Luo Xiaoyu did not feel that lingering too long in the territory of Poison Snake was a good thing, especially under the premise that she already knew the other party was hunting her.
If she were captured and then surrounded by Transcendents, she did not know whether she would be able to escape from the encirclement—
Simply looking at the teams of ordinary people gathered inside Poison Snake one could roughly judge the possible level of the other party.
This time she had used “Mistification” to hide past them. What about next time?
Not to mention that the only active offensive card in her hands was the firelock.
If one had to say more, at a critical moment there was still that scythe she could take out.
Judging solely from the system’s introduction, Luo Xiaoyu would not choose such a thing of unknown details as a permanent weapon.
Therefore her current urgent priority was to continue obtaining points and refresh the system’s shop to gain more resources.
Going to farm the ordinary Fog Person dungeons was also fine… Moreover it was precisely through continuous contact with Fog Persons that Luo Xiaoyu had, with the system’s help, plucked the skill “Mistification” from the Weirdness side.
Then it was decided. She would continue searching for Fog Persons to farm points.
Even if she felt it was a little underhanded, this kind of matter that could both eliminate the influence of Weirdness on ordinary people and yield abundant harvests could be directly carried out without much burden.
Thus the girl took the Moon Card out from the system’s inventory.
Silently thanking Yuan Dong in her heart for a while, the Moon Card in her hand produced different temperatures and textures according to changes in position.
That was an intuition related to mysticism that ordinary people found difficult to understand.
Luo Xiaoyu wandered about the western district in this manner while searching for Fog Persons that randomly dropped experience packs.
Yet before long the black-haired girl felt troubled looking at the card in her hand.
Today the card’s reactions were much milder than before.
The outskirts far from the urban area need not even be mentioned; even on the way Luo Xiaoyu ordinarily took to work at the convenience store the card would occasionally react.
Today’s situation was very abnormal.
After searching a circle, according to the pattern reflected by the card, the location where Fog Persons appeared in large numbers was instead the territory of Poison Snake.
Weirdnesses possessed the instinct of devouring mysticism to grow.
Then it was possible that the “Mistification” Luo Xiaoyu had just used attracted the nearby Fog Persons, causing them to subconsciously move in that direction.
The black-haired girl thought this, yet discovered that dense white mist had begun to spread at her feet at some unknown time.
Even at the first glance of seeing it, her attention rapidly dispersed once more and turned to focus on other trivial matters—
Wrong.
Taking the Glimmer Candle out from the system’s inventory, Luo Xiaoyu only then felt that the condition of her attention scattering improved a great deal.
“So this is a Fog Person?”
Carefully observing the nature of the mist, although it was greatly different from her “Mistification” skill, Luo Xiaoyu was still able to discern just how hazardous this faintly approaching smoke was.
[Contact with Weirdness +1. Remaining Allocatable Points: 5]
[“Fog Person” archive updated]
[As a form of Weirdness that is very common in Qiufeng City, low-level Fog Persons mostly appear in human settlements and fill their mysticism by hunting solitary humans, thereby strengthening themselves.]
[Among these “Fog Persons,” some are able to obtain rather sufficient mysticism. When their reserves reach the storage limit of their current state, they can actively or passively undergo a method similar to a Pathway “ritual” to elevate their extraordinary traits, becoming more dangerous and powerful.]
[Under normal circumstances this type of Weirdness is able to possess abilities equivalent to Transcendents of the corresponding Sequence of a Pathway. Please be careful, Host. Continue contacting Weirdness to learn more content.]
The text of the system prompt displayed before her eyes and then faded out of her field of vision.
This also seemed to side-verify the danger of the Weirdness Luo Xiaoyu was currently facing.
Moreover, even though they were in the urban area, had no one discovered this “Fog Person”?
It was probably because the other party’s mistification was completely not on the same level as what she had seen previously.
One must know that if Luo Xiaoyu did not have the card given by Yuan Dong, even searching for ordinary Fog Persons would become a very troublesome matter.
