Chapter 176: Don’t Knock After Dark


    As Gu Qianqian approached them, they turned around and ran towards the forest as if they were frightened.


    The system didnt know how long they were standing there either.


    However, it couldnt feel any psychic fluctuations, and it couldnt help but praise Gu Qianqianthe most direct way of solving this problem is to find whoever caused it in the first ce!


    The system began to go deep into thought; it clearly remembered that when Su Yigan came herest time, there were no living people here, only scarletnterns that were like parasites.


    But why was it different now?


    Was it because Su Yigan came here through his consciousness, while Gu Qianqian came here with her whole body?


    Hey! Wait up! Dont run away! I wont hurt you! I just want to ask you something. She shouted at the vigers.


    Of course, they ran even faster.


    Gu Qianqian!


    What?


    Before you shout at them, consider putting your club down. You look like youre about to beat them up.


    Oh


    Gu Qianqians runes aim to strengthen her physical capabilities. Even without its power, she still retains its otherworldly strength.


    Despite this, she failed to catch up to those vigers.


    They ran through the mountains and forests at a blinding speed, and they ran in a weird posture, too!


    The dark forest was extremely dense, and the bushes were also waist-high. From a distance, you could only see their upper bodies.


    It waspletely stiff, and their hands were drooping while their backs were straight. Their necks were strangely elongated as if they were being hung by some invisible thing.


    System, I dont think they are humans. Gu Qianqian pointed out. They look like they hang themselves and run as if they are floating.


    I think so too. If anything bad happens, you can just kill them.


    The system considers itself aw-abiding system and has never ordered her to do anything illegal. Plus, he issues her a mission called [Do a Good Deed Daily.] Although it barely rewards her with anything, it is a good incentive.


    However, there were no rules here. Everybody here was malicious and out to get you.


    If you dont kill them, theyll kill you.


    Gu Qianqian ran after the vigers for about an hour, and she ran almost 10km. However, she was still unable to catch up to the vigers.


    The vigers disappeared from sight after climbing over a hill, and when she climbed over the hill, they were nowhere to be found.


    Fortunately, she found traces of human activity forward; in a small area down the hill, she saw smoke risinga human settlement!


    System, there seems to be someone living in the ravine ahead. Issue me a mission!


    Am I the system, or are you the system? Just let me do my job.


    What kind of mission can I possibly give you? the system shouted. Go down and take a look, and Ill release a mission when the time is right!


    Okay! she said, walking along the winding, muddy mountain road towards the vige hidden within the ravines.


    However, a jelly-like ck shadow was conjured behind her, and the shadow condensed into the strange faces of a man and a fish. It stretched out its neck, observing the footprints on the ground.


    The footprints were strange, and every step was dragged out on the soil, like the marks made by an idental fall.


    The sky was getting darker than it possibly could, but they finally left that dense forest.


    In the distance, she could see some fields, which were bare and unfruitful. It was strange that not a single weed grew on it.


    The fields were surrounded by dense jungles and distant mountains, which looked pale and sickly.


    Somewhere farther stood a scarecrow, and under the dark night, it looked like a figure standing menacingly in the field. With each gust of wind, a faint stench of blood could be smelled.


    Covering her mouth and nose, she could see a gloomy vige. At the entrance of the vige stood a stone tablet.


    The walls of the houses in the vige were mostly built of stone and ster, and nothing was alive down the roads of the vige.


    The windows revealed no light. Even though some doors were open, the gaps were like mouths swallowing all light.


    The vige was shrouded in both darkness and silence, and it was as if the both of them had broken into a deserted vige.


    She could even hear her own breathing.


    Although it was serene and quiet, it did not make anyone feel at peace.


    There was faint light flickering in the houses, and she could feel eyes on her again.


    S-system? I dont like it here. I dont think the vigers live here.


    The system didnt respond just yet, allowing a mechanical voice to sound in her mind.


    [This is a dead world: A distorted utopia.


    The moon no longer shines, and the forgotten things sway in the dark.


    In a treasure house deep underground, the only things that haunt it are writhing snakes and their nameless scales.


    Task: Investigate the vige, find a viger, and obtain useful information. Then, find the ancestral hall of the vige.


    Reward: 300 points, a scrumptious dinner.]


    Food? Forget the points; is the dinner enough?


    Enough, I presume.


    Finally! A reward that isnt those disgusting potions! Can all rewards be reced with meals from now on?


    Hmm no.


    Aw


    The system sighed upon hearing this. Its expensive to conjure those potions!


    In fact, if it wasnt because her power had reached a bottleneck, it wouldnt be feeding her those potions!


    After receiving the mission, Gu Qianqian shrugged and strode towards the nearest house. Just as she was about to knock on the door, a hoarse voice came behind her.


    Outsider, dont knock after dark.


    The voice was airy like dry wind, which sent chills down her spine.


    Turning around, it was an old man in a coat walking quickly towards her.


    No He wasnt walking; his hands were drooped, his back straightened, and his neck stretched. He was being dragged to the ground, floating towards her.