While searching for supplies, she noticed strange and unusual signs on walls and utility poles.
These markings were drawn with a dark red liquid, so dark it was almost black, and it had a strong, fishy smell, like dried blood. The shapes were also very strange, crooked and complex, yet they didn't seem like random scribbles.
Moreover, there was a dried human skin on the street corner!
It was stretched on a dilapidated wooden frame, resembling a "flag".
This town is really eerie.
Even Bula and Fedo's expressions changed, and they started discussing it enthusiastically in the chat.
【chat】
[Bula]: This town is so weird, it's completely abnormal!!! ?·°(???﹏???)°·?
[Feiduo]: Indeed, the survival dungeon on Blue Star is a bit scary... What should a normal town look like?
[Bula]: I don't know either. At least they're all people; it wouldn't be this gloomy.
[Bula]: It's alright, it's alright, it's just the system playing tricks. The three of us aren't afraid of them...
[Feiduo]: ? Wait, if I'm not mistaken, when you saw the butcher and the human skin, you immediately shrank to her feet. You seemed to be quite skilled at it. It shouldn't be the first time you've done this, right?
[Yu Xiangnan]: 1
【Bula】: Uh.....(°ー°〃)
......
After all that work, Yu Xiangnan had a rough idea of the town's layout in her mind.
After much deliberation, she finally chose the second floor of a building as her temporary lodging.
As for why this place was chosen... it's relatively clean, and its elevated location makes it easy to observe the surroundings and also allows for setting traps on the first floor.
In addition, there is a small supermarket downstairs with basic daily necessities, which can be described as "one-stop shopping". It saves time and effort when carrying things, which is very convenient.
Yu Xiangnan went to the second-floor window and looked out.
Not far from here, directly opposite the dilapidated building guarded by the Butcher.
This distance is delicate; being far enough ensures you have enough safety space, while being close allows you to barely sense any movement on the other side and prepare in advance for any unusual activity.
After making the bed and setting up Bu La's nest, Yu Xiangnan was finally able to rest for a while.
She took out the pork cards she had looted from the butcher's dilapidated house from the card album and examined them carefully.
Soon, her gaze was drawn to a line of small red text on the item description, which read: "Warning: This item is not edible."
Inedible?
That's such a pity. Anyway, let's keep it for now; it might come in handy someday...
Will this thing attract NPCs?
......
As night fell, the fog grew thicker.
Darkness engulfed the town like a tidal wave.
Inside the dilapidated house, the dim candlelight flickered in the cold wind, and the butcher's blurry yet imposing figure appeared and disappeared between the light and shadow.
Suddenly, a long, high-pitched bell rang out from the town.
Thump—thump—
The butcher moved instantly.
He gripped the rusty, yet still chillingly sharp, butcher knife tightly in one hand, and held the candle high in the other. Then, like a manipulated puppet, he moved with stiff, mechanical steps and quickly disappeared into the darkness outside.
Suddenly, many people holding candles appeared on the streets of the small town.
They seemed to be drawn by some force, moving in a fixed direction.
The instant the bell rang, Yu Xiangnan quickly got up, leaned against the window, and looked out without making a sound.
At this moment, Bula was groggily waking up from his sleep. In his sleepy state, he vaguely saw a dark shadow by the window and was immediately terrified.
Fortunately, it can't make a sound, otherwise it would definitely be screaming right now.
It breathed a sigh of relief after recognizing Yu Xiangnan.
[Bula]: What are you doing...?
[Yu Xiangnan]: Don't make a sound, look out the window.
Despite his fear, Bula slowly approached the window.
What came into view was an extremely eerie scene: in the mist, a group of "people" holding candles walked mechanically and stiffly in the same direction.
The scene exuded an indescribable eeriness and strangeness.
[Bula]: ? ! !
[Bula]: So, are those all ghosts?
Before Yu Xiangnan could even read the messages in the chat box, without warning, she suddenly felt something grab her feet.
It has a soft, furry texture and is slightly warm to the touch.
It was even...shaking.
Yu Xiangnan: "......"
Without even thinking, it's Bula.
Fedo didn't need to sleep at all, so he quietly stayed in the corner of the room on guard. Seeing Bula so scared that he wet himself, he gained a new definition of the word "cowardly" and had quite an eye-opener.
At the same time, the group of people holding candles also arrived at their destination.
In the center of the open space was a simple altar made of piled stones, and the ground was covered with strange symbols written in blood, with twisted and winding lines.
The crowd stood around the altar, chanting incantations. Their voices were deep and incoherent, interwoven with notes incomprehensible to humans, as if they were communicating with some being beyond dimensions.
Dawn broke quickly.
This was the first day of the survival game, so on the first night, Yu Xiangnan did not plan to act rashly, but instead prepared to observe the situation first.
This instance is significantly more difficult, with a sharp decrease in the number of participants and a much smaller game map, the entire game space being only the size of this small town.
She took a look, and the area where the train had crashed was no longer accessible, completely covered by a thick, heavy fog that seemed to have a physical form.
It seems to be outside the edge of the map.
Furthermore, the pork she received from the butcher was inexplicably inedible, plunging her into a food shortage once again. She was also unsure if supplies in town would dwindle, so she needed to gather resources quickly from the outset.
Yu Xiangnan quickened her pace, searching for supplies in the town, when suddenly her gaze was drawn to a figure.
A little girl wearing a bright red tutu was walking towards her.
Compared to the butcher who exuded a sinister and terrifying aura, the little girl looked much more normal, almost no different from an ordinary child.
The little girl clutched a bunch of colorful wildflowers tightly in her hand and ran over, seemingly intending to give the flowers to Yu Xiangnan.
Upon seeing this, Yu Xiangnan couldn't help but feel suspicious and stood still without moving.
Out of caution, I did not reach out to take the flowers.
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