Mutated Corpses!

After eating the meat bun, Wei Fan headed out, planning to register at the Night Watch Post.

In front of Wang Dafu and his son's home stood three tall men clad in fitted clothes and carrying steel blades. They were members of the Night Watch Squad—the Night Watchers.

Seeing that the Night Watchers had come themselves, Wei Fan was pleased. It saved him the trouble of making the long trip.

Wei Fan walked over and saw two burly Night Watchers carrying out Yu Dafu and his son's corpses, placing them atop a pile of firewood. It seemed they intended to burn the bodies on the spot.

Bang!

A flare of fire ignited the dry wood, and the two stiff corpses were swallowed by blazing flames. Thick black fire billowed into the sky, spreading a foul stench of scorched flesh.

The surrounding crowd said nothing. Their faces were dark and heavy, their eyes hollow and numb.

Before the strange horrors, life seemed weak and powerless.

The Night Watchers generally did not waste their energy dealing with these White Wraiths that appeared at unpredictable times, so people had long since grown numb to them.

"Xiaofan!" The leading Night Watcher spotted Wei Fan, greeted him, and walked over.

"Uncle Shi Meng!" Wei Fan was no stranger to this Vice Captain of the Night Watch Squad. He had been good friends with Wei Fan's parents in this life and had always taken especially good care of the siblings.

"Hahaha, it's only been a few days. How come you've gotten thinner, kid?" Shi Meng teased.

Shi Meng stood two meters tall, his body packed with bulging muscles, radiating a fierce and mighty presence.

Compared to him, Wei Fan, who was only one meter eighty, looked particularly frail.

"You're the one who's gotten bigger, Uncle. By the way, I want to join the Night Watch Team!" Wei Fan got straight to the point.

"Hm?" Shi Meng raised his brows, his expression changing. "No. You're Brother Wei's only son. I promised him I'd look after you and your sister. The Night Watch Team is far too dangerous. With that skinny body of yours, you wouldn't even have the ability to protect yourself!"

"Uncle, I—"

Wei Fan had just wanted to explain when Shi Meng cut him off. "This isn't the place to talk. Inside!"

Once they returned indoors, Shi Meng stuffed a damaged talisman into Wei Fan's hand. It was a Little Flame Talisman. Though the power within it was nearly exhausted, it could still harm strange horrors. Against low-level horrors like White Wraiths, it could even deal fatal damage."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Wei Fan accepted it solemnly. He knew how precious a Little Flame Talisman was. It was a talisman capable of inflicting enormous damage on strange horrors.

A large part of the reason Night Watchers could contend with the night's eerie dangers was because they possessed such talismans.

Even a damaged Little Flame Talisman counted as an extra trump card—one more chance to save his life.

"Xiaofan, you're still young. You don't understand how dangerous the Night Watch Team is. Now that you have the Little Flame Talisman, even if a White Wraith comes for you, it won't matter. Just live here in peace, and don't talk nonsense about joining the Night Watch Team again. Understand?" Shi Meng's tone was stern.

"Uncle, actually, my..." Wei Fan had just wanted to reveal his strength, but at that moment, an abrupt change erupted.

Boom!

A tremendous explosion burst from where the corpses were being burned, sending smoke, dust, and firelight scattering in every direction.

Two humanoid monsters, blackened all over, rushed from the flames and pounced on the onlooking crowd.

Aah!!!

The woman who had been knocked down screamed as one of her arms was torn off by a charred black figure.

"You're courting death!"

The two Night Watchers reacted, drawing the steel blades from their waists. With furious shouts, they charged forward.

Clang—

The blade struck the charred monster's head, ringing out with the trembling chime of metal striking metal.

These monsters' bodies were actually as hard as steel!

Wei Fan, who had hurried over, was deeply shocked by the sight.

He had not expected these suddenly appearing strange horrors to possess such formidable defense and destructive power.

If ordinary people faced them, it would be ten deaths with no life.

"You hold them back. I'll lead the attack!" Shi Meng charged over. As he ran, he slapped a talisman onto the back of his blade. The weapon flashed, instantly gleaming with a chilling cold light.

"Die!" Shi Meng brought his blade down. Like cutting through tofu, he easily split the steel-hard charred monster in two.

The other strange horror met the same fate, slain with a single slash.

Watching from the side, Wei Fan gained a clearer understanding of his own strength.

The corpses of the charred strange horrors on the ground suddenly collapsed into fine sand, turning into a gust of yin wind and completely dispersing.

At the same time, the system's voice sounded.

Energy +1

Energy +1

What was going on?

Wei Fan was somewhat surprised. Could he gain energy even by watching others kill strange horrors?

Ding. After a strange horror dies, it leaves behind yin energy. The host may absorb it within a certain range.

After hearing the system's explanation, Wei Fan asked again, "Is there any difference compared to killing them myself?"

If he could obtain a large amount of energy without having to act personally, that would be ideal.

Answering host: energy absorbed within range is only one-fifth of that obtained through personally killing the target.

"So that's how it is!" Wei Fan nodded. As expected, personally killing them was different from absorbing energy within range.

After Shi Meng dealt with the two strange horrors that had mutated from corpses, one Night Watcher whispered a few words to him. Shi Meng then hurried away, seeming to be heading off to carry out an emergency mission.