Chapter 154 Night Candle Rules 32 Injury.
As the smoke from the explosion cleared, the others jumped in one after another. It wasn't a long time, but it still took a few minutes. With Nanmen Jue's combat experience and alertness, she should have reacted by now. However, she still stood in front of the table, staring intently at the box of cookies.
The underground space was spacious, but sparsely decorated, like a war-damaged, unfinished house. It didn't look like anyone had lived there for a long time. The only piece of furniture that could be considered intact was this box of cookies that looked out of place.
"What is that?" Yu Wanyan tried to get closer to take a look, but Mo Gui pulled her back.
"Can't you see that Brother Jue is thinking about something? Be more perceptive." Mo Gui lowered his voice.
"Who asked you? I asked what's on that table." Yu Wanyan pushed him away.
"It's Anhui brand cookies, chocolate flavored!" Mo Gui said. "Ask, ask, now you know?"
Yu Wanyan stopped and looked carefully at Nanmen Jue. Perhaps she finally noticed that Nanmen Jue's expression was a little strange, and slowly said "Oh".
Wei Chongru stood to the side, not participating in the debate, but he glanced at Mo Gui thoughtfully.
Mo Gui turned his head away, feigning calmness, but his ears were burning so badly he couldn't ignore it.
In the past, he probably wouldn't have understood what Wei Chongru meant, but now he saw it at a glance. He wondered how this silly boy who always knew how to argue with Yu Wanyan had suddenly become emotionally intelligent and could even say that others were not perceptive.
He was desperate too, and suddenly his emotional intelligence grew.
When a straight man suddenly becomes enlightened, he is the one who is most devastated.
The argument didn't affect Nanmen Jue. She stared at the last gift and finally slowly reached out to take it.
The rustling sounds behind her stopped, and three pairs of eyes were fixed on her.
The cookies were still the same box. Nanmen Jue put them into his system space, taking up a slot he bought with a thousand points without any hesitation, and then picked up the note that was under the box.
Did her sister know she would definitely find this place?
The question flashed through Nanmen Jue's mind, but he didn't dwell on it. He opened the note and read the words on it.
Unlike the letter that was previously placed in the base, this note was clearly written hastily, with more messy handwriting and very simple content.
[Take away cookies!]
Nanmen Jue was taken aback.
She will definitely take the cookies, but are they so important that it needs to be emphasized?
She took out the cookies again and looked at them carefully. It was a box of unopened chocolate chip cookies, Nanmen Jue's favorite flavor. According to the flow of time in reality, they hadn't expired yet.
Nanmen Jue examined the note from all angles, even holding it up to the light. Could it be that some chemical reagent was used on it, requiring a reaction before the hidden words could be seen?
According to my sister's habits, shouldn't she at least say who to be careful of, like the judge? Or is there just too many things to be careful of in this world, so she simply didn't write it?
Her strange behavior made the three people behind her unable to stand it any longer.
Wei Chongru asked cautiously, "Brother Nanmen, what happened?"
"...No." Nanmen Jue put the note away in confusion, which had taken up another 1,000-point space.
She has never managed to obtain the Qiankun Bag item, but fortunately, she is wealthy.
Mo Gui also lingered over, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Nanmen Jue, "So, Brother Jue, what are we going to do next? Is there anything else we need to look for?"
"..." Nanmen Jue gave him a strange look. She felt that Mo Gui was more like a puppy now.
She had just opened her mouth to reply when her vision suddenly blurred. Had she blown up this underground space? Without time to think, Nanmen Jue quickly said, "Go up!" He grabbed Mo Gui with one hand and Yu Wanyan with the other and ran up.
However, as soon as she touched the ground above, her entire field of vision went black.
In this world, the situation is already quite clear: they have been pulled into some kind of eerie realm again.
Realizing this situation, Nanmen Jue felt calmer, and his right eye's field of vision rotated and expanded, activating the night vision function.
