Disaster Strikes

"Is it because of fear?"

Chen Mo carefully recalled the experience he just had.

I do have an instinctive fear of it in my heart.

This fear stems from caution about the unknown, from the rich imagination deep in his heart, and from the instinctive resistance of his body, which he cannot control.

And this so-called evil shadow seems to have the ability to absorb fear and increase strength!

Judging from its performance just now.

This doll evil shadow itself is just a creature with a first-level average rating.

But after it fully absorbed Chen Mo's fear, its own strength began to expand for Chen Mo, until it approached or even reached the level of a big boss. The increase in strength was quite exaggerated.

This should also be its limit.

And more importantly, Chen Mo didn't feel the evil aura from it.

Although it tends to be dark, absurd, and weird, it is not evil. In other words, it is not a pollution monster. It is just a natural creature derived from this world. Therefore, it is not affected by its invulnerability to all evils. Restrained by the roar of a lion.

Otherwise.

He wouldn't have been so cautious about the unknown creature in front of him just now.

"Fear is probably one of the most difficult emotions to control."

After Chen Mo had a preliminary understanding of the evil shadow here, his expression became serious.

The evil shadow here has reproduced and evolved naturally for many years.

Although he knew that the evil shadow here had the ability to absorb fear, it was objectively almost impossible to completely control this emotion.

At least in his professionalization process, he did not master similar abilities.

but.

Although he could not completely control this emotion, a large part of the reason for his fear was due to the unknown.

If you can fully understand these evil shadows, you will undoubtedly be able to greatly improve your own situation, at least you will not have the extreme fear of being insane and on the verge of collapse.

Like a lot of characters in horror movies.

When a person is on the verge of collapse, it is basically equivalent to dementia.

If so.

Even if you encounter the evil shadow again and let the opponent collect some of his fear, it is impossible to upgrade from an ordinary creature to the exaggerated level of a big boss in one go.

"It seems that the ancient natural disasters, after discovering the power of evil shadows to absorb fear, have found their own unique way of coping. The evil shadows here were once the source of fear in many worlds, and they have mastered the method of creating fear. , must have evolved into millions, so how do the natural disaster victims respond? "

Chen Mo looked thoughtful.

Gu Gu.

From the depths of the black mist, a strange bird call came, disturbing his thoughts.

After shaking his head and sighing, he continued forward, looking for a way to the ground.

This super big tree is indeed as Chen Mo judged. It is at least three to four hundred meters high and full of unreal distortion.

Fortunately, he didn't encounter any more accidents when he left the big tree.

His feet stepped on the strange ground.

The reason why I say weird is because Chen Mo felt like he had stepped in a puddle of sewage.

The black mist that can be seen everywhere here actually sticks to the ground, forming a thick "black water area" that reaches Chen Mo's ankles. Occasionally, some vegetation, stones, and dead trees emerge from the black mist.

Such a strange environment naturally makes people instinctively wary.

God knows if there might be something weird hidden in the black mist beneath our feet.

Whatever you are afraid of will come to you.

Just after taking two steps forward, Chen Mo felt something crawling under his feet.

He snorted coldly, keeping himself in a cold state, minimizing the fear after being frightened, and reached out to grab the thing under his feet.

This is a green-skinned bug. I don’t know how long it is. Its tail hides the depths of the black mist.

After being grabbed by Chen Mo from the black mist at his feet, it opened its mouth like a six-pointed star petal, revealing the tender red tissue inside.

Chen Mo, who was alert, suddenly shouted.

"Go to hell!"

The purple-black sword light flashed from Chen Mo's sleeve, and the insect was split into two, and turned into two shadows in front of Chen Mo's eyes, passing through the gaps between his fingers and blending into the black mist on the ground.

Chen Mo took a deep breath and calmed down his mood.

"No fragment points?"

He searched carefully again and confirmed that the creature he just killed did not have so-called fragment points.

Isn't this thing an evil shadow?

He continued to walk forward, and after taking only a few steps, he noticed that there were many crawling things under his feet that were submerged in the black mist on the ground.

He stopped and looked thoughtful.

"Whether you sharpen your sword or chop wood, maybe you should be here first to get a better understanding of the basic ecological laws of this world."

Thinking of this, Chen Mo stopped.

After he adjusted his mentality, he started groping for his feet again.

This time, he took out a soft object from the black mist under his feet, something similar to a pigskin, which made him stunned.

Immediately afterwards.

This piece of pigskin-like thing suddenly opened up, like a cobra opening its neck, revealing a very ugly old face.

It had extremely protruding eyes like a dead fish, a garlic nose, and a dark mouth, and it smiled strangely at Chen Mo.

Then it suddenly popped out a red tongue.

Because Chen Mo regarded it as a map, he held the two corners in his hands and placed them in front of him to watch. When it suddenly popped out its tongue and shot it into his eyes, even though Chen Mo was well prepared mentally, he still couldn't help it. He got excited and uttered a curse word.

