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Chapter 5 Nightfall, dark creatures!
The orange-red sunset slowly falls from the hills in the west.

Darkness began to slowly engulf the earth.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Chen Ziqing felt that as the sun set, the temperature in the entire forest suddenly became chilly. At the same time, the atmosphere became weird, making people inexplicably feel a little chilly.

[Tip: Night is coming, dark creatures are about to appear, it is recommended to take precautions and avoid them in advance. ]

[Home] The system's message prompt sounded again.

At this time, Chen Ziqing did not dare to delay any longer. He directly chose a big tree that one person could hug and prepared to hide in this tree tonight.

But he didn't rush to climb the tree.

Instead, he first consumed 20 pieces of wood and 4 resins to create four fires.

Then place the fires in four directions: east, south, west and north, around the big tree where he wants to hide.

Because according to the prompts of the [Home] system, the light of the fire can also play a certain role in repelling dark creatures and beasts.

After making four bonfires and placing them around the tree he was going to climb, Chen Ziqing began to climb the tree quickly.

Chen Ziqing quickly climbed to the top of the tree. After reaching the top, he broke off some branches of the tree and used the branches under his feet as support to block his view upwards from the ground below.

Finally, in order to prevent himself from falling accidentally, Chen Ziqing tied himself to the tree trunk with a vine that he had prepared long ago. One end of the vine was tied to the tree trunk, and the other end was tied around his waist.

By the time Chen Ziqing had finished everything, it was completely dark.

"Swish, swish, swish"

At this time, Chen Ziqing suddenly heard some sound coming from the ground around the tree.

The sound sounds a bit creepy.

Because the sound sounded like something dark and strange was about to crawl out from the ground.

Chen Ziqing's heart instantly tensed up.

"Rustle. Rustle!"

The sound became clearer, and it was as if something was emerging from the earth.

Moreover, Chen Ziqing felt that the sound came from the woods below him.

Chen Ziqing tensed his mind and slowly pushed aside the branches under his feet to make a gap and look at the ground under the tree.

What caught my eye was a rotten human hand sticking out of the soil.

The hand emerged from in front of the fire on the east side of the big tree where Chen Ziqing was.

Then a second one, also rotten.

Next came a head.

Finally the whole body.

It looked like a completely decayed human body, with dark brown liquid coming out of its mouth. Its eyes had disappeared, and its eye sockets had become two black blood holes, also containing dark brown liquid.

But at this moment, it crawled out of the soil as if it were alive.

Like a demon crawling out of hell.

Faintly, Chen Ziqing felt that he could even smell the stench of decay coming from the air, which made him almost vomit.

[Low-level ghoul: a dark creature that ordinary people become after death due to the pollution of the abyss. Combat power is 1 star. Characteristics: immortality and fear of light. Weakness: the brain overcomes fear. If you give it a try, you can fight it evenly.]

At this time, the insight information of [God's Eye] appeared.

He gave it a try, and now his legs are a little weak.

Although Chen Ziqing's personality has always been relatively calm and steady.

But when I faced this kind of thing for the first time, I couldn't help but feel my scalp tingling and my legs and feet going weak.

Chen Ziqing felt that it was already good enough that he had not been frightened and lost his composure at this moment.

As for letting him go down and give it a try.

He definitely doesn't have the courage now unless he is forced into a desperate situation.

The corpse in front of him crawled out of the mud, and what made Chen Ziqing even more nervous was...

He found that the corpse seemed to be able to smell things. After crawling out of the mud, it actually sniffed with its rotten nose, and then looked towards the big tree where he was hiding.

But at this moment, the corpse ghost also discovered the fire that was burning brightly.

The moment it saw the fire, the corpse took several steps back in panic, looking frightened. It did not stop until it had retreated to the darkness more than ten meters away from the fire.

Then he looked at the big tree where Chen Ziqing was hiding with reluctance for a while before leaving.

Until I saw the corpse completely leave and disappear into the darkness.

Only then did Chen Ziqing secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Then Chen Ziqing's heart couldn't help but feel a chill again.

Judging from the performance of the corpse just now, it seems that it can smell and find its target through scent.

If he had not prepared four bonfires before climbing the tree, the outcome would have been hard to predict.

If this is true, then I'd better find a way to cover up the smell in the future.

Not only dark creatures like corpses, but also many wild beasts and ferocious beasts can find people by smell.

If he could find a way to cover up his own smell, it would definitely be much safer for his survival in the future.

There are also insect repellents and mosquito repellents.

This is of utmost importance.

Just now, Chen Ziqing's attention was all on the corpse ghost and his mind was tense, so he didn't notice it.

Now that the corpse ghost had left and his mind and body had relaxed, Chen Ziqing came to his senses and realized that he had been bitten by several mosquitoes, which made him feel itchy.

It is midsummer now and there are many mosquitoes.

But Chen Ziqing didn't dare to make too much noise.

Because now that night has fallen, the dark creatures have come out.

Although the corpse ghost just left, there is no guarantee that other corpse ghosts will not arrive later.

The situation did not go beyond Chen Ziqing's expectations.

[Low-level ghoul: a dark creature formed when the corpse of an orangutan died and was polluted by the abyss. It has a combat power of 2 stars, is immortal and afraid of light, and has a weak point: the head. If you give it a try, you can fill its stomach.]

Soon another zombie appeared, and it was a gorilla zombie with a combat power of 2 stars. Its size alone was like a behemoth, more than two meters tall.

Chen Ziqing had no doubt that if he were discovered by this gorilla corpse ghost, he would not be able to withstand even a slap.

The giant ape corpse ghost seemed to smell his scent from the air, but when it saw the fire, it finally chose to retreat like the previous corpse ghost.

It seems that the light of the flame has a repelling effect on these low-level dark creatures with a combat power of 1 star and 2 stars.

I just don't know what level of dark creatures this repelling effect can repel at most.

Chen Ziqing could only hope that no dark creatures that were not afraid of fire would appear, otherwise he would be doomed.

Fortunately, Chen Ziqing's wish came true.

A whole night passed, and no dark creature that was not afraid of fire appeared. The strongest dark creature was the gorilla zombie with a combat power of 2 stars, and the others were basically low-level zombies with a combat power of star.

At the same time this night.

Chen Ziqing also saw various kinds of corpses.

Humanoid ghouls, giant ape ghouls, dog ghouls.
These corpses have different appearances, but they all have one thing in common, that is, after death their bodies were contaminated by the abyss and turned into dark creatures.

In short, corpses are dark creatures transformed from the corpses of various dead creatures contaminated by the abyss, and are not limited to humans.

At the same time, these low-level dark creatures with a combat power of 2 stars or below are also afraid of light.

Many of the zombies that appeared last night came to the tree where Chen Ziqing was hiding, but were all driven away by the flames of the fire.

In this way, Chen Ziqing was able to spend the night safely.

As the darkness faded, the morning light of the rising sun bloomed from the eastern sky, and the dark creatures that appeared at night disappeared completely from the earth.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ziqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then Chen Ziqing called out the communication channel of the [Home] system to check the situation.

And the moment Chen Ziqing opened the communication channel.

Suddenly I saw a scene of grief inside.

(End of this chapter)