disaster strikes

Chapter 463 Shadow Fragment
"Is it out of fear?"

Chen Mo carefully recalled the experience just now.

In my heart, I did have an instinctive fear of it.

This kind of fear comes from being cautious about the unknown, from the rich imagination deep in his heart, and from the instinctive resistance of the body, which he cannot control.

And this so-called evil shadow seems to have the ability to absorb fear and increase its strength!

Judging from its performance just now.

The puppet Xieying itself is just a first-level normal evaluation creature.

But after it fully absorbed Chen Mo's fear, its own strength began to expand to Chen Mo, until it was close to or even reached the level of the big boss, and the increase in strength was quite exaggerated.

This should also be its limit.

And more importantly, Chen Mo didn't feel any evil aura from it.

Although it tends to be dark, absurd, and weird, it is not evil, that is to say, it is not a polluting monster, it is just a natural creature derived from this world, so it is not restrained by his invincibility and lion roar.

if not.

He wouldn't have been so cautious about the unknown creature in front of him just now.

"The emotion of fear is probably one of the most difficult emotions to control."

After Chen Mo had a preliminary understanding of the evil shadow here, his face became serious.

The evil shadow here, I don't know how many years of natural reproduction and evolution.

Although he knew that the evil shadow here had the ability to absorb fear, objectively speaking, it was almost impossible to completely control this emotion.

At least during his professionalization process, he did not master similar abilities.

but.

Although he can't completely control this emotion, a large part of his fear itself comes from the unknown.

If you can fully understand these evil shadows, you will undoubtedly be able to greatly improve your own situation, at least you will not have the extreme fear of being insane and on the verge of collapse.

Like characters in a lot of horror movies.

When a person is on the verge of collapse, it is basically equivalent to dementia.

If so.

Even if you encounter an evil shadow again and let the other party collect a little bit of your own fear, it is impossible to upgrade from an ordinary creature to the exaggerated level of the big boss level in one go.

"It seems that the ancient Scourgers, after discovering the power of the evil shadows to absorb fear, have found a unique way to deal with them. The evil shadows here were once the source of fear in many worlds. The methods of creating fear they have mastered must have evolved thousands of times. So what is the coping method of the Scourgers?"

Chen Mo showed a thoughtful look.

coo.

From the depths of the black mist, there was a strange bird call, disturbing his thoughts.

After shaking his head and sighing, he continued to move forward, looking for a way to the ground.

This super big tree is indeed as judged by Chen Mo, at least three to four hundred meters high, full of unreal distortion.

Fortunately, he did not encounter any accidents when he left the big tree.

Both feet stepped on the weird ground.

The reason why I say it is weird is because Chen Mo feels like he has stepped on a puddle of sewage.

The black mist that can be seen everywhere here actually sticks to the ground, forming a thick layer of "black water area", covering Chen Mo's ankles, and occasionally some vegetation, stones, and dead trees are exposed from the black mist.

Such a strange environment naturally makes people instinctively vigilant.

God knows if there is something weird hidden in the black mist under his feet.

Whatever you are afraid of, come here.

As soon as he took two steps forward, Chen Mo felt something wriggling under his feet.

He snorted coldly, kept himself in a cold state, minimized the fear after being frightened, and stretched out his hand to grab the things under his feet.

This is a green-skinned insect, its length is unknown, and its tail hides the depths of the black mist.

After being grabbed by Chen Mo from the black mist under its feet, it opened its petal-like mouth of a six-pointed star, revealing the tender red tissue inside.

Chen Mo, who was alert, suddenly yelled.

"Go to hell!"

There was a flash of purple-black sword light in Chen Mo's sleeve, the bug was split into two, and turned into two shadows in front of Chen Mo's eyes, passing through his fingers and blending into the black mist on the ground.

Chen Mo took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"No Fragment Points?"

He searched carefully again, and confirmed that the creature he killed just now did not have the so-called fragment points.

Isn't this thing an evil shadow?
He continued to walk forward, and just after taking a few steps, he noticed that there were many wriggling things under his feet submerged in the black mist on the ground.

He stopped in his tracks, revealing a thoughtful look.

"Sharpening a knife is not the same as chopping firewood. Maybe I should come here first to understand the basic ecological laws of this world."

Thinking of this, Chen Mo stopped in his tracks.

After he adjusted his mentality, he groped under his feet again.

This time, he took out a soft thing, a piece of pigskin, from the black mist under his feet, which made him stunned.

Followed by.

This piece of pigskin suddenly opened, like a cobra opening its neck, revealing a very ugly old face.

Its dead fish-like eyes were particularly protruding, its bulbous nose, and its dark mouth smiled strangely at Chen Mo.

Then it popped out a red tongue.

