Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

His gaze swept quickly across the area below—there was no firelight! Only darkness.

But the night sky was filled with the screams of tenants yelling about fires, and the sounds seemed genuine, filled with fear.

But not a single flame could be seen.

Lin Yu felt a chill run down his spine and immediately went to the statue of the True Lord to offer sincere prayers. He received the True Lord's protection and then grabbed the butcher's knife on the table, quietly opened the door, and went out.

He must figure out what happened; this sudden chaos is likely related to the "demon" mentioned in the main quest.

But the problem is, isn't the evil spirit supposed to only appear the next day? Lin Yu arrived outside the apartment with these questions in mind.

The stairwell was in complete chaos, with terrified NPC residents crying, shoving, and fleeing downstairs like headless flies.

There was no flame, but the air was filled with a burnt smell.

Lin Yu went against the flow of people, using his extraordinary strength and agility to quickly squeeze onto the first floor.

The sight before him caused his pupils to contract suddenly.

The small square near the entrance on the first floor was now like a living hell, with three twisted, charred figures wreaking havoc.

Their bodies were hunched over, their skin looked like charred scabs after being scorched by a raging fire, constantly emitting wisps of black smoke, their features were indistinct, only their black eye sockets and mouths stretched to their ears, emitting silent shrieks.

"It hurts...it's so hot..."

"Burn you all...burn you all..."

"I died a terrible death..."

The venomous thoughts, like a tangible chill, pierced into everyone's minds. They moved with incredible speed, like a black whirlwind, and wherever they passed, the piercing screams ceased abruptly.

A middle-aged man who was running away had his chest easily pierced by a charred, demonic claw, and the expression on his face was frozen in extreme pain and fear.

A woman holding a child was caught up by another ghostly figure. With a slash of its charred arm, the woman's head exploded like a ripe watermelon, splattering red and white matter all over the ground. The child in her arms fell to the ground, letting out a heart-wrenching cry, and the next second, the ghostly claw crushed its throat.

The third ghostly figure pounced on an old man who was paralyzed with fear, its charred body pressing down on him. Black energy surged, and the old man's body was visibly charred and carbonized...

This seems to be the source of the burnt smell.

Screams, cries, the cracking of bones, the hissing of billowing black smoke... all intertwined to form a symphony of death.

The strong smell of blood and burning flesh mixed together, making it nauseating.

"No, they don't seem that strong." Lin Yu instantly judged the level of these three things. Although they were cruel and terrifying in appearance, their actions and combat power did not seem to exceed Lin Yu's expectations.

A charred, ghostly figure tearing apart a corpse seemed to sense the vibrant life force emanating from Lin Yu. It abruptly turned its head, its dark, hollow eyes "staring" at Lin Yu.

It let out a sharp screech, abandoned the corpse on the ground, and pounced on all fours like a black hound! Its charred claws, carrying a strong aura of death and a burning sensation, went straight for Lin Yu's face.

However, just as it rushed to within two meters of Lin Yu, a sudden change occurred.

An invisible, fierce, and violent aura suddenly erupted from Lin Yu's body.

Like an executioner emerging from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, carrying the overwhelming murderous aura accumulated from countless beheadings.

This is the effect of Lin Yu's current skill card, [Fierce and Evil].

The charred ghostly figure was completely stunned.

At the same time, the [Executioner's Blade] at Lin Yu's waist trembled slightly, emitting a low hum, and a colder, more targeted aura of malevolence spread out.

"Hiss—!" The charred ghostly figure that pounced close at hand let out a terrified scream as if it had been branded with a hot iron, and its charging motion came to an abrupt halt.

Its charred body trembled violently in the black mist, as if it had encountered a natural enemy and instinctively wanted to retreat.

It's now!

Lin Yu's eyes were as cold as knives. Without the slightest hesitation, he pushed off with his feet and charged forward like a cheetah.

The butcher's knife, gripped tightly in his right hand, flashed a cold light in the dim light!

"Pfft!"

The blade sliced ​​into the ghostly figure's charred body without any resistance! It didn't feel like hitting a solid object; it felt more like cutting into a clump of sticky, cold mud.

However, the malevolent aura and the "damage to spirits" effect attached to the butcher's knife erupted instantly.

"Awooo—!!!" A shrill, inhuman scream erupted from the ghostly figure.

The black energy at the point where it was struck dissipated wildly, and its entire body twisted and convulsed violently, as if it had been thrown into plastic with strong acid.

In just one second, the resentful black energy that made up its body completely collapsed and annihilated under the erosion of the murderous aura of the butcher's knife.

Two orbs emitting a faint white light fell to the ground.

Sold out instantly!

Lin Yu quickly picked up the orb of light, his steps never faltering, his gaze fixed on the other two charred ghostly figures that were slaughtering the residents.

The murderous aura emanating from him and the killing intent emanating from his butcher's knife were like invisible flames, causing the two ghostly figures to feel an instinctive fear and their movements to noticeably slow down.

"Die!" Lin Yu shouted, his figure moving like lightning. He dodged the claws of a ghostly figure that was frantically swinging, and with a backhand slash, he precisely severed its arm.

The ghostly figure howled in pain and retreated. Lin Yu pressed forward, his blade flashing like a bolt of lightning, instantly shredding it into dissipating black smoke. Two more orbs of light fell to the ground.

Seeing that things were going badly, the last ghostly figure screamed and tried to turn into black smoke and disappear into the darkness.

"Trying to run?" Lin Yu's eyes flashed, and he swung his right hand out! A streak of cold light shot out!

It was the executioner's blade, and Lin Yu used it as a throwing knife to slash it out.

puff!

The blade pierced the ghost's back precisely!

"Ah—!" The ghostly figure let out an even more miserable howl, its escape interrupted, its body twisting violently and smoking under the blade.

The black energy completely dissipated, and the two orbs of light rolled to the ground.

All three ghostly figures were wiped out in less than a minute.

Only a few NPC corpses, their deaths gruesome, and faint black mist remained on the ground.

All three ghosts were of the Iron rank, providing a total of fifteen experience points. His current experience level was 150, still a long way from the 800 required to level up.

It seems that leveling up in this game is not as simple as Lin Yu thought. At least for now, there aren't as many monsters to fight as there were in the zombie apartment before.

Back in reality, the surviving residents had long since vanished in terror.

In the entire first-floor entrance area, only Lin Yu remained, standing with his knife, with four faintly glowing orbs scattered at his feet.

With a grave expression, he surveyed the devastation around him, then bent down, quickly picked up the orb of light, and put it away.

The doubts in my heart not only remained unresolved, but deepened: "The game clearly stated that the evil spirits would not start killing until two days later... What's going on with these three ghosts?"

Could it be...?

Lin Yu suddenly thought of a possibility: the game hinted that the evil spirits would not appear until two days later, but it did not say that there would be no little ghosts.

"Damn it, is this some kind of word game?"

Lin Yu muttered speechlessly, "This game is really outrageous, they actually pulled this kind of trick."