Chapter 22: Poisoning the Wild Wolf

Lin Yifan didn't dare to move, not daring to fight recklessly.

His eyes now saw nothing, no different from a blind person's.

But the wolf hiding in the night could find him so clearly, which shows the wolf's eyes are normal.

In this situation, he really didn't dare to move even a bit, fearing that any movement would draw a sneak attack.

However, the standoff time passed unusually fast; it felt like less than a moment, yet five minutes had passed.

Lin Yifan still didn't dare to move.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed a faint, unique sound ringing in his ears.

It sounded like a baby murmuring softly, like a woman resentfully complaining, and like an elder relative's gentle admonition.

Many chaotic sounds intertwined, seeming far and near, completely indistinct.

After these sounds intertwined, they seemed to undergo some kind of mutation, making Lin Yifan increasingly irritated.

Unable to resist, he reached up and patted his ears, trying to drive away the interference.

However, whether he patted or covered his ears, the sounds persisted, not dissipating just because he covered them.

If someone were standing before Lin Yifan right now, they could see his eyes.

They would see his eyes filled with red bloodshot veins, even his pupils turning scarlet.

This scarlet hue matched exactly the color of the blood moon hanging in the sky.

To say they were unrelated, Lin Yifan himself could hardly believe it.

But he was too weak now; even the impending calamity required him to undergo tribulation crossing, let alone this intangible noise.

And after several attempts, he still couldn't dispel the noise in his ears.

Even as time passed, he found the strange noise growing more chaotic, his mind increasingly irritated, even feeling an urge to go mad.

This made him faintly realize that perhaps the night's danger lay in this strange noise.

No!

We can't stay out in the wild any longer!

We must hurry back to the shelter!

Lin Yifan bit his tongue, using the pain to calm himself completely, after which he no longer paid attention to the wolf that had attacked him.

After tossing the box holding the tinder into his ring space, he quietly moved toward the shelter.

This place was already close to the shelter; even with his current affiliation, he only needed five or six minutes to reach it.

However, after Lin Yifan had taken about ten steps forward, he immediately heard movement coming from the left.

His reaction was also quick; with his right hand holding the poison arrow, he thrust it backward hard toward the left.

But this thrust struck nothing.

Obviously, that wolf was also very cunning and wouldn't let him easily wound it again.

Lin Yifan hadn't really expected this strike to actually wound the wolf that obeyed him; it was mainly meant to intimidate.

As expected, after that strike, the wolf vanished again!

Lin Yifan still didn't relax his vigilance, but his pace forward quickened considerably.

After two minutes, the shelter finally arrived!

Lin Yifan, looking through the thin mist at the shelter standing not far away, involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.

Then, at that very moment, a sharp tearing sound split the air near his ear.

Because the speed was extreme, the sound was extremely faint yet extremely tough.

Lin Yifan had no time to react; if he tried to block it head-on, he would surely be injured.

So he could only suddenly squat, then grab the poison arrow in his hand and thrust it upward hard.

"Pfft!"

The sound of the arrowhead piercing flesh rang out instantly!

"Bang!"

Then came a thud as something fell; the sound came from right in front of Lin Yifan.

But because it was too dark, he couldn't see clearly; he could only carefully ready his stance, preparing for the next attack.

However, at that moment a shrill wail rang out:

"Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh!"

Lin Yifan originally wanted to just leave, but he couldn't bear to abandon the meat, after all it was a wild beast he had finally managed to kill.

Even if the wolf meat was mediocre, he still didn't want to miss out!

After all, no matter how ordinary the meat tastes, it's still meat!

In this Survival Realm, what could be more important than meat?

At least for now, Lin Yifan couldn't bear to give it up.

However, the wolf was ultimately dangerous; it had to be completely dead before he could approach.

So he stood in place waiting a moment, until the movement ahead grew ever weaker, then he cautiously crept forward.

But he still didn't dare touch it with his hand; he lightly prodded it with the axe in his hand, and the wolf still showed no movement.

Only then did he pick up the wolf carcass.

But he didn't leave right away; instead he bent down and felt around a bit.

Because he remembered that killing a wild beast might drop a treasure chest; earlier, when he killed the Spectacled King Cobra, a treasure chest had dropped.

The treasure chest was crucial; he absolutely couldn't miss it.

And as he had expected, beside the wolf's corpse he indeed felt a treasure chest.

He couldn't see its color clearly, but any treasure chest was a good thing.

After storing the Treasure Chest and the wolf corpse in the Ring Space, Lin Yifan dared not delay, turned and hurried back to the Shelter.

Because the eerie Murmuring Whisper by his ear had grown noisy enough that he could barely control his emotions.

If he kept delaying, he truly feared he would go mad outright.

And when he stepped into the Shelter, the eerie Murmuring Whisper vanished—so suddenly that he once thought what he had heard earlier was an illusion.

To verify whether it was an illusion, after stepping into the Shelter he went out of its door again.

However he didn't go far, just walked under the eaves, and when he stepped out of the Shelter's area, the eerie Murmuring Whisper appeared immediately.

However, compared to before, the sound had become much weaker, but as time passed it began to grow strong again.

Lin Yifan furrowed his brow, picked up the water‑catching box under the eaves, walked into the Shelter, and began to ponder.

Is this eerie Murmuring Whisper only present in his vicinity, or does it exist everywhere in the world?

If it exists worldwide, then where exactly does this sound come from?

So desperate, so chaotic, so mad, it can gradually affect anyone who hears it, eventually driving them insane.

If it exists worldwide, then could this sound be the night here, that wordless terror?

Lin Yifan was uncertain, but could only set it aside for now.

And in the Shelter's firepit, the wood he had added earlier had burned out, but the embers beneath the ashes remained.

So after adding a few pieces of wood, the fire quickly blazed up.

Warmth and light finally made Lin Yifan feel alive again.

Although he had only stayed outside for about half an hour after dark, he nevertheless felt utterly exhausted.

After sitting down to rest a moment, drinking a sip of water, and eating two slices of toast to settle his stomach, he finally came to his senses.