Zombie's travel diary

Chapter 304 Mutation and Mutation!

In the petrified forest.

Obviously.

The pigman spotted Link, but showed no hostility.

five stars!
This is the level of pigman's strength.

This kind of strength is not enough to make Link worry too much. Seeing that the pig man is not hostile to him, Link can feel relieved to think about it.

Before coming here, he had read almost all the materials of all the species in the Ziyan Basin, and there was no record of pigmen among them.

In other words, pigmen are only found in this secret realm.

Reminiscent of the purpose of the Summoner Association's investigation here, Link suddenly understood something.

The new species that appeared in the Ziyan Basin should have sneaked out of this ruin.

"Selling this news can bring you a lot of benefits."

Link felt a little sorry.

As long as you tell the news of the secret realm to those people in the Summoner Association, you will definitely get a lot of benefits, at least it is much safer and more cost-effective than him wandering here alone.

Unfortunately, he's stuck here now.

The most urgent task now is to find a way out.

at this time.

The pig man not far away seemed to be frightened by something, and ran towards his cabin.

At the same time, the moon in the sky disappeared and was replaced by endless darkness!

"what happened?"

Link was suddenly alert, tensing his body, preventing everything that might happen around him.

At this time, beside the ear, a kind of eerie voice sounded.

The vigilant Link reacted immediately and rolled over on the spot, but was still hit hard by something unknown.

This blow, although not fatal, caused Link to suffer a lot of damage, and he hardly had the strength to get up again.

Fortunately, the fear of the unknown made Link's potential explode. He resisted the discomfort in his body and got up, instinctively running towards the pig house.

The only light source is emitted from the windows of the pig house.

In this environment where you can't see your fingers, that light source is the only dawn.

pity.

"Clap" sound.

As Link approached, the only light on the window was ruthlessly turned off.

The world has once again returned to eternal darkness!

Sala...

In the ear, the terrifying voice sounded again.

Link's hairs stood on end.

If the attack just now was repeated, he would probably lose his ability to move.

At this time, it was too late to summon a monster to fight.

In a panic, he turned on the flashlight function of the communicator and shone in the direction of the sound.

As long as he could observe what was attacking him, he would be sure to dodge it.

however.

The moment the light of the communicator turned on, the sound suddenly disappeared.

Link looked around with the light, not to mention the attacker just now, he didn't even see any creature!
"That thing is afraid of light?"

This conjecture emerged in Link's mind.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain that the other party stopped attacking after he turned on the light.

In order to confirm his conjecture, he called out several monsters to protect him, and then resolutely turned off the light of the communication device.

Not long after, the terrifying voice sounded.

Link didn't hesitate, and immediately let the spiked porcupine launch a spike attack towards the source of the sound, and at the same time turned on the lights.

however.

Under the illumination of the lights, no creatures were still found approaching.

The spikes shot out, and all of them stuck to the ground.

"Although I don't know what it is, as long as I have a light source, I should be able to avoid the attack of that thing."

Link breathed a sigh of relief.

The existence of that thing has exceeded his cognition.

How fast is light?
Basically no creature can explode at the speed of light.

however.

That thing just now can, and people can disappear the moment the light shines on!
It seems that this ruin is much more dangerous than imagined!

Let alone finding a way to get out now, it seems that even surviving is not a small challenge.

After all, the light on the communication device in his hand can't last long.

The communication device is charged by light energy, and its power storage is not high, at least not enough to keep the light on for a night.

This night has just begun. If Link wants to avoid the attack of the thing just now, he must first find a persistent light source.

"That cabin..."

Link shines the light on the pig house.

The light on the windows of the pig house had disappeared, and from here, it was pitch black inside.

Da da!

Link knocked on the door.

After a long time, nothing happened inside.

I knocked twice more, but there was still no sound from inside.

"If you don't come out again, I'll smash the door."

Link didn't care whether the other party understood or not, and said in a slightly threatening tone.

however.

The pigman inside still didn't respond at all.

"Spiky porcupine, hit!"

Link didn't hesitate any longer and let the spiked porcupine attack.

