Night Falls: I Kill Through the Wasteland with My Entries

Chapter 14: Refining Points, Sleeping for Seventeen Hours
Hearing the knocking on the door and the shouting, Su Ding's hand stopped where it was.

He stood by the pot.

The fire was flickering, and the water in the pot had boiled, bubbling with hot steam.

"Brother Su, why are you ignoring me? I am a monkey." The shouting came from outside again.

Su Ding stood there, his expression becoming somewhat solemn.

He didn't expect that not long after he came back, the monster would come back to haunt him again.

This monster, called Doghead, looks like an old man but has a dog's head.

Dog-headed man is a monster that recently ran into the camp.

This monster has a characteristic, which is that it can change people's voices and lure them out.

Anyone who goes out will be eaten by him.

In the past two days, several families have been eaten by this dog-headed guy.

It was him who had been calling out outside during the dark night.

Su Ding felt a little scared.

Fortunately, this dog-headed guy came after he came in.

Otherwise, if I were to collide with him, I would probably be doomed.

"It's still too dangerous here." Su Ding took a deep breath.

Although he went scavenging at dawn this time and obtained a batch of black crystals, there were still many problems that remained unresolved.

One is his safety issue.

After all, he is only one person, and his physical condition is not good. It would be bad if someone had bad intentions towards him.

Another reason is that there are many monsters here, and he may not be able to take care of them all by himself.

"Unfortunately, the conditions for entering the city are too harsh." Su Ding pursed his lips.

If he could get into the city, he wouldn't have to worry about this monster.

Even as an ordinary person, your life will not be in danger easily.

But he is now an orphan, penniless and it is a pipe dream for him to enter the city.

However, all hope is not lost.

He could also try using the rune stone.

"Tada tada..." The footsteps outside were getting farther and farther away, and the shouting stopped.

Su Ding felt relieved.

This is gone.

Then he fell silent.

"The entry is once every three to five days. This is too slow. I have to strengthen myself in other aspects." Su Ding took a look at the black crystal bag on the ground and made a decision in his heart.

Tomorrow, when he goes to the market, in addition to buying rice, he will also buy some protective gear and weapons.

Also, this body is too thin.

Also get some exercise.

Soon, the rice was cooked.

Su Ding picked up the bowl, added rice, and started eating.

If it were in his previous life, he would definitely not be willing to eat rice, especially low-quality rice.

But now, he eats it with gusto.

It was not until he came into this world that he understood how enjoyable it was to eat a bite of dry food.

After dinner, Su Ding began to massage the muscles all over his body.

The original body had never scavenged waste at dawn before, nor had it walked for so long.

Now that he had stopped, he felt like his legs were no longer his own.

These days, he won't go scavenging anymore.

While massaging his muscles, Su Ding took advantage of the light outside and picked up the booklet given by Zhang Kun to read.

The surface of this booklet is shiny and glossy, and you can tell at a glance that the original owner often read it.

When you open the booklet, what catches your eye are twisted lines.

Various abstract patterns are also drawn on the lines.

These patterns are either square or with a few lines drawn on them.

Looking at the whole thing, it looks like a heavenly book.

After looking at it for a while, Su Ding felt a headache.

In this camp outside the city, most of the scavengers are illiterate and have never been to school.

Therefore, there are no notes or anything like that on these patterns.

After taking a deep breath, Su Ding continued his research.

Then he discovered some patterns.

The lines on this atlas should be routes, and the abstract patterns are landmarks.

Blocks, most likely stone.

Some abstract lines may represent a landmark building.

Su Ding stroked the booklet and his finger fell on a dot.

He compared it with several maps in the booklet and confirmed that this dot was the location of his current camp.

This time, I became familiar with the map.

Su Ding looked at the map and found that several places were circled on the map.

There were exclamation marks written on the side, and in two places, there were even three exclamation marks.

Based on the other patterns, Su Ding estimated that this circle with an exclamation mark should mean danger.

But for details, you still have to ask Zhang Kun.

After watching for a while, Su Ding felt a little sleepy. At the same time, fatigue came over him, making him feel like he would fall asleep at the next moment.

Then, he forced himself to stand up, went to the open space, spread out the quilt, and lay down on it.

After getting into bed, Su Ding suddenly felt a sense of security.

He tossed and turned in bed, always feeling that something was missing.

Then, his eyes fell on the black crystal bag leaning against the wall, and he immediately understood something.

Then he crawled out of the bed, stuffed the black crystal bag into the bed, and then lay down.

The black crystal bag was a bit rough, but when he held it, he felt particularly comfortable.

Finally, there is no shortage of food.

Soon, Su Ding fell into a deep sleep.

What he didn't notice was that the black crystal he was holding was now slightly lit up and emitting a red glow.

Outside the door, footsteps were gradually heard.

"Is Brother Su Ding here? I'm Zhang Kun, I have something to talk to you about...." A pair of dead gray eyes stared at Su Ding's position through the crack in the door, and a strange voice came out of his mouth.

"Swish... swish..." A strange sound was heard on the door, as if something was scratching the door.

“Brother… Brother… You smell so good…” The scarlet tongue licked the crack in the door, and the saliva soon soaked the door frame.

But Su Ding was sleeping soundly and was not affected at all.

……

Su Ding had a dream in which he turned into a deformed tree.

Roots extended from its body, penetrated into the soil, and absorbed nutrients fiercely.

The sunlight shining on his leaves made him feel particularly warm.

The only discordant thing was a progress bar in the sky, which was slowly crawling.

1%...2%...10%...

I don’t know how long it took, but the progress bar finally reached 100%.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 refining point." A message appeared in Su Ding's mind.

With this information, Su Ding was startled and immediately woke up.

He quickly glanced at the alarm clock.

Just arrived in Nikko.

"I slept for 17 hours?" Su Ding's expression changed slightly.

Normally, six to eight hours of sleep is considered high-quality sleep for most people.

Some people even boast about sleeping only two hours a day.

There is no such thing as sleeping for 17 hours.

Then, Su Ding couldn't help but look towards the gate.

When he saw this, cold sweat broke out on his back.

A thin ray of light shone through the gate, and the wooden structure above was scratched into a sieve by something.

And under the door, there was a layer of wet mucus, and no one knew what it was.

"Am I being targeted by a monster?" Su Ding's expression became very ugly.

He felt a little scared.

If he slept any longer, he would probably die here at dusk.

"Refine yourselves..." Su Ding suddenly thought of what happened in his dream.

An idea struck him, and he called up his own control panel.

Name: Su Ding

Age: 17
Equipped entry: Prospector

Unequipped entries: college student, murderer.

Refining Points: 1
The panel information is still as simple as before.

What caught Su Ding's attention was that there was an extra refining point under his panel.

"What is this refining point?" Su Ding's mind moved, and his thoughts fell on the refining point.

Then, a piece of information immediately appeared in his mind.

Refinement Points: One thought can lead to heaven, one thought can lead to hell. One wrong move could mean the end of hundreds of millions of lives. Effect: Resets the refresh entry.

Su Ding's heart was filled with joy.

These refining points can actually be used to refine entries.

You can refresh the entry attributes.

"Good stuff! Good stuff!" Su Ding was delighted, and his previous fear was reduced a little.

With this thing, the previously useless entries might be able to be turned into treasures.

"But...where did these refining points come from?" After being happy, Su Ding became confused again.

He hadn't experienced this change in his sleep before.

Then, his eyes fell on the black crystal in his arms.

(End of this chapter)