After walking around for a while, Yue Wen returned to his little wooden cabin.
It turned out that every resident of Nightmare Town had one opportunity to ask an outsider to perform a task, and some chose to use that task allowance to make money.
Those who used this precious opportunity to take revenge could only be described as driven by pure hatred.
As for task rewards, they had probably reached a tacit agreement before the contestants arrived, generally offering extremely low payments to create the illusion that Yang Fire Seeds were precious.
In reality, Yang Fire Seeds were not even good enough to use in streetlights. They were just small change.
No wonder these residents, most of whom had no cultivation, had managed to live here for so many years despite the evil spirits running rampant every night-as long as the yang fire stones were lit, no sinister Nightmare Wraith Creatures could come near.
The contestants' cabins, meanwhile, contained only the lowest-grade Yang Fire Seeds, which could at most weaken the Nightmare Wraith Creatures. Many people were not even willing to burn those.
This town probably concealed some secret, producing precious yang fire ore while also suffering attacks from countless evil spirits every night.
If someone was too poor to afford even the most basic yang fire stone, they had probably fallen below the survival threshold and simply could not stay alive. Yet when outsiders arrived, this became a trial instead.
Controlling the contestants' supply of Yang Fire Seeds not only let the townspeople make money, but also maintained the difficulty of the trial in a roundabout way.
To keep the contestants from discovering this, the town repeatedly emphasized that they must not go outside after dark, making everyone genuinely believe there was some danger out there.
Now Yue