If not necessary, he didn't want to provoke the pigmen, but now he urgently needed the light in the pig house to take refuge, so he had to bite the bullet.

The spiked porcupine was also quite powerful, and with its head down, it slammed into the wooden door of the pig house.

thump—

A loud noise.

The pig house was hit and shook a few times, but the wooden door remained motionless.

The pigman inside still didn't respond.

"It's all demolished, don't you care?"

"Also, this wooden door is too strong."

Link didn't believe in evil, and let the spiked porcupine continue to run.

dong dong!

The sound came and went.

At the fourth time, finally, the wooden door was knocked open.

And the whole pig house collapsed at the same time, turning into ruins.

hum!

A pig cry came from the ruins, and the pig man crawled out of the ruins and started running around in a panic.

Then, the pig man seemed to have discovered the light source where Link was, and rushed towards Link.

"fire Fire……"

While rushing, the pig man was still murmuring indistinctly.

"Ready to fight."

Seeing this scene, Link quickly called out to the summoned beasts behind him to be on guard.

The pig man was aggressive, and quickly rushed to Link's side.

however.

Just when Link was about to let the summoned beasts attack, the pigman stopped suddenly.

then……

It fell into a deep sleep within the furthest range that the light of the communicator could reach.

"???"

Link was a little dazed.

He couldn't understand everything in this secret realm more and more.

From the words that the pig man uttered just now, it can be seen that this pig man has good wisdom.

but.

Which intelligent creature can sleep so calmly when it sees its home being demolished?

He demolished the house in front of the pig man, but the pig man didn't show any signs of it.

What do you think...

Looking at the peacefully sleeping pig, Link calmed down and moved the position of the light, leaving the pig in darkness again.

He wanted to see if that weird thing just now would also attack the native pigmen in this secret realm!
but.

The result let him down.

After waiting for a full minute, Link turned the light on the pigman again.

As a result, the pigman was safe and sound.

The weird thing before did not affect the pigman in any way.

"Does that thing only attack foreigners like us?"

Link muttered to himself.

At this moment, the pig man who was sleeping soundly in front of him suddenly changed.

hula la...

On the pigman's pink skin, black hair began to grow, and two fangs protruded slowly from the mouth.

In the blink of an eye, the pigman who turned into a monster rushed towards Link like crazy.

Fortunately, Link was already prepared, and the summoned beasts around him acted immediately and stopped in front of him.

The strength of the pigman who fell into madness has been significantly improved.

Link estimated that the strength level of the pigman was about five-star elementary level before, but now it has at least been raised to five-star high-level.

It's just a little bit closer to reaching six stars!
When he really reached the sixth star, it would be a bit difficult for him to deal with it.

"This secret realm..."

Link looked at the pigman fighting with his summoned beasts, feeling a little complicated.

The danger level of this secret realm has exceeded his estimation.

The strange creatures in the dark, the pigmen who suddenly fell into madness, and this petrified forest like a ghost hitting a wall, all made it difficult for him to fight.

The night has just begun, but I don't know how much danger there is...

After feeling melancholy for a while, Link walked to the side of the dead Mad Pig.

Although he doesn't have a five-star summoned beast, it's not a problem for many summoned beasts to work together to deal with a mad pig with less than six stars.

Gollum...

After the mad pig in front of him was killed, his body began to return to normal.

At the same time, Link received a prompt from the system:
"Kill a five-star pigman, gain [-] energy points, and drop a special prop pig skin and two pieces of pork."

"Pork rind?"

Link frowned, opened the system panel and took a look.

In addition to the energy gained from killing monsters on the way when he was tracking the lightning sheep, his current energy points have reached 47300 points.

It's still a little more than half of the [-] required to advance to five stars.

Taking a casual glance at the advanced energy bar, Link focused on the equipment column.

Above, two special props are marked, and a brief introduction is attached.

"Pigskin: The epidermis of a pigman, it looks very resilient."

"Pork: the meat of a pig, it looks very fat."

"..."

Link was speechless for a while.

So, what are these two items good for?

It's still not mentioned in the introduction.

