, the old woman came out with a lamp. She first looked at Fang Zheng carefully, and then nodded.

"Okay, stranger, let's go."

Perhaps it was because Fang Zheng's attire had changed, or perhaps it was because of Fang Zheng's previous request, this time the old woman's attitude towards Fang Zheng was not as fierce as before. On the contrary, she began to become like an ordinary old person, nagging as she walked.

"I know Father Gascoigne. He's a good man. He loves his wife and daughter very much... But he doesn't have a very good relationship with his eldest daughter. To be honest, when I first knew he was going to hunt, I thought about stopping him. But who would listen to an old lonely woman? Hunting, hunting, what's the point of all this?"

"...Oh, stranger, you have a good heart. But why did you come to Yharnam? This place has gone crazy and ruined. An old man like me can only wait here and survive with it..."

"About Yharnam? You must have heard of Yharnam's blood therapy. Legend has it that Yharnam's blood can cure all diseases. Most of those outsiders came here for this reason. Many of them were seriously ill and longed to be cured here. But what's the use? Blood therapy is not the end of the nightmare, but the beginning of a disaster. Many of those who were injected with blood went crazy. They turned into lunatics and beasts, wandering around, killing, and making the town a mess. The church organized a hunting team to hunt these monsters, but it was meaningless. In the end, Yharnam became what it is now..."

Although the old man kept nagging along the way, it was a good thing for Fang Zheng. At least from the old man, he learned the history of this town. According to the old man, Yanan has a special blood that can cure all diseases as long as it is injected into the human body (this sounds like an old military doctor advertisement). And because of this, people from all over the country who suffer from difficult and complicated diseases come here to "seek medical treatment and blood". They all received blood therapy and cured their diseases.

But blood therapy is not without side effects. Those who have received blood therapy have become addicted to it. Some of them have turned into beasts because they have exceeded the limit, and the rest have become more or less crazy. So far, almost everyone has either turned into a monster or a lunatic, and only a very small number of people who have not received blood therapy can still stay awake...

Fang Zheng really wanted to complain. In this day and age, you don't even check the blood type before giving blood transfusions. Is that really okay? Putting aside the sanitation issue, do you only use type O blood for blood therapy?

At this moment, Fang Zheng saw a lantern in front of him.

We have arrived at the little girl’s home.