Global Fog Survival

A nearly two-meter-long, grotesquely extended arm reached out towards the outermost servant. The light around its hand was distorted, suggesting that any contact would lead to dire consequences…

But then, with a whistling sound, a flying iron axe struck its head. With a dull thud, it felt like splitting a wooden stake. The next second, a sharp, piercing scream came from the tall, slender figure. Though faceless and eerily smooth, it clutched its head, screamed, retreated a few steps, and turned to ashes, leaving everything silent.

Just like that, it was dead?

Colin, who had just pulled out another axe, was momentarily stunned but quickly realized the screeching sound was very sharp and piercing. Even without any special effects, the more they killed and heard it, the greater the psychological pressure would be…

“Damn it, why scream so loudly when you’re dying…” Colin cursed inwardly. Knowing these monsters were currently as weak as paper, he immediately led his team to break through and kept moving…

Otherwise, these bizarre creatures would appear in their ranks at any moment. He didn’t know if being touched would truly erase them, but he didn’t want to find out.

Soon, Colin led the team out of town, and the tall, slender figures didn’t follow. They merely turned to silently watch Colin and his team escape. Only occasionally did a slender figure appear within the lantern’s light, and only when within arm’s reach would it take action. However, these actions were slow and easily thwarted.

But even as Colin retreated into the forest, along the path they had come, the eerie, tall figures continued to appear quickly. Cold, eerie figures kept emerging from behind the trees. They grew in number, becoming densely packed, making Colin’s scalp tingle.

Colin couldn’t fathom how many of these tall figures had appeared in just these few minutes…

Explosions, screams, and footsteps echoed intermittently from the forest. Invisible terror brewed wildly over time…

The wind blowing in grew colder and colder. They ran with dry throats, but the wind felt like falling into an ice cellar. They realized profoundly that a certain threshold was rapidly approaching…

Once the time was ripe, the countless tall figures would immediately attack. Colin kept his calm, his gaze sweeping over the team, his mind racing. He felt like he was on the verge of understanding something, but couldn’t quite grasp it…

Everything seemed normal, but Colin knew…

The horror was just a bit of time away from erupting. At that moment, something would inevitably go wrong, which would be the final opportunity and his only chance to break through. Colin had a premonition that if he could understand the rules of this sudden event, dealing with it wouldn’t be too difficult.

However, at that moment, his heart sank. Suddenly, a rustling sound filled the forest. Tall figures emerged from behind trees, their “gazes” filled with malice, slowly approaching. Though they moved slowly, everyone realized in horror that the distance between them was rapidly closing!

They seemed to warp space to some extent. Just then, Colin noticed a figure within the team, its back writhing madly. Like a splitting image, a new “person” joined the team. Colin’s mind flashed, his scalp tingling…

“Damn, why are there thirty-two people in the team?” Colin followed the splitting figure’s owner. It was…

Li Chou!

He was stunned, realizing the source of everything was Li Chou… But after a brief moment, he noticed something was wrong.

“Here, over here, hehehe, follow us, we’re here, hehehe…”

“Hehehe, come on, come on, follow us, let them die, let them die, hehehe, let them die in despair…”

“They can’t escape, hehehe, they can’t escape…”

Li Chou’s face wore an expression urging everyone to flee, but he kept “calling out,” laughing eerily and sharply, eyes filled with malice, summoning those lifeforms from another dimension… And no one else seemed to notice anything wrong.

At this moment, Colin didn’t hesitate. He felt an invisible influence twisting his memory. If he delayed a few more seconds, he would “forget” again. His dark pupils deepened.

Mental Piercing!

“Hehehe, qui—ugh…”

The eerie laughter abruptly stopped as Li Chou groaned in pain, clutching his head and writhing on the ground like a mudfish on a hot iron plate. Simultaneously, all the moving shadows froze, staring eerily at them but making no move. They seemed to lose their coordinates, unable to lock onto Colin, only instinctively watching.

But as “Li Chou” clutched his head and screamed, the shadows hesitated and moved again.

[You realize this is just a bizarre doppelganger, not the real Li Chou.]

Clang!

The prompt appeared, and Colin swung his axe at “his” neck. No blood splattered; it felt like chopping into cotton. The corpse quickly disintegrated into ashes. Simultaneously, the tall, ghostly figures stopped.

“What was that? It looked just like me! What happened? What happened?!” Another Li Chou looked bewildered at the ground.

His shout brought everyone’s attention to the fact that there had been two Li Chous!

“Are you the real one?” Colin instinctively wanted to swing his axe but held back.

“Yes.” Li Chou looked dazed.

Colin’s cold gaze swept over Li Chou, making him shiver. Colin nodded.

“Come here, let me show you something amazing…”

“Boss, you won’t hurt me, right?”

“Don’t you trust my word?”

Thud…

Colin’s hand fell, and a head hit the ground, but like a pile of leaves, there was no blood, only ashes. Simultaneously, the pervasive terror eased again. Even the eerie figures dimmed, seeming ready to vanish.