Chapter 1 Yuanshi Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun

The voice floated over on the wind, accompanied by the rustling of leaves, somewhat ethereal, somewhat eerie. In the dim, dense forest where sunlight struggled to penetrate, suddenly hearing someone calling his name was quite unsettling.

Had it only been a short time, and already he was encountering danger? He couldn't respond. Zhang Yuanqing hadn't expected to encounter the danger mentioned in the notice so quickly. He maintained his forward pace, not stopping, pretending not to hear the call behind him.

But out of curiosity, he manipulated the Blood Rose, turning his head to look back.

The scene behind him was somewhat startling. He saw towering ancient trees swaying and creaking wildly in the wind, like menacing giants. The calls came from between layers of overlapping branches and leaves, only the sound was heard, but no one was seen. Zhang Yuanqing manipulated the Blood Rose to turn his head back and continued forward. Sha sha.

Stepping on the soil covered with rotten leaves, he walked like this for a few minutes, and the call behind him finally stopped.

"It seems that as long as I don't respond, there will be no danger. In the current situation, the precautions on the notice board are credible. In that case, the real crisis will be after I arrive in the middle?"

Zhang Yuanqing thought as he walked.

Based on the setting of 3 points of points per person, in the killing instance, the instance itself is still very important. In that case, this instance is by no means simple. It must be full of murderous intent.

But instances with the main objective of survival all have a unified characteristic: they won't give too many hints and require Lingjing Xingzhe (Spiritual Realm Wanderers) to explore on their own. [Ding! "Yu Long Jiu Chong Tian" (Nine Heavens of Dragon Riding) has died (Bewitching Demon). The score chart has been reset. Please pay attention to check it.] [Ding! "Bai Xiang Zhi Shen" (God of the White Elephant) has died (Wood Demon). The score chart has been reset. Please pay attention to check it.] [Ding! "Da Zhuang Ji" (Pile Driver) has died (Fire Master). The score chart has been reset. Please pay attention to check it.] "Someone died so quickly?" Zhang Yuanqing quickly opened the score chart and found that the total number of people had become 180. His ranking hadn't changed, still 73rd, which meant that the three dead Wanderers were ranked below him. It's worth mentioning that the first place changed from Zhao Chenghuang to Wei Wo Du Zun (I Am the Only Supreme), with 9 points. The second place, Zhao Chenghuang, had 6 points. Everyone else's points remained unchanged.

"Among the three dead Wanderers, exactly one of them was an evil profession. If they were all killed by Wei Wo Du Zun (I Am the Only Supreme), that would be exactly nine points. And if this guess is correct, then Zhao Chenghuang's points increase comes from the instance."

"Based on what I've observed so far, there's no source of points increase around me. No rush, the instance has just started. The early ranking of points is meaningless." Zhang Yuanqing turned to think about the person "Wei Wo Du Zun (I Am the Only Supreme)."

Killing both the Lawful and the Evil, this guy is obviously leaning towards chaos. As he goes deeper, the probability of him encountering other Lingjing Xingzhe (Spiritual Realm Wanderers) greatly increases, and among them, the possibility of encountering official colleagues is one in five. Considering that the Dark Night Rose has spies planted within the official ranks...

Zhang Yuanqing decided to hide himself first. He took out a rarely used item—a disguise ring.

He put on the ring, raised his palm to cover his face, and gently kneaded it. His handsome features presented a phantom-like distortion, and then turned into an ordinary face. Wang Tai wanted to hide himself well. Being too handsome or too ugly wouldn't work. It must be said that an appearance like Wang Tai's, ordinary to the point of being invisible in a crowd, was very suitable.

Just as he finished his disguise, his ears twitched, and he heard the heavy sound of snapping dead branches coming from not far to his left.

He immediately turned his head to look, and saw a middle-aged man wearing black mountaineering clothes and carrying a backpack, walking with his head down, holding a wooden staff in his hand. Not a Lingjing Xingzhe (Spiritual Realm Wanderer), but a character in the instance. Zhang Yuanqing immediately remembered the precaution about not making eye contact with people and immediately shifted his focus. At the same time, he opened his mouth to test, "Uncle, hello, I'm a tourist from outside the mountain. I'm lost."

