There's something wrong with me

Chapter 74: Return [Reward from Fate Entry] (5.6K)

“Go!”

The moment Zhang Feng was supported by him, his left hand grabbed the front of his chest, and with a sudden yank, using his strength to rise, he transformed the grip into a palm as he fully stood up, pushing him far away with a single strike.

Whoosh!

Without pausing, Zhang Feng's right hand swung upwards, the blade slashing upwards.

The rat couldn't dodge in time, and the rock wall above was too high, so it was as if its neck collided head-on with the blade. With a 'sizzle' sound, a large gash was cut open on the left side.

At the same time, Zhang Feng leaned back to dodge the remaining force of its pounce.

Thud—

It fell to the ground, blood gushing from its neck, struggling to get up.

Zhang Feng slashed at its wound, completely severing its head before looking at Brother Peng, who was still in shock on the ground beside him.

“Just now…”

Zhang Feng wanted to say that he didn't need to worry about him.

But after thinking about it carefully, if it weren't for Brother Peng, he definitely wouldn't have been able to get up in the first instance after falling and deal with the rat.

Then, he would have consumed more energy, not as decisively as the previous strike.

'This kind of person is rare. Even though he's afraid, he still insists on helping me.'

Zhang Feng shook his head inwardly, took a few steps forward, and pulled him up.

“Brother Peng, thank you.

But you still don't need to worry about me, because most of the time, the battlefield is ever-changing.

You helping me can indeed help me.

But I may not be able to take care of you.”

“Then I can't just ignore you, right?” Brother Peng was truly an honest person, saying the kind of honest words that are rarely heard these days.

“Friends are supposed to help each other.”

“That's true.” Seeing Brother Peng like this, Zhang Feng smiled. “I can't guarantee anything else, but I will definitely send you out.”

“Let's go out together.” Brother Peng grinned. “When I get back, I won't travel anymore. I want to live a good life…”

“Stop.” Zhang Feng shook his head and looked at the others who came in later.

“Are you… alright?” They looked at the rat's corpse, then at Zhang Feng and Brother Peng.

Zhang Feng pointed outside. “You guys continue to guard outside, shining the lights as far as possible.

If any rats come, notify me immediately.”

“Okay!” The others responded and continued to wait at the entrance.

Zhang Feng looked upwards again. “Brother Peng, help me shine the light.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Feng climbed again.

… …

Rustle—

Pebbles fell.

This time, Zhang Feng smoothly reached the previous location.

After finally flipping over to the top.

Zhang Feng saw that this was a stone platform of more than ten square meters, obviously with artificial traces.

But there were no instructions, nor anything else.

Zhang Feng scanned a few times and saw something resembling a stone basin at the edge.

He walked over and looked inside, and there was a very protruding stone inside, with gaps around it.

It looked like a mechanism.

Zhang Feng became interested, first pressing it, but it didn't go down.

Then he twisted it.

With a clatter, the chain next to it moved, but because it was rusty, it broke after only a few shakes.

But the place where the chain was connected also made a rustling sound.

Zhang Feng looked over and saw the previous small hole.

And the big stone next to it, after losing the pull of the chain, was like a gate mechanism, slowly opening.

It just didn't open outwards, but rather tilted and fell down.

“What's going on?” Brother Peng, seeing a large stone moving, shone more light over.

“What's that noise?”

Liu Ge and the others outside, hearing the loud noise, ran in from outside one after another.

Then they saw the two sides of the gate detach from part of the rock wall, and with a 'crash', it fell directly down, revealing the tunnel behind.

“This is a mechanism!” Old Xing was very excited when he saw this scene, as if he had seen some wonderful mechanisms from folk tales reappear.

But in reality, it was just a large iron chain tied to a large stone.

But it was precisely this dark environment, and these bizarre creatures.

That made this simple mechanism seem mysterious and strange.

At least the crowd looked at the stone door in amazement, and then looked at Zhang Feng, who came down later, in amazement.

The impact of this bizarre experience, coupled with the absence of the terrifying rats, made them forget that they were in a dangerous place for a while.

Or perhaps people who like adventure and travel have bigger hearts.

