There's a skull dungeon attached to my basement

There wasn't much to it. I found an open space by the roadside and set down my old partner, the Hope Lantern.

As a symbolic gesture, I lit a fire in front of me and stuck some jerky around the edges, completing my preparations for the night.

As soon as it got dark, Xiao Yang heard all sorts of frantic shouts.

This wilderness was particularly active at this moment. Xiao Yang was sure that if he explored even a little bit right now,

to say nothing of anything else, those Evil Gods and Fanatic Believers would definitely give him a good filling.

Just thinking about these damned guys made Xiao Yang's brain start whirring and groaning again. Post-traumatic stress was kicking in.

After preparing for the night, there was nothing to do but sit blankly in front of the fire.

The longer he stayed in this Land of Rot, the more he felt a suffocating sensation, even though his Spirit stat hadn't dropped. He just inexplicably had that feeling.

A pack of wild dogs was attracted by the fire Xiao Yang had lit.

There seemed to be an unusually large number of wild dogs roaming this wilderness. They didn't dare approach Xiao Yang, probably because of the blood-red Dragon Hunter armor he was wearing.

The monsters in this Land of Rot generally had two states: crazy and not so crazy.

Like those bandits wandering in this wilderness. These guys were the epitome of crazy monsters. Even if you didn't look at anything else, you could tell just by looking at Xiao Yang's scarlet armor.

Xiao Yang was not someone to be trifled with. A guy wearing a full set of scarlet heavy armor, with red light glowing in his eyes, walking alone in the wilderness—would such a guy be easy to mess with?

The answer was obvious. Generally, anyone with a little sense knew to avoid risks.

But every time, every time he advanced for a while, Xiao Yang would see groups of human bandits constantly popping up, fearlessly attacking him, only to be killed round after round without any suspense.

These guys were obviously not right in the head, completely crazy monsters, even less intelligent than the wild dogs that were now prowling around Xiao Yang.

Like right now, the wild dogs around Xiao Yang were constantly prowling, not daring to get close.

These wild dogs would hesitate and prowl because Xiao Yang was not easy to mess with.

After a while, the wild dogs slowly retreated.

Beside the fire, with a series of clicking sounds, the little guy appeared next to Xiao Yang.

The little guy reached out his arms and dazedly played with the fire in front of him. The little guy would always suddenly appear next to him when Xiao Yang was resting.

Recently, he had been a little unhappy, probably because Xiao Yang was sleeping in the courtyard and it couldn't follow him into the real world.

Squatting by the fire, ignoring Xiao Yang.

Not only these wild dogs, but almost all non-human monsters in the wilderness would weigh the pros and cons after encountering Xiao Yang.

Yes, monsters other than humans.

“But why is this happening?”

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yang had no clue, but simply comparing the types of crazy guys and not-crazy guys could lead to a very rough answer.

The crazy ones were basically all humans, while those who could maintain a trace of intelligence and instinct were often beasts, fish-men, and such.

If there was one thing that could clearly distinguish the two, it was probably intelligence.

Getting such a rough answer.

In his thoughts, a vague possibility was about to emerge.

But at this moment, a sound that was getting closer and closer interrupted Xiao Yang's thoughts.

Xiao Yang was a little familiar with this sound. In fact, he himself would make such a sound when walking.

A guy in full heavy armor was approaching him.

Xiao Yang's gaze fell on the road he had come from. The sound was coming from that direction.

“A wandering knight?”

His gaze fell to the rear. It was a guy wearing tattered armor and carrying a large sword full of nicks.

He was probably also attracted by Xiao Yang's fire.

The campfire Xiao Yang had lit was too conspicuous in this dim world.

Xiao Yang didn't make any more moves regarding the arrival of this wandering knight, just continuing to sit in front of the fire.

There were still people in this world who could be communicated with. This could be seen from those guys sitting in the ruins.

He didn't immediately draw his weapon. If he wanted to, the rusty heavy axe in his personal backpack would immediately appear in his hand.

If there really was a fight, these actions wouldn't delay things much.

The wandering knight came to the range of Xiao Yang's fire, but he didn't immediately draw his weapon and charge at Xiao Yang.

“Could I rest for a while?”

“Suit yourself.”

He nodded to Xiao Yang in thanks.

And so, there was one more figure by the fire.

The atmosphere wasn't too dull.

The wandering knight took the initiative to speak.

