Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 10: The Hound of Death (Bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader's drunk driving of a Gundam late at night)

Inside the Reincarnator's Watch, the explanation of SAN values ​​specifically highlights what a SAN value below 60% means.

"With a SAN value above 80%, the reincarnator resides in the material layer of the plane. As long as no supernatural phenomena are observed, they will live in a completely material world."

"When the SAN value is between 60% and 80%, the reincarnator is located in the mysterious layer of the plane. At this stage, they will begin to encounter abnormal phenomena and will gradually be noticed by the supernatural. As cognitive pollution deepens, they may gradually see scenes that cannot be observed in the material layer."

"When the SAN value is between 30% and 60%, the reincarnator will enter the lost layer of the plane. At this stage, he will begin to be plagued by powerful curses and evil spirits and will be attacked frequently. Moreover, this stage has a very high contagiousness of meme contamination syndrome. The process of the SAN value being attacked by ghosts will also accelerate the decline, entering a vicious cycle."

"When the SAN value is between 10% and 30%, the reincarnator falls into the annihilation layer of the plane. Reincarnators below LV3 are not authorized to view information at this stage."

"When the SAN value is below 10%, the reincarnator falls into the interdimensional chasm. Information from this chasm is forbidden to be published; otherwise, the SAN value will be immediately reduced."

Jiang Jin had no idea about the Annihilation Layer and the Interdimensional Layer, but from what he could see, the so-called XX Layer did not refer to a change in location, but rather a change in spatial dimension. For example, after his SAN value dropped below 80%, he entered the Mysterious Layer from the Materialist Layer, but he remained in this unknown, mysterious village.

Once you enter the so-called Lost Layer... the frequency of being attacked by ghosts will greatly increase! Even with these bandages to replenish SAN, you can only maintain your SAN value at 60%.

Moreover, as Liang Qin said... ghosts cannot be killed.

There is no way to kill the ghost!
Could it be true, as Lu Zhao said, that choosing the Soul Master class for spirit control is actually a better option?

To be honest, this dungeon was originally a joint venture between him, Lu Zhao, and Xia Wei. If he had a Soul Eater and a Witch Reincarnator by his side to assist him, he would never have fallen into such a desperate situation in just a few hours!

Now, this level can only be cleared by Jiang Jin alone!
In the heavy rain, based on his previous memories, Jiang Jin ran back to the local earth god temple!

We must get back to that restaurant immediately! Place the ash-black talisman on the dog's corpse!
Hunter's Vision can no longer be used, otherwise he will immediately enter the so-called "Lost Layer"!
To be honest... his better option was actually to use the Bone Whistle of the Dead, which wouldn't have consumed so much SAN. But the situation was urgent, and he could only frantically take out the crossbow and immediately check the instructions for the Rusty Hunting Crossbow on his left eye, which is why he consumed so much SAN!
He ran to the back of the earth god temple and ran all the way back to the original location of the well!

Hurry...hurry!

We're almost there!

Now, Jiang Jin's only consolation was that because he got off work a little later than usual today, his best friend and frenemy from the police station, Li Ruoxi, ordered him some spicy hot pot. He ate it before leaving the station to get his SAN level checked; otherwise, he wouldn't have made it this far on an empty stomach. He vowed that if he made it back alive, he would definitely treat the forensic doctor, Li Ruoxi, to a big meal!
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a bell from the ancient well behind him!

This made Jiang Jin's heart tighten!
His luck is a bit bad right now. Later in the alley, the bronze mirrors hanging there are at least three meters high, which he can't reach at all! And all the other items in the gift pack will consume SAN!

He gritted his teeth and charged forward again.

It's all thanks to him being a policeman that he always adhered to the principle of "more sweat in peacetime, less blood in wartime" and never slacked off in his training, making his endurance much stronger than that of the average person!

He quickened his pace, clutching the newcomer's gift box, and charged forward frantically through the pouring rain! Forward!
Coming!
We're almost there!

Finally, he stepped back into the narrow alley! He kept moving forward, heading towards the window he had smashed earlier!

The dog's carcass... is right there!

Finally, he reached the window, jumped over it, and rushed inside!
Thankfully, the dog's corpse on the table is still there!
He picked up the dog's carcass, sprinted, and moved to the center of a large group of dining tables.