“Young Brother Zhang! You can even decipher things!”

Old Xing looked at Zhang Feng excitedly. “Can you read feng shui? And with your skills, being able to easily kill monsters, are you a tomb raider?”

“…” Zhang Feng paused when he heard this title, looked at Old Xing, and then at the others.

They also looked at him with surprise and curiosity.

“I do know some feng shui.” Zhang Feng didn't like to hide anything. “I studied yin-yang medicine before, so I have some knowledge of these things.

But this door isn't that mysterious.”

Zhang Feng walked to the tunnel and looked inside.

“Eh?” Brother Peng came over at this time, shone a light inside, and found that there was a hole one meter inside the tunnel.

“It's connected to the big tunnel.” Old Xing shone a light into the small hole and found that the light could reach the big tunnel.

Zhang Feng also looked at the small hole, then at the tunnel, and suddenly said:

“I have a guess. Do you think that behind this stone might be the nest of these rats?

This small hole is where they come and go, or perhaps the passage they gradually dug out, and this stone door is the main road?

Did someone keep them in captivity before, or seal them in?”

“Nest?”

“Are you saying there are monsters behind this?”

“Then the place we fell down, and those tunnels, were also dug out by them?”

The crowd was shocked, and all the surprise and excitement disappeared, and instead they all moved away from the stone door.

Zhang Feng tightened his machete, slowly adjusting his breathing. “Regardless of whether our guess is right or wrong, or whether this door opens or not.

We can't go back to the surface now.”

Zhang Feng looked at the collapsed direction.

“These things also seem to have discovered us, gathering more and more at night.

From the initial harassment of four or five, to the harassment of six or seven.

Instead of being passive like this, unable to rest properly…”

Zhang Feng pointed inside the tunnel. “Let's just go straight to their lair and see what's going on inside.”

“…” The crowd didn't speak, but looked at Zhang Feng in even greater surprise.

After a few seconds, Old Xing said fearfully: “Brother Zhang, we don't know how many monsters are over there. What if there are a lot of them? How can we run?”

“That's right.” The girl tugged at the corner of Zhang Feng's clothes. “Young Brother Zhang, don't take risks.”

“Zhang.” Liu Ge also advised with few words: “Don't go.”

“We definitely can't go.” Brother Peng also shook his head. “To put it bluntly, Brother Zhang, you are the most powerful person here. If something happens to you, we'll probably…”

“That's right!” Many people thought of this and advised Zhang Feng.

“I know there's danger.” Zhang Feng said as he walked inside. “I can understand your current thoughts.

But if they keep harassing us like this, we won't be able to see it in the short term.

But if we endure for a few more days, when we're so tired that we can fall asleep standing up.

Then it will be too late to say anything.

We won't even be able to pick up a knife and can only be a piece of living meat.

Won't you say then that it would have been better to listen to me back then?”

“I think he's right.” Brother Peng responded first again, following Zhang Feng with a flashlight. “Indeed, we don't have many sturdy branches here, nor do we have tools for grinding things.

Even if we want to build a trap, it's going to be difficult.”

“Yes.” Liu Ge also took two steps closer and shone the flashlight on the ground.

There were messy claw prints on it.

“They were just left.” Zhang Feng glanced at them and instantly distinguished them based on his reconnaissance skills from the previous world.

“Are you saying they're nearby?” Old Xing gripped his fishing rod tightly.

“Not necessarily.” Zhang Feng looked ahead. “There are two possibilities now.

One, these things saw us come out and may have returned to their nest.

Two, they're still outside.

As for what the real result is, we'll know when we take a look.”

Zhang Feng continued to walk. After walking about fifty meters, there was a small recessed rock wall on the right, more than three meters deep, like a newly opened passage.

He withdrew his gaze and looked forward again.

To the left of the tunnel ahead was the entrance to a corner cave.

Zhang Feng continued to walk forward, sticking to the wall and looking inside, and saw that it was not pitch black here, but there were some underground plants and some glowing pearls that emitted green light.

Zhang Feng knew a little about jade and knew that these luminous pearls usually contain radioactive elements and can emit light without absorbing external light sources.

Following their light.

