It is recorded in Volume 12 of "Sou Shen Ji."
In the mountains of Linchuan, there are evil creatures that often appear with strong winds and rain, making a whistling sound. They can shoot people, and those struck by them will swell up and become highly poisonous in a short while.
They are commonly known as "Daolao Ghost."
Upon arriving at the storage area, almost everyone activated their Divine Appearance.
However, in the face of the Daolao Ghost's rain of poisonous arrows, they were like lambs to the slaughter, completely defenseless.
"Don't leave me behind!"
"Retreat!"
"Quickly retreat!"
The crowd was congested and slow-moving, becoming living targets for the Daolao Ghost.
After just two waves of poisonous arrows, more than two-thirds of the people had died, turning into pus and blood that was absorbed by the Spirit World-transformed ground, accelerating its expansion.
The survivors retreated, attempting to flee towards the Laboratory area.
But the evil spirits from the Laboratory area surged in, blocking their escape route.
The quality of these evil spirits was significantly higher than those previously eliminated—a trap!
A trap to lure the enemy deep!
the middle-aged man, who had already transformed into a giant, had a grim expression. Any evil spirit with intelligence was difficult to deal with.
Now, these evil spirits could even 'lure the enemy deep,' clearly indicating a high level of intelligence.
Old Li, protected by the Five Directions Revealing Truth, came to his side and said,
"Old Zhang, we haven't been treated as fodder, have we?"
Giant Old Zhang instantly understood what he meant. For evil spirits, humans were the most delicious food, capable of accelerating their growth!
And those who had awakened their Divine Appearance were even more nourishing!
Old Li suspected this was a trap set by the Biological Laboratory, intended to feed them to the evil spirits.
But what would the Laboratory gain?
Old Zhang frowned, suddenly thinking of a possibility.
Could it be that their Laboratory's Hungry Ghost Tai Sui was about to enter its next stage of growth?
If that were true, everything would make sense!
The raw material for that bio-agent must be the Hungry Ghost Tai Sui. If the Hungry Ghost Tai Sui grew to the next stage, its 'efficacy' would certainly be much stronger!
At that time, both the stability rate and the enhancement effect would improve significantly!
For the Biological Laboratory, this was undoubtedly a tremendous temptation!
And the simplest way to make evil spirits grow is to... eat people!
Especially people like them who have awakened their Divine Appearance!
But would anyone really take such a risk?
After all, if the Great Wall Watch found out about this, anyone even remotely connected to them would have their heads displayed on the city gates!
The Great Wall Watch's motto has always been: when it comes to evil spirits, better to kill a thousand innocents than let one guilty person escape!
Let alone such a heinous act as feeding humans to evil spirits!
"Damn it, you never know!"
Old Zhang cursed, his expression growing even more grim.
But the evil spirits didn't give them time to think further, roaring as they pounced!
Old Li's Five Directions Revealing Truth blocked wave after wave of attacks, its light visibly dimming.
"Old Zhang! If this continues, we'll be dragged to our deaths. Let's break out!"
"It's not that simple. You saw how thick that alloy door was when we came in. If it can stop evil spirits, can we break through?"
"Whether we can break out or not, we have to try! It's better than waiting here to die!"
Old Li's face began to turn pale. His Five Directions Revealing Truth had strong defensive capabilities, but it couldn't withstand the continuous, wave-like attacks!
Old Zhang gritted his teeth and shouted again.
"Damn it, we've been tricked by that bastard! This is a trap, a trap aimed at all of us!"
"The evil spirits here are not something we can deal with. Those who don't want to die, follow me!"
As he spoke, Old Zhang waved his hand and once again charged forward as the vanguard!
As Old Li rushed out, he saw a young man looking at him with a smile.
The smile looked so sunny and shy.
Normally, if he saw such a smile, he wouldn't think much of it, as he had seen shy young people before.
But now, with evil spirits all around, what the hell are you smiling about?
He thought this person was either mentally ill or scared witless.
Thinking of this, Old Li sneered and followed Old Zhang as he rushed out. But as he turned, he inexplicably felt a pang of fear.
However, he didn't think much of it, only assuming that the Daolao Ghost was chasing them.
When the people around saw Old Zhang and Old Li rushing out, they followed almost without hesitation.
When people face fear, they often become very blindly obedient.
At this time, if one person runs, others are very likely to follow.
This is the so-called 'herd effect'!
Old Zhang was like a bulldozer, completely ignoring the evil spirits in front of him, crashing straight through!
Old Li followed closely behind him, his Five Directions Revealing Truth constantly rotating, occasionally blocking in front of Old Zhang to help him defend against the evil spirits' long-range sneak attacks.
The others were not idle either, unleashing the power of their Divine Appearance without holding back.
Their goal had changed from getting 'fifty million' to now 'getting out alive'!
The group once again fought their way back to the Laboratory area, only to see that the 'two groups of people' who had been fighting earlier had their internal organs gouged out, their deaths too gruesome to behold.
What was even more chilling was that their bodies were arranged in various unnatural, contorted poses, neatly forming a circle.
Without exception, all the people still alive were veterans among veterans, but even they felt a chill in their hearts upon seeing this scene!
Strange!
Too strange!
This didn't seem like simple eating or torture!
Instead, it looked more like some kind of ritual was being performed.
What the hell, these evil spirits are so intelligent?
Anyone with eyes could see the strangeness of this situation, but now, this was the only path before them!
Old Zhang gritted his teeth and once again charged forward as the vanguard!
"Brothers, stick close to me!"
Old Zhang shouted, his voice still loud.
It must be admitted that some people are born to be leaders; they always possess a convincing power!
At such a critical moment of life and death, having someone lead the charge truly boosts morale.
Everyone gritted their teeth and followed. If they didn't want to die, they had to charge!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Poison arrows shot from behind the group, one after another!
Fortunately, Old Li was prepared. His Five Directions Revealing Truth shield quickly expanded, narrowly blocking the arrow rain, though the light on the shield dimmed even further.
Old Li coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, his head reeling.
At the same time, Daolao Ghosts chased after them from behind.
These evil spirits were human-like in shape, with smooth faces lacking eyes and noses, and a large mouth occupying half their face, with hideous, everted teeth.
Some smaller ones even had distinct female characteristics.
Looking around, there were at least thirty or forty of them.
At this moment, everyone despaired!
One Daolao could be dealt with by relying on numbers!
With ten Daolao, they could only retreat, their lives left to fate.
But this number now... hehe... they were doomed.