Chapter 1 Monster in the Dark
The sunset gradually sets, and the dim sunlight casts the shadows of hundreds of high-rise buildings into countless black shadows with teeth and claws in the city.
It's almost night.
Shen Mu sat silently in his apartment and began to seriously count the supplies he had prepared.
“Candles, matches, wood, discarded clothes, and various collected burning objects...”
Right in front of Shen Mu, the bedside was already filled with materials he had collected. Most of them were chopped furniture and wood, torn clothes and bedding, or books containing knowledge. of flammable materials.
But now, it can be classified as being to resist the light and fire of undead creatures.
After all, at night, those ghosts like corpses, skeletons, and even ghosts need these things to resist.
"Unfortunately, if I can get the mark of the spirit world, I may be able to change my job to become a hero of the spirit world, and I will no longer be afraid of these terrifying monsters emerging from the darkness."
Shen Mu also had a bit of regret on his face.
But since three years ago, when the terrifying black tide first came, many spiritual world marks have been released.
Now, if you want to find a spiritual mark, whether it is a hero, a skill, or an artifact, it is basically the same as winning the lottery.
“Also, I don’t know what will happen after the countdown in my mind ends.”
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
Because there was a countdown dialog box that was decreasing in his mind at this time.
[Countdown: 00:09:43. 】
And the countdown time is gradually decreasing as time goes by.
"What is this?" Shen Mu didn't know at all.
I only know that this is the countdown dialog box that naturally appeared when I followed him through time.
And Shen Mu’s time travel was still this morning.
And since this morning, he found that he had such a countdown in his mind.
After surviving until now, there are finally less than 10 minutes left before the countdown.
"I'm really speechless." Shen Mu pursed his lips.
Especially after I traveled through time, I learned that this technological world, which was originally no different from Blue Star, was collided by a fantasy side-crystal wall world called the Spiritual World three years ago. This miserable situation can be called a world-ending crisis, and my mood is even worse.
"Otherwise, my predecessor with the same name would not have committed suicide by cutting his wrist." Shen Mu glanced at his left wrist, and there was still a bright red mark on it that had not been wiped clean.
This is why I am possessed by this body.
However, as for the wounds, because of Shen Mu's time travel, they miraculously disappeared and completely returned to the state they had never been injured.
Of course Shen Mu didn't know the specific principle.
But one thing we can understand is this.
Now, his countdown is about to end, and he can finally know what will happen after the countdown ends.
‘Swish-swish-’ There was a wind blowing outside the apartment, carrying some kind of whimpering sound. If you listened carefully, you could also detect that there seemed to be some weird, subtle cries made up of countless sounds inside.
Shen Mu's face did not change at all.
Just glancing out the window, the setting sun was about to disappear, and the entire sky was about to be occupied by darkness.
Only on the western horizon, there is still a small half of the sun struggling to release its last bit of light, as if to protect this world that has been eroded by the dead spiritual world.
It's getting dark.
"It's time to light a fire." Shen Mu immediately dragged out a huge iron bathtub from under the bed. The inside had been blackened by years of burning fires, and there were still thick ash residues.
However, this does not affect its effectiveness as a brazier.
‘Hoola la! ’
As Shen Mu lit a few newspapers and threw them in, and threw the flammable chemical fiber clothes next to them, a pile of fireballs emitting smelly black smoke soon burst into flames in the brazier.
While the flame was burning, Shen Mu threw in the fine pieces of furniture and wood, completely stabilizing the flame in the brazier. This room was 43 square meters, and the actual usable area was only Within a small apartment of thirty square meters.
"It's safe now." Shen Mu looked at the burning fire in the brazier in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.
But he still thought of something, and quickly came to the window and opened the closed window.
Suddenly the smoke from the combustion seemed to have found a vent and was discharged along the window.
"Almost carbon monoxide poisoning." Shen Mu couldn't help but curled his lips as he thought about the memory of his predecessor, feeling dumbfounded by his own stupidity.
Although now, thermal weapons and many original physical rules are no longer effective due to the invasion of spiritual world rules.
But the basic rules of life should still be used as they should be.
If you fall into the water, you will drown.
The stab wound will bleed to death if not treated.
Of course, people can still die from choking to death from cigarette smoke or from carbon monoxide poisoning, it’s all the same.
"Madeh." In Shen Mu's mind, the remaining memories of his predecessor also reminded him of those terrifying undead monsters that would appear every time it was night, and even more so. He couldn't help but grit his teeth, feeling increasingly nervous.