"Brother Jue?" Mo Gui's voice came from the side, because Nanmen Jue was holding him, and they hadn't been separated.
Nanmen Jue called out again, "Wei Chongru?"
“I’m here, Brother Nanmen,” Wei Chongru replied quickly.
"It's so dark," Yu Wanyan complained. "Nanmen Jue, let go of my hand, you're hurting me."
Nanmen Jue let go of their hands, pulled all three of them to his side, and then looked around.
In just a moment, they went from the ruins of a modern city to the desolate wilderness, and from daytime to pitch black.
Wei Chongru said, "Brother Nanmen, can you see clearly? I can't see anything."
“I can’t see it either,” Yu Wanyan said. “This kind of darkness is abnormal.”
Nanmen Jue then realized this. She wanted to try turning off the prop function to see what kind of darkness it was. Before she could do it, a faint sound came from the side. Before her brain could issue a command, her combat experience made her muscles move on their own, and she pushed Mo Gui away from her side.
A gentle breeze swept past them, and Mo Gui exclaimed softly, "What was that!"
Nanmen Jue saw what it was.
It wasn't a ghostly servant, but a semi-transparent thing. When it pounced, it still had a human shape. Nanmen Jue was certain that it still had a physical form at that time, but now it turned into a wisp of smoke and quickly dissipated, as if it had never existed.
Nanmen Jue felt a chill run down his spine as he watched this scene.
No one else saw it and didn't know what had happened. Nanmen Jue was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Stay close to me."
Sensing something ominous in her tone, the three of them felt a chill run down their spines and quickened their pace to follow Nanmen Jue.
After taking a few steps, Nanmen Jue suddenly remembered something, took out three candles, and handed them to the three people respectively, saying, "Light them."
Without her saying anything, the three of them quickly lit the candles using their own methods. Holding the candles, they subconsciously looked around, and what they saw made all three of them change color.
Just two steps away from them, there were countless semi-transparent things standing in dense formation. They had no facial features, no legs, and stretched out their arms, almost touching them!
As soon as the candlelight shone, the animals, fearing the faint light, shrank back and then left.
“…What is this?” Wei Chongru’s voice trembled. Even someone who was used to the cruelty of the apocalypse would break out in a cold sweat upon seeing this scene.
"I don't know." Nanmen Jue's eyes were serious.
This strange realm is clearly different from any we've encountered before, so we must be extra careful.
Now all three of them knew how powerful this strange realm was, and they all clung tightly to Nanmen Jue, afraid of falling behind.
Suddenly, Nanmen Jue paused again. In his right eye's field of vision, several lines extended out, pointing out directions.
This means that these marked targets are very close and can be reached directly!
They were pulled into this eerie realm too? How is that possible? They're so far apart!
"Brother Jue, there seems to be someone over there!" Mo Gui said, pointing in a direction.
Nanmen Jue looked over and saw several figures stumbling and running towards them. They had been like a group of headless flies, but after seeing the firelight, they immediately seemed to have found a guiding light and rushed straight towards them.
Some of the people had names on their heads, while others didn't; it was unclear whether they were hiding or were native inhabitants.
The fastest young man said, "Brother, could you lend me your light? Thanks, brother... uh, Yu Wanyan?"
His voice went from one of relief to one of alarm, all it took was a glance at the name on Yu Wanyan's head, which was flushed red.
Yu Wanyan didn't even glance at them.
The young man, Wu Wenhua, had a conflicted look on his face. But with dangers lurking in front and behind, and thinking of how terrifying those transparent monsters were, he gritted his teeth and said shamelessly, "So candles can repel these things. If we had known, we would have stocked up on more."
Nanmen Jue didn't say much, only asking, "Have you ever been caught by them?"
"Those things are incredibly fast. We weren't careful, and one of our brothers got caught." Wu Wenhua's expression was grim, as if he had seen something terrifying.
What happens if you get caught?
"It will...disappear."
"Disappeared?" Nanmen Jue didn't understand.
