Before everything goes out

The system is here?

Li Fei raised an eyebrow, only to realize that the voice didn't come from his mind, but from his...

Right hand?

To be precise, it's a bracelet on my right wrist.

"When did you put it on? Or were you already wearing it, but I just didn't notice?"

Li Fei raised his arm, brought the bracelet close to his eyes, and examined it carefully.

black.

Made of soft, skin-friendly material, it has no obvious buttons, only a regularly flashing red indicator light.

It's quite high-tech, unlike the things you'd find in the countryside.

His intuition told him that the bracelet probably didn't come from the previous people, but was something the original owner had always worn.

The reason he hadn't noticed it before was simply because he was weak and in pain and had no time to pay attention to these things.

The problem is coming.

The bracelet warned: The light intensity is too low, you need to move to a brighter place.

He is someone who listens to advice.

Although he didn't know what the consequences of staying in the shadows would be, he wasn't stupid and there was no need to risk his life.

"I'd like to go somewhere else, but these anklets won't allow it..."

Li Fei frowned.

The thick iron chain locked him around the bed.

At most, I can stand up and move around a bit; let alone go outside, I'm unlikely to bump into anything.

What should I do?

While I was thinking, the bracelet rang again.

[Level 2 Warning.]

The current ambient light intensity is less than 50 lumens.

For your safety, please immediately go to a well-lit area and receive continuous light exposure for at least 10 minutes.

Otherwise, we will pursue your liability under the Lighting Act.

?

Li Fei's brows furrowed instantly.

The tone of the warning remained the same, but judging from the content, the situation was clearly more serious than he had imagined.

Is anyone there?

Li Fei shouted, trying to summon the kidnappers or someone else.

"Hey! Is anyone there?"

There was complete silence outside the door, with only the faint sound of the wind whistling past, indicating that there was no guard.

"Someone..."

Li Fei wanted to try a few more times, but when he opened his mouth wide, he suddenly froze on the spot.

In the dim light.

The rooster, which was completely dead, suddenly twitched.

"Did I see it wrong?"

He swallowed hard and stared intently at the rooster.

one second.

two seconds.

Five seconds passed.

Just when he thought it was too dark and he was imagining things...

The rooster's already fixed eyes rolled around and stared straight at him, making him instantly break out in goosebumps.

hiss...

The chicken's beak opened.

From its sharp beak, a long, thin tongue—definitely not belonging to any bird—extended out, licking blood from its feathers.

"Is this what they call a zombie resurrection?"

Li Fei took a half step back, realizing something was wrong.

No.

It's not just chickens.

He soon noticed changes in himself.

痒。

Intense itching.

From the instep to the back, and then to the top of the scalp.

It felt like a million ants were crawling all over my body, and every inch of my skin was restless.

I scratched it a couple of times, which helped a little, but not much. The itching was still maddening.

"Am I going to turn into a zombie too?!"

Li Fei scratched his entire body frantically, leaving nail marks all over his body.

The bracelet is right.

If you stay in the dark for too long, you really will have problems.

A strong sense of foreboding washed over him, and in a moment of panic, he reached out and grabbed the kerosene lamp on the table a few steps away.

Splash!

The iron chain was taut and straight.

He stretched out his arm with all his might, but he was still half a hand's width short of the required distance.

"Giggle giggle!"

The rooster crowed, its sound unusually sharp.

Seemingly because of Li Fei's actions, even the chickens opposite him flapped their wings and squawked.

However, the sound was incredibly strange, like a chicken, but definitely not a chicken.

"Wait, this light seems to be working!"

Li Fei, his body tense, raised an eyebrow.

Regardless of the chicken's reaction, he was pleasantly surprised to find that, because he was near the kerosene lamp, the itching on his arm, from his fingers to the back of his hand, was rapidly subsiding.

"Giggle giggle giggle!"

The rooster crowed again.

It was sharper than before, piercing his eardrums with pain.

Under his trembling gaze, the chicken stretched out its tongue, traversing the entire room in mid-air, and crookedly reached towards him.

Pink, forked at the end, covered with barbs.

This thing doesn't look like a tongue; it looks like the sharp mouthparts of some monster.

"Holy crap! This chicken is an alien!"

Li Fei cursed under his breath.

His gaze swept quickly, past the oil lamp, past the wooden table on which the oil lamp was placed, and finally settled on the table leg.

He couldn't reach the oil lamp, but he could barely reach the table leg.

In a moment of panic, he grabbed the table leg and yanked hard, causing the oil lamp on the table to wobble twice, lose its balance, and roll to the ground...

chap!

Glass shattered, kerosene splattered.

The broken oil lamp was like a Molotov cocktail; the fire spread instantly, illuminating the entire room.

"It can do it!"

Under the bright firelight, the itching on Li Fei's body quickly subsided.

in view.

The chicken tongue that was about to touch him also darted back.

"Giggle giggle!!"

The shrill crowing of the rooster echoed throughout the small house.

The rooster, almost evolving into an alien, flapped its wings violently in an attempt to break free, but only managed to make the rope sway from side to side.

Even though they couldn't communicate in the same language, Li Fei could tell that the chicken was in considerable pain.

Under his watchful eye, the chicken struggled, emitting plumes of black smoke, and soon he smelled the stench of burnt feathers.

Two breaths later.

The chicken was completely melted by the light, leaving only a puddle of viscous black liquid on the ground.

"Is this light really that powerful?"

Li Fei was surprised and gained a deeper understanding of the world.

It is by no means a "normal world" in the usual sense.

The mutated rooster, the flames that could melt the mutated rooster, and the high-tech bracelet on his wrist.

and so.

The "corpse resurrection" or "exorcism" mentioned by those people before are not feudal superstitions, but real dangers.

despair...

The sound of collapse coming from in front of him pulled Li Fei back to reality.

The fire was raging and had already burned down the wooden table. With the help of the dry grass spread inside the house, it was spreading rapidly.

If left unchecked, he will be affected within minutes.

"Damn it, this is never going to end!"

The firelight was blinding, and the heat wave hit him, making Li Fei's face burn.

If I remember correctly, being burned at the stake is one of the most painful ways to die.

After thinking for half a second, he jumped back onto the bed, crouching down as low as possible to get some relatively clean air.

otherwise.

Before the flames could reach him, he would be choked to death by the thick smoke.

"Help! Help! Help!"

As an atheist, Li Fei had never prayed so devoutly.

10 seconds.

30 seconds.

A minute passed.

The fire spread faster than he had imagined, and soon he began to cough uncontrollably. His already weak body gradually became unable to exert any strength.

at last.

Perhaps it was because of his devout prayers, or perhaps because the fire was quite conspicuous at night, but just before he lost consciousness, he heard a loud shout coming from afar outside...

"Help! Fire!"