Subconsciously, he turned his head and looked outside the apartment.
The city streets that should have been bustling before are now dead silent, with no one coming or going at this time.
With the only remaining light, Shen Mu pursed his lips and looked at the car wrecks on the street that were no longer usable due to regulations and were abandoned like graveyards, with a look in his eyes. There was a little fear. This is the remaining memory of his predecessor, which brings him the same fear of being infected even if he has traveled through time!
The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear.
but.
When Shen Mu raised his head and looked around the apartment, seeing scattered lights appearing in the windows of high-rise buildings and commercial buildings, his original fear dissipated a lot.
"Although the undead monsters in the spirit world are scary, at least there are still many people and families who survived." Shen Mu comforted himself.
Turn around and look to the west.
The sun, which had been struggling to protect the world, finally came to an end.
‘Buzz! ’ Then when the last bit of light disappeared, something seemed to flash across the world in an instant.
"Coming!" Shen Mu took two steps back.
He knows.
This is the dead spiritual world, with all its rules and countless undead monsters.
Features begin to arrive on Blue Star!
At the same time, there are also characteristics that appear, and there is also the gray mist that spreads invisibly.
From thin to rich, and then to the point where you can't even see your fingers, it only takes two or three minutes.
So much so that Shen Mu, who was standing at the window and still looking out of the apartment, could no longer see the street below the seventh floor!
"Woo--" A series of ghostly cries and wolf howls, mixed with vague screams, appeared in streets or cities shrouded in darkness and gray fog.
Shen Mu took two steps back, away from the window, and just allowed the black smoke to be discharged outward.
Silently he sat back on the bed next to the brazier.
What I said just now seems incorrect.
Because Shen Mu clearly knows that after night, as long as there is no light, it will turn into darkness occupied by the rules of the dead spirit world, generating the gray that can give birth to undead monsters. The land of fog.
As long as there is darkness, gray fog will be generated.
The fog concentration gradually increases.
Undead monsters will appear in the gray fog!
It’s so cruel.
Unless you light a flame and let the light fill the entire room, even the next room separated by a wall or even the toilet blocked by the door may have gray fog due to the lack of light. And monsters!
Just like now, when the black smoke inside the house is exhausted along the roof and windows, the gray fog outside also wants to rush in.
But as long as you get close to a bright place, the gray fog will instantly dissipate like it has evaporated.
This is also the reason why people in this world today will try their best to find a light source or light a bonfire whenever it comes to night!
As long as you light a bonfire, you can effectively avoid the gray fog.
"Wait!" But at this moment, Shen Mu, who was sitting by the bed and meditating, suddenly raised his head as if he thought of something.
He looked at a separate door next to the door of this small apartment of about thirty square meters.
That's his apartment toilet!
"Oops!" Shen Mu thought of the remaining memories of his predecessor. Whenever night fell, he would even need to light a candle in the toilet to drive away the darkness!
A few minutes have passed since the night just entered. If you are unlucky and follow the rules of the dead spirit world in the dark night...
Maybe...
Undead monsters have appeared!
"You should also light candles in the toilet!" Almost as soon as Shen Mu thought of this, he grabbed the matches and candles next to him and wanted to rush towards the toilet.
But before Shen Mu could lift his butt off the bed, in the swaying light of the brazier in front of him, there was a faint sound inside the frosted glass door of the toilet.
"Uh-huh..." seemed to be some kind of painful groan, or the whisper of a devil.
“!!!”
But the sound seemed to explode in Shen Mu’s mind.
It made him freeze in place.
Because of this sound.
It’s the sound the undead monster makes when it appears!
【Countdown: 00 hours, 00 minutes and 00 seconds. 】
【The entire series of DLC and MODs of "Mount and Blade" have been successfully loaded into the running folder, and the running code integration has been completed. 】
[The main ones are "Mount and Blade: Warband" and "Mount and Blade: Overlord". 】
【Are you ready to start the game? 】
But at this moment, in Shen Mu's mind, the originally inexplicable countdown finally came to an end.
Then it turned into a dialog box and appeared on the retina of his eyes that only Shen Mu could see.
“Mounting and Blade?!”
“Before I traveled through time, I made a small plug-in program that combines all the Mounting and Blade MODs and DLC!?”
Shen Mu couldn't help but widen his eyes.
(End of this chapter)