The prompt sound did not come again.
Chen Lin did not rush to act either. He kept waiting where he was, only resuming his exploration once the seven-color thread's energy had recovered.
If he had not entered the additional gambling match, he could have hidden here a while longer. After all, the main match required him to survive twenty-four nights, so stalling worked in his favor.
That was no longer an option.
This additional gambling match applied only to the first night. He had to find A Single Beacon first, then extinguish all the other lamps before dawn to win.
He cautiously walked a short distance.
Chen Lin reached out and clawed at the wall beside him, pulling off a clod of earth.
He rubbed it between his fingers.
The clod crumbled into powder.
"Just a village...?"
Watching the loose dust scatter from his hand, Chen Lin stood on tiptoe to peer over the wall. But the earthen wall was so tall that even on tiptoe, he could not see over it.
As for flying into the air...
The laws of gravity here were exceptionally strong. Even with the seven-color thread's power bolstering him, taking flight would be difficult. And once he flew or jumped into the air, he might draw an unknown attack.
It was better not to try.
The earthen walls stretched a long way on both sides. It was hard to imagine walls this massive in a village, but the earlier prompt had called this place a village, so that could not be wrong.
Pitch-black darkness lay ahead.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not see into the distance, and his perception did not work either.
He considered for a moment.
Rather than continue forward, Chen Lin tightened his grip on the Heaven-Slaying Saber and