Chapter 68: A Skeleton Teeming with Maggots

Exactly, it looks like a person!

That person stood in the mist, his face vague and unclear.

Although the Radiant Stone can emit light and dispel mist, the area it can dispel is only about two or three square meters.

And the spot where that person stood happened to be right at the very edge of the light.

The hazy mist allowed one to tell that it was a person, but not see the face clearly; he stood in the mist, neither advancing nor retreating.

Although I couldn't see his face, Lin Yifan always felt that his gaze was directed at me.

A chill rose unbidden from his back; he instinctively shivered, rose cautiously, gripping the machete tightly, and spoke warily:

"Brother, who are you?"

However, the other person didn't answer his question, still standing there blankly.

Lin Yifan swallowed, his expression full of hesitation; logically, at this moment his best choice would be to run away quickly.

As long as he could run back to the Shelter, no matter whether that was a person or whether there was danger, he could guarantee his own safety.

But for some reason, he had a vague feeling that if he turned and ran now, great danger would arise.

Although he didn't really trust his sixth sense, after coming to the Survival Realm it had never been wrong.

Now his sixth sense warned him of danger; he dared not gamble, nor could he gamble.

So after hesitating a moment in place, he then gripped the knife handle with both hands and cautiously moved toward that person's direction.

Each step he took was careful, and after each step his eyes were locked on that person, fearing any reaction.

Yet strangely, although that person showed no reaction, Lin Yifan walked forward several steps in a row, only to find that the distance between them had not changed at all.

He remained within the Radiant Stone's coverage, while that person remained at the edge of the Radiant Stone's light.

After walking forward several more steps, he found that the distance between them still hadn't changed.

Moreover, even if he stepped back, the distance between them remained unchanged.

However, just as he was about to turn back, that inexplicable sense of crisis surged up again.

It was as if that person would instantly turn into a demon and quickly tear him apart!

Such a strange situation caused Lin Yifan to break out in a cold sweat on his forehead involuntarily, and he muttered:

"What the hell is going on? Could there be a Ghost Wall in the Survival Realm?"

He reached up to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then suddenly noticed that the figure's hand seemed to be holding something.

That thing was just blocked by the mist, so he could barely see it was a stick, but was it really a stick?

Lin Yifan couldn't be sure, but then he suddenly remembered something.

A few days ago, the 'Sexy Little Wildcat' who had been treating him like a fish in a fish pond told him that there were Wild Men in this world.

Moreover, this Wild Man could wear modern clothing and hold an axe, but was dazed and completely a walking corpse.

Most importantly, according to the Sexy Little Wildcat, that Wild Man moves very fast and can move freely in the mist.

Could the 'person' before him be that so-called Wild Man?

Although the figure was unclear, Lin Yifan could be certain that this 'person' had once been a man; otherwise his stature wouldn't be so tall.

And the wooden stick he held in his hand, which looked like a stick, might not actually be a stick.

After all, all he could see was a few centimeters; perhaps beneath it was an axe head.

If he could see clearly what clothing that 'person' wore, perhaps he could confirm it!

Unfortunately, he had no way to get close.

But if this person truly was the Wild Man the Sexy Little Wildcat spoke of, his appearance here would indicate that this place is not far from the Sexy Little Wildcat's Shelter.

At least, there's a chance to find it!

But now, Lin Yifan confirmed he didn't dare provoke that 'person'; after hesitating a moment, he decisively began to retreat toward the Shelter.

Fortunately, he was very familiar with this area; even without looking, retreating blindly he could easily find the Shelter.

But what originally should have taken only ten-odd minutes turned into a half-hour walk, directly causing Lin Yifan to waste all the time of a Radiant Stone.

Lin Yifan felt a slight pang; he only had nine Radiant Stones total, each lasting three hours, so he had only twenty-seven hours altogether.

Now, aside from the blue Treasure Chest, there is currently no other way to obtain them; it's truly a case of using one and losing one.

But he only felt that pang for a moment, then immediately set aside all his emotions.

Because he discovered that, at the moment the Radiant Stone was pressed down, that 'person' who had kept the same distance from him all along began to approach him.

A terrifying aura instantly enveloped Lin Yifan, plunging him into endless fear, as if the next second he would be erased by that aura.

Having barely managed to live carefree, how could Lin Yifan bear to die?

Even though fear made his whole body go numb, he still bit his tongue hard, forced himself back to reason, turned and flung open the Shelter's door.

In the Shelter's hall a large pile of fires still burned; the warm light streamed out through the open door, shining on the mist at the entrance.

Instantly, that mist, as if alive, began to twist wildly and then rapidly spread in all directions.

The positions illuminated by the light were all emptied!

The 'person' originally shrouded in the mist was also completely exposed as the mist dispersed.

Looking at that 'person' before him, Lin Yifan sucked in a breath of cold air, his scalp nearly exploding!

This isn't a person at all!

It's a pile of maggots!

Countless maggots twisted and crawled over a skeleton, densely packed, innumerable.

Occasionally a strand of gray-white bone would show, but it would quickly be filled in by maggots!

Exactly, this so-called 'person' before him was entirely a skeleton crawling with maggots!

A monster so revolting that no one could bear to look at it twice!

But strangely, it could move!

Even in his hand he still held a rust‑covered broken axe, and the joint where the axe head met the handle was also teeming with maggots.

Lin Yifan stared at the teeming maggots, instinctively stepping back half a pace; even he felt his stomach churn with nausea at this moment.

Wave after wave of the urge to vomit surged, making him barely able to hold it in!