Mortal Gazing into the Abyss

"Right, there was one more thing."

Just as Feng Buzhi left the building where Wang Chen was and prepared to return to the southern side of town, Shadow suddenly stopped him again.

Shadow said, "I'm not trying to persuade you. Actually, I know that even if I tried, it would be useless.

"I just suddenly remembered one of Wang Chen's secrets. Most of the wells in this town have already dried up, but there are still two that can be used.

"One of them is rather muddy, and it has already been discovered.

"The other well is behind this building. Wang Chen hid it and told no one about it. If possible, I hope you can spread the news that there is a water source here."

Feng Buzhi nodded. "All right."

After saying that, Feng Buzhi leaped onto the nearby wall and headed for the southern stronghold of the town.

Because Shadow had chattered incessantly while Wang Chen was being killed, his strange murmurs drifting everywhere and leaving the nearby people dazed, it was only some time after Feng Buzhi left that they realized something had happened and went to investigate Wang Chen's room.

After that, they discovered the pile of rotten flesh reeking of stench.

Feng Buzhi paid no attention to this. After returning to the southern stronghold, he quickly carried the unconscious Pei Chao to the town's central square.

Qin Chengming and the members of the Mutual Aid Society were still maintaining order there, apparently unaware of Wang Chen's death.

Since Feng Buzhi had come here many times throughout the previous day, Qin Chengming was no longer surprised by his arrival and did not stop him.

Feng Buzhi soon touched the crystal and found that his [Personal Information] had changed again.

[Personal Information]

Feng Buzhi

Title: "Goblin Butcher" (Activated), "Mortal Gazing into the Abyss" (Not Activated). (Currently able to activate 1 title)

Race: Human Race

Rank: Unranked

Soul Level: Unranked

Abyss Points: 2367 (+2177)

"Mortal Gazing into the Abyss": When you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss gazes back at you. Even if you have not mastered the slightest strange power, the Abyss will still look at you—just look at you. It will not care whether you die or go mad because of it.

Title Effect: After activating this title, all side effects of strange powers are slightly reduced for you.

Current total holders of this title: 97

Acquisition Requirements:

The following two conditions must be met.

1. Gaze into the Abyss for three seconds and remain unaffected after meeting its gaze.

2. While completing Condition 1, your body must not have merged with any strange power.

Killing more than four hundred Goblins the previous night had earned him nearly 2,200 Abyss Points.

In addition, seemingly because he had gazed into the Abyss not long ago, he had obtained a new title: "Mortal Gazing into the Abyss."

However, there seemed to be a problem with this title's description.

The acquisition requirements stated that to obtain this title, one had to remain unaffected during the process of gazing into the Abyss.

But even now, he still felt lingering fear. He definitely had not remained unaffected.

To be precise, he had been greatly affected.

Could there be some loophole in how titles were obtained?

Without dwelling on it, Feng Buzhi briefly tried activating and switching titles, then continued [Basic Cultivation Assistance] and began eating [Extravagant Meal].

As for the bearded Pei Chao beside him, after Feng Buzhi woke him up, he also quickly began eating the feast.

A few minutes later, Feng Buzhi continued testing the [Repair] function and found that the shrapnel embedded in his back was expelled from his body along with the repairs.

After everything had been dealt with, Feng Buzhi told Qin Chengming about the well behind Wang Chen's workplace.

Qin Chengming was baffled and had just wanted to ask about it when he found that Feng Buzhi had already left once more with Pei Chao...

Time passed, and ten days went by.

After Wang Chen's death, although the town no longer had the order it once had, no chaos broke out either.

After all, the most chaotic first day had already passed, and after these days, people had begun to adapt to this world.

In fact, even the Mutual Aid Society Wang Chen had founded did not disband because of his death.

Of course, the Mutual Aid Society was naturally far smaller than it had been while Wang Chen was still alive.

The Mutual Aid Society no longer managed order around the crystal in the town's central square, no longer guarded the town gates, and no longer collected food.

After several core members of the Mutual Aid Society fought for power and ultimately tore it apart, Qin Chengming led several companions who still upheld its ideals to help at the hospital of Dr. Norton and Professor Li Lin.

This became the prototype of the new Mutual Aid Society.

Qin Chengming, Dr. Norton, and Professor Li Lin became the leaders of the new Mutual Aid Society. If anything happened, the three of them would discuss it together, though there generally was nothing to discuss.

Norton was still studying those madmen. Over the course of ten days, two of the madmen originally in the hospital had died in accidents, but thirteen more had appeared. There were now eighteen madmen in the hospital.

The scale of the psychological treatment overseen by Professor Li Lin had also grown.

Driven by anxiety and unease, people came to this makeshift hospital in an endless stream. Professor Li Lin's original three assistants had now taken on the role of doctors, but there were still not enough hands.

Over the past two days, near dusk, Qin Chengming and some Mutual Aid Society volunteers had come here to attend Professor Li Lin's lectures.

There was a severe shortage of psychologists, so they could only use this method to train more people.

This was one such time. Professor Li Lin was at the front explaining practical ways to ease anxiety, while Qin Chengming and the others listened and learned below.

A faint, strange sigh seemed to drift through Professor Li Lin's classroom.

Qin Chengming seemed to sense something and turned around, but found nothing. He soon resumed pondering the content of Professor Li Lin's training.

"He's growing quickly. He was unremarkable at first, but now he may already be at the level of Zhao Gang, Wang Chen, and Norton. He only lacks a little more to reach the Clear Mind Realm."

Watching Qin Chengming's performance, Shadow sighed inwardly.

Whenever he saw the Human Race struggling so desperately in this town, he could not help but sigh.

Qin Chengming and Dr. Norton were like this, and so was Zhao Gang near the eastern gate of town.

At this time, Zhao Gang should have been summarizing the day's exploration through the mist, planning tomorrow's speech, and guiding the other members of his team in using strange powers.

Whenever danger struck, there would always be some humans who stepped forward.

Thinking of this, Shadow suddenly felt somewhat moved.

It was precisely because these Human Race pioneers kept stepping forward that the Human Race could survive in this world.

He seemed to remember something.

He did not recall anything specific, but he remembered some feelings from the past.

In his past, he seemed to have done things similar to what Qin Chengming or Zhao Gang did. He had also struggled for the advancement of the Human Race.

Unfortunately, his emotion did not last.

Because Feng Buzhi's figure appeared in his mind.

He had clearly arrived in this town alongside everyone else and struggled to survive alongside them, yet when it came to Feng Buzhi, the whole picture changed completely.

Shadow quickly drifted toward Feng Buzhi. It was already dusk in this world, and before long, he would no longer be able to move.

Near the mist boundary on the southern side of town was a large pit, one Feng Buzhi and Pei Chao had dug several days ago.

The pit was filled with Goblin heads—or rather, processed Goblin heads. To keep them from rotting too quickly, Feng Buzhi had treated them properly before storing them.

Shadow soon saw Pei Chao busy beside the pit, then spotted Feng Buzhi not far away.

Shadow drifted before Feng Buzhi. Looking at the several thousand heads in the pit, he said with a resentful expression, "You've already collected so many Goblin heads. Aren't you going to lift your curse?"