Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 171 The storm is coming
For the next two days, Jiang Ran stayed at home in the villa, wanting to see what kind of impact the mark on the back of her hand would have.

But ever since she stopped attacking those shadowy figures, the black dot on the back of her hand has remained still, showing no abnormalities and not disappearing.

Jiang Ran guessed that perhaps it was because the threshold for anomalies had not been reached.

However, since Jiang Ran had consumed and used up all the sacred seeds, and there was no movement from the big eyeball, it was hard not to suspect that it was plotting something bad again.

The updated ranking list still shows the young lady at the top, and everyone is used to it.

As for those eliminated players at the bottom of the leaderboard... they're all struggling to survive, and just making sure they don't get eliminated is already a huge effort.

People have become numb and accustomed to the apocalyptic game that seems to have no end in sight, and many even believe that the shadowy figures cannot maintain this peaceful facade indefinitely.

Judging from the game's track record, they're probably planning something big.

For the past few days, every night around 20 PM, a black liquid that blots out the sky appears, dripping down drop by drop.

Then all the liquid turned into black shadows.

Whether it's discovering that these shadowy figures are impossible to kill using ordinary methods, or the strange marks that appear on the back of the hands after slashing them, players are somewhat hesitant and dare not go all out to deal with the shadowy figures.

The direct consequence of this is that the number of shadowy figures is increasing, and even those just wandering aimlessly in the streets are becoming more crowded.

By the fourth day, the streets were teeming with those inhuman, ghostly creatures. They wandered aimlessly, pushing and shoving each other, taking over all the open spaces.

This prevents players from leaving their homes.

Many players who thought they would no longer have to worry about food after returning to the familiar real world often complain that the streets are overrun by monsters, and if this continues, their Jenga alone might be enough to destroy everyone's homes.

Not to mention the renewed food crisis.

Some people tried to go out to find supplies after they ran out of food, but once the density increased, it didn't matter how fast those shadowy figures ran, because they were everywhere and impossible to get rid of.

Even Jiang Ran's villa was surrounded by those dark figures, layer upon layer.

She wasn't worried about lacking food, but like the other players, she thought the game couldn't just be about creating a bunch of harmless shadowy figures to amuse the players; these things must have other effects as well.

Soon, information about the shadowy figure began to circulate in the chat room.

Some people say that if you wrap the cold weapons with the talismans sold by the magical girl group before cutting off the heads of those dark figures, you can kill them completely.

However, the marks on the back of the hand become more and more intense as the number of shadowy figures killed increases.

Some players who didn't believe in the superstition went out to find food, only to be surrounded by shadowy figures. Left with no other choice, they had to kill all of them.

But soon, he noticed the mark on the back of his hand.

From an initial tiny black dot, it slowly extended outwards, as if drawing some kind of symbol or totem.

Looking at the incomplete mark that the player posted in the chat lobby, Jiang Ran felt that something was not quite right.

However, with enemies everywhere, she naturally couldn't risk dealing with those shadowy figures, but if she didn't try, she wouldn't find a way to break through.

Left with no other option, she had Xiaobai dilute the newly created source of purification with water, and then use a high-pressure water gun to spray the ever-growing shadows. The good news was that this method was very effective.

Especially after absorbing the Sacred Seed, the light clusters in Jiang Ran's consciousness space became much more solid, and their effect in creating the source of purification was better than before.

The bad news is that, whether it's because these sources of purification come from Jiang Ran's energy or simply because these shadowy figures believe in "the grievances must be settled by the perpetrators" or "the debts must be settled by the perpetrators," in any case, the blame for the shadowy figures destroyed by Xiaobai is still placed on Jiang Ran.

So marks appeared on her hands, attempting to form a complete pattern.

She could only ask Xiaobai to stop first.

Considering the rate at which these shadowy figures spawn, killing so few would be a drop in the ocean. Looking at the messages in the chat history frantically asking for talismans, Jiang Ran suddenly thought of a very ancient method.

She strung a red line around the entire perimeter of the villa's wall and then pasted the talismans infused with the source of purification onto it one by one.

If killing those shadowy figures will make the mark grow larger, then it should be okay to just block them instead of killing them, right?
Seeing that the dark figures that could have easily passed through the fence were actually firmly blocked outside the red lines covered with talismans, Jiang Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the marks that had stopped growing.

She casually told the magical girl about this method.

Mahou Shuu immediately asked Jiang Ran, "Boss, can I sell this information? I'll forward the life points to you. It just might require more talismans..."

Miss: "No problem, I'll give you another five thousand in a bit. You can decide what to do with them."

These five thousand talismans did not contain any purification source, but Jiang Ran had experimented and found that the biggest difference between adding and not adding it was the duration of the effect.

A talisman with the Purification Source added can last for about 8 hours, while one without it can only last for 2 hours.

Magical Girl: "!! Leave it to me, boss!"

After saying that, he turned around and sent a message in the world channel.

[World] Magical Girl: "Provide a way to block the shadow, 50 HP."

Knowing that this method couldn't be kept secret, the magical girl didn't expect to make money by selling information; her ultimate goal was still to sell talismans.

Especially after confirming with Jiang Ran that there was no shortage of talismans, she went all out to make the transaction.

Those who bought the talisman tried it and found it really worked, but the effect only lasted for two hours before a new wave of talisman buying began.

Although no one knows what changes will occur behind those shadowy figures, since they have discovered something that is effective against them, they will naturally not let it go easily.

Having completely rid himself of the Holy Seed's torment, Majik watched as Jiang Ran mass-produced talisman paper using the manufacturing platform, a strange expression flashing across his face.

In their culture, these yellow papers covered with mysterious totems always carry a touch of fantasy.

Because the task of replacing the expired talismans was assigned to Xiaobai and him, he and Xiaobai became closer.

Jiang Ran didn't care about this; she had been studying the map for the past few days.

There are still two coordinates on the previous fragment map that I haven't visited, but now doesn't seem like a good time.

The change occurred on the evening of the fifth day.