He wasn't sure if these tables would still be able to "block" the ghosts once he entered the "mysterious layer," but he had no choice but to give it a try.

He opened the box and grabbed the ash black talisman with his hand, which had been cut by the shards of the mirror. Naturally, it was stained with his own blood!

Then, Jiang Jin, who was already out of breath, stuck the talisman on the dog's back!

The talisman immediately began to burn automatically, and soon it turned into black ash, which began to merge into the dog's corpse!
Then, Jiang Jin looked up at the bronze mirror on the roof beam.

If you stand on the table and then jump, maybe you can take the mirror down?
So he immediately put his feet on the table! At the same time, the dog's fur began to peel off, falling off piece by piece like rotting cloth, revealing its stark white bones.

Its eyes were the first to disappear—the pitch-black pupils went out like candle flames, leaving only empty eye sockets, yet they still stared straight ahead.

Next, its bones were exposed to the air, making a cracking sound as if each bone was disassembling and reassembling itself.

At that moment, Jiang Jin was trying to jump up and take down the bronze mirror, but he failed. But then, he suddenly saw…

In the bronze mirror, a figure in blue clothes was approaching from behind!
He quickly turned around, but saw no one at all!
The moment the blue figure appeared, the mirror also began to shatter rapidly, melting into black liquid!
At this moment, the dog's spine twisted and elongated, its ribs broke and rejoined, and its claws extended into sharp arcs, as if sculpted into a killing shape by invisible blades. Its jaw snapped open, and without a tongue or vocal cords, it emitted a piercing shriek!
Jiang Jin tensed up. The mirror was about to shatter, and the blue figure was only five or six meters away from him! But the transformation of the dog corpse was not yet complete!

At this moment, the dog began to grow flesh and blood again.

Dark red granulation tissue wriggled from the depths of the bone marrow, like countless tiny maggots, frantically climbing and intertwining along the bones. Muscles coiled and grew on the exposed skeleton, and blood vessels snaked and emerged like venomous snakes, eventually covering the surface with a layer of scarlet, wet membrane. There was no hair, only sticky blood plasma slowly flowing across the skin, like a freshly peeled red human skin.

"Hurry...hurry up!"

At this moment, a large amount of black liquid poured down behind them, and the bronze mirror was no longer there!
However, Jiang Jin had already memorized the approximate location of the blue figure!
Finally, the dog stood up, its bony paws stomping on the ground. Its head was lowered, its cheekbones high, and its gaping mouth torn all the way to its ears, revealing its gleaming fangs.

It was no longer a dog—but a hunter returned from hell, bringing with it the stench of decay, and letting out a hungry growl at the world of the living.

A brand new skeleton hound has been born!

A text prompt appeared in front of Jiang Jin:

"Reincarnator Jiang Jin, your personal skeletal hound 'Deathstroke' is born."

Deathstroke will become your personal hound. Once you die, Deathstroke will return to your bones.

Deathstroke is in tune with your mind, absolutely obedient to you, requires no food or sleep, can track spirits, and bite ghosts.

However, you have only recently become a Bloodstalker, and Deathstroke has virtually no ability to protect himself against the ghosts. Please carefully consider commanding Deathstroke to directly attack the ghosts.

Death Knell! What a powerful name!
"Deathstroke! Charge! To that position!"

Jiang Jin also wanted to be cautious, but now he had no choice!
The skeletal hound named Deathstroke roared as it charged forward!

That bright red hunting dog looks quite similar to the zombie dogs in zombie movies. I guess most people would be scared out of their wits if they saw such a dog!

After rushing to the front, Deathstroke opened his blood-red maw and bit down hard on the nothingness in front of him!

At the same time, Jiang Jin squatted down and took out the Resentment Moss Ointment from the gift box.

In case Deathstroke is defeated, he will use this moss ointment to create a melee weapon!
Ideally, it should have a sufficiently sharp blade!
but……

Jiang Jin suddenly thought of something and looked at the shattered and melted bronze mirror behind him.

The blue-clad ghost he saw in the mirror just now didn't seem to be a female ghost, but a male ghost.

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