[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night":3,"chapter-eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night-eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night-chapter-25":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Eternal Nightmare Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2221391,4052,"Chapter 25","eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>The three returned to the righteous manor in a daze. Xu Rongyu collapsed to the ground. Only Lin Heier and Wu Pifu briefly described what happened outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a hundred bandits were almost wiped out, and even the leader of the Yanshan bandits, Xu Zhenshan, was in unknown life or death... No, looking at the situation, Xu Zhenshan was probably dead... No, it was certain he had turned into a paper effigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Mr. Xu Zhenshan dominated Xuanhua Prefecture and outside the Great Wall for more than twenty years and was a famous master-level figure in the north. I didn't expect him to fall here.\" Lin Heier said sadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu didn't know how to comfort Xu Rongyu. He thought for a moment and said: \"Xu Rongyu, mourn. You can still take over your father's mantle. I heard you say before that your father had thousands of bandits under his command. Only a hundred or so died here. Your father should have some trusted aides, right? After going back this time, you can completely continue the promising job of being a mountain bandit or horse bandit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Heier looked at Wu Pifu in surprise. Xu Rongyu, who was crying bitterly, had his mouth twitching constantly. Even Amadai and Xu Shilan felt their faces flush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amadai said directly: \"Wu, if you don't know how to comfort people, don't speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Shilan also said: \"In this era, those who can come on horseback and have firearms and weapons must be Xu Zhenshan's trusted core. Saying it's a team of thousands, the core might be at most a few dozen. I was very surprised when you said there were hundreds of people. This proves that Xu Zhenshan had strong control over his team. But once these cores are lost, I'm afraid Xu Rongyu will die without a burial place once he goes back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu was stunned for a moment, and then said to Xu Rongyu in shock: \"No, you are horse bandits, not a royal court, and you still engage in infighting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at Wu Pifu speechlessly. It was the first time they realized that Wu Pifu had such a complete lack of common sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this was also because Wu Pifu had read too many unreliable novels, like fifty00,000 iron cavalry on the frontier, and then the emperor sent an imperial edict and they immediately knelt down to hand over power, and then they were framed and died, and so on...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Heier said to Xu Rongyu: \"Brother Xu, if you don't mind, follow me back to Tianjin after this battle. Whether it's the Boxer Rebellion or the Red Lantern Society, everyone is a good friend, and there will naturally be a place for Brother Xu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Rongyu buried his head in pain, still not saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu said at this time: \"Let's survive this battle first... I won't say any unlucky words, let's talk about something realistic: those paper effigies have become stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, those paper effigies had truly become stronger and had begun to possess some supernatural powers. This could be seen from the \"ghost wall\" they encountered when they ran out. They actually ran for seven or eight minutes in a short distance, and the key was that except for Wu Pifu, the others didn't even notice it. This was very terrifying. Perhaps if they fell into that situation, they would be no different from the bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being devoured or transformed by the paper effigies without even knowing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Heier raised this doubt on the spot. She thought for a moment, but refuted herself: \"This possibility shouldn't exist, because the Master's Yin-Yang eyes, or wisdom eyes, allow us to see the paper effigies. Whether you see them or not, and whether you notice them for the first time, is very important. In Buddhism, this is called 'awakening,' which is also 'heart realization.' The reason why the old senior Xu fell for it is probably because he didn't notice all this. Otherwise, with the old senior Xu's master-level ability, it would be no problem to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Shilan shook her head and said: \"But from your description, it can be seen that the paper effigies are becoming stronger, and the speed of becoming stronger is not slow. This is absolutely certain. Now they have killed more than a hundred people, some of whom have turned into new paper, and the old paper effigies have devoured wandering ghosts and these living people. To what extent will they become strong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amadai added from the side: \"Don't forget, Xu Zhenshan has also turned into a paper effigy. He is a master in your words. What abilities he has after turning into a paper effigy and how strong he is is still unknown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also one of the key points that Wu Pifu and Lin Heier were worried about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were both hidden force martial artists, so they naturally knew how big the gap between hidden force and ordinary people was. It could be said to be overwhelming. And the paper effigies turned from ordinary people already made them afraid to touch them at will, so what about the paper effigies turned from hidden force martial artists?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Shilan continued at this time: \"And there is another strange thing. Don't you think it's been too quiet these past few days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at her. Xu Shilan spread her hands and said: \"A dozen paper effigies besieged us. Even if they were afraid of fire, you saw how slowly they burned. And us? Except for you, Wu Pifu and Lin Heier, or adding Amadai, there are only three people with combat power out of five. Under the siege of a dozen paper effigies, we could only run to the back mountain. So why did these paper effigies run away at the beginning, and why haven't they entered the righteous manor these past few days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu said immediately: \"You mean... those wandering ghosts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Shilan nodded: \"What the magic conch said might not be misleading, nor was it deliberately trying to frame us, but that staying away from living people and getting close to dead people can allow us to resist these paper effigies. These paper effigies are not only the enemies of the living, but also the enemies of the dead. It's a pity that our reaction was too slow. Now most of the wandering ghosts have been devoured, and we also lack effective means to communicate with those wandering ghosts, so until now, only we are left fighting alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of heaviness was added to everyone's hearts. Wu Pifu stood up and walked towards the side hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at him. Lin Heier also followed Wu Pifu towards the side hall. Amadai asked: \"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu said without looking back: \"We missed the opportunity of the wandering ghosts, and now the paper effigies have become stronger again. I estimate the total siege will be these two days. Even if it's just sharpening the spear before the battle, I must practice the Lotus-Sitting Force as soon as possible. Otherwise, we won't even have the strength to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Rongyu had already raised his head and sat up. Upon hearing this, he said in a panic: \"We can run to the back mountain. Didn't I and Big Brother Wu already explore the road?