Night Patrol

"This one is at least heavy enough to smash people."

Seeing Lu Chen answer like this, the Barbarian managing the warehouse could only help Lu Chen register it.

Afterward, Lu Chen left the room with the weapon.

As soon as he stepped out, Lu Chen saw two strong men waiting on the side. They were the guides that the guard captain named Ya had found for Lu Chen.

Neither of them were Barbarian Blood Warriors, but Lu Chen didn't have any arrogance.

"I'll have to trouble you with the night rules."

"Don't worry, as long as you don't cause trouble, everything will be fine."

Saying this, the two led Lu Chen towards the outside of the village, explaining things to Lu Chen as they went.

"Our Patrol Team patrols according to the prescribed routes. You should already know this from the daytime, so I won't say much more."

"However, compared to the daytime, the area our Patrol Team covers at night is much smaller. At night, we only need to patrol around the village."

"Remember, no matter what you hear at night, don't think about it, don't look at it. At night, it's best to avoid trouble if you can."

While speaking, the other Barbarian lit an oil lamp with a torch.

Carefully protecting the oil lamp, the other Barbarian said:

"Never extinguish the oil lamp in your hand. In the darkness, there are terrifying monsters wandering around. As long as there is light, those monsters won't attack. But once the light disappears, even big shots at the Barbarian Body and Barbarian Bone realm can easily vanish without a trace."

"Vanish, isn't that death?"

"No, there are no corpses left behind, only footprints that disappear into thin air. No one knows where the people in the darkness go."

Just like that, while chattering away, the two Barbarians patrolled with Lu Chen and explained the matters at hand.

However, once they reached the outside of the village, their voices became much quieter, and they warned Lu Chen not to speak unless absolutely necessary.

"Sounds attract monsters, and so does the smell of blood, so be very careful."

Since Lu Chen used to be a daytime patrolman, the other two Barbarians didn't say much more after a while.

In their opinion, Lu Chen should know the rest, after all, daytime patrolmen were trained for nighttime duty, and they had been told about some of the nighttime taboos.

Lu Chen did know this, but hearing about it from others was just that, hearing about it. Lu Chen still needed to patrol the area himself to truly understand the nighttime taboos.

And so, following the two Barbarians, Lu Chen began his nighttime patrol journey.

Without a sound, the three carried oil lamps, moving forward along the planned route like ghosts.

This continued for more than half an hour, but when they were traveling along the patrol boundary for about ten minutes, Lu Chen suddenly stopped.

Raising his head, Lu Chen saw a light suddenly appear on the moonless earth. Looking closely, Lu Chen discovered that the light was emitted by a Human Head Fireball the size of a human head. The fireball was scarlet and eerie, and it hopped up and down as it moved forward.

And as the fireball got closer, Lu Chen noticed even more that although the fireball was made of flames, there was a human face grinning on it.

This scene made Lu Chen instantly take out the Iron Sword, and at the same time, he placed his finger on the Iron Sword, ready to break his skin and let his blood drip onto the "Iron Sword" to attack the monster.

There was no other way, the Barbarians were poor, and all they could use was their own powerful blood energy.

When facing monsters, they could only fight blood with blood.

Fortunately, after breaking through to become a Barbarian Blood Warrior, the Barbarian's blood contained ample yang energy, which was the best way to deal with monsters.

However, just as Lu Chen was about to attack, suddenly, two hands grabbed Lu Chen from both sides.

Turning his head, Lu Chen found that it was the two Barbarians.

At this time, the two Barbarians were a little nervous. They grabbed Lu Chen while waving their hands non-stop, using their eyes to convey the meaning of not attacking.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Chen chose to listen to the words of the two "elders."

And the fact proved that the two Barbarians made the right choice.

The Human Head Fireball was indeed constantly approaching the village.

But after approaching a certain distance, the Human Head Fireball seemed to sense some annoying aura and was unwilling to move forward.

However, it seemed to be attracted by the blood energy. Although it did not move forward, the Human Head Fireball did not leave, but kept jumping around nearby.

On the other side, the two Barbarians pulled Lu Chen and quickly retreated towards the village.

Soon, Lu Chen was pulled into the village by the two Barbarians. Only then did they relax and dare to breathe loudly. Lu Chen took the opportunity to ask the reason.

"What was that just now? Why didn't you attack?"

Hearing this, the two Barbarians smiled at each other. Then, one of them said directly, "A'Chen, although you are strong, night patrols aren't just about strength."

"That's right. For us, we don't have to deal with every strange thing."

"The Totem Pillars in the village have a deterrent effect on evil spirits. Most evil spirits are unwilling to enter the protected area of our Totems. Our Night Patrol Team protects against monsters that can enter the Totem Pillar's range at night."

From the two Barbarians, Lu Chen quickly understood that Barbarian Bull Village's approach to evil spirits was vigilance and defense. If they could avoid alarming the evil spirits, they would.

With the Totem Pillars as a deterrent, coupled with this passive approach, Lu Chen found that the patrol team's casualties were minimized.

However, there were also side effects. Although evil spirits did not dare to enter the village guarded by the Totem Pillars, not cleaning them up meant that those evil spirits would continue to exist.

Subsequently, during the patrol, Lu Chen felt that the surroundings of the village at night were almost full of wandering figures of evil spirits.

Human Head Fireballs, Scarecrows, Tattered Freely Moving Umbrellas... all kinds of evil spirits walked and moved at night, while humans could only be careful and not make a single sound.

This scene made Lu Chen truly feel that in this world, humans were no longer the masters of heaven and earth.

At least, not the only masters.

"Humans rule during the day, and ghosts and monsters rule at night. I didn't expect the situation in this world to be so bad."

After several more hours of patrolling like this, at the darkest moment of midnight, Lu Chen followed the two Barbarians to the edge of the village again.

The boundary of the patrol team was the boundary covered by the village's Totems. Here, the deterrent of the Totem Pillars was reduced to the lowest level.

Therefore, the desire of the evil spirits gathered here to attack humans had also risen to the highest level.

Every time they patrolled here, the evil spirits here were eager to try, and their malice towards humans was no longer concealed at all.

The two Barbarians were used to this. They glanced at the evil spirits and dared not speak, but retreated cautiously.

However, after retreating dozens of meters, the two Barbarians suddenly discovered that only they two had retreated this time. The genius instructed by the Witch Doctor Master had not followed.