"Fuck you!"

The purple-black sword light flashed, and Chen Mo killed this ghost again with one sword.

Gudong, Gudong, Gudong!

As its body turned into a shadow and disappeared, Chen Mo's heart was still beating violently.

While he was regretting that he shouldn't be like this and wanted to overcome his fear, he calmed down his violent heartbeat and made his eyes become determined again.

Then he snorted coldly and started groping for his feet again.

…

About half an hour later.

Chen Mo had to admit that after countless years of evolution, the creatures in this world had already mastered countless intimidation methods that penetrated psychological defenses.

It is almost impossible to rely on the so-called tough rationality to defeat the opponent's hundreds of millions of years of evolution in a short period of time.

But he was not without gains.

Just as he speculated, as he became more familiar with these creatures, although he could not control his fear, at least he knew that their power was not illogical, but had its own unique laws, which would make him more aware of the unknown. The fear has lessened.

At least things like when you encountered the evil shadow of a doll won't happen easily again.

At that time, Chen Mo was under tremendous psychological pressure.

It's quite like hiding in a box with a weapon, trying hard not to make a sound, watching the murderer slowly walking outside through the gap, dripping with cold sweat and shivering.

at the same time.

Chen Mo speculated that in addition to the friendly and hostile camps, the creatures in this world should also have neutral camps, such as these things in the black mist beneath their feet.

The reason why they are said to be a neutral camp is not because of their voluntary choice.

But they are still too weak, equivalent to starving ghosts in the real world of disaster and minors in other worlds.

They have not yet been born with self-consciousness. To this world, they are just like flowers and plants on the roadside. Chen Mo named them shadows.

After the shadow evolves to the adult stage, it will split into camps and evolve into evil shadow or white shadow.

Bai Ying is the name Chen Mo gave to the friendly camp creature in this world.

now.

Chen Mo made another new discovery!

This was the first time that Chen Mo felt no fear at all from the "shadow" in front of him!

This mud-like thing slowly transformed into a snake, and its head was being pinched by Chen Mo, even though it kept making "hissing" sounds.

Although many people are afraid of snakes, Chen Mo is naturally indifferent to snakes.

After the snake struggled in Chen Mo's hands for a while, it seemed to suffocate to death under Chen Mo's gaze, turning into a pool of shadow and dying.

The strength of psychological defenses for each fear will also vary from person to person.

From this point of view.

It does not rule out some special situations. Some areas where evil shadows are good at creating fear happen to be restrained by the opponent, similar to Chen Mo's indifference to snakes.

"If these little guys can't absorb the fear in time after they escape from the black mist, they will end up like this."

He shook his head and shook off the remaining shadow in his hand.

This is just an isolated phenomenon.

After Chen Mo thought for a while, he always felt that the only way to completely restrain the evil shadow was an intelligent life form in the technological world, similar to the Apocalypse or the mechanical minions summoned by Kunai.

But the terrible thing is that the creators of these intelligent beings are also afraid.

Chen Mo divided fear into four levels: mild, moderate, severe and extreme.

After more than half an hour of training, he has been able to control his fear well below the extreme level, and will no longer be in the same situation as when he encountered the evil shadow of the doll.

At the same time, after experiencing these, he also briefly summarized the rules of this competition.

"Generally speaking, there are three ways to collect fragment points, including helping Bai Ying, killing evil shadows, and defeating competing natural disasterrs."

Although the emphasis is different, with a little analysis you will know that collecting shard points by defeating other Scourges will be the most likely way to win the final championship.

certainly.

Collecting fragment points through the other two methods is also full of randomness. It is not completely impossible to win the championship, but you must be careful not to be defeated by other natural disasters.

Immediately afterwards.

He looked at his mission prompt again.

Tips: You are about to arrive at the Shadow Screen Fragment. The evil shadow is moderately dangerous and covers a small area of ​​32 square kilometers. The number of natural disaster victims teleported here is 2747, which is extremely large.

The area he is currently in is called Shadow Screen Fragments, and the danger of evil shadows here is moderate.

"In other words, the number and strength of the evil shadows here are moderate. It is quite feasible to collect fragment points by helping Bai Ying and hunting evil shadows here."

Then this place has a total area of ​​32 square kilometers, which is relatively small. The number of natural disaster victims sent here is 2747, which is an extremely large number.

"In other words, compared to the natural disasters on other fragments, the density of natural disasters on the Shadow Screen fragment is extremely high, which is also suitable for developing a competition route for hunting other natural disasters!"

He touched his chin.

"I'm lucky. It's a rich fragment indeed. In the middle and late stages, those calamities that are randomly teleported to the barren fragments will probably try to cross here and collect fragment points."

Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Now he finally has a preliminary understanding of the basic ecological laws of this world, and also has some understanding of his own situation. It's time to explore it in depth.