The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!-Chapter 703 - Nightwalker
Inside the cabin of the Flying Boat, Li Muyang opened his eyes, his expression somewhat astonished.
He never expected that the stage for this game would be the Ancient Resentment Well.
Then many things became clear.
The dangers mentioned by the villagers referred to the terrifying Evil Gods that appeared and roamed outside the village after dark.
The Evil Gods of the Ancient Resentment Well were numerous and horrifyingly bizarre.
Not all Evil Gods have the combat power of a True Immortal, but even the weakest Evil Gods possess special and bizarre abilities to kill.
In a sense, this group of Evil Gods is very similar to the Divine beings from ancient times.
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They all possess unique powers, with a clear hierarchy in strength.
The strong are comparable to True Immortals, the exceptional ones of the world.
The weak, even a Cultivator at the Divine Travel stage could easily handle.
But since the stage is set at the Ancient Resentment Well, is the game task to confront these Evil Gods?
Li Muyang pondered and loaded his save, entering the game again.
He stood in the sunny Qingshan Village, watching Uncle leave; this time, Li Muyang did not venture out on his own but took another round through Qingshan Village, silently observing the villagers.
Although the villagers of Qingshan Village seemed simple and friendly.
Li Muyang knew that these villagers were not ordinary people but terrifying evil beings.
He had witnessed it during his previous entry into the Ancient Resentment Well.
The living people of the Ancient Resentment Well were simple and friendly during the day, but would transform into monstrous, bizarre creatures at night, originating from the same source as the Evil Gods.
So, might the protagonist, Jie Zijiu, also be a monster?
After walking around the village, Li Muyang saw the sunset.
As the sky filled with the remnant glow of twilight, every household in the village began to close their doors tightly, and the children playing outside were also urged by adults to go home and quietly hide inside their houses.
Each household locked their doors as if fearful monsters roamed in the shadows outside.
In such a dreary atmosphere, Li Muyang quickly returned to his courtyard.
But he did not enter the house; instead, he hid behind the fence and through the gaps of the fence, he calmly observed the situation in the village.
After nightfall, Qingshan Village became deathly silent.
A cold wind swept through the village, lights were lit in every household, making the village brightly illuminated. Yet, there was no sound at all; it seemed as if all the villagers had gone to sleep.
Li Muyang knew that if he disturbed the sleeping villagers, the disturbed ones would transform into terrifying evil beings and attack him.
He had experienced this in "Call of the Mountains."
He naturally didn't want to experience it a second time.
Most importantly, in "Call of the Mountains", he was Constable Wu Ming, equipped with a flying sword with a 50% chance of instant death, and could stop time, fully equipped, yet he still narrowly escaped death.
Now having switched roles to a powerless youth... How would he clear this stage?
Li Muyang sat waiting in the courtyard; soon, the night deepened, and suddenly there was movement outside Li Muyang's yard.
A ghostly black shadow, silently approached from a corner, lightly leapt over the courtyard fence, and landed inside Li Muyang's courtyard.
The shadow paused upon landing.
It saw Li Muyang crouched behind the fence.
The two stared at each other for several seconds, Li Muyang called out, "Uncle…"
In the next second, the shadow hurriedly pounced, covering his mouth with a hand.
Then Uncle forcibly dragged Li Muyang into the house, closed the door tightly, and only after lighting the oil lamp did he stare at Li Muyang, petrified and scolding.
"You must have a death wish! Daring to speak outside after dark!" Uncle chastised him in a lowered voice, somewhat angrily.
Li Muyang examined Uncle in front of him, looking him up and down, slightly astonished.
Mortals within the Ancient Resentment Well turn into monsters after nightfall.
Yet uncle and he could move freely and stay conscious...
Li Muyang remained silent, but uncle continued to scold him in a low voice.
While scolding, uncle also took out a wooden box and handed it to Li Muyang.
"Take this, it's a relic left by your parents. Now that you've grown up, it's time to give it to you."
After Li Muyang received the wooden box and opened it, he saw the contents clearly under the dim light of the oil lamp.
Two small porcelain bottles.
Seeing these bottles, Li Muyang froze: "Uncle, what are these?"
"Your parents' ashes," uncle replied bluntly.
Li Muyang was dumbfounded: "Huh?"
What do I need their ashes for?
Then uncle said: "In our clan, when we come of age, we gradually awaken and acquire the ability to walk in the night, which our ancestors called 'Nightwalkers.'"
"As part of the Nightwalker clan, we stay awake after nightfall, need no sleep, and possess special innate abilities."
"These are your parents' ashes; they will come out to help you when you encounter danger."
"The monsters roaming the wilderness are bloodthirsty and cruel. But if you can defeat them, you can consume them to enhance your own power."
"Your parents chose to leave Qingshan Village and venture outside, but unfortunately, they met with disaster."
"I didn't want you to follow in their footsteps, but... alas..."
Sighing, uncle spoke tiredly: "To continue letting you run around outside is truly harming you."
"If you can't let go of your parents' vendetta, then take them with you and find those who killed them back then."
"This is the only help I can give you."
As he spoke, uncle took out a worn leather map from his chest and said: "This is a map of Heichi Country left by your parents. Take it if you're going to travel far."
"But uncle advises you not to rush to leave; first, wander around the village's surroundings. The evil spirits nearby are not strong."
"If you can consume them and gain strength, it will be safer to go out afterwards."
"If you can't handle the nearby evil spirits, then you better give up the idea of venturing out early..."
When uncle finished speaking, a system notification popped up in Li Muyang's view.
[Quest: Awakening of the Nightwalker has been triggered]
[Quest Content: Please use the special abilities of the Nightwalker clan and consume three evil spirits outside Qingshan Village]
[Current Progress: 0/3]
A quest notification popped up in his view, and also unlocked the map interface.
[Map interface has been unlocked]
[Skills interface has been unlocked]
Now, Li Muyang could open the map and see three red dots around Qingshan Village.
These three red dots were slowly moving on the map.
And the base color of the map interface was almost the same as the yellowed map in Li Muyang's hands.
"This is totally the typical online gaming process."
Introduce the background at the start, then quickly give a beginner quest, get familiar with operations, skills, then start leveling up. After defeating beginner monsters and reaching a certain level, one can leave the beginner village and venture into the larger maps/dungeons outside.
Li Muyang, though not a frequent online gamer, was familiar with this setup.
He skillfully opened the skills interface and found that two new skills had been added.
[Bone Stripping Technique]
[Flying Corpse Technique]