"The world sees only his light, but no one sees the smoke in his heart."

“…… At least for that moment, he was just a kid in need of encouragement. ”

—————— excerpt from "Chasing the Light"

Listening to the accusations of the man with glasses, all the people he pointed out were deeply buried in their heads.

It's just that the soft voice is still unwilling to defend the master.

"It's going to die, it's really going to die."

"You've all seen it, so many people have died in the news, we are dying here, we are really going to die......"

"The matter of fighting, it would be good to let Lu Ziye go alone, he likes to fight so much, let him fight......"

"The talent is not all good, Lao Song has become a beast, you have all seen it before, I don't want to ...... I don't want to ......."

A muscular young man leaning against the black trunk of a tree blocked his ears, unwilling to hear the accusations from others, but the voice still passed through the palm of his hand and reached his eardrums despite his own will.

So he finally couldn't control it anymore, stood up, and looked at the man with glasses in angry eyes.

The swaying pupils were like a beast in its last struggle.

"What qualifications do you have to say this? Do you really think there's any Starter Pack? It's just that in the first attack, our brave first resistance was made! At that time, you who chose to be weak have the right to stand here and accuse us! ”

"We ...... We just didn't react to it at the first time......"

The man in glasses muttered an explanation, and then his tone hardened again, "So what about you?" You also got the starter package, and your talent is still one level higher than Lu Ziye's star level, why can't you become someone like Lu Ziye who protects everyone? ”

"Me?"

The young man smiled, his voice low and terrifying.

Under the dark shadows, his body seemed to have begun to change strangely with his mood fluctuations.

It was as if some extra limb wanted to break free from his body, but it was only suppressed for a moment, so that the rapid flashes of shadows did not attract the attention of others.

"You say me?"

Lu Ziye's ability is suitable for fighting, but mine is not suitable for fighting, how can a person's value be measured by a momentary achievement?

The young man's heart was filled with unspeakable grievances, unwillingness, and jealousy.

"Why should I compare with him? What happened to Xingyao? You can fight too, huh? Those ogres are not difficult to kill, and they can't fight without talent? Didn't we kill a few of them when we didn't have talent in the beginning? How else did we get our Starter Pack? You didn't dare to fight in the first place, so you didn't dare to fight? Yes? Oh yes, yes, you're waste, you're all waste, of course you don't dare to fight. ”

As he spoke, the young man even burst out laughing.

Language can be a spring breeze or a sharp blade.

The nervous tension of several nights had made his nerves extremely sensitive, and now the words from his compatriots were the last straw that overwhelmed him.

Completely break the defense.

This also made his body more and more unstable, and the riotous body had been embodied in the shadows of the mad dance.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Zhou Zhi? Zhou Zhi! Calm down! ”

"Zhou Zhi is possessed by a monster!"

"Run! Come on! Stay away from him! ”

The survivors who had been carefully observing the surroundings were frightened by the strange changes in Zhou Zhi's body, and they began to subconsciously stay away.

The light mask from the natural ability can resist some external attacks, but it cannot resist internal movements.

"Afraid of me...... You're afraid of me...... Ho ho ho ho ~ "

Zhou Zhi's pupils flickered rapidly, and his tone gradually went crazy, "I'm a star-level talent!" Don't you want to know what my talent is? Don't you want me to protect everybody? Then ...... Come on! ”

……

[Current number of survivors: 1.] 】

……

Lu Ziye slowed down and quickly moved towards the gathering place of the big guys.

I've been away for so long, and I don't know if they've encountered any monsters.

If you encounter it, can you solve it yourself? Or have you already left?

But why...... Do you have to rely on yourself for everything?

I'm just an ordinary person......

This slightly aggrieved thought flashed, and Lu Ziye immediately put away this thought.

Complaining doesn't help, surviving is the most important thing.

If it's a dream, then ...... Dreams always come to an end, right?

That countdown...... It's the end of the day, right?

Lu Ziye's eyes floated upward, and the focus of his gaze was condensed on the line of small words in the upper right corner of his gaze that was constantly suspended on the surface of everything.

【Judgment is Coming...... (Zizizi) (Snowflake Messy) (Zizizi) There is still a settlement reward - 99:58:27]

If he had survived tonight safely, he would have already experienced the cycle of day and night in three nightmare worlds.

And in the future, there are four alternating cycles of day and night waiting for us.

Settlement Reward ......

He didn't want to think about any reward, and being able to live to that end was already the biggest reward.

After the settlement, he doesn't have to fall into this damn world after every night's sleep, right?

Settlement......

Settlement......

This is the only thought on the minds of all survivors.

"I'm back......"

Seeing the dim brightness of the light mask from a distance, Lu Ziye's tone became a little lively, no matter what his inner mood was, he wanted to give others some hope.

He is the strongest person in this team now, if even he becomes decadent, maybe ...... You really can't survive.

"There's water in that building, there's a little bit of food, and there's no monster to be found, we've ...... Go ahead. ”

Lu Ziye's voice fell abruptly.

As he got closer, his eyes blackened as if a hammer had smashed straight above his head, and his mind went blank for a moment.

The original team of sixteen people except himself had disappeared, and Lu Ziye remembered this number very clearly, after all, every one less was a profound blow to the rest of the people.

And now...... Without.

It's all gone.

All that was left was a gray-white monster that seemed to be spliced together from countless limbs, like a tall and thin spire, shaking its body with its back to him.

Those hands...... Feet, still wearing the big guy's original clothes, hung in tatters on the monster's body, as if it still existed in its own consciousness, doing meaningless swinging and grabbing movements.

A pale white shroud of light shrouded his body, the shield that was supposed to protect everyone.

In your absence, what monster attacked everyone?

Lu Ziye's throat was a little bitter.

It's not self-blame.

But...... He realized a sad future.

I may not be able to survive myself.

Humans are social creatures.

Even though it seems that everyone in this team is surviving on their own, they are not drawing hope from them.

That little bit of warmth brought by the group is the most ethereal fireworks in his arms.

It's really hard for a person to stick around in this "night......

"Huh~Huh~Huh~"

Lu Ziye's breathing began to rapid, and reason told him that he should run away.

Run, before the monster notices him! The farther you run, the better.

Even if a person is a little more difficult, maybe there are still some chances.

However, his feet seemed to have taken root, and he couldn't move.

Do you want revenge?

In this "night", there are too many creatures that have hurt their compatriots -

Human-faced spiders that have been injected into the human body to reproduce, strange shadows that emerge from the shadows, and terrifying earth dragons that move like monitor lizards are swift...... And the ogres who have been chasing them.

He doesn't have the capital to avenge everyone one by one.

Being able to live until that time limit is already the greatest gift.

But now ...... Why not go?

Why not go?

Maybe it's because ......

The monster turned half of its body to the side, looking at Lu Ziye and grinning, the already badly deformed fangs still had bright red flesh hanging on them.

"Don't worry, it's your turn soon."

The hoarse vocal cords pulled sharply like pulling a broken bellows, and the voice change was so severe that Lu Ziye was stunned for a moment before he realized the chill in it.

A cold air rushed from the center of Lu Ziye's feet to the top of his head at an incredible speed.

Zhou Zhi!