Chapter 446
Dark Zone
Chapter 446 Dark Zone
"Yes, it's terrifying. You only arrived recently, right? You don't know the situation here. These guys have given us a way to survive, but they've taken over the entire Dark Zone."
"Don't let their soft and cute appearance fool you. There was a guy who ignored the elders and tried to touch their fur. As a result, the blood-red hairs that stretched out from their bodies pierced his body and sucked him dry."
As Bai Lingshan followed his narration, images kept forming in her mind. Finally, when she heard about the mummified corpse, she couldn't help but tremble.
"So scary..."
Thinking back to how those rabbits used to constantly charm her, it's terrifying to realize that they were actually a trick to take her life.
"Luckily, I haven't touched them."
"What did you say, Miss Aruo?"
The two were already speaking in hushed tones, and Bai Lingshan's sigh didn't even escape her throat.
"I said it was terrifying."
When Black-faced Aci heard this, he quickly raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "Actually, there's no need to be too afraid. As long as we don't provoke them, they won't attack us. The only downside is that they reproduce too quickly. There weren't so many of them here before."
A bloodthirsty beast that looks like a rabbit might also have the reproductive ability of a rabbit. An adult rabbit can give birth to a litter every month, but rabbits in the human world have natural enemies to maintain the food chain, so they don't become an epidemic.
However, the Bloodthirsty Beast is so terrifying that even if it has natural enemies, it might still turn the tables and kill you.
"Don't they come at other times?" Bai Lingshan steered the conversation back to the group. Just as he said, since no one dared to touch the Bloodthirsty Beasts, how could they obtain the so-called materials for making the Spirit-Attracting Powder from them? "What are the materials? Aren't they supposed to be untouchable?"
The pink and tender little bunnies are very cute and lively, but their fur doesn't seem to be very strong. A little scratch with their little feet or a bit of their own mouth can cause a large clump of fur to fall out.
The ingredients for the Spirit-Attracting Powder can't be these hairs, can they?
"See? The hair they pluck from their bodies is the material for the Spirit-Attracting Powder."
"..."
Bai Lingshan fell silent, never expecting that those seemingly ordinary hairs were actually rare materials for making the Spirit-Attracting Powder.
But in the Dark Zone, hair is everywhere and not considered rare, so why would they cooperate with them instead of collecting it themselves?
"Then why don't they come and collect it themselves? Why do they need you to collect it?"
Dark-faced A-Ci frowned and stared at her for a while. "You have a lot of questions, but I just love chatting with others."
"..."
He scratched his head, the answer to which seemed to be a long story: "They don't collect it themselves because the hair doesn't keep falling out, and there are hair collectors outside. Everyone has their own job, you know. They can't just give up their good job to steal someone else's."
"As for the fur collectors, they deliver the collected fur to us a day in advance, and then we pay them after we resell it. Building a house here is very expensive, costing a full 10,000 magic crystals, but they only pay us about 50 crystals at a time."
Fifty magic crystals?
She remembered that a bottle of Spirit-Attracting Powder cost thirty spirit coins. Although she didn't know how many hairs it would take to make one bottle, one spirit coin was equivalent to ten thousand magic crystals.
Isn't that a bit outrageous?
By the way, can non-feather collectors take the feathers they collect here for free?
She asked, "If just anyone, not a pet collector, sees these furs on the street and picks them up, can they take them for free?"
Black-faced A-Ci was shocked, her face full of disbelief: "Why are you picking them up? These things are rare materials, but they can only be used by ghost messengers. Since you can't find any ghost messengers, are you keeping them as souvenirs?"
Bai Lingshan was also taken aback. Even if she wanted to pick it up, she couldn't let someone say it so bluntly. It sounded so bad: "It's not that I want to pick it up, it's just an example."
“For example, why didn’t you say so earlier?” Dark-faced A-Ci was quick-witted. “That’s right, you’re one of our Dark Zone people, you can’t get out of here.”
"Um……"
Bai Lingshan's expression beneath the mask was one of embarrassment and shame. Fortunately, she managed her expression well, and nothing could be discerned from the half of her face visible through the mask. As for why she was in the Dark Zone, she would have to go and find out, since she had never seen any dividing lines or barriers before and had just arrived in a daze.
If I had to point out something strange, it would be the white light wall that no one but her could see.
Could it be there?
Bai Lingshan thought to herself, and reached into her pocket to touch the cool little stone. It was the little stone that Xifa had given her before she left, and it was the only "unusual item" she had.
Why don't we go take a look?
"Then you go ahead with your work, I'll be out for a bit."
"Oh? You're going out again?"
"Okay, I'm leaving!"
Without hesitation, she got up and went out to the place full of suspicious points.
To verify this, she even summoned a mirror image to test it on her. The result was exactly as expected: only by holding the small stone could she walk out of the wall.
"Master, you're not kidding, there really is a wall here."
Yes, there really are.
Without the little stone, she couldn't even see the wall anymore; at that time, they weren't lying to themselves.
The thought is terrifying. Without a pass token, this barrier cannot be seen. Those who come here will unknowingly enter, and once inside, they will never have a chance to leave.
Looking at the dense and bustling residential area, Bai Lingshan felt a mix of emotions.
Isn't it because of love that people are willing to stop and stay in densely populated areas? But now it seems that the existence of houses is also evidence of helplessness and being forced to stay.
On the way back to the inn, in all sorts of houses, those sitting by the window gazing at the scenery were perhaps not looking at the view, but at their hometown that they could never return to.
……
During her time living in Liuhua Plain, she would collect any talisman she found. The rest of the time, she would either hide in her room practicing fan techniques or carry a small bag to collect the fur of bloodthirsty beasts. Her meals also changed from the appearance of half a cabbage to instant noodles with vegetables every day.
It was probably because of Black-faced A-Ci's secret care that she developed the illusion that she was very familiar with them. Now, whenever she has nothing to do, she will come down to meet them.
The boss at the counter is busy working diligently, but don't forget, he has two heads: one head is organizing ledgers and invoices, while the other can chat with her.
At this moment, Black-faced Aci was staring at the crystal fan in her hand.
"Miss Aruo, I've noticed you carrying this fan every day lately. Is it your weapon?"
"……Um."
Bai Lingshan nodded shyly, her hand holding the fan looking somewhat lost.
These past few months, she's practiced this fan attack every single day, but how many of her attacks have been accurate?
No,
It's a zero.
Sometimes, she wants to believe in metaphysics.
Keep in close contact with it, and who knows, one day the fan will sense her sincerity and allow her to hit the bullseye every time?