Disaster Strikes

Dongdongdongdongdongdong.

The continuous knocking sound in the hall on the first floor was so abrupt in this empty castle.

Chen Mo, who was thinking quietly on the second floor, couldn't help but shudder and came back to his senses from deep thought.

The reason why it was abrupt was not because Chen Mo was in deep thought and was not prepared.

But the frequency of this knocking was too fast.

It was the kind of knocking speed of dozens of times a second, like the friction sound of someone drilling the wall with an electric drill, rather than the normal knocking sound of "dong, dong, dong".

Although he was frightened, with the previous experience and lessons, it was naturally impossible for him to stupidly ask who the other party was.

Besides, the door on the first floor was the kind of door that could be opened and closed at will, and there was no bolt switch at all, so there was no need to knock on the door.

Chen Mo didn't intend to pay attention to it.

But the knocking sound outside didn't mean to stop at all.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong.

The dense vibration sound made Chen Mo upset.

After frowning slightly, he came to the window on the second floor, intending to look down at the situation outside from here first, and take this opportunity to exercise his courage.

No matter who the other party is, as long as he knocks on the door, it proves that he doesn't know the situation inside.

Or, can he not get in?

Chen Mo took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally.

At this moment, he imagined many terrifying scenes in his heart, including monsters of various forms, and thought he was fully prepared.

But when he came to the window on the second floor and looked down at the door of the first floor hall, he was still stunned.

Nothing.

In the empty twisted forest, there was flowing black fog everywhere.

The door cracks and windows of the first floor hall shone with weak lights, spreading into the distance, which was also the only light source nearby.

With the help of these lights, Chen Mo could see the situation outside more clearly.

He could confirm that there was nothing in front of the door.

"Has he left?"

He frowned slightly and analyzed the most likely situation.

Just then!

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong.

Intensive vibrations sounded again from outside the door of the first floor hall, but Chen Mo's eyes never left the door. He was sure that there was nothing!

Where did the knocking sound come from?

In a short moment.

Chen Mo suddenly felt a chill on his back and a cold sweat broke out.

He had thought of everything, including encountering various monsters, and even imagined it according to the huge oil paintings of evil gods in the hall, but he had never thought of such a weird situation.

He was anxious and nervous. He looked at the huge empty room in the castle full of weird colors, and felt a chill on his back. It seemed that something invisible was silently watching him, and there would always be a dark shadow quietly flashing behind him.

In the face of this situation, ordinary people must be stiff in place, and even stop breathing.

Chen Mo's breathing gradually became rapid, and his eyes moved quickly, thinking about a more rational way to deal with it, rather than "chronic suicide" here. After all, the creatures in this world have the power to absorb fear and strengthen themselves.

He thought of two ways to deal with it.

One is to cover his ears and ignore it.

The other is to directly use the evil sword and rush outside to slash.

Then he thought of the prompt on the optical computer.

"To perfectly integrate the optical computer data chip, you need to constantly stimulate it with despair, fear, and weakness in a short period of time."

"Huh..."

After Chen Mo exhaled the stuffiness in his chest, he took a deep breath and tried his best to control his rationality and calm his mood.

Then he walked down the stairs step by step.

The stairs are made of wood, and the soles of the feet will make a slight creaking sound when they step on them.

This can be almost ignored at ordinary times, but at this time, Chen Mo's heart amplified this slight sound infinitely, worried that it would disturb the unknown.

When he came to the lobby on the first floor again, his back seemed to be soaked.

The huge paintings of evil gods on the walls of the lobby actually closed their eyes at this moment. This is obviously not a good sign. It seems that the surrounding environment is constantly warning Chen Mo.

A strange cold feeling instantly spread throughout the body.

This feeling is like my own aura, which is incompatible with the environment here. There is some invisible dirty thing, peeping at me in the dark. People are instinctively alert when facing danger.

At the same time, he noticed that the paint on the wall seemed to have fallen off a lot, and it looked very dilapidated.

It didn't seem to be like this before.

No.

Maybe I was too suspicious and magnified the details that I had ignored before. Has this happened here before?

No!

This must be a weird situation that just happened.

This is the objective environment warning me that the current situation is very dangerous and has far exceeded my ability. I can't paralyze myself or comfort myself anymore.

Otherwise, what is the difference between me and an ostrich burying my head in the sand?

Stay away from this door immediately, it is absolutely impossible to open it!

In just half a minute, Chen Mo's brain was like a super-high-speed machine, the inside became hot, and a drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down his forehead.

Now he couldn't help but think of the story that his grandmother told him when he was a child.

