Glitching

As Bai Yi's words fell, the entire shelter began gathering power.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

A dense series of sounds rang out as sharp bone spikes thrust out from the shelter's skeletal walls and roof in unison. The horde of Rotting Corpses piled atop the shelter was instantly pierced into honeycombs by the attack.

The bone spikes slowly retracted, and the Rotting Corpse bodies skewered on them fell to the ground along with them.

Next, the flesh fungus carpet that had long spread beneath the ground around the shelter secretly extended its tendrils, dragging the corpses underground and transporting them to the digestion chamber.

[Current Flesh 1109/1000, Bones 881/1000]

That strike had consumed a full 300 Bones—the equivalent of the bones from sixty Rotting Corpses. But the number of Rotting Corpses killed had reached six or seven hundred.

In other words, Bai Yi had gained 6,000 Flesh and 3,000 Bones from that single strike. Compared to the earlier losses, this was a guaranteed profit.

Xie Xu watched from the side. He had originally planned to head back after getting the data, but Bai Yi stopped him. Bai Yi had no intention of earning from just one wave.

"Dog Bro, aren't you afraid of drawing in something big by doing this?"

"I investigated the area before. I only encountered Rotting Corpses—I didn't even run into the Shadow of a Thousand Throats. From what I observed, everyone else was in the same situation.

"I'm guessing the difficulty of the Misty Land rises gradually. That means that before the black fog fully descends, even more dangerous demonspawn probably won't appear.

"That also suggests that once the black fog fully descends, things will likely become extremely dangerous. That's why this mechanism exists. The system is giving us a chance to prepare."

As he spoke, Bai Yi looked out the window. The Rotting Corpses that had just been completely cleared away were already close to flooding the shelter again.

"Those are all just my guesses. [Autism] might attract even more terrifying demonspawn. But if you want to survive, how can you avoid taking even a little risk?"

"That's right."

Xie Xu agreed. "I see it the same way you do, Dog Bro. Then I'll risk my life to keep a gentleman company."

"You definitely won't be treated unfairly."

Bai Yi smiled, then waved his hand at the Rotting Corpses that had covered the area once more.

The bone spikes shot out again.

For a full ten minutes, Bai Yi repeated the process without stopping.

At first, he kept an eye on the shelter panel in case his Flesh and Bones dropped too low. Once they began rising, Bai Yi stopped paying attention to them and went into the workshop to start crafting weapons instead.

Xie Xu also took the opportunity to fully sort out the activation conditions for [Autism], then shared them in the group:

[Autism]: For ten minutes, nearby demonspawn can detect the player's location and pursue them. (Range: 100 meters. It will not activate when players are more than 100 meters apart or when inside a shelter. It remains active when players are outside their shelters and less than 100 meters apart. If the players separate or enter a shelter during this period, a ten-minute countdown begins.)

Once the [Autism] timer ended, Bai Yi went out to clean up the battlefield.

He used his knife to finish off the Rotting Corpses that had not fully died, then had the flesh fungus carpet transport them away.

During that time, perhaps because he had killed too many Rotting Corpses, Bai Yi's vision suddenly blurred for a moment. A strange color appeared in his eyes, then quickly vanished.

Bai Yi paid no attention to those details and continued collecting Rotting Corpse heads.

The cleanup took roughly ten-odd minutes. By then, Bai Yi's shelter reserves had reached:

[Current Flesh 61002/1000, Bones 28181/1000]

After this wave, Bai Yi no longer lacked Flesh or Bones. He had even saved up everything needed for upgrades.

But Bai Yi did not stop. Before the black fog fully descended, he wanted to farm a few more waves.

Thus, as [Autism] activated once again, a new wave of corpses came crashing in.

3:02 PM

After farming three waves of [Autism], Bai Yi chose to stop.

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It was not that he did not want to continue, but the black fog was growing denser and denser.

