Please ask the dream.

Chapter 27 The Source of Fear
After finishing a day's work, Feng Xue dragged his tired body back to his cell. He did not rush to continue his plan, but started a full set of training as he did yesterday.

He knew very well that he was a person with little patience, but because of this, he had to strictly require himself to abide by the training standards he set, because he understood that if he relaxed for one day, he basically couldn't keep his nerves tense again the next time.

He had already learned enough lessons in high school in his previous life, and he didn't want to challenge his willpower in such a life-threatening situation, so even though he knew that the smart birds would refresh after midnight, he still started moving in this small single room.

But saying it is small seems a bit modest. After all, the single cell in Beehive Prison is 5m×5m in size, which is 4 square meters more than the 5m×5m eight-person room!
……

After the exercise, Feng Xue wiped the sweat off his body. Because he adjusted the amount of exercise, the effect today was obviously better than yesterday.

He made himself look as much as possible like a weightlifter who had just finished working out and walked towards the bathroom.

Although the water dispenser in the single room would be changed when work started every day, and daily necessities such as towels, toothpaste, and toothbrushes were provided, it was not yet ready for a shower. Feng Xue just wiped it with a towel dipped in water and explored the bathroom by the way.

It is said to be a single room with an independent bathroom, but don't expect any privacy. After all, this is just a prison. In a space of less than two square meters, there are three cameras filming this place from different angles, and basically everything you do can be seen clearly.

After all, he was in prison, so it was too much to want privacy. However, Feng Xue did not come to the toilet this time. He sat on the toilet, wiping his body with a towel dipped in water from the washbasin, but his attention was always focused on the changes in air flow in the bathroom.

Although the air flow here was filled with an unpleasant sense of staleness, Feng Xue only sensed it through the clever bird, which was probably similar to listening to a radar monitor reporting the results to you. He knew roughly what was going on, but he had no idea what "stale and withered air flow" meant.

He only knew that the air flowed back and forth along the drain of the pool. With the expert-level civil engineering, the sound of flowing water and the flow of air, new parts of the map in his mind were gradually outlined.

However, this time it was no longer an entire space filled with obstacles, but rather a large net hung with thick silt. However, this grid clearly converged together, but then came to an abrupt end.

"No, there's too much water. It would be much better if it could sense the water flow. I wonder if there are any 'smart fish' in the pond?"

Feng Xue thought greedily that although he did not get a glimpse of the entire underground waterway, he had at least confirmed a lot of things.

For example, this prison does not have an extra-thick sewer that can accommodate several people. From what he perceives, the thickest part is only about 20 centimeters in diameter, and it is obviously impossible for people to pass through.

For example, the network of sewers here seemed to bypass something. Although it was impossible to investigate further downwards, we could roughly infer that there should be a lot of space under the prison.

"What could it be? The space of the generator that squeezes G·I particles? Or some inhumane testing site hidden in the darkness? It can't be that some ancient demon is sealed..."

Feng Xue wisely gave up the idea of ​​setting a goal, wiped the water droplets off his body and walked out of the bathroom.

There was no clock in the prison, and the lights were still on. Feng Xue lay on the bed, flipping through the book "History of the Development of Modern and Contemporary Popular Art" again...

……

[The glow of the stars has faded, and all I can see is darkness. On the eve of dawn, everything seems so quiet.]

With a soft and emotionless voice, Feng Xue logged into the Golden Finger again, and the moment his consciousness emerged from the dreamlike confusion, he raised his head and looked in the direction of the san value.

Only after he confirmed that the number displayed there had returned to 100 did he breathe a sigh of relief and directly enter the familiar [Orphans on a Snowy Night].

[Operation ends, perfect tactics] [Node settlement: Fantasy +2]

[Drop extraction in progress...]

[You have obtained a supernatural photo (white).]

"It's just a white one this time?" Feng Xue passed the Snowy Night Orphan node without any trouble. He couldn't help smacking his lips when he saw the drop, but when he saw the collection clearly, his brows furrowed -

Name: Supernatural Photos

Category: Source of Fear

Quality: White ordinary

Effect: Each time you enter a non-combat node, 1 san value will be deducted, and all damage received by the enemy in combat will be increased by 20%.

Note: This is a photo of a ghost image that was taken accidentally. As for whether it is true or not, it depends on what you think.

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"What the hell?" Feng Xue was getting a headache just seeing the san value being deducted, not to mention this kind of thing where the san value was deducted for each square moved.

"But the source of fear seems to be a new species. Could it be that the collections in this series have the side effect of reducing san value? It would be fine if it was put in the cheat code, but what about after it ends? Would it also drop in reality? Uh, there seems to be no nodes in reality?"

Many thoughts flashed through Feng Xue's mind, but in the end he returned to the function.

At first glance, this 20% damage increase is similar to the Seven Wolves Belt, but the description is slightly different. The effect of the Seven Wolves Belt is to increase one's own attack power, while this increases the damage caused.

In reality, the former probably increases strength, while the latter makes the opponent bleed more after being injured? What is the principle? Is it regular damage? Or is it some kind of mechanism like a smart bird? For example, a curse?

Many thoughts flashed through Feng Xue's mind in an instant, but this broken golden finger did not allow him to reject the collection, so he could only put this disappointing photo in his pocket.

"Come to think of it, both are white collections, but the Seven Wolves only increase the total attack by 15%, while this thing increases the damage by 20%. Is it because the total attack is more noble? Or is it a compensation for the side effect of the source of fear? Or is it both? Well, it could be the other way around, for example, the damage increase is more noble, but after compensation it exceeds the value of the total attack..."

Feng Xue comforted himself in his heart and cast his sights on the two nodes after the settlement page was removed, one was [Unexpected Encounter], and the other was [Youthful Spirit] of ordinary combat.

After taking a glance at the mysterious photo in the collection column that showed how the san value would drop when entering a non-combat node, Feng Xue did not hesitate and immediately pointed to [Youthful Spirit] which was an ordinary combat node.

[Violence is not omnipotent, but it is always effective]

When this line of text appeared again, Feng Xue had a slight epiphany in his mind. In connection with the previous times this hint had appeared, this sentence might not only mean "you can pass the level by fighting all the way through", but also seem to imply that there are other options for passing the level?

(End of this chapter)