The World Has Entered an Era of Terror At This Moment

Chapter 19: First Battle with a hazard-grade Ghost! Rich Rewards!

“Fruit orchard… this should be the place, right?” outside a large fruit orchard, Lin Feng hid under a stone, speaking to himself.

Yes. He had ventured outside the city again.

After seeing many hazard-grade ghost elimination tasks left unclaimed on his communicator, Lin Feng picked one and accepted it.

This triggered a system task.

Eliminating a hazard-grade ghost would grant him even more experience. For this task, dealing with the ghost in the orchard would give him 500 Ghost Spirit Experience points, 1 Ghost Potential point, and 1 Bond point.

After eliminating it, he could also collect 300 contribution points from Liucheng Base City.

Although the sudden lack of interest in the tasks was unusual, for Lin Feng, it was an opportunity.

Now, Tongtong was just over four thousand experience points away from the Terrifying Grade.

He would need to kill at least ten more hazard-grade ghosts to possibly reach the Terrifying Grade.

But… Tongtong’s potential was nearing three stars. Once it reached three stars, the experience needed to grade up would decrease by one-third.

That would be fantastic!

Lin Feng thought there might have been some changes outside the city, like the outermost defense line being strained, causing many ghost controllers to assist.

Or perhaps other changes had occurred.

Venturing outside the city might be risky.

But… if he could quickly make Tongtong reach the Terrifying Grade, it would be worth the risk.

With Tongtong’s strength and her bond with Lin Feng, even if they encountered a terrifying-grade ghost and couldn’t win… Lin Feng was confident he could escape!

Within Liucheng’s defense line, terrifying-grade ghosts were quite rare.

They only appeared occasionally.

—

“Let’s go in,” Lin Feng murmured.

This orchard was cultivated by Liucheng Base City. At the foot of the mountain, there was a small village of fruit farmers. According to the farmers, the ghost appeared in the orchard just yesterday, killing several people.

A Grade 2 Ghost Controller stationed in the village went to clear it but was killed.

Lin Feng held Tongtong’s bow in his hand and entered the orchard.

This was an apple orchard, and the apples were nearly ripe, growing densely.

As he walked, Lin Feng saw a corpse hanging from a tree.

“A fruit farmer,” Lin Feng muttered.

He bypassed the corpse and continued walking deeper into the orchard.

After a while, he saw another corpse hanging from a tree, another fruit farmer.

“Is this a hanging ghost?” Lin Feng said to himself.

Both corpses were hanging from apple trees with straw ropes, as if they had been hanged. Their tongues were sticking out, and their eyes had rolled back, creating a rather eerie death scene.

For someone timid, the sight would be hair-raising.

But Lin Feng wasn’t afraid and continued searching.

After walking a bit further, he found a third hanging corpse, also a fruit farmer.

However, the ghost still hadn’t appeared.

—

The orchard was quite large, extending from one mountain peak to another, with different types of fruit on each peak. This place was essentially Liucheng Base City’s fruit basket.

Lin Feng searched the orchard for most of the day but still hadn’t found the ghost.

“Strange, did it leave after killing?” Lin Feng wondered.

Some ghosts wandered aimlessly, others followed human scents, and some were entirely unpredictable. It wasn’t impossible that this ghost left the area after killing.

But Lin Feng didn’t give up and continued searching.

Soon, noon arrived.

The sunlight pierced through the gray sky and shone down.

Half an hour of safety had begun.

Lin Feng sat down, quietly took out food from his storage space, and began eating.

—

Before leaving the city, he had prepared enough food.

The storage space was in a state of time suspension, so whatever was put in remained unchanged when taken out, without any issues.

After Lin Feng slowly finished his meal, the sunlight gradually disappeared.

Lin Feng stood up, and then… he noticed that his surroundings had completely changed.

The trees around him were now filled with hanging corpses.

These corpses included the fruit farmers he had seen earlier.

And others Lin Feng hadn’t seen before.

They all shared a common trait: every corpse was hanging from a straw rope, with long tongues sticking out, their eyes bulging, creating a grotesque and terrifying scene.

“So this is the ghost domain of a hazard-grade ghost?” Lin Feng murmured.

Unknowingly, he had entered the ghost domain.

However, Lin Feng wasn’t scared at all.

Instead of fear, Lin Feng felt a surge of excitement.

The hazard-grade ghost was still here.

And it had found him.

—

“Where is it?” Lin Feng looked around.

At that moment, a rope silently descended from the sky, creeping up to Lin Feng’s neck without a sound.

“It’s here!”

With a physique three times that of an ordinary person, Lin Feng’s observational skills were remarkable. He had already spotted the rope.

He reached out to grab it, but his hand passed right through.

The next second, the rope tightened, trying to lift Lin Feng into the air!

But, a small hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the rope firmly!

Tongtong had made her move!

Lin Feng swiftly retreated, moving out of the rope’s reach.

“As expected, it’s a hanging ghost.” Lin Feng thought.

He looked at the rope but saw no ghostly figure above it, which meant the hanging ghost must be in the rope, using it to kill.

Its method was simple: hang people with the rope.

The rope’s eerie nature made it untouchable by ordinary people, yet it could lift them off the ground… an inescapable death for most.

But now, Tongtong had a firm grip on the ghostly rope.

The rope struggled violently, trying to break free.

Meanwhile, the corpses hanging from the apple trees began moving toward Lin Feng.

Their eyes rolled continuously, and they reached out their hands toward him.

At the same time, they emitted piercing screams.

Because their tongues were sticking out, these screams sounded particularly strange, not only making one’s skin crawl but also causing a strong sense of discomfort, like a wave of goosebumps.

“Tongtong, hurry up,” Lin Feng shouted.

Hearing his voice, Tongtong finally used her full strength. Her white dress instantly turned red.

In her white dress, Tongtong’s strength wasn’t much greater than the hanging ghost’s, so defeating it would take time.

But in her red dress, it was a different story.

As soon as the red dress appeared, the ghostly rope began struggling frantically.

But, it was all in vain.

The next second, Tongtong grabbed the rope with both hands and forcefully pulled.

Suddenly, the ghostly rope was torn in two!

With a shrill scream, the surrounding corpses fell silent.

[Task completed. You have gained 500 Ghost Spirit Experience, 1 Ghost Potential, and 1 Bond.]

[Ghost Tongtong has gained a ghost energy boost.]

[You have obtained a damaged ghost rope (damaged ghost tool, can be used to bind ghosts).]

[You have obtained a ghost item *1.]

The system’s voice rang out continuously.