“Friend, where do you come from?”

As he spoke, he also took out the food he was carrying from the satchel on his back: some hardened black bread and a small bottle of extremely murky wine.

Pulling up the visor of his helmet, a tired and unremarkable face appeared in front of Xiao Yang.

Regarding this question, Xiao Yang thought about it. He didn't know much about this Land of Rot yet.

Simply keeping silent and pretending to be mute or making up a story were both feasible.

But having finally encountered someone he could communicate with, Xiao Yang was more inclined to concoct a background for himself and see if he could obtain a little more information.

He remembered a name that had appeared in the God's Game prompts.

“A returning Outlander.”

“Outlander, huh?”

“Not long ago, I met one in the Brewing Workshop. He was in some trouble at the time, but unfortunately, I was busy and couldn't spare the time. Perhaps you could go take a look.”

“Can you tell me about the current state of this world?”

Xiao Yang asked the wandering knight in front of him.

“The state, huh? What state can this damned place possibly be in? Everything is rotten like this, everything is so rotten.

You shouldn't have come back. There's not a glimmer of hope to be seen. Everything is so hopeless. Sometimes I even wonder why we're still struggling like this.”

Xiao Yang's question didn't get any useful answers, only this series of dejected replies.

The overly depressed guy gulped down the murky wine in his hand.

This guy, who was too depressed, drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, stood up, and gave Xiao Yang a piece of advice.

“You absolutely mustn't light a fire after it gets really dark. They'll see it. Find a safe place. If you can't find one, just lie down in an open space and use this.”

After saying these words, this guy didn't intend to chat any further, stood up, and walked into the darkness.

Catching the thing that the wandering knight had tossed over, it was an item.

【Sleeping Stone

Quality: Excellent

Effect: Enters a sleeping state after use

Introduction: You have to sleep when it gets dark. If you fall asleep, they won't be able to see you.】

Holding the thing in his hand, Xiao Yang's expression became even more twisted.

He had encountered a damned riddler.

What exactly would be encountered in the night in this Land of Rot? He suddenly became a little curious.

In fact, all of this could be verified with a very simple method.

“Stay and see!”

He was inexplicably curious about everything that would happen.

He put away the Sleeping Stone in his hand.

But of course, although he was prepared to see it with his own eyes, Xiao Yang wasn't really planning to tank a nuclear bomb with his body.

Preparations and a way out were still necessary.

Fortunately, in this situation, Xiao Yang still had a thick thigh he could hug.

At the moment when this world was about to dim, Xiao Yang summoned the Dungeon Door.

This behavior counted as exploiting a bug. Xiao Yang was indeed still in a safe state, and he was able to summon the Dungeon Door.

There was no problem with this, but summoning the Dungeon Door didn't mean he was going to use the Dungeon Door immediately.

No matter what happened next, it wouldn't be a big deal. He was already grabbing the doorknob of the Dungeon Door.

Bailing out was only a moment's matter if something went wrong.

If he really couldn't hold on, he would have the Dungeon Door take the hit first.

Xiao Yang didn't hesitate at all in doing such a thing.

As expected of the little rascal who had inherited the Dungeon Delver talent. The Dungeon Door had really struck gold finding him.

The sky completely darkened.

In an instant, darkness descended.

Xiao Yang inexplicably became a little nervous. At this moment, he suddenly felt a drowning sensation, as if his body had fallen into a cold ocean.

This feeling was familiar, very familiar, like falling into the Sea of Consciousness.

Wait!

This wasn't just like it, this was entering the Sea of Consciousness!

And not only did he fall into the Sea of Consciousness, but he was also frantically refreshing buffs on his body.

Xiao Yang's body began to get goosebumps because of the God's Game prompts that were popping up one by one.

【Evil God's Gaze】

【Evil God's Gaze】

【Evil God's Gaze】

It refreshed him with seven or eight of them in an instant, and it hadn't stopped yet.

His Spirit began to plummet rapidly.

Xiao Yang knew what would be encountered in the night in this Land of Rot, knew why humans were particularly crazy among the monsters in this wasteland.

Damn, this place is really lively after dark!

Being watched by the Evil Gods like this every night, you'd go crazy even if you weren't crazy!

He couldn't stay here. If he was watched by these guys for a whole night, Xiao Yang felt that he probably wouldn't be much different from those crazy bandits.

“Return!”