Chapter 532: Desolate Village

Looking at the palm print extending all the way into the dark forest, Lin An couldn't help but let out a slight sigh of relief.

That thing... has left.

But, my attack seemed not to have caused much damage to it.

Feeling somewhat irritable.

Anyone who just entered the Secret Realm and encountered a Mutant's attack would feel strong unease.

The bone-chilling cold at the ankle took half a day to dispel.

Even with his current physique, at the moment the 'woman' gripped his ankle, he still felt stiff and icy.

This chill filled his mind.

If it were an ordinary Awakened One, they'd probably be frozen to death outright.

A very frightening ghost.

Barring any surprise, 'she' has probably been under my bed all along.

However, upon just entering the Secret Realm, under the effect of the protective shield, I was temporarily unable to attack.

Once the protection ended, it immediately attacked me.

It is clearly different from the ghost infant I encountered before.

This monster will directly strike to kill!

"Be careful."

"I just encountered a spiritual anomaly."

"This Secret Realm has serious problems."

"Gravity is roughly 2.7 times that of the real world, and spiritual power is suppressed by over 30%."

His expression was solemn.

Looking at the worried Xiong Hanzi, Lin An slowly exhaled and turned to survey the surroundings:

"Do you have anything abnormal over there?"

What met the eye was a barren landscape, with a pitch-black night sky overhead.

To the north lay a village-like settlement.

Where he stood, near the edge of a forest, looked like a logging or hunting camp.

What is puzzling is.

In the night sky, no stars or moon seemed visible; instead, a vast expanse of 'misty' light, like frosted glass, blanketed the heavens.

Gravity different, spiritual power diffusion range different, scenery different...

This world seems to differ greatly from the real world.

"Nothing abnormal, just feels like I just woke up, my head foggy."

"I also sense it—this place just feels wrong no matter how you look at it..."

"Didn't they say it's a Secret Realm? How did it turn out like a ghost den..."

Seeing Lin An somewhat cautious, Xiong Hanzi scratched the back of his head, feeling equally uneasy.

Damn it...

Just entered the Secret Realm and ran into a ghost?

This damn thing is certainly not a good omen.

Letting out a breath, he glanced at the small hut ruins destroyed by Lin An, then followed Lin An's gaze northward:

"Lin Dui?"

"Did you receive a mission?"

"I just came in and received that old thing's riddle, plus the death duel."

"Are there other players in this godforsaken place?"

"Is that a village over there? Good grief, hopefully it's not all dead people.."

Full of questions.

Lin An heard, nodded slightly, and drew out a crystal ball with a backhand.

It seems Zhang Tie's mission is the same as mine—both were forcibly assigned a special task by the Savior System.

As for the distant village...

For some reason, he always felt it looked overly quiet.

One cannot tell what time it currently is.

Is it because it's late at night?

Inside the crystal ball, he habitually used spiritual power to jolt awake Huang Shaohua.

Lin An's thoughts were clear; he temporarily chose not to run around randomly.

Here, everything exudes an eerie vibe, completely unlike what Huang Shaohua previously described.

"Lord Lin An... stop pricking... if you prick me again I'll die..."

Pain made his face twitch.

Inside the crystal ball, Huang Shaohua hunched his back, but his 'complexion' was obviously not as bad as he claimed.

"Desolate Village Old Corpse Secret Realm, have you been here before?"

"I encountered a monster attack as soon as I entered,"

"Also, the system notified that other players had entered, so I activated the death duel mission."

Straight to the point, Lin An locked eyes with Huang Shaohua, his tone grave.

Before entering.

In Huang Shaohua's introduction, when the Secret Realm was first entered, danger was unlikely, and most of the time danger was not actively sought, pursuing gains...

Generally, nothing happens.

But from the current situation, it's clear something went wrong.

"Huh!?"

Hearing Lin An's question, Huang Shaohua obviously froze for a moment.

After scanning the surroundings for battle traces, he also obviously panicked a bit.

"Wild village corpse?"

He shrank his neck, Huang Shaohua hesitantly shook his head, indicating he had not come to this Secret Realm.

Just hearing the name, it's not a good place.

Same as the two of them.

After he came to, his expression instantly turned solemn.

"Sir..."

"I actually haven't entered the Secret Realm much either; most of what I know I heard from others."

An awkward reply.

When he was alive, he was only barely Third Rank, knowing nothing.

Not relying on loopholes, he might not even be able to advance to Third Rank.

"As for other players entering the Secret Realm, I do know that."

"You should have realized, the Secret Realm is not like an instance world; entering and exiting resets the Shi Xian."

"The Secret Realm is more like a world of its own."

"Other players coming in is not strange at all."

"You could even be affected by the influence of players who entered before you."

"But... I can't think of who would come in at this time."

"Besides Lin An this pervert, who would voluntarily enter the Secret Realm to pursue extreme values?"

"To be honest, who would a normal person be to come in?"

In his thoughts, Huang Shaohua couldn't help but have an idea arise.

"Entering the Secret Realm this early, could it be that someone like me brought people in?"

"At this time, most normal players haven't even touched instances, let alone Secret Realms..."

He wasn't sure about this idea, and didn't say it out loud for a while.

His heart felt heavy with worry.

I thought I had escaped from Colonel Chu's clutches, no longer needing to endure inhuman experiments and torture.

Originally I thought following Lin An into the Secret Realm would be good; maybe Lin An would find extra mental energy gains and could leak a bit out to me from between his fingers.

"I never expected, I never expected..."

"Again encountering such an extremely dangerous place?"

"This Lin An, what luck does he have, how am I so miserable..."

Seeing Huang Shaohua unable to give much information, Lin An couldn't help but frown:

"She Sha God, Mo Ubis Mystery?"

"Have you heard of these two things?"

Steps began moving.

Since Huang Shaohua couldn't give any opinion, Lin An thought and still chose to directly enter the village first.

Either way, first get clear on this world's information.

Having a village means there are people.

Some information can be obtained to some extent.

Especially since the village and the direction she left are completely opposite, Lin An subconsciously still prepared to stay away from her.

After glancing at the dark forest behind, Lin An directly led Zhang Tie cautiously toward the village.

No rule says encountering the weird must be resolved.

Since the female ghost 'escaped', he naturally couldn't actively go after her.

Such suicidal things could never happen to him.

In cautious advance, Huang Shaohua frowned tightly and shook his head.

Two things, he hadn't heard of either.

On the contrary, Zhang Tie lowered his head, patted his own head, and suddenly spoke:

"Lin Dui... I think I know what the wild village corpse is..."

"When I was young, I seemed to have watched a movie."

"What was it called..."

"Mountain village..."

"Old corpse..."

Behind the two, the forest moved on its own without wind.