"They will replace you!" a young voice said firmly from behind. "After they catch you, your flesh and blood will slowly enter the monster's body, and it will gradually become like a living person. Then the person who was caught will gradually become transparent."
The eerie scene sent chills down everyone's spine.
Is this a monster eating people? It sounds like a vengeful ghost!
Nanmen Jue looked up at the person behind Wu Wenhua. The one who had just spoken was a round-faced boy with no name on his head. Nanmen Jue subconsciously felt that he was an indigenous person.
Reincarnators could not possibly have such a firm and pure gaze.
Wu Wenhua lowered his voice and said, "Our backgrounds are a bit mixed, so be careful what you say, brother."
Although Nanmen Jue didn't have a name above her head, her aura was calm and cold. As soon as she stood there, everyone subconsciously moved closer to her. With such a powerful aura, no one doubted that she wasn't a reincarnator.
Wu Wenhua's words sounded like a threat at first glance, but as a fellow reincarnator, he could tell that he was telling people that there were natives here and to be careful what they said so as not to be punished by the main god.
Nanmen Jue glanced at Wu Wenhua; his willingness to lead the indigenous people to safety gave her an initial sense of goodwill.
The group huddled together in the darkness, unsure of what to do. Now that there were more people, Nanmen Jue distributed some candles, intending for them to stay where they were while he went out to explore.
I'll also see if I can run into anyone else who came in at the same time.
At that moment, she seemed to sense something, looked up into the distance, and a bright light shone from afar, like the sun rising in the darkness. The crowd cheered involuntarily.
However, that was not the sun, but a separate area that had been carved out and, by some unknown means, made into the only light in this darkness.
"Then... could that be a safe zone created by a big shot?" Wu Wenhua couldn't hide his excitement.
Safe zone? I'm just hoping it's not a death trap. Nanmen Jue thought to himself.
“You stay here, I’ll go check it out,” she said.
"Let's go together." Wu Wenhua immediately brightened up. "Since we've met, even if there's danger, we should face it together!"
He seems to be a hot-blooded idiot.
Nanmen Jue glanced at him and didn't refuse again. Mo Gui noticed that she seemed to smile.
The group hurried toward the area of light, their pace quick with their eagerness. When they arrived, a large crowd had already gathered there.
Some had names above their heads, but most didn't. The signal in Nanmen Jue's right eye flashed strongly, indicating that someone she knew was nearby.
She glanced around discreetly, and in that instant, she spotted someone who shouldn't be there.
She thought she was seeing things, her gaze fixed on the person's thin, hunched back.
The gaze was so focused that Yu Wanyan noticed it. She followed the gaze and asked, "Zhu Wenjun? Who is that? Do you know him?"
Zhu Wenjie's younger sister, Zhu Wenjun, whom Nanmen Jue had specifically asked Ying Yao to take care of before entering this world, is also in this dark world. She is alone and cowering, not daring to look up at anyone around her.
Like a sheep that has strayed into a pack of wolves.
Nanmen Jue strode towards Zhu Wenjun, put his hand on the girl's shoulder, and asked, "Zhu Wenjun?"
Zhu Wenjun slowly turned her head, revealing an overly pale face. When she saw Nanmen Jue, her pupils contracted slightly.
Nanmen Jue subconsciously sensed something was wrong. She didn't seem surprised to see him here, and what she saw in her eyes was—
With a soft "plop," accompanied by several exclamations, Nanmen Jue slowly lowered his head.
A dagger was plunged into her chest, showing no mercy.
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Author's note: My head has been foggy since yesterday. I can't seem to wake up properly. My brain feels like a melted ice cream because of an allergic reaction. The allergy medication I took had a terrible reaction TVT. If I hadn't taken a day off or updated in the last two days, I would have just fallen into a deep sleep and wouldn't have been able to wake up even with an alarm clock.
Allergies are common during seasonal changes, so please be extra careful with your babies.
Help! I feel like I'm not even making any sense as I say this; my soul is floating.
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