The Beginning of Terror (1)

(Second update, as usual, please vote. Today seems to be the last day of double monthly votes, so please cast more votes, colleagues. This volume is a bit strange, so those who are easily frightened should proceed with caution.)

Li Wei witnessed the entire 'soul-devouring and body-seizing' process without missing a single detail. It was indeed an extremely vicious spell. The caster needed to devour the target's soul bit by bit, and the scene and sounds of chewing on a living soul were no less than a feast of flesh and blood. Li Wei had truly witnessed what it meant to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves this time. In fact, the so-called three souls and seven spirits did exist. The Pig Demon had devoured two of the souls and six of the spirits, leaving only one soul and one spirit for Little Hannibal. However, this remnant had no consciousness, and its purpose was to deceive others and prevent experts from discovering it.

Then the Pig Demon made a hand seal, transformed into a stream of light, and entered the crown of Little Hannibal's head.

Li Wei waited for a full half hour before he saw the seemingly lifeless Little Hannibal raise his head.

"Pig Demon?" Li Wei asked, even with his S1-level combat power, he couldn't tell who this guy in front of him was.

Little Hannibal nodded. After the Blood Demon and the 'Flower' Demon confirmed that the Pig Demon had indeed successfully possessed him, Li Wei finally put him down.

After using a recovery card to heal Little Hannibal's injuries, the latter escaped from Three Heroes City under Li Wei's theatrical pursuit. Of course, the news spread throughout the city in no time, and Li Wei believed it would soon reach the surrounding towns.

After resolving this problem, Li Wei prepared to face his next mandatory mission.

Fang Yi and Fang Ling stayed close behind Li Wei, never leaving his side. From the two women's eyes, Li Wei finally realized that something was wrong.

That was the look in one's eyes only when love reaches its extreme. Li Wei prided himself on not being the kind of man who could make a woman fall head over heels in love at first glance, so he immediately guessed that this matter was probably related to the Blood Demon. However, this confusing matter could only be settled later, because Li Wei's Black Paper suddenly jumped out.

"Forced quest activated, teleportation countdown..."

This was a very strange teleportation, at least it was the first time Li Wei had ever experienced it. Even with his S-rank combat strength, he was forced into a deep sleep, and when he woke up, he found himself lying in a somewhat old bedroom.

Why is this considered a bedroom?

Because there is a bed, a desk, a lamp, and a mural on the wall that is extremely abstract, like those in the Van Gogh school.

In addition, there was a telephone in the room, a very old-fashioned one.

Li Wei sat up from the 'bed' and searched the entire room; he was the only one in the bedroom.

I picked up the phone, but there was only a busy signal.

"Is it broken?" Li Wei muttered to himself. He hadn't seen a telephone in a long time since the Old World collapsed.

Reaching the door, Li Wei turned the handle and opened it.

Outside the 'door' was a corridor, with many doors on both sides that looked just like his own room, but they were all closed at the moment. Moreover, a name was written on each of the 'doors'.

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked at his door, where the name "Li Wei" was clearly written.

After looking through all the rooms, Li Wei had a general idea of what was going on. The corridor was over ten meters long and divided into 20 rooms. Each room had a name written on its door, including those of An Hei and Zheng Yutong, since he had signed Teammate Contract with them during the previous mission.

The remaining 17 names were completely unfamiliar.

What Li Wei was concerned about was this mission, which was clearly very different from the previous ones. At least so far, Li Wei had not been able to figure out which game the mission world was based on.

The hallway, like the rooms, was extremely old. The floor was covered with a thick gray patterned carpet, which had many stains on it, and the walls were covered with obviously old wallpaper, making the room equally dark.

The overhead light tubes, however, gave the corridor a somewhat brighter feel.

Li Wei was still wondering which game world this was.

At this moment, people from other rooms also came out one after another. Zheng Yutong and An Hei were both shaking their heads. When the former saw Li Wei, she showed a happy expression, but Li Wei stopped her with a look.

Li Wei did this because he felt that this mission was obviously a bit strange, and it would be better for the three of them to pretend they didn't know each other until they understood the situation.

As for An Hei, he was completely like a passerby, clearly sharing the same concerns as Li Wei.

Judging from the fact that names are written on the door, the Main God wants everyone to know each other, which presupposes that "everyone is a stranger to each other," so it's better to follow this principle.

After all, that Main God possesses the 'power of rules,' and the rules he sets must be obeyed.

Apart from Li Wei and his two companions, the remaining 17 people emerged from the room over the next few minutes. They looked around with suspicion, sizing each other up. A few of them seemed to know each other and started chatting together.