He rummaged through the system panel for a long time, but still couldn't find the purpose of these two items.

"Leave it alone and talk about it later."

Link sighed helplessly, and turned his attention back to reality, only to realize that the corpse of the pigman just now was slowly disappearing.

During the time he noticed the corpse, the corpse was already close to nothingness, only some vague phantoms remained.

Swish!
Link reached out to touch, but couldn't grab anything.

However, he was not surprised.

Most creatures in the Rift are not real, but are made of energy and disappear after death.

The secret realm in front of me should be like this.

After dealing with the pigman, Link looked at the communicator.

Although the power is still sufficient now, it is definitely not feasible to rely on the communication device to get through the night.

He must find other alternative light sources before the communicator runs out of power.

Subconsciously, he looked at the ruins left by the previous pig house.

There were lights in the pig house before, but now that the pig house has collapsed, the lights inside must be broken.

So……

Link took out his lighter and lit the ruins on fire.

There's no way, all the pigs have been killed, so it wouldn't be too much to burn another nest, right?
The fire grew.

Soon, the entire ruins were ablaze, and the raging flames lit up a large area around them.

Link also finally felt the long-lost warmth.

but.

He did not relax his vigilance, but seized control of the fire and kept it within a certain range.

In doing so, not only can the movement be reduced from being discovered by other people in the secret realm, but also a lot of fuel can be saved.

"This fire should burn until dawn without any problem."

Link tidied up fuel such as planks and sat down by the fire to rest.

Surrounded by darkness, he didn't have the courage to continue exploring this secret place.

After sitting like this for about a few hours, Link finally couldn't resist the deep sleepiness and closed his eyes.

However, it didn't take long before the danger struck again.

A sharp claw made of black shadows, clinging to the ground, slowly stretched towards the fire from the edge of the fire.

Accompanied by it, there was a burst of extremely subtle ding ding dong dong sound.

"squeak--"

A burst of rapid chirping pierced the night sky.

Link woke up suddenly, looked at the source of the sound, and the rock rat was desperately releasing the signal.

"what happened?"

Link frowned, and suddenly lost sleepiness.

The next moment, he found the sharp claw slowly approaching.

The sharp claws are reflected on the ground like a shadow, swaying and moving forward slowly.

At this time, it was only one step away from the burning fire.

"It wants to put out the fire?!"

Link was startled, thinking of the consequences of the fire being extinguished, he almost subconsciously kicked the claws.

He was sitting by the fire, and he could kick the claws easily, but he regretted it as soon as he kicked out.

Looking at the sharpness of the claws, if he really wanted to kick them up, wouldn't his feet be useless?
however.

Something unexpected happened.

The moment his paw touched the sharp claw, the sharp claw shrank suddenly and retreated to the edge of the fire.

"???"

Link was surprised.

This sharp claw looks quite bluffing, why is it acting so weak?

He, an ordinary person with a mortal body, can force his claws back with a kick?

and also……

The touch of that kick just now seemed to be the feeling of kicking on the ground.

ding ding dong dong...

The sound is still there, the claws are still there.

Even though he was forced back by Link, the claws still marched towards the fire relentlessly.

With the experience from last time, Link kicked again.

Swish!
Talon was forced back to the edge of the flames again.

After going back and forth like this several times, Link finally determined that this sharp claw is a real shadow without any entity.

The purpose of the sharp claw is to extinguish the fire beside him!
After knowing the general situation, Link began to think about how to get rid of this shadow claw.

Although he can push the Talon back, the Talon will soon close again.

One or two times is okay, or a dozen times, but if it keeps going like this, he will die of exhaustion sooner or later!
"Behind this sharp claw, what is hidden..."

Link watched as he forced his claws back.

Behind the sharp claws, there is a pitch-black shadow line, extending into the darkness.

Perhaps, the method to eradicate the sharp claw is hidden in that shadow line!

however.

At this moment, a mutation occurred!
On the ground behind Link, another sharp claw quietly stretched out, and successfully approached the fire.

Snapped!
The fire suddenly went out!

(End of this chapter)