Simply because of these mists that could interfere with perception.
Collecting her thoughts, Luo Xiaoyu still decided to explore a little.
Up until now she had not yet crossed hands with a true person or Weirdness that possessed extraordinary power.
If there was this opportunity to increase her own knowledge, and incidentally farm a bit more of the Fog Person dungeon and pluck the other party’s skills, that would be good.
Carrying such hopes in her heart, the girl stepped toward the origin where the white mist grew increasingly dense.
[Contact with Weirdness +1. Remaining Allocatable Points: 7]
Borrowing the illumination of the Glimmer Candle, Luo Xiaoyu saw through the white mist the low-level Fog Persons that were wandering and approaching her.
Slightly retreating two steps, she assumed a stance, took the firelock out from the system’s inventory, then tightly gripped the stock with both hands and pulled the trigger.
The hammer struck the primer.
Riding the kinetic energy excited by the gunpowder, the silver bullet shot straight out and struck the target dead center.
Bang—!
Accompanied by the loud sound of the bullet hitting, the low-level Fog Person lost its head and toppled forward.
Luo Xiaoyu did not hesitate and continued exploring toward the depths.
The wandering low-level Fog Persons were also increasing.
Although the girl avoided them in advance in order to conserve the number of bullets, it still consumed quite a bit of time.
The deeper she went the heavier the white mist became.
Finally it grew so thick that it blocked her field of vision.
When relying on the naked eye she only possessed a visual distance of about one meter, the number of low-level Fog Persons in the surroundings suddenly decreased.
At this moment Luo Xiaoyu also once again felt that sensation of subconscious fear after a long time.
Weirdnesses were different from Transcendents.
If it was a person who could know what they themselves were doing and possessed corresponding social status, they naturally could not rely on the identity of a Transcendent to wantonly release mysticism.
This would not only possibly attract other Weirdnesses, but would also cause ordinary people to be influenced and produce a sensation similar to heart palpitations.
The sensation the existence at the center of the mist currently gave Luo Xiaoyu was no different from the sensation the first Fog Person she encountered had given her when she was still an ordinary person.
Dangerous.
Very dangerous.
If she did not run quickly—
The instant such a thought arose in her heart, the impulse for Luo Xiaoyu to leave this place was infinitely amplified within a short time.
Yet…
The black-haired girl suddenly stopped the fear in her heart and instead became full of interest toward the situation at the scene.
She smiled faintly.
If she fled right here, that would prove she was only this much.
In that case, what would she do upon encountering a Transcendent?
Even if a Weirdness possessed strength equivalent to a Transcendent, it was ultimately still easier to deal with.
As though pondering a trivial matter not worth mentioning such as “what to eat for the next meal,” Luo Xiaoyu decided, and then did so without any psychological burden.
Right now her firelock had once again completely refilled with bullets as time passed—seven shots in total.
Let the system finish collecting the other party’s information, accumulate experience for her own combat, and if she could not win then run.
Aiming, the bullet shot forth with fierce force and tore through the air.
The mist was briefly split open with a gap.
Brushing past the other party, Luo Xiaoyu was also able to briefly glimpse the true appearance of the Fog Person in the depths—
What she saw was a humanoid-like creature.
Even though it was far removed from those low-level Fog Persons that looked as though they were false humans, ordinary people would still not mistakenly regard it as human.
It still possessed a completely bloodless outward appearance and hollow eye sockets.
Aside from the exterior becoming a little more humanized there were no other changes.
The muzzle unhesitatingly continued aiming at the other party.
This time if the bullet was not interfered with by external force it would certainly hit the target.
At the end of the Fog Person’s upper limbs there were two ribbon-like translucent objects.
It reacted at an extremely fast speed and heavily swung the ribbons.
Clang!
The clear sound of metal colliding rang out.
The movement that ought to have been very large within the mist quickly attenuated and returned to calm.
It seemed the bullet did not take effect.
Wordlessly putting away the firelock, Luo Xiaoyu gripped it with one hand and let it hang by her side.
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