Li Wei and An Hei paid extra attention to these people; clearly, nothing had happened to them. Seeing this, An Hei and Zheng Yutong walked over to Li Wei's side.

"What kind of mission is this? How did it teleport us to this place?" Zheng Yutong clearly disliked the quiet and somewhat eerie suite, which reminded her of some kind of haunted house.

Li Wei smiled and patted her shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, those old Old Ghost in my sword would love for this place to be a haunted house. They desperately need wandering ghosts to refine their 'Soul Pills'."

Thinking of that eccentric, sycophantic Old Ghost, Blood Demon, Zheng Yutong felt relieved. After all, if she wasn't afraid of that thousand-year-old Old Ghost, why would she be afraid of this mere haunted house?

What puzzled Li Wei was that An Hei, who was usually fearless, now had a solemn expression, as if he had made a discovery.

Just as Li Wei was about to ask a question, some of the reincarnators began to shout loudly.

"I know, I know what kind of mission world this is, haha..."

Li Wei glanced sideways and saw that the speaker was a young man in his early twenties, the kind of guy who was obviously a sedentary homebody. However, under the Eye of Perception, the other party's combat strength and abilities were on full display. He was actually a guy who had reached the C3 level, and his specialty was 'Ghost Controlling Technique'.

This is a relatively rare skill.

"Everyone, I recognize this mission location. Of course, as you all know, all the mission locations in Shadow Street are based on a certain game. I'm very familiar with the game that inspired this mission. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Of course, I'll take a small reward, since this is a mission that concerns everyone's lives."

As soon as he finished speaking, several people walked over. Li Wei saw this person whisper a few words to a few puzzled reincarnators, and then collect some items and props.

Li Wei thought for a moment, then walked over as well.

"Brother, feel free to ask me any questions, but of course you'll have to pay the price..." Upon seeing Li Wei, the young man flashed a professional smile.

Li Wei does indeed have quite a few problems.

"First, let's start with the background of this mission world." Li Wei took out a C-Rank Skill Book. In Li Wei's opinion, it was like trash, but when the young man saw it, his face turned red, obviously very excited.

Therefore, they became even more respectful towards Li Wei, since someone who could retrieve C-Rank Skill Book was not considered weak.

"Judging from the environment here, I can conclude that this is the 'Silent Hill' world, and the world we are in right now should belong to the 'surface' world in the game. There will be no danger in the 'surface' world, so it is absolutely safe here." After saying that, he reached out to take the Skill Book.

Li Wei raised his hand and continued, "You haven't finished telling me yet, have you?"

The young man chuckled sheepishly, "Look at me, getting a little 'excited,' hehe... Actually, Silent Hill is a very mysterious place, said to be able to materialize one's 'desires' there. Moreover, Silent Hill has a 'surface' world and a 'hidden' world. The 'surface' world is eerie, but not dangerous. However, the 'hidden' world... is quite terrifying. As for what might happen there, I have no idea."

Li Wei nodded, and true to his word, tossed the Skill Book to the other party. He then returned and informed Zheng Yutong and An Hei of the information.

"Silent Hill is a really scary game. I've heard of it before, but I've never played it," Zheng Yutong said softly, looking around.

"Let's wait for the mission to be released. After all, guessing randomly now won't do any good." An Hei still had that preoccupied expression.

Li Wei glanced at him but did not ask any questions.

Because he understands An Hei very well.

Like him, An Hei has his own opinions on things; to put it nicely, he is steadfast; to put it bluntly, he is stubborn.

Both he and the An Hei are absolute fanatics.

When someone believes in how something should be handled, they will execute their plan accordingly, and no external force can change their mind. In other words, even if Li Wei could tell that An Hei was preoccupied, there was no need for him to ask. If Darkness wanted to talk, he would; if he didn't, asking would be pointless.

Over the next few minutes, the 20 reincarnators searched the entire apartment.

At one end of the corridor was a dead corner with a flowerpot, but the flowers inside had long since withered. Above it was a window offering a view of the outside scenery.

In fact, this apartment has many windows, but no matter what he tried, he couldn't open them. Even when Li Wei used the power of Behemoth, he still couldn't open the window.

"It's the power of the rules again," Li Wei shook his head helplessly. In the rules of the mission world, if "the window cannot be opened" is a rule, even gods cannot change it.

What's strange is that it's always pitch black outside the window, giving people a very oppressive feeling.

Apart from that, there was extreme silence.

At the other end of the corridor was a large living room with a sofa, a coffee table, and an old-fashioned television that only showed speckles of light when turned on.

There was another unusual thing about this place that Li Wei found strange: the television wasn't plugged in at all.