The Mysterious Dungeon: A Survival Guide to the Twelve Talismans

"Whatever the connection, I'll go into the darkness and kill some people to see what kind of scum are coming."

The evil entity waved its hand, indicating that it would immediately rush into the darkness to fight the monster as soon as Zhou An gave the order.

“There must be a connection, but we have too little information right now. The newly acquired monkey talisman should allow us to transform into monsters and enter the darkness to investigate,” the benevolent entity said in a deep voice.

"No rush, let's see if those monsters can break through the range of the fire's illumination." The night is long, and Zhou An has enough time to gather information.

The three of them stood on the watchtower, quietly observing the edge of the area.

In less than fifteen minutes, the roars grew closer, and they could even hear the thunderous footsteps.

The footsteps sounded like a thousand horses galloping, and the earth seemed to tremble.

Strangely, all the monsters stopped outside.

"Roar~~!" Monsters roared continuously in the darkness, without ever overstepping their bounds.

Suddenly, a claw covered in scales emerged from the darkness and probed into the area of ​​the light barrier.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~!" Almost instantly, black smoke rose from the claws.

"Ughhhhh!" A low, painful roar came from within.

The claw quickly retracted.

Before it retracted, Zhou An could see the scales of the claw rapidly melting away.

If it had lingered for even a second longer, the arm would have been gone.

Clearly, the light of the fire is extremely effective against monsters in the dark.

“That monster’s aura is somewhat familiar,” the benevolent entity said.

The evil entity frowned, remained silent, and simply lowered its head in deep thought.

"It does look somewhat familiar." Zhou An nodded in agreement.

"Oh my god, isn't this an evil spirit?" the evil entity suddenly realized, slapping its thigh and shouting.

In the Yin-Yang Affairs Office instance, most of the time it's malevolent entities that deal with the sources of pollution and the bizarre transformations into demons.

Therefore, evil entities are more familiar with evil spirits.

"A demon? A demon in the wilderness of this strange world?" Zhou An's heart skipped a beat.

I must say, that aura did indeed resemble that of a demon.

"So, the monsters in the darkness are the evil spirits of the wilderness, but this is a copy of the Eternal Night Continent..." The benevolent entity stroked its chin and pondered.

“Evil spirits have no intelligence whatsoever; they only know how to kill. If you want to know more, you can only ask a local native,” Zhou An said slowly.

"Old Evil, go out into the darkness and check the situation to make sure those monsters aren't really evil spirits," Zhou An instructed the evil entity.

“Leave it to me,” the evil entity said, patting its chest.

The evil entity then twisted and contorted, eventually transforming into a giant eyeball covered in eyes.

This is what the demon they first defeated at Bear Corpse Ridge looked like.

The evil entity exuded an eerie aura.

If Zhou An hadn't known that the other party was his own evil manifestation, he probably would have already taken action.

"Old evil, is the light from this fire harmful to you?" Zhou An looked up at the fire and asked.

The evil entity shook its head: "It had no effect, and I didn't feel anything else unusual."

“It seems the Fire Seed still considers you a human being. Then go and find out what’s going on,” Zhou An said in a deep voice.

The evil entity nodded, and then jumped directly from the sky. In the instant it jumped, the evil entity transformed into an eagle.

With a flap of its wings, the eagle took flight and soared into the air, heading straight ahead.

As it disappeared into the darkness, I felt a chill wash over my entire body.

The evil entity's eyes still couldn't see anything; it was pitch black all around.

Immediately, its body twisted again, transforming into the same strange eye as before.

The next instant, light appeared in my field of vision.

It was a blood-red world, covering the mountains and plains, filled with terrifying and bizarre monsters.

Each of these eerie monsters is different, but they all exude an aura of evil.

The evil thought fell into the evil spirits' midst without attracting their attention.

They all circled around the fire, one ring after another.

They wanted to rush into the fire's range, but were restrained by the fire's protective shield and dared not enter at all.

Further away, large hordes of demons continued their advance into the darkness.

That direction leads towards the village.

Zhou An was not worried about any danger to the village.

In the center of the village there was a place resembling a campfire, obviously used to burn fire and dispel the darkness.

It seems that this world is a normal world during the day, but at night it falls into darkness and is invaded by strange creatures.

As for why it is called the Eternal Night Continent, Zhou An thought of a very tragic conclusion.

There is a high probability that human civilization in this world will be destroyed, and this continent will be plunged into eternal darkness, completely occupied by evil spirits.

Eternal night, isn't that the continent of eternal night?

Zhou An withdrew his gaze and began to ponder his next plan.

As soon as it gets light, he rushes back to the village, grabs someone at random, interrogates them about the state of the world, and then makes his decision.

It all depends on what the task in the second phase is.

"Old Shan, you stay outside and keep watch. I'm going downstairs to rest for a while," Zhou An said, and then walked towards the stairwell.

