An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Before long, she had collected all the materials.

"Establish territory!"

Liu Mengxi crushed the village-building order, and a flash of black light appeared, followed by a sturdy stone house rising from the ground.

Although it is essentially just a stone house built of obsidian, it can naturally resist yin energy and can withstand attacks from D-level and below strange creatures to a certain extent.

Liu Mengxi stood in front of the door, arrogantly raising her chin, and sneered: "This Eternal Night Wasteland is nothing special. I wonder where Lu Xueyao, who only has a green ghost pet, is hiding and trembling right now."

As time passed and night gradually fell, the gray-white sky of the Eternal Night Wasteland faded, and a scarlet blood moon exuding an ominous aura slowly rose.

Liu Mengxi hid in the lord's mansion early and closed the stone door tightly.

Lu Xueyao, however, did not find the obsidian until dark.

Lacking the materials to build a lord's manor, she could only find a natural cave at the foot of a slope in the wasteland before nightfall.

She used the extra wood and stones to barely block the entrance to the cave, leaving only a small gap to observe the outside world, and curled up alone in the darkness to spend the first night.

The audience in China watched this scene with their hearts in their throats.

Countless viewers frantically prayed in the live chat: "Please, please don't let anything happen!"

"Ordinary caves are no match for the intrusion of these strange rules. I hope that on this first night, nothing strange will target Lu Xueyao!"

Lu Xueyao leaned against the cold rock wall, holding her breath.

Just then, a soft footstep sound came from outside the cave.

Immediately afterwards, a faint and trembling cry for help came through the crack.

"Is anyone there...? Please, it's so cold outside, let me inside to hide, I'm freezing to death..."

The voice sounded desperate, even accompanied by shivering gasps, exactly like a human being on the verge of collapse in extreme cold.

Lu Xueyao's eyes narrowed, and her body tensed instantly.

The Eternal Night Wasteland is fraught with danger, so how could it be possible that other humans happened to come to her cave seeking help?

In the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, the barrage of comments instantly flooded the screen.

"Holy crap! How could there be anyone in this desolate wilderness? This is weird!"

"I've read the 749 Bureau's explanation; this is a Class D bizarre pseudo-human monster. Its killing rule is to disguise itself as a human and call for help. As long as the person inside doesn't open the door or agree to let it in, it can't get in!"

"Lu Xueyao, please don't give in and speak up! As long as you stay put and ignore it, you'll be safe!"

The cries for help from outside the cave continued, accompanied by the sound of stones being struck, growing increasingly desperate: "Please, have mercy and open the door, just let me in for a while..."

Despite the repeated pleas, Lu Xueyao remained unmoved.

After several unanswered calls for help, the sounds outside the cave abruptly ceased.

What followed was a chilling, deathly silence.

The fake ghosts indeed followed the rule that they could not enter unless they were given permission.

However, it also has a rule: if the obstacle blocking it has obvious flaws and does not form a real door, it can ignore the restrictions and break through the door.

Lu Xueyao used only a few pieces of rubble and dead wood that she had temporarily moved to block the cave.

The gap was huge, letting in air and light; according to the bizarre rules, it couldn't even be considered a complete door.

"Click—"

Several stones, each weighing at least a hundred pounds, were forcefully pushed aside by a single hand.

The fake humanoid lost patience with its disguise. Its stiff, twisted body squeezed through the gaps in the rocks and stepped directly into the cave.

Using the moonlight filtering through the cracks in the rocks, Lu Xueyao could see what had squeezed into the cave.

It was indeed the outline of a person. The person was wearing a tattered windbreaker, with a hunched back, frostbite marks on their face, and purple lips.

As he walked deeper into the cave, he mechanically repeated his plea for help: "It's too cold outside... let me come in and hide..."

Even though the other party looked almost identical to a normal human, and even imitated the details of being frozen perfectly, Lu Xueyao knew very well that in this Eternal Night Wasteland, apart from the Chosen Ones, there should be no human beings.

At this moment, in the official live stream room of the Dragon Kingdom, all the viewers' hearts were in their throats, and feelings of worry and panic spread wildly in the barrage.

"It's inside! That eerie creature really went inside! The stones Lu Xueyao used to block the door were completely useless!"

"Damn it, what are the rules of the fake human monster's killings again? Is it that if you let it into the house, you're doomed?"

"Once the fake human successfully enters the survivor's room, it means that the killing pattern has been triggered."

It will skin everyone in the room alive, then replace its own skin with a new one. Lu Xueyao didn't establish a lord's manor; now she's completely finished!

The host of the live broadcast, Li Bingbing, frowned.

She took a deep breath and explained into the microphone, "Dear viewers, please remain calm. Although Lu Xueyao did not awaken a high-quality monster pet, she is, after all, a formal investigator who has undergone three years of rigorous training by Bureau 749."

"She not only possesses outstanding mental qualities and close-combat skills, but more importantly, she is a master of deception."

"Faced with a D-rank anomaly, as long as she uses the power of her supernatural creatures wisely, she will surely find a way to break the deadlock. Please trust our chosen one!"

Li Bingbing's words of comfort had some effect, and the barrage of comments subsided somewhat.

Inside the cave, the moment the fake ghost fully entered, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, which had been frozen purple.

It no longer concealed itself, its bones making a crisp cracking sound as it approached Lu Xueyao in the corner step by step, its fingernails instantly growing an inch or more, like boning knives.

The killing pattern had been fully triggered. Facing the approaching eeriness, Lu Xueyao leaned against the rock wall, her cold eyes showing no sign of panic.

With a thought, supernatural power instantly flowed through her body.

Summon a strange creature!

For a master of ghosts, summoning their destined ghost pet is just a matter of a single thought.

"Buzz—"

A phantom figure materialized without warning in front of Lu Xueyao.

It turned out to be a middle-aged man with long, black hair.

He stood with his hands behind his back, and even though he was just a phantom, he exuded an aura that did not belong to this world.

It was Lu Li, who had regained his middle-aged appearance.

As soon as Lu Li arrived, his gaze fell directly on the fake humanoid monster that was pouncing on Lu Xueyao.

As he looked at the strange creature, a thoughtful look flashed in Lu Li's eyes.

"This strange creature is different from the one we saw on Earth that called out to people."

Lu Li thought to himself, "The ghostly being called is more like a supernatural aggregate, similar to the spirit of Yin energy."

The pseudo-human monster before them, though it also followed certain rigid rules, possessed a real physical body and decaying yet authentic flesh and blood.