"The road was blocked, how could there be an earthquake so suddenly?"

"What a huge cliff! There seems to be something underneath it?"

"What on earth is going on? There's so much blood down there, it's all corpses, corpses!"

"Go back, go back now, I'm not going anywhere! I'm not going anywhere!"

After leaving the mountain road, a huge abyss suddenly opened up, and below was a scene like hell, with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The corpses were even wailing, as if they were suffering great pain.

The survivors, who were preparing to leave, were so frightened by what they saw that they lost control of their emotions and retreated frantically, unable to understand what was happening. Some of the more timid ones were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, hiding back near the Jin Guang Temple.

Among the crowd, only Zhang Mu saw the truth.

In his disdainful gaze, the earth did not crack, but the truth was far more terrifying.

Countless fine red threads, like blood vessels, emerged from the ground, overlapping and intertwining, forming a large net that continuously wove and enveloped the entire Jin Guang Temple area.

Those bright red veins were pulsating, just like a person who had been skinned alive, with the exposed veins still beating.

"The Ghost Realm, the Nightmare Ghost Realm!"

When Grandpa Niu and Luo Hao saw this scene, the terrifying memories of Sanqiao County resurfaced. Although they didn't have Zhang Mu's disdainful look, they knew the feeling was right—it was the Nightmare Realm!

Although different from the Nightmare Realm of the Ghost Bride, this sudden change in the world is the strange phenomenon that occurs when the Ghost Realm is shrouded in darkness.

They're trapped in the Ghost Realm!

"What is the Nightmare Realm?" Zhang Mu asked, closing his eyes and not daring to look any further, feeling that if he continued to look, he would be drawn to some great terror.

Luo Hao's face was grim. He quickly explained the bizarre class, and Zhang Mu and the others also learned about the terrifying nature of the Nightmare level.

"Only a death zone with at least 100,000 deaths could give birth to a nightmare-level monster. You mean, beneath the Golden Light Temple, where at least 100,000 people died, there is a nightmare-level monster?"

"Then aren't these mountains of corpses and seas of blood underground all real?"

Zhang Mu's voice trembled slightly, and an extreme fear welled up from the soles of his feet. He suddenly thought of those people who had been "eaten up" by the earth in the gathering place.

Luo Hao nodded, his body trembling slightly.

He continued.

"It's not necessarily that 100,000 people died beneath Jin Guang Temple; it could be that this evil monster devoured 100,000 people, and those below are all the wronged souls killed by it!"

"Moreover, 100,000 people is only the minimum requirement for the birth of Nightmare-level monsters. Each level of monster is further divided into three stages: nascent, metamorphic, and complete."

"Their strength will increase several times over at each stage; it's on a completely different level!"

"This thing underground might actually be a fully formed one!"

Luo Hao's guess was not without basis.

Jin Guang Temple has become a haven of peace in the eerie Shaluo County, sheltering hundreds of thousands of survivors and continuing to this day.

This proves that Jin Guang Temple is very special!

If a terrifying monster is truly sealed beneath Jin Guang Temple, and has remained sealed there for a thousand years, then this monster is definitely not an ordinary nightmare-level monster.

He even suspected that what lay beneath might be an even higher level of strangeness than the Nightmare level!

Upon hearing Luo Hao's guess, everyone in the team fell silent. Wang Miansheng, the most timid of them all, collapsed to the ground in fright, breaking down in tears.

"I know! It must be that weirdo underground; it doesn't want us to leave!"

"It wants to eat us all! That's for sure!"

"There are still so many human snails outside. Even if we find a way to escape, we'll definitely be surrounded by human snails."

"I don't want to be eaten by that disgusting monster. If it eats me, I'll definitely turn into one of those things!"

"No matter what, I'm going to die! No matter what, I'm going to die!"

"But I'm only in my early twenties, I've never even held a girl's hand, I don't want to die! I really don't want to die!"

Seeing Wang Miansheng's emotional breakdown, everyone felt as if a huge rock was pressing on their hearts, making it difficult to even breathe.

Grandpa Niu took a deep breath, suddenly stepped forward, and slapped Wang Miansheng across the face, forcing him to calm down.

"What's the use of crying! We're not dead yet!"

"The Buddha's light at Jin Guang Temple is still there, which means the evil spirit below is still sealed. Let's go back and wait for the captain to come out before making any further plans!"

"If he were the captain, he could definitely lead us out!"

Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to grasp at a straw, and a glimmer of light flashed in their desperate eyes.

Yes! And Zheng Sheng too!

That man was the most terrifying human they had ever seen! He was a powerful being who had awakened a top-tier S-rank sequence!

Even surrounded by countless monsters, he can still wield a pig-slaughtering knife and, like a god descending to earth, fight his way in and out of the monsters seven times!

If it were Zheng Sheng, maybe it would work!

"Let's go back to Jin Guang Temple first!"

Grandpa Niu quickly led everyone back to Jinguang Temple and continued to guard the temple gate.

Those survivors who were preparing to escape from Jin Guang Temple all returned.

However, unlike before, the atmosphere at the gathering place has completely changed this time, and an indescribable sense of oppression has begun to spread.

The dark clouds overhead grew thicker and thicker.

Black rain began to fall throughout the entire Jin Guang Temple.

The light grew dimmer and dimmer, and even began to gleam with a hint of blood.

People continued to die throughout the settlement, all in the same way as before: their bodies would suddenly go limp, begin to convulse, and then, as if something had eaten them, they would begin to rot rapidly.

They couldn't escape, and those who remained at Jin Guang Temple continued to die, devoured by unseen monsters.

Under extreme internal and external pressure of fear, some members of the settlement finally couldn't hold on any longer.

The evil of human nature has begun to be fully revealed!

Those who had been starving for a long time began to steal food from others;

Some men stare greedily at the women around them, their eyes fixed on the women's buttocks, their previous fantasies now being put into practice;

People began to gather together, kneeling devoutly in front of the Golden Light Temple, constantly praying, hoping that Buddha would have great mercy and save them.

Some people were cursing the gods and Buddhas, frantically banging on the gates of Jin Guang Temple, questioning the monks, including Kukai, why the Buddha didn't protect them, since they had been so devout and donated so much money, why didn't the Buddha save them!

Clashes broke out among the crowd, with devout followers and those carrying Buddhist images fighting in front of the Golden Light Temple.

Arguments, insults, robbery, resistance, rape, violence, vendettas...

In utter despair.

Moral and ethical standards have collapsed!

Everyone's nerves were stretched taut like a string, ready to snap at the slightest touch!

The entire settlement was no longer a sanctuary for humans; everyone was like a worm trapped in a box, tearing at each other.

Grandpa Liu and the others watched everything unfold before them, their expressions growing increasingly grim.

"We must stop them. Peach Grove is a cautionary tale. If this continues, more people will die, and the sacred land will be polluted at an ever-increasing rate!"

"The monster down there will awaken even faster!"

"Uncle Niu said anxiously," Luo Hao said, "I understand that too, but..."

"How can we stop them? The people in the gathering place won't listen to us at all. If Jiang Guohua were still here, he might be able to keep them in check, but it's impossible for us!"

"Wait for the captain and Master Kukai!" Fang Ting suddenly said.

"Once the captain and the people from Jin Guang Temple come out, they'll definitely be able to subdue them!"

Just as the two were talking.

Suddenly, hundreds of people surrounded the truck.

Their bodies were hunched over, their eyes greedy like wolves, and they held knives and clubs in their hands, staring intently at the crowd with madness in their eyes.

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