“Okay.” The benevolent being nodded.

Back at the rest room at the bottom of the tower, the room was completely dark.

Zhou An didn't care and simply lay down on the hard bed to rest with his eyes closed.

This place truly lacks everything one could possibly need. If Zhou An hadn't had the twelve talismans, he probably would have died here tonight.

"The Ninth Forbidden Zone?" Zhou An murmured to himself, then drifted off to sleep.

I don't know how much time passed, but then there was a knock on the door: "Old Ben, Old Ben, open the door quickly, something's wrong."

Zhou An instantly regained his senses, and then immediately went to the door and opened it.

The moment the door opened, soft light flooded in.

"Old Ben, something's wrong," the evil entity said hastily after entering.

"What's going on? Don't rush, tell me slowly," Zhou An'an reassured her.

“There’s a caravan five kilometers away, and they’re heading this way,” the evil entity said.

"A caravan? A strange caravan?" Zhou An frowned.

"No, it's not strange. There's no strangeness in the darkness, only evil spirits."

"It's a human caravan, about twenty people in total, with five cargo wagons and one passenger wagon." The evil entity had clearly gathered information before coming.

"Human caravan? Didn't those monsters tear them apart?" Zhou An asked in confusion.

The evil entity shook its head: "They had a lamp on their carriage, and the light illuminated the carriage, blocking those evil spirits."

"A lamp? Interesting." Zhou An suddenly became interested.

He immediately with a thought, he directly retracted the evil and benevolent aspects of his body back into his own.

This caravan may know more information than the village.

This is their destination; Zhou An only needs to wait for them here.

……

The Li family mountain team walked five kilometers in a full hour.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the range of the fire's protective shield.

The fluorescent lights were also suppressed by this soft light.

"We've finally arrived. We're safe now."

"Quickly, blow out the wick lamp to save fire," a middle-aged man who looked like a butler shouted hastily.

Immediately, someone climbed onto the carriage and blew out the eerie lamp.

“Uncle An, this watchtower is so bright, there must be a watchman. Let’s go and see him. After all, this is someone else’s territory,” a woman in a white dress said slowly.

“Miss, you are right. This is the first time our Li's Trading Company has traveled this route. We want to meet them.”

“We’ll inevitably have to deal with the tower keeper here in the future.” Uncle An nodded slightly.

Uncle An turned to look around: "Don't rush to rest, all of you. Take the carriage to the watchtower and set up camp."

"Yes," the caravan members replied in unison.

"Guard Liu, please come with me and Miss to see the tower keeper." Uncle An then looked at a man holding a long spear.

"Yes, Butler An." Guard Liu nodded, then beckoned five guards to follow Uncle An and the woman toward the watchtower.

When Li Wan'er arrived at the tower, she gave Butler An a wink.

The latter immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Knock knock knock!"

"We, the Li family caravan, have come to this place to seek protection under the fire. We beg the tower keeper to grant us this favor."

Squeak!

The heavy iron gate slowly opened, and Zhou An walked out from inside.

"The Li family caravan?" Zhou An looked at everyone, his gaze finally settling on Li Wan'er's face.

Li Wan'er was extremely beautiful, with bright eyes, white teeth, and cherry-like lips, resembling a well-bred young lady.

"This humble woman is Li Wan'er from the Li Family Merchant Caravan. I have met this young master before."

“We encountered too many strange things while passing through this place, so we came here to seek protection.”

"Don't worry, young master, we will follow the rules. Our caravan consists of twenty-three people, and we have a total of twenty-three fire seeds," Li Wan'er said slowly.

As soon as Li Wan'er finished speaking, Steward An took out a cloth bag and handed it directly to Zhou An.

Seeing this, Zhou An did not say anything, but reached out and took the bag, opened it, and took out one of the fire seeds.

[First-Tier Demon Seed]: A demon seed conceived within the body of a first-tier evil spirit. It can be transformed into a demon after being devoured. When burned using special means, it can be used to resist attacks from demons.

Upon seeing this, Zhou An raised an eyebrow. So this was the seed of fire, and it was even being nurtured within the body of an evil spirit.

This means that after killing the evil spirit, you can obtain the evil seed.

But it's completely different from the flame on the watchtower.

The fire in the watchtower was truly a fire, but the fire given by Li Wan'er was called a "deceptive seed."

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“Alright, you can set up camp outside.” Zhou An put away the strange seed and nodded slightly.

"Thank you, young master."

"May I ask your honorable name, young master?" Li Wan'er smiled slightly.

"Zhou!" Zhou An said, then turned and went back.

Li Wan'er paused for a moment, then remained silent.

The group then set up camp near the tower.

But soon, they faced a problem.

After setting up camp, it was natural to cook a meal.

Cooking requires fire, and firewood is needed to ignite it.