"A tourist from outside the mountain?" The middle-aged man walked quickly, "You are from outside the mountain? How do you get out of the mountain? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"

Zhang Yuanqing, with his eyes looking down at a forty-five-degree angle, couldn't see the other party's expression, but judging from his voice, this middle-aged man seemed very excited and agitated to hear that he was from outside the mountain.

"I'm sorry, I'm lost and also looking for a way out." Zhang Yuanqing responded. Hearing this, the light in the middle-aged man's eyes instantly dimmed, turning into disappointment and frustration. He said gloomily, "I've been trapped in the mountains for six days. All my companions are lost. I don't know how long I can last. If I can't find a way out, everyone in the city will be trapped to death in the mountains!" Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing knew that the plot was coming.

"Uncle, what do you mean by that? There's a city in the mountains?" he asked. The middle-aged man nodded and then sighed, "It's not that there's a city in the mountains, but that this mountain shouldn't exist." Zhang Yuanqing maintained his downward gaze and said, "I'm a stranger here and don't quite understand. Can you tell me about it?" The middle-aged man seemed tired from walking and sighed while leaning against a tree, "About two months ago, a mountain suddenly appeared outside the city where I lived. This mountain was like an iron bucket, surrounding the city. We couldn't find a way out, and communication equipment was useless." "Everyone stayed in the city for two months. Food and drinking water were gradually exhausted, and order began to collapse. Robbery, murder, bullying the weak..." "Seeing that no rescuers were coming into the city, in order to survive, the survivors organized four teams to set off from four different directions to find a way out of the mountain and ask for help from the outside world." "The team I was in was responsible for exploring to the south. We all have rich experience in wilderness survival. Ordinary remote mountains and wild ridges can't trap us, but who would have thought that on the first night of entering the mountain forest, something happened to the team?" "The place where I am now is south of the Lost City." Zhang Yuanqing confirmed the direction and asked, "What happened?" The middle-aged man showed a look of horror, as if he had been evoked by terrifying memories, and said, "That night, one of the team members disappeared."

"According to the person in the same tent as him, that night, the missing team member said he heard someone calling him. The voice seemed to be his mother who had been dead for many years."

"But the companion in the same tent didn't hear anything. After trekking for a whole day, everyone was very tired, so the companion didn't pay attention and fell into a deep sleep. The next morning, we found that the person was missing." "His mother who has been dead for many years is calling him?" This instance also has supernatural elements? It may also be a hallucination. The missing person must have responded to the call before he disappeared. Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself and asked, "Did you look for him?" The middle-aged man nodded, "The next morning, the captain organized everyone to search for a long time, but we couldn't find him. We had a mission to carry out, and food and drinking water were limited, so we had to give up on him and continue on our way."

"The First Clan"

"We identified the direction and went south all the way. At dusk, we found a place to set up camp. The captain arranged for everyone to collect branches to make a fire. I was picking up branches when I suddenly heard a scream. I rushed over to check with everyone and found a team member paralyzed under an ancient tree, trembling and pointing at the tree, almost scared out of his wits." When he said this, the middle-aged man's expression became even more horrified, and his face turned pale, but unfortunately Zhang Yuanqing couldn't see any of this. He said, "That tree had a human face, the face of the companion who disappeared last night!"

"A companion's face grew into the tree?" This is more Yin than a ghost story. So, the real danger in the forest is the trees. Zhang Yuanqing suddenly thought of something and said, "Uncle, before I entered the mountain, I saw someone put up a notice board outside. Did you put it up?" The middle-aged man was stunned. "What notice board?" Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank.

ps: This chapter has fewer words, I will make up for it in the next chapter. I was writing and thinking about the plot today, and went out to swim in the afternoon (to treat cervical spondylosis), so the code was slow. Swimming is indeed a magical medicine for treating cervical spondylosis. After insisting on swimming for three days, I feel that my cervical spine is much more flexible.