Chapter 4: The First Battle - Ghouls

The yin wind swept across the land, and the two-meter-high sea of blood-colored flowers rippled and spread with the wind.

Su Nian stood on the thick branches of a black tree in front of the coast, looking into the distance, observing the distribution of corrosive monsters on the blood-colored plain.

The sky was now covered with gray snowflakes, more precisely like ashes of snow.

The tone of the decaying world is like an old gray-white photograph, full of oppression, and the roars of monsters from time to time on the blood-colored plains add a touch of Honkai darkness to the environment.

You can see that there are a large number of monsters known as corrosive creatures walking on the blood-colored plains.

They were Su Nian's next hunting target.

Only after completing the main quest can he go to the main city of the faction, "Purgatory City", and then return to Earth through Purgatory City.

The strength of monsters in the one-star difficulty of the waning moon is generally not high, and Su Nian's gaze swept over the sea of blood-colored flowers, and quickly locked on to a lone corrosive creature.

Breaking off a branch from the black tree, Su Nian jumped down and landed steadily.

Breaking off the extra forks of the branches, he swung twice into the air, tested his touch, and walked in the direction of his target.

When he first entered the world of decay, he could not carry any weapons except for his clothes, so he could only use local materials.

Otherwise, Tiandu City will definitely open up controlled weapons to these first-time recruiters, increasing their chances of survival after entering the Decaying World.

In fact, there was an early idea of providing controlled weapons.

However, the idea failed in the experimental phase before it could be promoted, and the first testers found that it was impossible to carry firearms, or even cold weapons, into the decaying world.

This is clearly the design of the God of Purgatory.

The purpose is most likely to train them, who are first-time recruits, and speed up their adaptation to the brutal environment.

Passing through the sea of blood-colored flowers, Su Nian encounters the corrosive creatures that have been locked in advance.

The corrosive creature was small, with large limbs and a large, misshapen head, which moved by crawling on all fours.

The ember flames above his head danced at this moment, and prey information came to his mind.

Ghoul:

Target Introduction: A decaying life unique to the level difficulty of the Waning Moon World, with no autonomous consciousness, and its actions are affected by bloodthirsty instincts, and it is eager to devour flesh and blood.

Target Strength: Blackstone (1 Star)

Value: Brain nucleus

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Without the slightest hesitation, Su Nian attacked brazenly before the ghouls could react.

The branch clenched in the palm of his hand jerked up, followed his arm forward with the sound of breaking wind, and slammed into the ghoul's head.

Since you have shot, you have to kill the target with thunder, or make the target lose the ability to fight back.

Indecision will only put yourself in a dangerous situation.

This is one of the tips written in the Decay World Survival Guide.

The wooden stick slammed into the ghoul's head, and the ghoul was staggered by this stick, and his body fell to the ground, followed by Su Nian's stormy smash, during which he would take advantage of the swing to step forward and kick hard, not giving the ghoul any chance to fight back.

Under his violent attack, the wooden stick in his hand quickly snapped, and the ghoul's head was also dented.

The first battle was won in a very smooth manner.

At the end of the battle, Su Nian gasped, and his chest rose and fell violently with the rapid breathing.

He looked at the ghoul, who had lost his motion, and threw away the broken stick in his hand.

After a short break, he walked up to the ghoul, tore open the ghoul's smashed head with the stench, and removed a black chip the size of a fingernail from it.

His gaze lingered on the black chip for a few seconds, the blood-colored flames above his head pulsed, and the analytical information came to his mind.

【Ghoul's Brain Core (Sacrifice):

Item Class: Class 1 Corrosive Material

Item Info: The core of the remaining corrosive power can be sacrificed to the God of Purgatory at the "God Altar" in Purgatory City in exchange for Ember Fire time.

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Sacrificing relics in a corrupted world, or hunting corrosive creatures for corrosive cores, is the primary way for those who are drafted to gain Ember Fire time.

Ember Flame Time is still the common currency in the main city of the faction.

As for the use of the Purgatory God's sacrificial offerings, he did not know.

Throwing the ghoul's brain core chip into the space of his carry-on bag, Su Nian, who felt sore, retreated to the shore, intending to rest and regain his strength.

During the first battle, Su Nian felt that he was a little too strong, and his right hand was almost dislocated in the process of violently swinging.

When he came to the white sand beach, he did not let his guard down, sitting down to rest while looking around, guarding against the danger that might arise at any time.

Entering the world of decay for the first time, he gains 48 hours of Ember Flame time.

But in Su Nian's opinion, he only had two and a half hours to complete the main task.

At that time, the world difficulty level will be refreshed.

The current waning moon difficulty may become a second quarter moon, or even a first quarter moon.

If he's unlucky enough to refresh the World difficulty of the Full Moon tier, his chance of survival is 0.

How terrifying the decaying world of Full Moon difficulty is, there is no record of it on the real network.

In the years since the advent of the Age of Conscription, not a single human has survived the Full Moon difficulty world scene alive, which shows how difficult it is to survive the Full Moon difficulty scene.

In the Waning Moon one-star difficulty, he encountered a monster like a ghoul that was not much different from the physical fitness of ordinary people.

However, in the decaying world of Full Moon difficulty, there are no low-level monsters such as ghouls, and what exists is likely to be super monsters that can shatter the earth with breath and tear the sky with a long roar, comparable to creatures in mythological stories.

When encountering such creatures, the death of the conscripted warrior is generally not caused by confrontation, but is most likely caused by an inadvertent breath of the super creature.

In order to avoid tragedy, the main quest must be completed as soon as possible and then return to the main city of the faction.

In the Decayed World, only the main city of the Faction is not affected by the change in the difficulty of the Corrupted World, and is not afraid of the threat of super creatures.

He glanced up at the blood-colored flames hovering overhead.

Ember Fire:

Time remaining: 47 hours, 23 minutes, 19 seconds.

World difficulty refresh time remaining: 2 hours, 23 minutes, and 19 seconds.

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He still has 2 hours and 23 minutes to complete the main quest.

After a short rest, Su Nian, who had recovered his strength, got up, patted off the sand on his body, and headed towards the blood-colored plain.

All he needs to do is kill two more Corrosive creatures and he will be able to complete the initial main quest and return safely.