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu turned his head slightly and shook his head helplessly: \"That was before. Those paper effigies moved slowly, like ordinary people walking. We could hide and run. You saw it today—those paper effigies can already float, and their speed is slightly faster than ordinary people running. If we really run to the back mountain, Lin Heier and I might be able to last longer, but what about you? You won't be able to run three miles before you all die there, and then it will be my turn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Wu Pifu went to the side hall without looking back, and Lin Heier followed him without a word, then carefully observed his posture and carefully pointed out his shortcomings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, the others only slept a little and woke up from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Pifu and Lin Heier did not sleep all night, always thinking of ways to successfully comprehend this Lotus-Sitting Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Wu Pifu studied, the more he felt that this Lotus-Sitting Force was wonderful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his complete set of Tiger Demon Art, there was a vague description of Dan Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was after reaching Transformation Force, when the whole body was trained to be transparent—the so-called \"a feather cannot be added, a fly cannot land\"—the achievement of gathering power to the square inch of the skin surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way of external martial arts in national martial arts actually reached its end at Transformation Force, and to go further, one could only seek from within, and this was Dan Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transporting one's own true qi and blood to a certain acupuncture point in the dantian, thereby forming the so-called \"Golden Pill,\" or Dan Force. In essence, it is the achievement of a national martial arts practitioner fully controlling the direction and operation of their own true qi and blood. Once Dan Force is reached, the control of one's own true qi and blood reaches an incredible realm, thereby producing many changes, such as the re-growth of the physical body, the washing, purification, and repair of the body, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Dan Force martial artists can unleash more than ten times the explosive power of a Transformation Force grandmaster in an instant, and they can control this huge power with great precision, showing many powers that seem like divine abilities, such as gripping iron into mud, blowing a cup into powder, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Wu Pifu is naturally impossible to achieve Dan Force. Even if he wants to forcefully gather qi and straddle, he will 100% have true qi and blood flowing backwards, directly sitting himself to death in the process of condensing the pill. He hasn't even found the acupuncture point to condense the Golden Pill yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Lotus-Sitting Force takes a different path. It doesn't really ask you to condense a pill, but to simulate a pill-condensing acupuncture point in the dantian, simulate a fake pill in a short time, and then quickly erupt, using about 10% to 20% of the power and control of real Dan Force to consume the true qi and blood of this condensed Dan Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, although it causes great damage to oneself, it will not damage the foundation. It can be repaired by slowly nourishing it over time. And the true qi and blood condensed at the fake pill will not cause true qi and blood exhaustion and reversal when it erupts. At the same time, it can also borrow the fake to cultivate the real, pondering the practice of Dan Force, which also has great benefits for the achievement of Transformation Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, nothing happened. Early the next morning, Xu Shilan started making breakfast. She made all the remaining ingredients into food and piled them on a full table. Everyone had no interest in talking and just sat around the table eating big mouthfuls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meal, Xu Rongyu boosted his spirits and started helping Amadai make the launcher. Xu Shilan silently checked the oil, made torches, and placed them in suitable positions. At the same time, she patrolled the ignition nodes of the entire righteous manor repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that the decisive battle was coming. Even Wu Pifu, Amadai, and Xu Shilan did not have the thought of dragging it out for more than five days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The paper effigies could not let them live for five days. Either solve the root cause of the paper effigies and everyone survives, or everyone dies together in the upcoming siege of the paper effigies. There is no third possibility!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morning, noon, dusk—the expected siege of the paper effigies did not happen, but everyone's hearts became heavier. Until the sun set and the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the sound of crying, howling, and shouting arose from around the righteous manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior sister, where are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior sister, we have all ascended to immortality and bliss, and gone to the Vacuum Hometown. Why didn't you follow us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rongyu, father has finally attained the Dao. Come out quickly and follow me to the Heavenly Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It hurts so much, don't kill me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My money is all here, let go of my wife and children...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint mist permeated the righteous manor, and from that mist, vague human figures appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not paper effigies, but humanoid creatures with dull expressions and facial features outlined by black lines. They revealed the same dull smiles, pushing the uncanny valley effect to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten, a hundred, a thousand...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of humanoids emerged from the mist, all walking stiffly towards the righteous manor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2168,"2026-06-17T18:08:54.869Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2a7d32ca1359a8a5320c9e998e2acf6731815d103036d4971deabae5ea309b8f","eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night-chapter-26","eternal-nightmare-of-the-long-night-chapter-24",602,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-nightmare-night-cover.jpg"]