N-A-A Chapter 25 Enemy attack!
Chapter 25 Enemy attack!
They walked headlong through the black fog.
Yu Jing felt the light suddenly dim and the visibility greatly reduced.
Previously, at least the moonlight filtering through the gaps in the dome provided some illumination, allowing us to roughly see the situation in the hall.
Now, in this enclosed room, there are neither lights nor windows; the only light source is the lighting equipment they brought with them.
Even more strangely, the dense shadows around seemed to suppress the light in some way.
Whether it's the two small lights on the mercenary's helmet or the flashlight on Yu Jing's shotgun, the range of light they can illuminate is greatly reduced. As long as you stay a certain distance away from them, you will be swallowed by darkness.
"Something's not right here; the lighting is being affected!"
Yu Jing wasn't the only one who noticed the anomaly. The mercenaries initially thought there was a problem with the equipment and tried adjusting the brightness of the helmet lights several times, but the illumination range remained only about five meters around them.
Beyond this range, all that can be seen is a hazy outline in the shadows.
This means that if a monster launches a surprise attack in the dark, by the time they see it, it will already be within five meters.
Apart from Yu Jing, who owns the Torch Watch, the only way for others to get early warnings is to rely on their ears.
Furthermore, in such a dark environment, the power of their bows and arrows and firearms would inevitably be weakened.
"We can't stop here; our lights are too conspicuous in this environment!"
As soon as the green ghost passed through the black mist and entered the room, Yu Jing immediately spoke up to remind him.
In such deep darkness, even the faintest light is extremely glaring.
The squad does need lighting to move around properly, but these light sources also constantly reveal their location.
The monsters lurking in the shadows will inevitably swarm in, like moths to a flame.
"It's perfectly normal for such enclosed spaces to exhibit illogical phenomena. Since the light source can only provide illumination within a five-meter radius, we can increase the distance between people. As long as people aren't too far apart, we can expand the illumination range."
After getting a general understanding of the situation, Aoki quickly proposed a solution. Although it carried some risks, it was indeed the best course of action at the moment, allowing them to make the most of the lighting equipment they carried.
Otherwise, if the four of them huddle together, they can only passively face the impact of external dangers.
"Just like she said, keep going forward. We need to find the fog door leading to the next room as soon as possible!"
The mercenaries strode forward, and Yu Jing and Black Hand separated from them. However, unlike the mercenaries who pressed forward, they did not go too far, but kept a distance of about three meters from Green Ghost, so that they could provide support at any time.
With the deployment of the new formation, the reconnaissance range was indeed expanded, which also created more space for the Blue Oni.
Yu Jing, positioned on the right side of the group, swung his gun back and forth, the beams of light from the spotlights below sweeping across the surrounding ruins.
Undoubtedly, they were still in a room inside the castle, only the environment was much darker than the hall they had just been in.
As they passed through the scattered, dilapidated furniture, the shadows of the four people cast on the ground swayed and twisted.
The air, thick with dust and mold, filled the light.
The surroundings were eerily quiet; no one spoke.
All that remained was the monotonous sound of shoes hitting the stone bricks as we walked, a sound that was almost unsettling.
A chill ran through Yu Jing, and he unconsciously slowed his pace, his grip on the shotgun tightening subtly. He glanced at the Torch watch; the detector's needle had already begun to move.
There's a monster nearby!
Yu Jing wanted to speak up to remind him, but opened his mouth and then closed it again. After a brief silence, he finally spoke.
"I vaguely hear sounds nearby, there might be a monster approaching, but I'm not sure which direction it's coming from, be careful."
The existence of the Torch Watch must not be known to anyone other than himself.
Even if you make a discovery, you must be careful how you make it known so as not to arouse suspicion in others.
Slip-on~
As if to confirm Yu Jing's warning, a short sound suddenly came from the darkness, which was like the sounding of the monsters' attack horn, and all kinds of noises rushed in from all directions.
The screeching sound of sharp objects scraping against bricks and stones, the dull thud of heavy objects being overturned and falling to the ground, and the crisp sound of a large number of stones rolling...
The dormant shadows were suddenly activated.
The monsters lurking behind the stone pillars, among the ruins, and even in the shadows of the corners of the walls sensed the presence of life and were eager to tear these intruders, along with the extremely repulsive light, to shreds.
"Enemy attack! Shrink formation!"
Realizing that there seemed to be more monsters than expected, it would be foolish to split up and fight separately. The mercenary immediately shouted and retreated, trying to rejoin the others.
Of course, what he meant by shrinking the formation was not to have several people huddle together, but to close the distance to a point where they could support each other.
At the very least, we cannot afford to be attacked from both sides.
However, the monsters attacked much faster than they had anticipated.
Yu Jing had just taken two steps back when he noticed a blurry outline appearing in the shadows ahead.
Without saying a word, he raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
The muzzle flashed, and a large number of bullets burst out.
The expected dull thud of a bullet entering flesh or the roar of a monster did not occur; instead, there was only the crisp sound of a bullet hitting a hard object, and even sparks flying everywhere.
Just as Yu Jing was wondering about this, the monster finally broke into the illuminated area.
Broken armor plates, embedded with several bullets, hung on the gray-white skeleton. Its stiff joints lacked any flexibility of a living creature, so stiff that every step it took produced a cracking sound of bones rubbing together and armor plates clattering together.
That's right, what appeared in front of Yu Jing was a skeleton soldier!
No wonder the shotgun shells couldn't kill it at such close range. This thing was already dead. Even though its skeleton, stripped of flesh, was shattered by the shotgun shells, it still managed to emerge from the darkness, wielding a rusty longsword, and charge straight at Yu Jing.
As they got closer, the ghostly blue soul fire inside the skull trembled incessantly.
Memories of battle from its previous life compelled it to raise its arm and swing its sword, the rusted blade aimed straight for Yu Jing's head.
boom!boom!
Two gunshots rang out in quick succession. Before the skeleton soldier's attack could even hit, Yu Jing blasted him away, skeleton and longsword together.
Before it even landed, its right arm flew off first, and its spine broke in two.
This skeleton is indeed not afraid of being shot.
However, the impact of a shotgun firing at close range is enough to shatter those exposed bones and joints!
Almost at the same time that Yu Jing was preparing to fight, the mercenaries and Black Hand were also attacked by skeleton soldiers.
The former, like Yu Jing, was armed with a shotgun, making the situation relatively easy for him. However, Black Hand's situation was more troublesome. His submachine gun should have given him an advantage in close-quarters combat, but he had unfortunately run into this undead monster.
After firing a burst, a significant portion of the bullets either slipped through the gaps in the skeleton or were intercepted by the broken armor plates. The remaining bullets had very limited killing power, barely managing to kill one skeleton before new skeleton soldiers rushed out from the side.
Just when things were at their most critical, Ao Oni's reinforcements finally arrived.
A streak of silver-gray light flashed by and pierced straight through the skull of the skeleton soldier!