The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Facing the villagers who had turned into demonic beings, Li Muyang, unsurprisingly, died yet another time.

Though these villagers-turned-demonic beings were weak, their numbers were overwhelming.

They surged like a tide, completely engulfing him and the Glass Immortal Maiden.

"Indeed, in this ancient grudge well, there can't possibly be any real living people!"

Li Muyang murmured in a low voice, then reloaded the game once again.

This time, he did not attack the sleeping villagers of the town but stood quietly aside with the Glass Immortal Maiden, waiting.

In the quiet town, Li Muyang and the Glass Immortal Maiden seemed to blend into the darkness, making no sound at all.

Not until the first ray of sunlight pierced through the darkness did the quiet town come back to life with some activity.

The villagers, having slept through the night, began appearing on the town's streets with pale yellow health bars appearing above their heads.

They smiled simply and conversed in gentle tones. Seeing Li Muyang and the Glass Immortal Maiden, two outsiders, the townspeople only looked curiously at them a bit more but didn't pay much attention.

The town's residents, after all, were more worldly than rural villagers and did not surround Li Muyang and the Glass Immortal Maiden.

The Glass Immortal Maiden frowned at the group of villagers, her vigilance not lessened.

Li Muyang directly released his flying sword and attacked a couple still sleeping in the house next door.

However, the same couple, who had transformed into terrifying demonic beings after being attacked in the previous save, were now oblivious to the Wheel of Annihilation as it rolled over them under the sunlight, turning them into flying flesh and blood.

"... I understand now. They are living during the day and turn into demonic beings at night."

At this moment, Li Muyang finally grasped the true nature of this world.

"But if they are killed during the day, will their bodies still turn into demonic beings at night?"

Under the surprised gaze of the Glass Immortal Maiden, Li Muyang took her and fled from the town, escaping the condemnation and pursuit of the villagers.

Then, wandering in the wilderness, waiting for darkness to fall, they returned to the town once more.

Outside the courtyard of the couple, the townspeople had dispersed, leaving only two bodies covered with white cloths lying quietly in the courtyard.

A yellow dog tied next to the bodies did not dare make a sound as it saw Li Muyang, a stranger, approaching.

In this town, all livestock was as silent as death at night, even the usually noisy poultry kept quiet.

Li Muyang stood in the shadows, watching the sunset at the edge of the sky, slowly disappearing until darkness completely engulfed the world.

Suddenly, a cold chill swept through, and the two bodies covered by white cloths in the yard slowly stood up.

But now, they had transformed into strange and terrifying demonic beings, no longer appearing human.

Under the astonished gaze of Li Muyang and the Glass Immortal Maiden, these two demonic beings, with their stiff movements, walked toward the wilderness outside the town and finally vanished into the darkness.

Another night passed, and the town's villagers woke up, quickly discovering that the bodies of the couple were missing.

The chatter began immediately.

"Surely they were carried away by demons..."

"This couple must have been harmed by demons! Those two murderous outsiders must be demons in human skin!"

The townspeople buzzed with indignation.

They discussed reporting to the authorities, hoping the government would intervene on their behalf.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Seeing this scene, Li Muyang sighed, reloaded the save, and returned to the game once again.

It was the same simple town, next to the wooden house of the same couple at the town's entrance.

Li Muyang and the Glass Immortal Maiden stood by the roadside, the passing townspeople looking at them with curiosity.

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Meanwhile, in the nearby house, the couple were still sleeping.

—This save had returned to before the couple was killed.

The Glass Immortal Maiden frowned silently, vigilantly watching the townspeople in her view.

The morning sunlight fell on them, yet Li Muyang felt not the slightest warmth.

He no longer looked at the villagers in the town and turned away, "There's no need to be nervous, these villagers pose no threat during the day."

Li Muyang gently persuaded the Glass Immortal Maiden to lower her guard as they walked toward Red Ridge Mountain.

The Glass Immortal Maiden looked at his back in surprise, pondered for a moment, and then followed him.

"Nameless Sir, what do you mean by that?"

As they walked side by side on the official road outside the town, the Glass Immortal Maiden appeared confused.

Li Muyang sighed, "The beings in this ancient resentment well are indeed evil, but aside from those Evil Gods wandering in the dark, the living people in the villages, towns, and cities pose no threat during the day."

"It's only at night, when they are disturbed, that they become evil beings."

"But it seems they are unaware of the fact that they are evil beings, and they do not understand the true nature of this world."

"I suspect they used to be ordinary people, but were corrupted by evil spirits and thus turned into their current state."

Saying this, Li Muyang glanced back at the small town behind him, his expression slightly complex.

The world beneath this ancient resentment well is somewhat twisted and sinister.

Not to mention that group of bizarre Evil Gods, they are the greatest hidden peril of this world.

If these Evil Gods return to the human world, they will surely bring calamity to all living beings.

But the state of beings in the ancient resentment well is also a bit abstract.

During the day, they are ordinary people leading simple, kind-hearted lives.

Yet at night, they mutate into evil beings, attacking all living beings that come near.

And this group of evil beings does not realize that they are evil beings; they think they are still alive, and when they see their friends and family killed and their bodies disappearing, they even think about reporting it to the authorities.

All these, how different are they from ordinary mortals!

To Li Muyang at this moment, a group of evil beings unaware of their true nature evokes a certain inexplicable sense of black horror.

The Glass Immortal Maiden trembled slightly upon hearing Li Muyang's narration, "This world... is so horrific?!"

Having fought side by side with Li Muyang multiple times and witnessed his foretelling abilities on several occasions, the Glass Immortal Maiden had no doubt about his words.

Even though Li Muyang had shown her no evidence, she already believed him.

"This ancient resentment well is indeed the source of evil spirits and a nest of disasters..."

The Glass Immortal Maiden looked back at the small town, her eyes immensely complicated.

A group of beings, who are evil beings yet think of themselves as ordinary people leading normal lives, make this world eerily unsettling.

The Glass Immortal Maiden murmured softly, "Why would General Zhong hide in this world? Could it be that the corruption in the Tianyuan Dynasty has reached such a level that he would rather hide in this evil world than stay?"

Li Muyang narrowed his eyes, looking at the mountains ahead, "Perhaps all this can only be known after meeting General Zhong."

He now began to wonder what "Call of the Mountains" this game was all about.

And how did General Zhong enter the ancient resentment well?

Li Muyang had the blood pupil to guide him, but how did General Zhong get in?

The games provided by the system so far were all essentially about analyzing the nature of things.

To save, or to prevent some kind of impending disaster.

All previous games were like this.

The mystery of Loushan City saved the Glass Immortal Maiden, stopped Blood Demon Path from creating havoc, the deadly Little Wild Grass saved Little Wild Grass, "Three Kingdoms: Skies Suppressing the Demons Chronicles" saved the Dragon God Immortal Maiden... so what does "Call of the Mountains" want to save or stop?

It couldn't possibly be about saving these suffering beings in the dark, could it...

It's not that Li Muyang doubts the system's capabilities, but so far, the system seems to lack the ability to massively interfere with and rewrite reality.

The system's interference in reality all depends on Li Muyang as the medium.

What Li Muyang can't do, the system can't do either.

And this time, Li Muyang, playing the constable Nameless, might have a knack for killing Evil Gods, but saving beings?

...Let's stick to discussing killing Evil Gods.