Nightmare Light

Chapter 245 The Sleeping Garrison

Yuanbi.

When Dog Brother uttered those two words, Lin Wang recalled the information about this creature in his mind—he had seen this guy in some books before.

[A legend from Lüzhou tells of a fog in the reed marshes, concealing a "Pupil-Swallowing Gentleman." In the early years of the 623rd year of the imperial calendar, seven merchants were crossing the marshland at night when they saw a green fog condensed like porridge, with blue spots floating within it. Suddenly, a crimson tongue appeared in the fog, whipping up horses and sending them flying into the air, the sound of bones shattering like cracking ice.]

[Zhao Wu, a salt merchant, once saw a hundred-foot-tall black toad perched on a withered willow, holding a black pearl in its mouth that illuminated the netherworld. Its bulging cheeks indicated the growing poisonous miasma, and its eyes glowed with purple smoke. "I lay hidden among the reeds, holding my breath, when I saw a sparrow flit across the mist. Touching its pupils, I was instantly transformed into a rain of blood that fell to the ground."]

[A wise man named Tang Sheng examined the matter and concluded that this creature was a mist spirit called Yuanbi, formed over three hundred years. It was toad-shaped and fed on spiritual energy. It had "yin-yang eyes" in its mouth, and any mortal who looked into its eyes would surely die from having their pupils burned away.]

Lin Wang silently pulled himself out of his thoughts.

At the same time, I mentally vented my frustration at the author of this article:
"At least write down the solutions, you bastard!"

However, it doesn't matter if there are no solutions in the literature.

Lin Wang looked completely calm.

While they were pondering, Yuanbi launched their third attack.

The giant toad croaked and suddenly shook its body.

Countless yellow gases surged around its body, and countless tiny toads emerged and leaped to the ground from the rough skin on its back.

Dog Brother, trembling, raised his stilts: "Boss... Boss! It's said that this Yuanbi is no less powerful than a 'Gong' level immortal!"

Lin Wang was taken aback: "This guy's style is so scary, but his strength is so weak?"

"...Immortal power! Boss! Is this weak?"

In the time it took to speak, the little toads had already covered the ground, densely swarming towards the group.

Lin Wang pondered for a moment, then suddenly glared at the toad and roared, "Collect!"

With that roar, an invisible wind suddenly swept through the air.

The wind howled and blew away the surrounding fog.

Dog Brother and Bai Xiaoxiao were stunned.

They saw it after that gust of wind... no, after Lin Wang's roar.

The dense, sea-like array of tiny toads around them stopped in their tracks.

A few seconds later, the little toads turned their heads and, amidst the dense chirping of cicadas, jumped back onto Yuanbi's body!

Yuan Bi bowed his head slightly to Lin Wang, then turned and jumped back into the mist.

It even nodded at Lin Wang before leaving?!
Dog Brother stared in shock at Lin Wang's retreating figure, his mouth agape: "Boss... you scared away a mist spirit of immortal level?"

Bai Xiaoxiao was also shocked.

A few seconds later, Dog Bro suddenly wore a mournful expression: "No wonder he didn't want to be the leader of our group..."

Lin Wang looked at Yuan Bi, who had disappeared into the mist, and nodded slightly.

The previous special training was indeed effective...

He transformed the power within his body into a powerful, oppressive wind, enough to frighten even powerful 'Gong'-level mist spirits away...

And it took almost no effort.

Lin Wang raised his hand, and the wind blew again, dispersing some of the surrounding mist.

Deep within the fog, the entrance to a building can be faintly seen.

On either side of the gate, watchtowers stand tall, and searchlights continue to shine around.

On the ground, the warning lights and the superhuman power suppressors were clearly still operational.

However, there were no soldiers on duty, either outside the gate or on the guard tower.

Lin Wang frowned.

Could it be... that the fog earlier wasn't the work of the Steelbone Army's ordinary soldiers? Or was it someone else?

Such a thought flashed through my mind.

Without thinking too much, they decided to go in and take a look. The group walked to the iron gate, looked up at it, and saw that it was tall, sturdy, and incredibly thick, exuding a sense of oppression—this was an army ready for war at any time, and even this iron gate was incredibly well-defended.

“The gate to a legion’s encampment must have many restrictions.” Lin Wang looked up at the iron gate, a cautious expression on his face. “We need to be careful and see how to cleverly break through this gate…”

Dog Brother nodded vigorously: "Boss is right! This is the gate of the Steelbone Army after all, we have to be careful..."

Before he could even utter the word "heart," he saw Lin Wang slam his fist into the door.

The gate emitted a dull thud, and the next second, the metal gate burst open, revealing a large hole two or three meters in diameter.

"That's called being careful!"

"Huh? I was already very careful. Before, I would blow up the whole door." Lin Wang said seriously.

"..." Dog Brother's face twitched.

While they were talking, they kept walking and entered the Steelbone Army's garrison camp.

The Steelbone Army has several thousand members, so the area of ​​its base is extremely large, roughly the size of a medium-sized university. With the addition of weapons and equipment depots and training grounds, the area is even larger.

However, despite the camp's massive size and the fact that it was theoretically a fully-fledged legion with thousands of soldiers, Lin Wang found it completely empty when he broke in.

The entire camp was silent, shrouded in mist.

Dog Bro rubbed his arms: "Hiss... why is this camp so creepy?"

Bai Xiaoxiao: "Why do I feel like this scene looks familiar?"

May said, "Because it was the same when I was at Dog Brother's base!"

Bai Xiaoxiao suddenly realized: "That's right!"

Dog brother: “…”

Lin Wang frowned, sensing that something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He and the three others continued walking towards the camp.

Not far away is a barracks, a standard single-story military building with large barracks dormitories and supporting equipment rooms.

Lin Wang waved his hand: "Go take a look at that barracks."

No one objected, and they followed Lin Wang toward the barracks.

As they approached the barracks, Lin Wang suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Did you hear anything?"

Dog Brother and Bai Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance, tried to figure it out for a long time, and then shook their heads at the same time: "No?"

Lin Wang said nothing and continued toward the camp.

When they were about five or six meters away from the barracks, Lin Wang asked again, "And this time? Did you hear me?"

Dog Brother listened carefully, a puzzled and strange look on his face. He was somewhat uncertain: "I heard it... but is this reasonable?"

Inside the barracks, loud snoring could be clearly heard.

Lin Wang's face twitched slightly: "Whether it makes sense or not, we'll find out once we go in."

The group of men entered the barracks with strange expressions.

Inside the barracks, there were two rows of cots, and a soldier was sleeping on each cot.

Several of them were sleeping sprawled out, snoring.

One soldier who was very close to them was even sleeping crookedly, his head hanging off the bed, drooling.

"How can these guys sleep so soundly... they didn't even know someone was coming?"

Dog Brother grumbled as he walked over to the nearest soldier: "That sleeping posture... in our mercenary group, we'd get yelled at..."

He reached out to help the soldier back to bed.

At this moment, Lin Wang's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted to Dog Brother, "Don't touch him!"

But it was too late; Dog Brother's hand was already on the soldier's shoulder.

The next second, countless fine scales suddenly grew on the soldier's head and face, and sharp teeth also grew in his mouth!
(End of this chapter)