The Game with Fairies

They surged like a tidal wave, and he and Fairy Liuli were quickly overwhelmed.

“Indeed, there can’t be any real living people in this Ancient Grudge Well!”

Li Muyang sighed softly, reloading the game once more.

This time, he did not attack the sleeping villagers of the town but stood quietly with Fairy Liuli, waiting.

In the quiet town, Li Muyang and Fairy Liuli seemed to merge with the darkness, making no sound at all.

Until the first ray of sunlight pierced the darkness, the quiet town came back to life with activity.

The villagers, carrying pale yellow health bars, gradually appeared on the streets of the town.

They smiled simply and talked in gentle tones.

Seeing Li Muyang and Fairy Liuli, the outsiders, the townsfolk only gave them a few curious glances without paying too much attention.

The residents of the town, after all, were more worldly than the villagers and did not surround the two visitors.

Fairy Liuli frowned, watching the villagers without letting her guard down.

Li Muyang, on the other hand, released his flying sword, attacking the couple still sleeping in the nearby house.

Yet, the same couple that had transformed into grotesque evil beings when attacked the previous night now lay on the bed, unaware as they were ground to pieces by the Dharma-Annihilation Wheel under the sunlight.

“…I see. They are living people during the day, but at night they turn into evil beings.”

At that moment, Li Muyang finally grasped the nature of this world.

“But if they are killed during the day, will the corpses still turn into evil beings at night?”

Under Fairy Liuli’s astonished gaze, Li Muyang took her and fled the town, avoiding the denunciation and pursuit of the villagers.

Later, wandering in the wilderness, they waited for nightfall before returning to the town.

Outside the courtyard of the couple, the townsfolk had dispersed, leaving only two bodies covered with white cloths lying quietly in the courtyard.

A yellow dog tied next to the bodies didn’t dare to make any noise as Li Muyang, a stranger, approached.

All the livestock in the town became deathly silent at night, even the noisiest chickens and ducks maintained their silence.

Li Muyang stood in the shadows, watching the sunset on the horizon gradually fade until darkness completely engulfed the world.

Suddenly, a cold breeze swept through, and the two bodies covered with white cloths in the courtyard slowly stood up.

But now, they had turned into grotesque evil beings, no longer resembling living people.

Under the astonished gaze of Li Muyang and Fairy Liuli, these two evil beings, with stiff movements, walked towards the wilderness outside the town and disappeared into the darkness.

Another night passed, and the townspeople woke up to find the couple’s bodies missing.

The chatter erupted immediately.

“Surely, they were carried off by demons…”

“They must have been harmed by monsters! Those two outsiders who killed them, they must be monsters in human skin!”

The townsfolk discussed indignantly, all talking about reporting to the authorities to seek justice.

Seeing this scene, Li Muyang sighed and reloaded the game once more.

It was the same simple town, the same wooden house by the entrance where the couple lived.

Li Muyang and Fairy Liuli stood by the roadside, with the passing townsfolk looking at them curiously.

And in the house next door, the couple was still asleep.

–This save was before the couple was killed.

Fairy Liuli frowned and remained silent, vigilantly watching the townspeople in view.

The morning sun shone on them, but Li Muyang felt no warmth.

He no longer looked at the townsfolk, turning away to leave: “Don’t worry, these villagers pose no threat during the day.”

Li Muyang softly urged Fairy Liuli to lower her guard as they headed towards the direction of Red Ridge Mountain.

Fairy Liuli looked at his retreating figure with surprise, pondered for a moment, and then followed.

“What do you mean by that, Lord Wuming?”

Fairy Liuli’s eyes were filled with confusion as they walked side by side on the official road outside the town.

Li Muyang sighed and said, “Indeed, everything in this Ancient Grudge Well is evil, but apart from those evil gods wandering in the darkness, the people in the towns, villages, and cities pose no threat during the day.”

“It is only after nightfall, when they are disturbed, that they turn into malevolent beings.”

“But it seems they are completely unaware of their own nature as malevolent beings, nor do they understand the true essence of this world.”

“I suspect they were once ordinary people who were corrupted by evil spirits and transformed into what they are now.”

As he spoke, Li Muyang glanced back at the small town behind him, his gaze slightly complex.

This world beneath the Ancient Grudge Well is somewhat twisted and sinister.

Not to mention that group of bizarre evil gods, they are the greatest hidden calamity of this world.

Once these evil gods return to the human realm, they will surely bring disaster and suffering to all living beings.

However, the state of existence of the creatures within the Ancient Grudge Well is also somewhat abstract.

During the day, they are ordinary people living peaceful and good lives.

Yet at night, they mutate into malevolent beings, attacking any living person who comes near.

These malevolent beings have no idea that they are such. They still think they are alive, and when they see their friends and family killed and their bodies disappearing, they even think of reporting it to the authorities.

All these things, how different are they from the mortals of the outside world?

To Li Muyang at this moment, a group of malevolent beings unaware of their own nature seemed to evoke a sense of black terror and inexplicable horror.

Upon hearing Li Muyang’s explanation, Fairy Liuli’s eyes trembled slightly: “Is this world… so terrifying?!”

Having fought side by side with Li Muyang on multiple occasions and witnessed his seemingly prophetic abilities time and again, Fairy Liuli clearly had no doubt about Li Muyang’s words.

Even without any evidence from Li Muyang, she already believed him.

“This Ancient Grudge Well is indeed the source of evil spirits and the nest of calamity…”

Fairy Liuli looked back at the small town, her eyes reflecting a profound complexity.

A group of beings who are malevolent yet consider themselves ordinary people, living life like everyone else, such a world is too eerie and unsettling.

Fairy Liuli murmured to herself: “Why would General Zhong hide in such a world? Could it be that the corruption of the Heavenly Origin Dynasty’s court is so severe that he would rather hide in such an evil world than stay?”

Li Muyang narrowed his eyes, looking at the mountains ahead, and said: “Perhaps all this will only become clear after we meet General Zhong.”

He was now curious about what the game ‘The Call of the Mountains’ was really about.

And how did General Zhong manage to enter the Ancient Grudge Well?

Li Muyang had the guidance of his blood pupils, but what about General Zhong? How did he get in?

The games provided by the system so far have been quite similar in essence.

To save or to prevent some impending disaster.

Previous games had been like this.

The mystery of Loushan City to save Fairy Liuli, to stop the Blood Demon Sect from causing harm, Deadly Weed to save Xiao Yecao, Three Kingdoms: Demon Subduing Record to save the Dragon Deity Fairy… so what does The Call of the Mountains aim to save or prevent?

It surely can’t be about saving the suffering beings in the darkness…

It’s not that Li Muyang doubts the system’s capabilities, but so far, the system doesn’t seem to have the ability to massively interfere with and rewrite reality.

The system’s interference with reality all relies on Li Muyang as a medium.

What Li Muyang can’t do, the system can’t do either.

And Li Muyang’s game character card, Constable Wuming, may be good at killing evil gods, but saving beings?

…Let’s stick to discussing killing evil gods.