It was only three in the afternoon, yet it was already nearly impossible to see outside. Bai Yi was farming Rotting Corpses to accumulate resources quickly, not to court death.

Under the current circumstances, he had to start doing other things.

Xie Xu had returned to his own shelter over ten minutes ago. Before he left, Bai Yi gave him a tactical pistol—with 500 rounds included—a White Bone Tang Dao, and a bone pickaxe. They had all just been crafted, serving as payment for Xie Xu's help.

Meanwhile, nine bone pickaxes, nine bone blades, and one pistol—for Tang Zheng, with 500 rounds included—were displayed in the workshop.

They were all premium weapons:

[Bone Pickaxe (Materials: 75 Flesh, 100 Bones)

Quality: Premium

Durability: 100/100 (Can be repaired in the workshop)

Description: A pickaxe made from unknown bones. Has a 50% chance to yield double drops when mining resources.]

[White Bone Tang Dao (Materials: 100 Flesh, 200 Bones)

Quality: Premium

Durability: 100/100 (Can be repaired in the workshop)

Description: A Tang Dao made from unknown bones. After striking a target, it continuously inflicts Bleeding. Healing potions are ineffective for 10 minutes.]

[Flesh Tactical Pistol (Materials: 200 Flesh, 150 Bones)

Quality: Fine

Durability: 7/7 (For firearms, durability represents the number of bullets)

Description: A flesh-and-blood pistol that would drain your sanity with a single glance. Its magazine is an "interdimensional magazine" and can hold 28 bullets. After hitting a target, the bullets proliferate, dealing secondary damage to the target.]

(1 Bone per bullet)

Of these pieces of equipment, Bai Yi only planned to keep a bone blade and a bone pickaxe. He would sell all the rest, most of which had already been reserved by squad members.

He glanced at the revolver being modified on the workbench (Countdown: 02:54), then checked his reserves:

[Current Flesh: 188005/1000, Bones: 79080/1000]

The upgrade requirements had already been met, but the workshop was currently in use, so he could not upgrade it. Bai Yi waited for the revolver's modification to be completed.

[Shepherd's Mercy (Damaged)] had saved Bai Yi many times. If not for it in the early days, Bai Yi would never have obtained enough meat and could only have filled his stomach with wild fruit.

But for the current Bai Yi, this revolver was becoming less and less useful, with the biggest issue being its ammunition limit.

It could fire at most four shots at a time, and each bullet took an hour to generate. These two restrictions made the revolver feel like a tasteless morsel—too good to throw away, but hardly worth keeping.

So, after building up sufficient reserves, Bai Yi chose to modify it. Although the equipment's quality would not change, as a product made from flesh and bones, he should no longer need to worry about ammunition.

As he pondered, Bai Yi privately sent the equipment ordered by his teammates to them.

Soon afterward, his teammates sent over their payments as well.

Bai Yi checked them: ten jin of vegetables, three grains of Spirit Rice, two bottles of [Sanity Recovery Elixir], and 5,700 Mist Coins. (40% discount applied) (Before the discount: pickaxe 500, Tang Dao 700, pistol 500, bullets 2)

Because he did not know what might be lurking within the black mist, Bai Yi saved some Mist Coins for emergencies.

After placing the traded items into the warehouse, the revolver's modification was complete as well.

The original silver body had turned a pale color. Its grip was made of flesh and blood, cool to the touch and exceptionally comfortable in his hand.

Blood-red patterns were engraved along the barrel. The five chambers that had originally been blocked were now cleared, with ten bullets lying quietly within them.

[Shepherd's Mercy (Modified)

Quality: Fine

Durability: 10/10

Description: A high-powered revolver reborn anew. Automatically generates one bullet per hour. After hitting a target, the bullet proliferates, dealing secondary damage to the target. Each bullet has a 5% chance to trigger "Painful Wail" (causing the target to enter a 1-second stagger).]

(10 Bones per bullet)

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