Darkness Descends

Captain Lian led a squad of men to the entrance of White Cloud Temple. The temple gates were tightly shut, vehicles were strewn about in a chaotic pile, and the ground was littered with trash, fallen leaves, and numerous uncollected mummified corpses.

The temple was not entirely empty, however; a fair number of survivors were still sheltering inside.

After the disaster struck, many people assumed the invisible Blood-Sucking Monsters were akin to the vengeful spirits that fed on human vitality. They claimed these monsters originated from the netherworld and that temples and Taoist shrines were their natural bane, leading to overcrowding in major temples and even several skirmishes over territory.

Of course, this theory fell apart once many people began dying inside the temples themselves.

Even so, many remained holed up within the temple walls, unwilling to leave.

Captain Lian raised a hand, and several soldiers in camouflage immediately stepped forward. They formed a human ladder and scaled the wall into the courtyard. A few screams echoed from within, only to fall silent again shortly after. A moment later, the main gate creaked open, and Captain Lian and his men filed inside.

Many survivors hiding in the main hall heard the commotion and craned their necks to look outside. "What are these soldiers doing here?"

"They must have realized how safe the temple is. I told you those monsters were afraid of the Buddha's light!"

"Waaah, when will they finally kill all those monsters..."

"Don't be afraid, we have the Watermelon Hero! I believe the Watermelon Hero will lead us to victory!"

"Why do you think the sun disappeared? Maybe if the sun comes back, it will shine on those monsters and make them vanish into thin air? The monsters must be afraid of sunlight; why else would they make