The apocalypse struck, and I became a druid.

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"How do you gamble? You don't actually think he'll come out, do you?" the sturdy man asked, puzzled.

“No, no, no, I agree with you. We're betting on how long he can struggle.” The man in the jacket glanced at the mechanical watch on his wrist and chuckled.

“Ten minutes. I bet he can’t last ten minutes. If he lasts less than ten minutes, I win. The bet is the pack of Furongwang cigarettes you have in your collection.”

"Damn! I knew you were after Furongwang cigarettes."

The sturdy man muttered a curse under his breath, then muttered to himself,

"His ability is very special; he can move freely in the water and control the crocodile lizard. He might be able to last for more than ten minutes..."

"Okay, I'll bet with you. If he can last for more than 10 minutes, or successfully break free from the monster's control, I win. If you lose, I want your five live chickens."

“It’s the apocalypse now. A pack of Furongwang cigarettes is worth less than five live chickens, or at most three.” The man in the jacket shook his head.

"make a deal!"

……

Han Ning ignored the woman calling for help from the shop next door, ordered some snow cakes, and continued swimming in the direction he had come from.

"Save me...help me..."

But as he moved away from the shop, the sound not only did not disappear, but became clearer and clearer.

It felt as if someone was whispering against the back of his neck.

"help me……"

The woman's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"Humph……"

Han Ning's vision went black, and he almost collapsed. The sound was like countless cold, fine needles piercing his skull from all directions, rampaging through his brain and making him dizzy.

"Damn it!" Han Ning had no choice but to stop swimming and hover in place, panting heavily.

Something is wrong!

Something is wrong.

This is not a matter of speed.

He found that no matter how hard he paddled, when he looked up, the outline of the shop, which was covered by a huge cement block, was always faintly visible in the murky water mist, and he just kept going around in circles.

"It seems we've encountered a ghost wall."

Han Ning stopped struggling and floated in place, observing his surroundings with a tense expression.

Only the legendary phenomenon of being trapped in a maze can explain this physics-defying phenomenon.

He was trapped in this body of water by some unseen force.

At this point, Xuebing was in a worse condition than him.

"Ow!"

It was as if it were possessed, constantly biting, pouncing, and whipping its tail at a place where there was nothing.

The sharp claws sliced ​​through the murky water, but touched nothing.

It seemed as if they were engaged in a life-or-death struggle with an unseen enemy.

Within the mental link, Xuebing's chaotic emotions could be faintly heard.

"Calm down, Xuebing!"

"Roar! Roar!"

The snow cake remained unmoved and continued to pound the water.

"Help...help..."

Even after Han Ning stopped struggling, the eerie female voice did not disappear.

Instead, they became more unscrupulous.

This time, the voice no longer rang in his ears.

Instead, it resonated quietly within his mind.

Why...why didn't you save me?

"It's so cold and dark here..."

There is a peculiar power contained in the sound.

"hiss……"

Han Ning couldn't help but groan, and his vision began to distort and spin.

The murky floodwaters, the billowing white fog, the distant ruins of buildings—everything around seemed to be distorted and deformed by an invisible giant hand, appearing bizarre and grotesque.

The solid, flowing water beneath his feet no longer provided any support; instead, cold silt dragged him downwards, and countless pale hands reached out from the mud, grabbing at his ankles.

The frantic roar of the snow cake also became blurred and distorted.

"This is clearly a psychological attack, and it is affecting my mental state."

Han Ning was now dizzy and realized that this must be something affecting his mental state.

In a daze, he remembered the description of the Natural Blessing on the panel.

This skill not only helps biological evolution, but also has the effect of mental purification.

In that critical moment, he stopped thinking.

Han Ning pinched his thigh hard, the sharp pain bringing a sliver of clarity.

He forcefully suppressed the dizziness that was making the world spin, and tried to release the blessing of nature.

Wow~

In an instant, a restrained, vibrant green aura, imbued with the breath of life, suddenly enveloped his body.

[Spiritual Power: 15/25 → 12/25]

[Nature's Blessing (Beginner) Proficiency +1, currently 21/200]

The clear, bright light washed over every corner of the sea of ​​consciousness.

hum!

It was as if a layer of sticky, dirty oil film was instantly washed away by the emerald green light.

Han Ning's expression shifted slightly, and the distorted scene and the venomous screams in his mind vanished completely.

The billowing white fog continued to silently devour everything ahead, while dense raindrops pounded on the water's surface, splashing up tiny droplets.

The world has returned to its true form.

Less than a meter in front of him, beneath the murky water, an ugly monster floated close to him in a bizarre posture.

Its skin was a grayish-white color, like the belly of a dead fish, and its surface was covered with festering sores and slippery mucus.

Large patches of skin peeled off, revealing the dark red muscle texture underneath.

It wore a tattered white dress that almost blended into its festering flesh.

Its limbs were twisted and deformed, and it was currently digging into the silt and pebbles at the bottom of the water, its whole body supported in a spider-like walking posture.

That head was the same pale, blood-stained face of the woman from the hallucination.

Tilting upwards at an angle completely contrary to physiological structure, only a pair of eyes are visible on the festering face.

There was no white in his eyes; his eyeballs were entirely black, and he was staring intently at Han Ning's throat.

"quack……"

The monster split open its festering lips and let out a hissing sound of viscous fluid.

A stench, a mixture of the smell of corpses and the stench of mud, hit me.

"court death!"

The moment Han Ning saw the true form of this thing, he didn't waste any words and swung his right arm forward.

Now that the "health bar" is showing, what's so scary about this thing?

Chapter 36 Mental Power

laugh!laugh!laugh!

Three dark green vines shot out.

The vine instantly pierced through the crawling woman's festering skull, spurting out a spurt of thick, dark red liquid from the back of her head.

[Vine Technique (Advanced) Proficiency +1, currently 3/500]

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye.

The crawling woman didn't even get to utter a complete scream before her rotten head exploded like a shard of watermelon hit by a heavy hammer.

Its body convulsed violently, then slowly sank to the bottom of the water, leaving behind only a rapidly spreading circle of murky ripples.

In the mental link, Xuebing's violent emotions receded like a tide, leaving only bewilderment.

It shook its head, its yellow vertical pupils refocused, and it let out a low, questioning groan: "Huh?"

It's as if it's saying: What just happened?

"Ok?"

Han Ning didn't explain, and waited a few seconds, but the expected energy did not appear.

"Could it be that he's not completely dead?"

He looked at the lifeless monster corpse and made a grasping motion with his right hand in the air.

Chi Chi Chi!

The vines pierced the water's surface and plunged into the lifeless corpse.

Sharp wooden splinters churned wildly between the rotting flesh and bones, further shredding the corpse.

[Vine Technique (Advanced) Proficiency +1, currently 4/500]