After guarding the fortress alone for three years, I became Lord of the Night

Cold, dead, and sticky... The wind blowing in the dark is like a cold, damp and huge snake's nest, and the smell of rust mixed with rotten soil comes from the air.

There seems to be something peeping around, and the rustling movement is more likely to cause uneasiness in people's hearts.

"Cluster~"

A wisp of flame lit up, and then it was covered with a lampshade made of glass, forming a simple lantern.

The light is not too bright, but just enough to wrap a person.

"Dave, how long is it until Changfeng Fortress?"

A man's whisper sounded in the darkness, and the elongated shadow under the light of the lantern flickered on and off, as if it was about to be swallowed by darkness.

"According to the route we took, we can arrive there in 10 minutes without getting lost."

??9 Fastest

A mechanical female voice came from the watch on Lin Xiu's wrist.

"Huh - that's good!"

"Darkness is coming faster and faster than calculated. The time of darkness falling today is about fifteen minutes earlier than last time."

The footsteps were heavy, and Lin Xiu's breathing became heavier.

On the back of the elongated shadow, there was a squirming mass of flesh.

Lin Xiu continued expressionlessly: "The twenty-sixth time I failed to find my comrades in the fortress. On the way, I passed by the former Dacang Village. Unfortunately, it has completely become a dead place, but I can record this route... If the light is completely eroded by darkness, this route may be useful! "

"Roger, sir!"

Dave is an artificial intelligence AI, a remnant of the dark ages. It has no human emotions, but it can communicate as a person. No matter what you say, it will answer you.

Lin Xiu has been lonely for too long. Ever since the commander of Changfeng Fortress took everyone away and tried to find a new way out, Lin Xiu has been waiting at the base.

One day, two days...three years.

He is not from this world.

So the only sense of belonging to this world is those comrades in Changfeng Fortress.

But they have been gone for too long!

Maybe he died somewhere.

After all, in the thick darkness, the only thing people can rely on is this little light.

Lin Xiu shook the lantern in his hand.

How long can a light stay on? How long can it withstand the darkness? For those all-pervasive dark creatures.

A light is not enough to protect yourself!

Lin Xiu stretched out his right hand.

The monster behind the shadow also opened its claws at this moment.

Just as it raised its sharp claws and was about to fall, Lin Xiu had already grabbed the monster's body and smashed it to the ground.

The lantern on his left hand shook slightly, and Lin Xiu punched the monster one after another.

The first law of darkness: As long as you are in the light, dark creatures can be touched.

What Lin Xiu pinned to the ground and beat was a human head.

This human head is almost as big as a wheel, with arms on both sides of the head, and a pair of eyes protruding outward, revealing pale, bloodshot eyes.

Weird, scary...

But so what?

As long as I can be touched, I dare to beat you.

Lin Xiu raised his fist and hit the person's head. He was so strong that it was not like a normal person. He cracked the head again and again and smashed the opponent to pieces.

Second Law of Darkness: Dark creatures can be killed, but not all dark creatures can be killed.

The hammered head laughs with its incomplete mouth. The laughter is sharp, like a coin sliding through glass, making people involuntarily irritable.

This is one of the characteristics of certain dark creatures that cannot be killed.

They will use some ability or means to remain parasitic on the human body even after death, and will not emerge from the human body until the person is completely dead.

At the same time, there are dark creatures that can spread like a plague. They are more dangerous after death than alive. They are also the main reason for the mass death of humans in the early days of darkness.

The voice appeared in Lin Xiu's mind, always surrounding him, like a nightmare that he couldn't get rid of, constantly eroding his spirit.

Hold the lamp, Lin Xiu threw the mangled human head back into the darkness.

Although being targeted by dark creatures is troublesome, it also has an advantage.

That is, while the current dark creature is not dealt with, other creatures of the same level as this dark creature will not regard Lin Xiu as an attack target for the time being.

This stems from the predator's possessiveness of prey, and dark creatures also maintain the characteristics of creatures.

"With this human-headed ghost on board, the way back should be much easier."

The surroundings were silent, and except for the light in front of Lin Xiu, no other scene could be seen.

Wrapped in the sticky darkness, Lin Xiu took every step carefully.

The ground beneath your feet was hard and smelly. After walking a certain distance, a pile of shrines made of simple stones appeared on the ground.

The shrine is a signpost in the dark. There is no idol inside, only a few oil candles. If there are enough oil candles, Lin Xiu will even light up the shrines around the fortress every day.

Because the candlelight in the shrine can not only dispel the darkness, but also light the way home for some lost people.

Lin Xiu made these shrines himself.

Since his comrades left, every time he went out to search, he would release the shrine he made.

Gradually, many shrines have been erected around Changfeng Fortress.

Lin Xiu took out a little wax oil from the backpack he carried, added it to the empty oil dish in the shrine, and lit the wick inside.

Hu——

As soon as the shrine lit up, there was a dense sound of crawling insects all around.

There is something in the darkness that is far away from the range illuminated by the candlelight of the shrine.

"It seems that we are on the right track!" Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

In the area illuminated by the candlelight of the shrine, there is a gravel path that is obviously cultivated manually.

"Hahahaha..."

The laughter in his mind became increasingly shrill and harsh, and it even began to affect Lin Xiu's conscious judgment.

However, Lin Xiu was basically used to this. He stepped onto the gravel path and only had to walk along the path for about five minutes to return to the fortress.

Five minutes is not long, but in the endless darkness, it seems extremely long.

Fortunately, with the laughter of the human-headed ghost in my mind, there were no other dark creatures to trouble Lin Xiu along the way.

The so-called fortress is actually a small city that looks a little dilapidated.

After experiencing many Kuroshio attacks, the high wall built around the city has become pitted, exposing the broken lines in the wall.

These lines are connected to the headlights erected every ten meters, but all of these headlights are abandoned, like dead objects standing on the city platform.

In the dark ages, electricity has basically become a rare energy source.

So in order to save electricity, Lin Xiu did not choose to repair the lamps that consume huge amounts of electricity.

After arriving at the fortress, Lin Xiu's mood obviously calmed down a lot.

He walked into a house made entirely of earth and stone, with candlelight always on inside to keep out the darkness.

The facilities in the house are not rich. In addition to the workbench and chairs, there is a wooden bed next to it. There are several large barrels of wax oil and piles of bundled wicks placed in the corner.

"Now you can start processing the voices in your head!"

Lin Xiu placed his backpack on the workbench, and on the palm of his right hand, a mark shaped like a seed appeared.

He raised his right hand and patted it lightly between his eyebrows. The seed mark flashed suddenly, and a transparent human-headed ghost was sucked out by the mark.

As the human-headed ghost was sucked in, a transparent panel that only Lin Xiu could see jumped out.

[You have successfully absorbed one hundred dark creatures, and the career panel is opened. 】

[Bound by: Lin Xiu]

[Main occupation: Guardian of Changfeng Fortress]

[Level: Beginner Level]

[Talent: Lord]

[Ability: Firearms Proficiency, Xingyi Quan, Poor Shrine Making Practice]

[Lord: You can set your own sphere of influence into a territory. Within the territory, you can perform high-dimensional control. 】

[Sub-professional: Breeder]

[Level: Elementary]

[Talent: Seal]

[Ability: Plant affinity, super-speed growth]

[Seed Seal: You can identify any plant, and through the sunlight stored in the Seed Seal, you can improve the plant's level and evolutionary direction. 】

[Remaining sunshine: 100]

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