There are three fires in a person's body, one fire on the head and two fires on the shoulders. As long as the fire is still burning, those unclean things cannot get close to you or hurt you. They can only scare you from a distance.

However, if you encounter a serious illness, are severely frightened, suddenly look back, etc., these three fires will weaken or even be extinguished.

Then unclean things will be attracted...

Don't know why.

At this moment, Chen Mo could not help but think of these folk tales.

Will the fire on my shoulders be extinguished because of frequent frights?

If you open the door to the hall now, will something incomprehensible suddenly come out like before, causing you to be frightened to the point of near mental breakdown?

The huge psychological pressure even made Chen Mo think about ending this competition and leaving this world.

All he needs to do is shout "Return" and he can get rid of everything here and go back to have a good rest.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

The intensive knocking on the door in front of him made Chen Mo's heart beat faster. At this moment, there was only a wooden door between the two sides. He kept thinking of his grandma's words, and at the same time, he was also thinking about the prompts of the optical brain.

"You're kidding me!"

He suddenly shouted.

Under tremendous pressure, his courage defeated his fear, and the Omega clone kicked open the wooden door in front of him.

The door was still empty.

He did not encounter the fright he imagined.

squeak squeak squeak.

A sound similar to the rotation of a motor attracted Chen Mo's attention.

He looked stunned, frowned and walked out, and unexpectedly saw a small metal hammer vibrating at a high frequency.

Was it causing trouble just now?

"I'll go..."

Chen Mo couldn't bear it any longer and breathed a sigh of relief.

In just a moment, he figured out that this must be a mechanism designed by the builder of this castle.

This boring, cunning, spiteful bastard!

I was actually frightened by such a crappy thing.

Just when Chen Mo let out the stuffy feeling in his chest, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, shook his head and laughed at himself, and was about to return to the castle.

He suddenly discovered that the castle had disappeared.

All that was left in front of him was the dark, strange, unreal black fog, and the deeper twisted forest.

"Um?"

Chen Mo's eyes widened and he kept looking around.

The castle has indeed disappeared.

It was as if everything he had just experienced was just an illusion, his own imagination, and he was in a trance.

Fortunately, the 5 fragment points on his body told him that it was definitely not an illusion just now!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There was an explosion not far away, and it seemed that it was only four or five hundred meters away. It was obvious that there were natural disaster victims fighting. After Chen Mo thought briefly, he ran over resolutely.

At this time, although the natural disaster victims are equally dangerous, he prefers to be with the natural disaster victims.

Instead of being alone, explore and understand the unknown dangers here.

So he hurried towards the direction of the black mist where the explosion came from.

Just half a minute later.

When Chen Mo pushed aside the spider threads floating in front of him, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

At this time, he didn't bother to explore whether these spider silks were the sequelae of toxins in his body.

The three natural disaster victims were fleeing in large strides. The direction of their escape was towards them, and behind them were densely packed human-faced spiders, chasing the three of them.

The sheer number of these human-faced spiders made Chen Mo suffer from trypophobia.

Among these human-faced spiders, the largest ones are about the size of an adult, and the smaller ones are as big as the palm of a hand. They are densely packed everywhere, and occasionally one will suddenly jump out from the black mist beneath your feet.

The three of them ran away while releasing their skills backwards to attack the human-faced spider chasing behind them.

The three people are divided into one male and two female.

He didn’t know whether they knew each other in advance or formed a temporary team after coming in, but one of the female natural disaster victims was somewhat familiar to Chen Mo. She turned out to be a member of the Five Golden Flowers Team of the Yama Temple Club that he had met in the Beehive World. The white witch is the person who entered the life evolution device.

Chen Mo has a profound memory of the captain of this team, Bianhua.

The three people who fled were also startled when they saw Chen Mo in front of them.

The only male natural disaster victim instinctively shouted: "Who!"

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he regretted it.

It has been almost an hour since the competition started and we entered the world of shadow fragments. The predators who did not meet the psychological standards, relied on long-term experience and mixed points, have already chosen to leave.

Those who can stay here have stronger psychological qualities and more or less capable means.

He had already initially adapted to the environment here and knew that his inquiry had already violated a taboo.

But fortunately, Chen Mo's reaction made him sigh in relief.

Because Chen Mo turned around and ran away just like them!

Only this normal reaction can make people feel relieved. This must also be a natural disaster victim. Although encountering a natural disaster victim does not mean safety, it is still much better than the group of guys behind him.

He had even made up his mind just now.

If Chen Mo didn't stay still, or behaved strangely, or something changed, he would end the mission and leave here.

He's had enough of this damn doomsday reward competition!