"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Zhuge Ye: "So hot~"

Jiang Zihao: "Fire!!!"

Zhuge Ye: "I just love music, don't tell me to stop~"

Jiang Zihao glared at Zhuge Ye, "At a time like this, you're still joking around!"

Zhuge Ye: "Emmmm"

The sky grew darker, and the piercing alarm sounded like a needle stabbing into everyone's hearts!

But since they decided to enter the mountains to find the village chief, how could they be completely unprepared?

Everyone quickly gathered firewood and piled it together.

"Whoosh!"

Jiang Zihao struck a match and lit the bonfire.

This is what they call, many hands make light work!

The next second.

Darkness surged like a tide.

With the flickering flames, visibility was reduced to less than ten meters...

Jiang Che glanced at Jiang Zihao without a trace.

Could this guy really know the strategy?

Fire can fend off the monsters in the dark.

The mechanisms and clues he discovered yesterday, Jiang Zihao almost found them too...

Noticing Jiang Che's change in mood.

Xiaoman: "Worried you won't be able to beat him to the reward?"

Jiang Che: "..."

Xiaoman: "I have an idea."

"What idea?"

"Bury him."

"…"

"That's a... good idea."

Jiang Zihao suddenly shivered, not knowing why.

Then, he said with relief, "Everyone, don't worry. The things in the dark are afraid of fire. We just need to stay by the bonfire until the darkness ends."

"Really? Following Brother Hao was indeed a wise decision!"

"Brother Hao is awesome!"

Jiang Zihao pressed his palms down, but couldn't hide the smug look on his face.

Rustling sounds came from around them.

Occasionally, there were low growls like someone clearing their throat.

It was as if a group of zombies were really wandering around, but ultimately didn't dare to approach them.

Because there was fire here.

At this moment, Zhuge Ye shrank his neck and said, "Brother Che..."

Jiang Che: "..."

Zhuge Ye: "Why do I feel a bit uneasy?"

Jiang Che: "..."

Hearing this, someone else became displeased.

***: "It's already good enough that we're letting you use our bonfire for free, and you're still complaining?"

**: "Exactly, either shut up or get lost. Do you really think you're something special?"

"You think it's uneasy? I think you're pretty cocky!"

"You must have a twin bone, huh? Why are you so cocky?"

Everyone chimed in, crazily mocking.

It's not that they were brainless, but they indeed had the right to say this.

After all, they started the fire, and Jiang Che and Zhuge Ye were just bystanders the whole time.

Surprisingly, this time Jiang Zihao didn't stop them.

He even glanced at Jiang Che and Zhuge Ye with a hint of disdain.

He originally thought Jiang Che and Zhuge Ye really knew something about the mechanisms, but now they didn't even know how to deal with the darkness.

He, Jiang, had overestimated them.

Since they're useless and uncooperative, should they be kept around for the New Year?

Seeing himself become the target of everyone's anger, Zhuge Ye blushed and tugged at Jiang Che's sleeve.

"Brother, I think I've angered everyone..."

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Jiang Che shook his head and said, "No, this time your judgment is correct."

Zhuge Ye: "Huh?"

Jiang Che's expression turned slightly somber, the bloody words in his mind hadn't faded.

[My heart, give me back my heart! My eyes, my eyes! My liver was dug out, who did it! Who did it!...]

They were all looking for their organs.

No wonder the corpses seen before the darkness had their insides hollowed out.

It wasn't caused by decay; their organs were taken before they died...

The low growls around them grew more numerous, clearer.

Closer.

Everyone unconsciously huddled closer to the bonfire, their hearts in their throats.

Jiang Che looked at Zhuge Ye and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"The people in the village were burned to death, so they're afraid of fire."

"But the ones here weren't burned to death."

Zhuge Ye swallowed: "So... fire is useless..."

Jiang Che: "Yes, and not only that."

Zhuge Ye: "Fire will attract them..."

Zhuge Ye's eyes widened in disbelief.

And just then.

Suddenly, a rotten face lunged out from the darkness.

"Ah!!!"

A boy closest to it was so scared he wet himself, and the crowd erupted into chaos.

At this moment, Jiang Zihao was still shouting, "Don't panic, don't panic! We have fire, they won't dare come close!"

The corpse's dead gray eyes were fixed on the bonfire.

Then.

"Crack, crack..."

The face turned.

The sound of bones grinding and breaking echoed.

Soon, the face turned 180 degrees, the upward-facing mouth seemingly smiling.

The scene was terrifying to the extreme.

While everyone was staring at the rotten face.

A rotten, unrecognizable arm silently reached out from another direction.

"Don't, don't touch..." A girl hiding at the back impatiently slapped it away.

At a time like this, someone was still taking advantage.

Huh, men.

However, the moment she grabbed that arm.

Her whole body froze.

She could feel the sticky rotten flesh.

She could even feel maggots squirming inside.

"…"

"…"

"Ah—!!!"

A scream rang out.

When everyone looked over.

A corpse bit down on the girl's neck.

Blood spurted out, splattering on the bonfire with a sizzle!

The close-up scene of the feast left everyone's minds blank.

Especially seeing the girl's desperate and terrified eyes.

It made their scalps tingle!

Until the girl was dragged into the darkness by the corpse, did everyone react.

"Corpse! Corpse!"

"They're not afraid of fire, not afraid of fire!!!"

Screams erupted.

The sudden fear threw them into disarray.

Some people froze in place, not daring to move.

Others grabbed burning wood and ran in the direction they came from.

However, they forgot the number of corpses here was in the hundreds!

Roars, screams, echoed in the darkness.

The scene was completely out of control!

‘Is the Uncanny Bureau's qualification trial really that trashy?’

The crowd's performance and reaction made Jiang Che doubtful.

And just then.

Jiang Zihao had a rusty axe in his hand, chopping at the approaching corpses.

With a swing, the corpses couldn't withstand Jiang Zihao's axe.

This axe was a Taboo Object!

Then.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, deafening.

A burly guy holding a shotgun blasted a corpse's head into bits.

Damn, this gun was also a Taboo Object!

Besides that.

Two others were fighting the corpses.

One was a ponytailed girl wielding a black katana.

The other was a guy who looked a bit like Xiaoyueyue, wielding a baseball bat.

All were Taboo Objects...

At this moment, Jiang Che finally saw the strength of other challengers.

Although the Uncanny Trial focused on mechanisms, combat power was also crucial when necessary!

Just then.

"Roar!"

A corpse lunged at Jiang Che with claws bared!

Just as Jiang Che was about to join the fight.

Zhuge Ye suddenly rushed out.

He turned his head slightly, raised an eyebrow.

"The camera's all on you, how am I supposed to show off?"

With that, Zhuge Ye threw the bead in his hand.

The next second, dazzling white light burst forth!

Instantly, dozens of corpses around the bead were engulfed in blazing flames!

Soon, these corpses were reduced to ashes!

The air was filled with the unpleasant smell of roasted meat.

Jiang Che: "Motherfucker, in a supernatural world, you're using fantasy effects?"

Zhuge Ye: "Cool, right?"

Jiang Che: "And then?"

"And then? What then?"

Glancing at the darkness ahead, Zhuge Ye was stunned.

Damn...

My bead...

"…"

"Brother Che..." Zhuge Ye's mouth twitched.

"I say I'm out of mana, would you believe me?"

Jiang Che: "But you weren't using Chidori..."