"This thing is called the soul stone. It can protect us from being invaded by the black mist at night. It is very scarce, so we should use it sparingly."

In the silent forest, Sibur, covered in red robe, took out a transparent stone.

"Crack." There was a soft sound.

The stone suddenly ignited with transparent flames.

This kind of light is very warm and gentle, giving people a very strong sense of security. After being illuminated by this light, Su Mingan found that the strange and cold feeling around him, coming from the entire world environment, suddenly disappeared.

The all-pervasive black particles and mist around them gradually bypassed them.

...it's amazing.

"When traveling in the dome at night, you must light this stone. Its light can dispel the black fog. Otherwise, if you stay in the black fog for a long time, you will be cursed." Siboer said: "The soul stone is very precious.

, I only have this small one, and I have used this one for a long time before. The remaining one can probably burn for more than ten hours. In other words, it can only protect you for about two nights."

"How to obtain soul stones?" Su Mingan asked.

Sibur paused: "...The method of obtaining it is very troublesome, you don't need to know. When this stone is used up, you can rest honestly at night."

She raised her hand.

Transparent flames burned in her hands, and a faint halo fell on her body, repelling the surrounding black mist.

She led Su Mingan, walking in the silent forest, as if holding a transparent torch.

Su Mingan chose to travel at night, which was a helpless move.

The communication with Siboer consumed the most precious hour at the beginning of the dungeon. He still hasn't figured out the specific situation of the small dungeon, and he doesn't have a silver star in his hand.

Considering that the field of view is wide during the day and players come and go, the situation will be even more chaotic. He needs to take advantage of the initial time to figure out the situation.

The place where he just woke up seemed to be the cabin where Sibor lived. Because of her status as a pagan, she was exiled by the tribe, so she lived near a dangerous forest where wild beasts were infested.

If you walk through this remote forest, you can see plains and fields. The view there is very broad. After walking for a while, you might be able to meet other players.

As he walked, he looked at Siboer in front of him: "Siboer, are you familiar with this place?"

"Yeah." Siboer said, "I grew up here. Every one of our leaders is a native of Qiong."

Su Mingan didn't ask about her family's situation. Judging from her status as a rejected pagan, her family's situation must not be good either.

Maybe, she was exiled by her family.

In this world of belief in gods and feudal ignorance, killing one's own child is possible.

That's why she, who seems to be underage, lives alone in this corner of the world, on the edge of an isolated forest.

Although she still looks like a child who hasn't grown up yet, her vigilance is already so strong that she doesn't even dare to hold on to the helping hand extended to her.

"I saw sweet potatoes and various seeds in your house. Do you still plant them?" Su Mingan asked.

Xiboer turned around. She glanced at him lightly with a somewhat disdainful look.

"Is there any land for planting nearby?" she asked, "Where can I grow food?"

Su Mingan recalled that the land around the wooden house seemed to be covered with black mud, and there were even black mud piles as tall as garbage dumps. The environment was extremely harsh, and there was indeed no fertile soil.

Therefore, Siboer should make a living by hunting on weekdays.

In this way, she actually has some fighting ability, at least she can set traps and subdue small prey.

In previous exchanges, Sieber said that the black mud piles around the house were garbage thrown by other tribesmen. They regarded the remote area where she lived as a pollution disposal site and threw everything here.

That black mud contains radiation, which would be bad for people's health if they lived there for a long time. But there was nothing Siber could do.

Being ostracized, she could only live in this extremely harsh environment.

"Why do you believe in God Jiu?" Su Mingan asked.

He discovered that all of Sibor's misfortunes were due to her belief in this "Nine God" and her status as a pagan.

Because I believe in evil gods,

Only then will she be abandoned and exiled,

Only then will they be rejected, driven away, and looked down upon by others.

Only then are they forced to live in such a harsh environment, and have to make a living by hunting on their own before they reach adulthood.

That's why I'm reduced to... I don't even have anyone around me that I can talk to, and I have to doubt him repeatedly when I meet him.

"..."

Siboer's footsteps paused.

"...Because when I was a child," she said, "God Nine saved me."

As she spoke, there was a rustling sound coming from the grass next to her.

There seemed to be something crawling in the grass.

She turned around suddenly and saw that Su Ming'an's back had left the range of the light source and was exposed in the thick black fog.

"Come here!" A look of fear instantly appeared in her eyes. She shouted sharply and stretched out her hand to pull him.

At this moment, a twisted, mud-like black shadow suddenly jumped out of the grass and rushed straight towards Su Mingan's back!

Su Mingan took a step forward and quickly entered the area where the halo was.

"Zizzizi"

The black shadow immediately melted when it encountered light, and there was a sound like burning oil.

It squirmed and fell to the ground, disappearing like melting snow.

"I told you not to leave the range of the light, didn't you hear me?"

Looking at Su Mingan who was still observing, Xiboer frowned.

If this guy who claims to be the strongest adventurer continues to seek death, her little trust will be wiped out.

...Does he think he is very powerful? Still wants to resist the curse?

"What is that?" Su Ming'an asked as he saw this strange black mud melting into the light.

"This is a creature that haunts the forest. It was infected with a curse and gradually became like this. If you are bitten by such a ghost, you will also be infected with the curse." Siboer looked very impatient.

But he still answered: "The Bai God in the sky, in addition to representing perfection and uniqueness, also represents the symbol of 'sun and light'. And the sky he transformed cannot protect the night. At night, there will be curses in the sky.

Once the black mist of energy is not dissipated by the soul stone, if you stay in the black mist for too long, you will be infected with a curse."

She didn't know why this traveler liked to ask questions so much, but his behavior just now, which was clearly seeking death, was already wearing down her patience.

If he had just been bitten and cursed, she would not have placed a time bomb around him.

"Why is there a curse in your world?" Su Mingan thought.

Indeed, his behavior of leaving the halo range just now was intentional.

Firstly, he wanted to test Sibor's current level of trust in him, and secondly, he wanted to get more information from her.

If she wanted him to survive, she would definitely stop his suicide attempt and explain to him the dangers of this "curse".

In this way, he can obtain more information.

This inexplicable black mist, this twisted black creature, and the curse that looks like a living thing outside the sky... It is obvious that these are not things that should appear in the normal world.

"Just like why there is air, there is such a thing as curse in our dome." Siboer said lightly: "Curse is a unique thing in our dome. All of us are cursed."

Guardian'."

"Huh?" This was the first time Su Mingan heard the term "guardian" of the curse.

Does something like a curse also need to be protected?

Siboer turned around and looked at him.

The transparent flames on her hands were rising, and the halo dyed her pale face. There was deep fatigue in those pale eyes.

"No matter what kind of world we are in, there will always be garbage, right?" Sieber said: "Things that are not needed and should be disposed of are garbage.

And where there is garbage, there will be garbage dumps.

… Our dome is a garbage dump belonging to the outside world.”

"Garbage dump?" Su Mingan was a little confused.

He could indeed see that this world was very ominous, with all kinds of disgusting black mud flowing everywhere, as if it was polluted.

Logically speaking, the normal world should not be like this.

Siboer's tone was very calm: "The so-called 'curse'. In fact, this is something unique to our dome.

We, the Earthlings, have been burdened with curses for generations, and the environment in which we live often has black mist with cursed energy spreading.

No one knows what its source is, and no one can completely lift it. Once the curse occurs, no one can escape death.

And once something like this biochemical weapon is released, the outside world will also suffer disaster.

Therefore, our ancestors..."

Siboer's voice paused.
To be continued...