When Wang He was in high school, he played horror virtual reality games for a while.

When he was playing a game with his classmates, a player from the same team once asked him:

“What is the source of terror?”

"Why aren't you scared at all?"

The player was almost blinded, and Wang He took the thermal weapon and directly penetrated the dungeon.

Wang He didn't show any fear during the entire game.

Efficient and precise, his movements and judgment are comparable to those of a robot.

The player still remembers Wang He looking down and his answer to him as he collapsed on the ground in fear:

"Horror? It comes from being obsessed with yourself and your ideas."

"When you no longer care about life or death, or whether you can pass the level, then this horror game strategy is very simple."

In "Void", the player whose ID is "Chang'an" suddenly recalled what the player on the ranking list said many years ago.

And now, he has grown into a calm alchemist in the game.

After the latest cross-region dungeon appeared, he came here in order to find the legendary ghost realm Ming Zhi.

By chance, he accidentally obtained a foreign elixir that was classified as a first-class elixir from the ruins of the Eastern civilization - Hanyuan Ghost Pill.

Ghostland Mingzhi is the main ingredient.

According to the system description, taking this elixir can directly transform the race into a ghost, and obtain the second-level earth-level talent of the Han Abyss ghost body.

This is an unparalleled temptation for many players who generally do not even have second-level human-level talents.

Chang'an did not contribute the elixir recipe to the sect in exchange for a large amount of reward, but kept it secretly in the hope of seizing that ray of opportunity in the chaos.

It is different from the system in the Western civilized world where you can directly believe in the gods at the top of the pyramid, and be granted divine skills after reaching a certain level of belief.

In most of the existing areas of the Eastern Civilized World, practicing the techniques passed down by masters, completing tasks from masters and all walks of life, and obtaining rewards are the main ways to increase strength.

Among the choices available to players when entering the world of Eastern Civilization, the option of faith is not directly mentioned.

It also has a set of entry rules. According to different races, there are different training modes.

Generally speaking, belief systems similar to those in the Western world are described here. Currently, only races of specific bloodlines and certain masters who inherit Shinto-like techniques are known.

Beyond that, players don't even know who the being at the top of the world is.

Those vaguely existing powerful beings seem to have never appeared in this game at all.

Different from the common miracles and divine skills of Western priests, in the Eastern world, only through some relics, magic weapons and clues left by the powerful ones in the past can we speculate that they may actually exist.

There are no camps here in the Western sense. The large number of practitioners are more like neutral individuals.

Most of their actions have nothing to do with their beliefs, and more often they are for themselves.

It is not that you do good things because you believe in a good god, nor that you do evil things because you believe in some evil god.

Their good and evil depend on their own choice.

Chang'an is one of these many practitioners.

As the basic individuals in the Eastern civilization world, cultivators use countless different levels and types of cultivation methods to improve their personal realm, strength and lifespan as the core gameplay.

Here, they place more emphasis on personal talent, strength, opportunity, and good fortune.

Each elite disciple will receive more resources and more training, while the weaker disciples will receive differential treatment.

At this point, the god system is somewhat fair.

Believers only need to provide faith to obtain divine skills.

In addition, after each cultivator character is created, a fixed lifespan value with a deviation of 5 years will be set based on the current average human lifespan of 90 years.

The same can be said for other races.

Players can be resurrected, but the character's lifespan will be reduced to varying degrees each time they are resurrected.

From the shortest reduction of one month, to the most direct announcement of account deletion at once.

The basis for the reduction is currently unknown.

The reason why cultivators are cultivators is precisely because of this:

Every time players are resurrected and every time they open the attribute panel, they can see the number of days of life being continuously reduced.

Like a sharp sword hanging above their heads and falling continuously, time is urging them to become stronger.

Only the improvement of realm can prolong the declining life span.

Chang'an stands on the bridge across the river in the city.

In the distance, a huge cloud of smoke and dust was pushed by the dark field and swept from one end of the bridge to the other end where he was.

At this moment, it had been more than 2 hours since he accepted the mission called "Doubleday City" released by the system and was randomly teleported into this large dungeon.

He looked around at his temporary team of three and checked his panel again.

The mana value above shows that there is less than half left.

On the attribute table, the "regional aura value" related to the newly added copy is currently only 3 points.

Another new "fear value" reached 48 points.

He couldn't help but sigh:

From the time they entered the market until now, they have not been able to reap any benefits.

The only thing they are doing is running away.

In the sky, black and white suns chase each other.

The corresponding areas of night and day on the ground are constantly changing.

They were forced to observe Double Sun, choose routes, and try their best to escape from Black Sun's control.

Because once you fall into darkness, it means entering a battle.

Countless types of ghosts will slowly appear, pulling them into an indescribable fear called death.

Chang'an observed the two unfriendly values ​​and broke into a cold sweat.

Now, the "regional aura value" which symbolizes the speed of cultivation and mana recovery speed is close to 0.

And in the task prompt:

When the player stays at the edge of the dark realm, the area's aura value is 0.

And if you enter the central area of ​​the dark realm, the area's aura value will be negative.

This means that once they use mana to enter the darkness, they must face the risk that their mana cannot be restored naturally and will eventually continue to decline.

This is completely the end of a cultivator.

Another even more terrifying thing is the existence of fear value.

This value, which reflects the level of fear in the player's spirit, is one of the core values ​​of this dungeon.

Once players are dominated by fear, their fear value will continue to rise.

In the realm of the black sun, the fear value increases continuously.

Only by returning to the daytime realm can the fear value slowly recover over time.

When the player's fear value reaches 100, the system will determine that the player's mission has failed and force the player to be transferred out of the instance, making it impossible to enter again.

I heard it is to ensure the mental safety of players.

Therefore, in the eyes of the vast majority of players who are still alive, this copy is a survival game.

The first thing the player has to do is to try every means to survive.

Otherwise, they will never have the chance to enter this one-time event instance after death.

Completely missed the chance and the magic weapon.

Chang'an calculated the terrain in his mind and tried to calm down.

Judging from the position of the double sun in the sky, their position is about to be covered by the black sun.

The speed increase obtained by consuming mana is extremely limited and is not enough to take them away from here.

He has no choice now.

No matter what, they must face the bridge.

Only by venturing through the darkness and taking the route closest to the day cycle can they have a chance of survival.

Chang'an said loudly: "Everyone has seen it. If we don't move forward now, we will die!"

"That's right, we must work together now! Brother Chang'an, do you have any elixir to help increase speed? I can buy it with money." A man in brocade clothes holding a feather fan suddenly asked.

"That's right, brother Chang'an. If you have any good things, take them out as soon as possible. We are all grasshoppers on the same rope now. We can't help each other in the battle!" Another demon clan holding a long stick and a monkey face.

The player echoed.
To be continued...