With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

Old Wei stared intently at Ding Yi on the bed through the crack in the door, then stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips.

"Tomorrow is the day for offering incense, so tonight is the best time to start."

After saying that, Old Man Wei slowly inserted the wood-chopping knife in his hand into the crack of the door, blocked the bolt behind it, and slowly began to lift it upwards.

Under Old Man Wei's control, the bolt slowly moved upwards, making a slight creaking sound.

Seeing this, Ding Yi, who was lying in bed, could no longer restrain himself. He suddenly sat up and asked loudly:

"Is that you, Old Man Wei?"

"Hehe, you really did find it."

Old Man Wei seemed to have anticipated Ding Yi's reaction. Instead, he chuckled and then kicked out hard, stomping open the dilapidated wooden door.

“Brother Ding, my wife and I have taken care of you for so long, it’s time for you to repay us.”

Old Man Wei chuckled strangely, then took a step forward, but the next moment he felt his feet sink into the ground. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he felt a sudden darkness engulf him.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Intense pain swept through Old Man Wei's mind the next moment. He stared at the huge hole above him and let out a shrill scream.

On the other side, upon seeing this, the old woman's withered yellow eyes instantly turned blood red.

"You little bastard!! I'll kill you!!"

Having said that, the old woman, like a mad dog, landed on all fours, leaped up, and instantly crossed the large pit at the doorway, rushing towards Ding Yi.

Ding Yi was startled by the old woman's agile and swift movements, but he still remembered that he had two powerful weapons under his bed that he had not yet used. He immediately pulled his wrist, and the traction line attached to his wrist snapped instantly.

The next moment, a cold glint flashed in the darkness, followed by a muffled sound in the air. At the same time, the old woman who had pounced on them let out a shrill scream and was instantly sent flying by a tremendous force.

"Boom!"

The old woman flew out of the room, rolled several times on the ground, and crashed into the mud wall of the outer room, making the roof beams shake a few times.

"This is too fierce!"

Ding Yi stared in disbelief at the old woman who had been sent flying, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

As expected of something enhanced by consuming lifespan, it truly lives up to its reputation of being worth every bit of lifespan spent. What a conscientious product!

At this moment, the screams from the pit gradually weakened, clearly indicating that Old Man Wei's life had come to an end.

There was still some movement outside the door, which made Ding Yi's eyes narrow. He quickly took out another crossbow from under the bed and pointed it at the door.

"Cough cough cough, you little bastard, cough cough cough, you're dead! You're dead!"

Suddenly, the old woman's frantic screams came from outside the door, sounding like a baby crying, which startled Ding Yi.

Just as Ding Yi was getting nervous, he suddenly heard a "click" sound.

In an instant, Ding Yi understood what the old woman was doing.

She broke the wooden planks blocking the window!

At this point, Ding Yi could no longer hold back. He hugged the crossbow, endured the pain in his leg, and quickly walked outside. He saw the old woman covered in blood, reaching for the lit oil lamp on the table.

Behind him, the window that was originally closed was pushed open, and the wooden board that was supposed to seal the window was torn in two.

"You old fool!"

Although he didn't know why the old woman was doing this, Ding Yi knew he had to stop her. He immediately raised his crossbow, aimed it at the old woman, and pulled it sharply.

"Buzz!"

With a crisp sound of a bowstring vibrating, the old woman was sent flying again and pinned to the wall by the arrow.

Even so, she stared wide-eyed at Ding Yi not far away, her mouth agape as she made incoherent "heh heh" sounds.

"damn it!!"

Before he could even check whether the old woman was dead or not, Ding Yi's gaze was instantly drawn to the oil lamp on the table, and his heart skipped a beat.

The oil lamp went out!

I was a step too slow, and that old woman destroyed the oil lamp!

At the same time, an inexplicable terror swept over Ding Yi's entire body, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.

"Buzz."

Suddenly, a strange, eerie laugh came from outside the open window, and at the same time, an unusually cold wind blew into the room.

Without a second thought, Ding Yi dragged his legs and hopped to the table, grabbing the oil lamp.

Only now did Ding Yi touch this mysterious oil lamp for the first time, and see what it looked like for the first time.

This is an ordinary-looking oil lamp, the only difference being that a strange pattern is carved in red paint on the lamp.

Like the eyes of some kind of animal.

The dried-out lamp oil in the lamp emitted a pungent, fishy smell, like vomit that had been fermenting for more than ten days, and it was unclear what it was made of.

Just then, a dark shadow poured into the room from outside the window, causing the temperature in the entire hall to drop by several degrees.

"What the hell is this?!"

Ding Yi glanced at the thing and felt a redness before his eyes, as if he were in a quagmire of blood. A putrid stench wafted from all directions, giving him a suffocating feeling of falling into an abyss.

"Uh...uh..."

Ding Yi gripped the oil lamp tightly in his hand, at a loss for what to do. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. He immediately bit his tongue, just like in the movies, hoping to wake up from the illusion through the pain.

But this bite didn't break the tip of his tongue at all; instead, it hurt his teeth, causing Ding Yi to grimace in pain.

Although the tip of his tongue wasn't bitten through, he still felt pain, which made him shudder and then he came to his senses from the strange sensation.

At this moment, Ding Yi finally saw clearly what was pouring in through the window.

It was a flying insect that was completely black, as if it were shrouded in a shadow.

However, calling it a flying insect is not entirely accurate, since it only has the body shape of a flying insect, but it is impossible to tell what it looks like in the shadows.

Now, hundreds and thousands of these strange things are gathering together, transforming into a huge cloud of black smoke that surges towards Ding Yi.

At the critical moment, Ding Yi suddenly looked at the lamp he was holding tightly in his hand and saw that familiar prompt again.

[Enhancement can be done by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 80 days of lifespan. Enhance now?]

"Yes!"

Without any hesitation, Ding Yi chose "yes" in his mind. The next moment, the lamp in his hand flashed and then transformed into an ancient bronze lamp.

The ancient lamp was engraved with an intricate pattern, but what surprised Ding Yi even more was that the lamp oil inside was plentiful, and a fiery red flame was slowly flickering on the wick, bathing the entire room in a dark red hue.

In an instant, all the black insects illuminated by the firelight emitted a piercing explosion, and then they actually exploded in Ding Yi's eyes.

"Bang bang bang bang!!"

A series of muffled sounds echoed in the room. Seeing that the strange lamp was indeed effective, Ding Yi immediately raised the ancient lamp high, like the Statue of Liberty, and slowly walked towards the window, braving the black torrent that was flooding into the room.

Killing the Shadow Turtle increases lifespan by 0.1 days.

Killing the Shadow Turtle increases lifespan by 0.1 days.

Killing the Shadow Turtle increases lifespan by 0.1 days.

...

Just then, a series of prompts frantically appeared before Ding Yi's eyes, causing him to stop in his tracks in surprise.

"So that's it! The way to gain lifespan is actually this!!"