Chapter 383

It was a plain-colored palace lantern.

The palace lantern had a traditional and simple design, with a lacquered wooden frame, a white lampshade, and four tassels hanging below. The light of the candle shone through the yellow cloth, and the warm glow illuminated a large area of space.

Holding the palace lantern was a statue.

This statue had a slender body and a head that appeared human, but its ears were eerily large. Its body was hunched over, and it held the pole of the palace lantern with one hand, lifting the pole to a height of over three meters.

Behind the statue was a temple.

This temple had red bricks and green tiles, no name, and did not occupy much space. A tattered, greasy curtain obscured most of the interior view, and one could only make out a solemn divine statue sitting inside.

Under the illumination of the light.

Wu Xian gradually relaxed.

The experience in the darkness just now had made his hair stand on end. Even a person like him felt horrified; that fear of darkness, which penetrated to the bone marrow, could only be understood by those who had experienced it personally.

Then Wu Xian began to examine the surrounding environment.

This was a spacious, pot-bellied karst cave. Except for the direction of the temple, other places were relatively primitive.

There were stalactites above and stalagmites below. The ground was somewhat uneven, but overall it was still considered level. There was a water pool opposite the temple; it seemed that in this Fudi, at least drinking water was not a concern.

Looking up, down, left, and right, there were cave entrances everywhere. Each entrance was pitch-black, not knowing where they led, nor what might come out of them.

Besides Wu Xian, there were other people here.

One was a gaunt woman with disheveled hair. This woman was curled up in a corner, where there was some dry grass and a small pile of dry firewood. Her eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, and she kept staring at Wu Xian, muttering something in her mouth.

There was also a young couple. This young couple was dressed like hikers, but their backpacks were missing. The two were supporting each other, and there were some bloodstains on them.

Wu Xian looked up and saw a pitch-black cave entrance right above.

It seemed that the sound that saved Wu Xian's life just now was made when these two fell from above. To fall from such a height and still be fine, these two were truly lucky.

Wu Xian pondered for a moment.

Then he walked toward the woman huddled in the corner.

Although there was light now, Wu Xian was not sure if it was safe. He needed to understand the current environment as quickly as possible, and that couple had clearly just fallen down and might not necessarily know as much as Wu Xian.

Therefore, this gaunt woman was the best source of information.

Wu Xian brushed his curly hair, trying to appear as handsome as possible: "Miss, may I ask if you know what the situation is here?"

"Great, great!"

The woman did not pay attention to Wu Xian, but instead clutched her arm, talking to herself in a neurotic manner.

"The people who are here to die have come, someone else can die, I have food again, I can live a few more days..."

Wu Xian pushed the woman twice, but she still did not react, only repeating some meaningless words. It seemed there was no way to get information from her for the time being.

Then Wu Xian turned his head to look at the couple.

The man gave Wu Xian a sour look: "Don't look at me, I want to ask you too."

After some exchange.

Wu Xian learned that these two were newlyweds; the man was named Huang Huang Debiao, and the woman was named Xia Xia Caoqing.

The couple was on their honeymoon and wanted to leave behind some special memories, so they went hiking in the mountains with backpacks. As a result, they accidentally fell into a pit covered by weeds, falling for an unknown amount of time before finally landing here.

Huang Huang Debiao appeared to be a man with a very hot temper. Landing in such a situation made him almost unable to think; his face was as black as coal, communication was very difficult, and he often got angry for no reason.

Xia Xia Caoqing was a good-tempered one. She patted Huang Huang Debiao's arm to comfort him: "We two were traveling in Zhongzhi Mountain; this should be underground in Zhongzhi Mountain. If we don't go back for a long time, there will definitely be a search and rescue team to save us. We shouldn't worry too much." "We can't go back!" the crazy woman suddenly screamed, "No one can go back!"

This scream scared Xia Xia Caoqing until her face turned pale. Huang Huang Debiao stood up wanting to hit someone, but it was only stopped by his wife, preventing a violent incident.

The three of them no longer had the atmosphere to discuss.

Wu Xian retreated to the side.

Judging from Xia Xia Caoqing's words, this world was the healthiest Fudi he had ever experienced.

Although supernatural events had already occurred, the outside world was still operating normally. Only in a sufficiently safe world would newlyweds be carefree enough to go hiking in the mountains.

But a safe world did not mean that this place was also safe.

It was too dark when he first entered the Fudi, so he couldn't see the contents of the identity document clearly. Now, taking advantage of the light, he could see what information the identity document had left for him.

"Deep darkness takes human lives, strange words and weird talk urge ghosts to rise."

"Faint light makes days hard to pass, fierce gods refuse to release the light."

"Survive in this Fudi for seven days to leave."

Wu Xian's eyelids twitched. Not to mention the content of that terrible poem, the requirements for this Fudi were simply too simple; it was just surviving for seven days.

But the simpler the requirement, the more it proved the danger of this Fudi.

Because this could only mean that in this Fudi, even just surviving was a difficult thing, unlike other Fudi where there was still some room to slack off.

"Deep darkness takes human lives refers to the hidden dangers in the dark environment that are enough to kill people; I have just experienced this."

"Strange words and weird talk urge ghosts to rise... what does this mean? Does it want me to control my own mouth?"

"Faint light makes days hard to pass should mean that the key to surviving in this Fudi is light..."

"Fierce god..."

Wu Xian felt a slight toothache. This "fierce god" shouldn't be referring to the level of a malevolent entity, right? Could it be that in this Fudi, he had to face a malevolent entity at the level of a fierce god?

Even holding Yama's Post, Wu Xian still felt a bit insecure, because Yama's Post could not guarantee a one-hit kill against evil spirits, let alone a fierce god at a higher level.

This seemingly ordinary world had already been targeted by a fierce god, and the crises hidden within it were even more terrifying than those worlds that had already been destroyed.

Wu Xian continued to flip through the identity document, and as he flipped, his eyes went dark again.

"No, I haven't done anything yet, why do I have a layer of curse on me?"

Curse: Darkness Fear

When the cursed person stays in the darkness, the "Darkness Fear" negative status will gradually accumulate on them. The darker the environment, the faster the accumulation speed.

The deeper this status, the more unstable the cursed person's emotions will be, and all kinds of abilities will be weakened proportionally.

When in a bright environment, this status will weaken over time.

Wu Xian put down the identity document.

He took a deep breath.

This curse should be effective on everyone without discrimination, so even with abilities like night vision, there was no way to easily pass through the Fudi, because in this Fudi, the most terrifying thing was not what was in the darkness, but the darkness itself.

(End of chapter)