It was dark.

In the overgrown wilderness, muddy paths lead straight into the dark and remote depths of the woods.The woods were extremely quiet, and occasionally a few crows flew by, their hoarse cries adding a bit of eerieness to the miasma-filled woods.

"This is the only way to Gumu Village?!" The handsome young man looked at the narrow path in front of him and said, "Why do you think there is something wrong with it?" He was speechless and choked up. "Can anyone really live in such a gloomy place?"

"...At least that's what the intelligence says." The blond young man in the lead replied dryly.He was obviously in disbelief.

"At the beginning of this year, the northeastern border area of ​​the Douling Empire was shrouded in an unknown heavy fog. After multiple investigations, the cause is still unknown. A month ago, the unknown fog basically dissipated, leaving only Gumu Village still in an abnormal state. For this reason, the Douling Empire The soul masters were sent to investigate again, but there was no news about the investigators. The Dou Ling Empire military initially suspected that this incident was related to the evil soul masters..." The petite black-haired 'boy' recalled seriously, "If this is true, Gumu Village It makes sense that it would turn out like this.”

"No matter what, let's go in and investigate first." The arrogant young woman sighed faintly, "I hope it's not an evil soul master..."

Being able to cause such a large-scale abnormality would probably be a very troublesome existence for an evil soul master.

Everyone knew what the young woman meant.So the four of them all worked hard to explore the village at the end of the woods.

-

Four years may not be long or short, but it can still change many details.

For example, Quan Jinghua was just a fledgling little girl four years ago, but four years later she has entered the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy and will participate in this year's continental senior soul master competition as a regular member.

It's now three months before the big competition.As a member of the Shrek Supervisory Team, Quan Jinghua, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Gongyang Mo received a request for help from the Dou Ling Empire.Adhering to the purpose of the supervision team, the four went to their destination, Gumu Village, to investigate.

"careful!"

The clear voice no longer pretended to be low and hoarse in front of outsiders, but had a softness that was inconsistent with the male attire. Izumi Kyoka, who had always been dressed as a man outside the academy, threw the dagger in her hand into the air when she spoke. And out.The dagger with its cold light was like a shooting star, hitting the black shadow that suddenly rushed out of the woods.

Snapped!

The black shadow fell to the ground.After confirming that there was no danger, several people stepped forward to check with peace of mind.

"hiss--"

"What is this?!"

Along with a cry of surprise, the ugly and twisted appearance of the black shadow came into the eyes of the four people.

Jet black feathers are sparsely attached to the body surface, and the three protruding eyeballs are covered with bloodshot eyes. The dark purple claws are no longer as sharp as they used to be, and dark green moss is crisscrossed and mottled on them.The most disturbing thing among them is the white skeleton under the jet black feathers and the internal organs clearly visible through the skeleton.

"Is this some kind of mutated soul beast?" Dai Yueheng's confused tone expressed the thoughts of several others, but he soon realized the loopholes in his conclusion, "No, that's not right. If it's a soul beast It's impossible not to feel the fluctuation of soul power, this thing should be..."

"They should be animals that have been transformed by some kind of power." Quan Jinghua's face darkened, "No, they can no longer be called 'animals', but -"

——Moving corpses.

shhh-

A rustling sound deep in the woods interrupted Izumi Kyoka's unfinished words.Everyone's vigilance was instantly raised to its peak, with four pairs of eyes staring intently into the depths of the woods.At the same time, in the oppressive darkness, the same monsters lying on the ground were coming in groups.

The battle is imminent.

-

"Kingka, this way!"

The icy blue frost instantly froze the monster rushing towards him in place.Ling Luochen protected Gong Yangmo, who was unable to fly in this situation, and called out to Quan Jinghua who fell behind. The three of them broke out of the encirclement along the path that Dai Yaoheng finally opened up from the monster siege.

'Tsk, damn it! '

Since killing the first monster, a steady stream of deformed creatures have attacked the four of them.Although most of them are mutated from wild beasts and have no ability to cause serious harm to anyone, but the ants kill the elephants, and the only one who suffers from such unnecessary consumption is himself.So the four people made a prompt decision and chose to continue to break out from the front.

Time passed by minute by second, and the four of them could no longer remember how long they had moved forward.The surrounding fog is getting thicker and thicker, and visibility is getting lower and lower.It stands to reason that such a situation is obviously more vulnerable to sneak attacks, but in fact, since entering the thick fog, the four of them have not encountered as many mutant monsters as before.

'This is definitely not normal'

The four of them knew this very well, but they were helpless with everything they were facing.

What is deep in the fog?What does the various encounters along the way have to do with it?

The four people's thoughts became more and more complicated, and the surrounding atmosphere became more serious.And everything they struggled with finally reached its peak when they saw the door slowly revealed in the thick fog.

-

"Although it was expected, the situation in Gumu Village is worse than imagined."

After exploring this small remote village, the four of them gathered again.Facing the roughly summarized preliminary investigation results, everyone frowned.

"Then what's the next step?"

Ling Luochen felt heavy. To be honest, she was a little uneasy now.When Ling Luochen was investigating alone just now, he actually entered some of the cottages to check, but found no traces - blood, traces of fighting, footprints... Everything that could prove what had happened here had disappeared, leaving only A thick layer of dust indicates that this once peaceful and peaceful village is now being shrouded in strange and strange forces...

"There was a house that I just found a little strange when I was inspecting it."

The light female voice pulled Ling Luochen back from his wild thoughts. Quan Jinghua's speech at this time gave the four people who were troubled in the investigation a glimmer of hope again.

"Well, the thing is like this." Gong Yangmo, who was investigating with Quan Jinghua just now, took over the topic from the girl who was not good at words. "When I was investigating the north of the village with Xiao Jinghua, I accidentally discovered an ancestral hall. It seems that It's like a place where Gumu Village usually worships its ancestors. It doesn't look special on the surface, but when I use my soul power to detect the inside of the ancestral hall, I always feel like something has wiped out the soul power."

"In that case," Dai Yueheng, the person in charge of this investigation, made a decision after pondering, "Now let's adjust our condition on the spot, and we will go take a look inside the ancestral hall later."

"I have a feeling that all the mysteries surrounding this incident will be answered there."

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