Drip drip drip!
A sudden, urgent ringing sound startled Wei Kai, whose relaxed mind instantly tensed up again.
He quickly pulled out his phone from his pocket, glanced at the time, and then his whole demeanor changed.
“Damn it, it’s six-thirty!”
Six-thirty was when it got dark.
If he couldn't return to the city in time after dark, he would face the most terrifying situation in the world.
For eighteen years, almost no human had survived a night in the wilderness.
Staying in the wilderness after dark was almost certain death!
“It’s over!”
Wei Kai took off running, wishing he had wings to fly directly back to the city.
However… the night fog came extremely fast!
In just a few minutes, the black fog obscured the entire Wild Boar Forest, and the sun in the sky completely disappeared.
It was dark!
Faint sounds of Ghosts crying and wolves howling came from all directions.
It was as if the whispers of the dead echoed in his ears, and the wind blowing around him carried a thick scent of blood.
Wei Kai glanced at his status bar and found that he had been afflicted with more than a dozen debuffs; not only had his five attributes dropped by 80%, but his speed and stamina had also been greatly reduced.
The most terrifying thing was that his health was slowly decreasing… but it wasn't a loss of current health, but a direct reduction of his maximum health.
In just a few minutes, his maximum health had dropped from 527 points to 501 points.
This kind of reduction could not be recovered by any means.
He didn't know if his maximum health would drop to “0,” but if it dropped to single or double digits, he could die from a mere stumble or bump.
“No, I need to find a place to hide!”
No matter what, Wei Kai did not want to die in the wilderness.
He still had unfinished business, and more things to do; if he died in the wilderness, in the darkness, it would be too frustrating!
Thinking of this, he started walking towards his right.
He remembered a small, low mountain to the east of the Wild Boar Forest.
That was the monkeys' territory.
Wei Kai had never been there because he didn't want to encounter monkeys, but now… that seemed to be his only way out.
Only by hiding in the mountain, finding a cave to hunker down in, could he possibly survive the terrifying night.
After walking a few dozen steps, Wei Kai’s foot seemed to kick something, making a crisp cracking sound.
He was momentarily stunned, then remembered it was the shattered water jar.
Unfortunately, the water jar had been smashed by Old Monkey’s punch, and not a single drop of liquid remained, all spilled into the ground.
The fragments of the water jar were useless, and he had to carefully avoid them to prevent cutting his feet.
As he walked, another cracking sound suddenly came.
Wei Kai thought he had kicked another water jar fragment and muttered, “Bad luck!”
As soon as he spoke, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
This sound… why did it feel like it was coming from behind him?
“Damn it!”
He instantly felt a chill down his spine, as if something had targeted him.
Wei Kai’s nerves instantly tightened, and he suddenly rolled forward, then, using the momentum of his roll, looked behind him.
The result… nothing!
There was nothing behind him.
Wei Kai, still sprawled on the ground, was dumbfounded.
“Did I imagine it?”
Impossible, he clearly felt something staring at him, so how could there be nothing?
He scratched his head, reluctantly stood up, and then turned to continue walking east.
Then, he froze.
Before him floated a half-decayed corpse!
“Ghost!”
Wei Kai almost peed himself in fright, instantly pulling out his greatsword and slashing at it.
However, the sword struck nothing.
The sword, which clearly should have landed on the decaying corpse, felt as if it had struck empty air, with no sensation of impact.
Wei Kai was startled again, suddenly remembering what his teacher had said in school.
Some Ghost-like monsters could be immune to physical attacks.
That is to say, any physical attack would be ineffective against it; only magical and spiritual attacks could kill it.
This Ghost before him was clearly one of those.
Seeing that his attack was ineffective, Wei Kai could only retreat repeatedly, then pulled out a stack of talismans from his backpack.
But just then, he suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon.
This Ghost seemed to have no intention of attacking!
Upon realizing this, Wei Kai was immediately stunned.
How could that be… if it didn't want to attack me, why would it appear here?
It almost scared me to death.
Thinking of this, he focused his gaze again and realized that not only was this monster not attacking him, but blue Ghost fire flickered in its skull.
Flickering on and off, as if communicating with him?
“You… are you talking to me?” Wei Kai hesitated for a long time before asking.
As soon as he spoke, the monster’s Ghost fire flickered several times in succession, then remained steadily lit.
Seeing this, Wei Kai’s mind went blank.
This thing… it was actually talking to him!
But what did it want to say?
As he was pondering, the monster’s Ghost fire suddenly flashed, then it lunged at him.
“Ambush!”
An alarm instantly blared in his mind, and he quickly dodged to the side, trying to avoid the opponent's attack.
But the next moment, a blood-red number still floated above his forehead.
“-306!”
With this, Wei Kai’s health bar was directly reduced by more than half.
“Damn!”
Wei Kai cursed in anger, immediately drew his sword to counterattack, but the next scene directly stunned him.
The monster that had lunged at him didn't pursue him, but… started fighting with the air.
“No!”
“It’s not the air, it’s the invisible Nightmare Wind in the darkness!”
Wei Kai suddenly realized, then quickly glanced at the game prompt.
【You were attacked by Nightmare Wind, losing 306 health points!】
“The one who attacked me just now wasn’t that monster, but the ‘Nightmare Wind’ in the darkness!”
Wei Kai suddenly understood, immediately swung his sword horizontally, and then heard a “clang” as the greatsword struck something hard in the darkness.
Indeed!
There was more than one Nightmare Wind in the darkness; there were more monsters hiding in the darkness, waiting for an opportunity to kill him.
“Damn it, I’ll fight!”
In the darkness, he couldn't see the positions of the Nightmare Winds, nor could he observe their attack methods.
If he didn't attack proactively, he could only sit and wait for death.
But fortunately… he had gone to the Taoist temple with Tian Xiaoling last night and bought many talismans.
The next moment, Wei Kai directly pulled out more than a dozen talismans from his backpack and scattered them in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, golden light burst forth from the talismans, illuminating the surrounding darkness brightly.
In that instant, Wei Kai finally saw the appearance of the Nightmare Winds and their number.
“Seven!”
The golden light flashed and disappeared, and the surroundings plunged back into darkness.
But the ensuing effect, however, greatly broadened Wei Kai’s horizons.