Because Chen Mo treated it like a map, held two horns in both hands, and looked at it in front of his eyes, and was shot at his eyes by its tongue, even though Chen Mo was already mentally prepared, he still couldn't help being excited and swearing.

"I'll go to you!"

With a flash of purple-black sword light, Chen Mo killed this ghost again.

Goof, goof, goof!

As its corpse turned into a shadow and disappeared, Chen Mo's heart was still beating violently.

While annoying himself that he shouldn't be like this, and wanting to overcome his fear, he calmed down his violent heartbeat and made his eyes firm again.

Then he snorted coldly, and started to grope under his feet again.

……

After about half an hour.

Chen Mo had to admit that after countless years of evolution, the creatures in this world have already mastered countless intimidation methods to penetrate the psychological defense line.

It is almost a fantasy to rely on the so-called tough rationality to defeat the opponent's billions of years of evolution in a short period of time.

But he was not without gains.

As he had speculated, as he became familiar with these creatures, although he could not control his fear, at least he knew that their power was not illogical, but had its own unique laws, which would ease his fear of the unknown.

At least it won't happen easily like when encountering the evil doll.

At that time, Chen Mo was under enormous psychological pressure.

It's a bit like a child hiding in a box with a weapon in his hand, trying not to make a sound, watching the murderer walk slowly outside through the gap, sweating and shivering.

Simultaneously.

Chen Mo speculates that besides the friendly camp and the hostile camp, the creatures in this world should also have a neutral camp, such as these things in the black mist under their feet.

The reason why they are said to be a neutral camp is not because of their voluntary choice.

But they are still too weak, equivalent to starving ghosts in the real world of disasters, and minors in other worlds.

They have not yet been born with self-awareness. To this world, they are just like flowers and plants on the roadside. Chen Mo named them shadows.

And after the shadow evolves to the adult stage, it will split into camps and evolve into evil shadow or white shadow.

White Shadow is Chen Mo's name for the creatures of the friendly faction in this world.

now.

Chen Mo made a new discovery!

This is the first time Chen Mo feels no fear of the "shadow" in front of him at all!
This mud-like thing slowly transformed into a snake, and Chen Mo was pinching its head, even though it kept making "hissing" sounds, it was still indifferent.

Although many people are afraid of snakes, Chen Mo is naturally indifferent to snakes.

After struggling in Chen Mo's hands for a while, the snake seemed to suffocate and died in Chen Mo's gaze, turning into a pool of shadows.

The strength of psychological defenses against each fear will vary from person to person.

From this point of view.

It does not rule out some special situations. Some evil shadows are good at creating fear, which happens to be restrained by the other party, similar to Chen Mo's indifference to snakes.

"After these little guys escaped from the black mist, if they couldn't absorb the fear in time, they would end up like this."

He shook his head, shaking off the remaining shadow in his hand.

This is just an individual phenomenon.

After Chen Mo thought for a while, he still felt that the ability to completely restrain the evil shadow could only be the intelligent life in the technological world, similar to the Apocalypse and the mechanical minions called by Kunai.

But the terrible thing is that the creators of these intelligent life will also feel fear.

Chen Mo divides fear into four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and extreme.

After more than half an hour of training, he has been able to control his fear well below the extreme level, and he will no longer encounter the evil doll shadow.

At the same time, after experiencing these things, he also briefly summarized the rules of this competition.

"Overall, there are three ways to collect fragment points, helping White Shadow, killing Evil Shadow, and defeating the competing Scourge."

Although the emphasis is different, as long as a little analysis will know, collecting fragment points by defeating other Scourgers will be the most likely way to win the final championship.

of course.

Collecting fragment points through the other two methods is also full of randomness. It is not completely impossible to win the championship, but be careful not to be defeated by other natural disasters.

Followed by.

He looked at his mission prompt again.

Reminder: You are about to arrive at the Fragment of the Shadow Screen. The evil shadow is moderately dangerous, with a total of 32 square kilometers and a small area. The number of natural disasters sent here is 2747, which is extremely large.

The area he is in now is called Shadow Fragment, and the evil shadows here are moderately dangerous.

"That is to say, the number and strength of evil shadows here are moderate, and it is quite feasible to collect fragment points by helping Bai Ying and hunting evil shadows here."

Then here is a total of 32 square kilometers, and the area is relatively small. The number of natural disasters sent here is 2747, which is extremely large.

"That is to say, compared with the Scourge on other fragments, the Scourge on the Shadow Screen Fragments has a very high density, and it is also suitable for developing a competition route for hunting other Scourge!"

He touched his chin.

"My luck is good. It really is a very rich fragment. In the middle and late stages, those natural disasters who are randomly sent to the barren fragment will probably try to travel here to collect fragment points."

Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Now that he finally has a preliminary understanding of the basic ecological laws of this world, and also understands his own situation, it's time to explore in depth.

(End of this chapter)