Zhang Feng looked at this small underground forest of about several thousand square meters.

At this moment.

“Squeak, squeak…” The rats were like monkeys, all on the trees in the middle, eating some underground plants.

'One, two…'

Zhang Feng counted roughly, estimating that there were at least fifty or so.

'Is this really entering the monster's lair?'

Zhang Feng suddenly felt that the situation was not right and waved his hand backwards, not letting the crowd swarm over.

“What's wrong?” They wanted to ask, but when they heard the 'squeak, squeak, squeak' sound coming from the distance, they knew what was inside.

“Did we really enter their nest?” Old Xing retreated fearfully.

“Don't move!” Brother Peng saw that he was about to step on a stone and quickly pulled him.

“Thank you…” Old Xing broke out in a cold sweat when he saw that he had almost made a loud noise. “I almost attracted a group of rats…”

He was really frightened this time.

“Retreat first…” The others didn't hesitate either and retreated quietly.

Zhang Feng also took a few steps back before looking at the crowd and saying:

“Let's sleep here.”

"What?" Someone was dumbfounded. "Brother Zhang, are you sure you're not joking? We... we're sleeping next to their nest?"

"Yeah." Zhang Feng nodded and said, "This way, we'll know when they come out.

Besides, the rats outside don't know if we've returned or not.

But from here, the path is clear at a glance. Even without a flashlight, just by listening to the sounds, we'll know if they're approaching us.

So, rather than being surrounded in an open space, it's better to huddle in the rock wall over there."

Zhang Feng's words did sound somewhat reasonable, but they weren't particularly brilliant. Most normal people could think of it.

It's just that Zhang Feng was more calm and thought of this method first.

"Zhang's little brother's idea seems to be okay..." The girl also felt it made sense, although it was scary.

"Then...?" The others didn't dare to go back alone, so what else could they do? They could only follow Zhang Feng into the darkness.

'I knew he wasn't human.' The person who liked to tell ghost stories was now certain that even if Zhang Feng was a good person, he wasn't a very good person.

...

Four hours.

Zhang Feng was truly carefree. Regardless of whether others slept well or not, he slept soundly himself.

Only Peng and the others suffered, half-asleep, their minds constantly on edge.

At the same time.

Waking up, regaining consciousness.

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Zhang Feng also looked at everyone, originally intending to ask if any rats had returned, but thinking that they hadn't called him, it was probably no.

"No rats have returned." Peng took the initiative to mention this, still holding a wine bottle in his hand. "I wanted to make Molotov cocktails, but I secretly went over there last night and took a look. The woods there are very damp, and there aren't many trees.

Even if we made them, I doubt we could kill many."

"They can fly and burrow, whether we can hit them is a question." Zhang Feng shook his head and said, "Since you say those rats haven't returned.

I guess that after we all got up yesterday, they gradually returned to their nest.

Most likely, all these rats are inside now."

"Zhang, boss." At this time, Lao Xing looked at Zhang Feng and asked curiously, "Were you really asleep all this time?"

"Yeah." Zhang Feng was stretching his body. "Because it's time to work.

They've been wearing us down, and it's time to return the favor."

Saying that, Zhang Feng looked at a young man, "Give me your knife."

"Oh..." He hadn't slept well and responded somewhat slowly, then gave Zhang Feng the knife.

Zhang Feng held one in each hand, adjusted for a few moments, and then said to them, "To prevent any rats from really remaining outside, follow me now."

As Zhang Feng spoke, he came out of the rock wall and walked towards the monster's nest.

Faced with the issue of life and death, everyone was still very cautious, quietly following Zhang Feng, and then came to the edge of the cave entrance.

"You guys stay here. If rats come out from behind, shout immediately."

After Zhang Feng gave the instructions, he leaned forward and looked inside. Near the light of the night-luminescent stones, the rats were scattered everywhere, sleeping.

Originally, Zhang Feng was thinking that if they weren't asleep, he would wait a while longer.

But now it was good, it seemed they were all asleep.

Bending down.

Zhang Feng then moved towards the cave in the frightened gazes of the others.

Whoosh—

With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Feng killed the nearest rat and continued to wipe out the other rats without stopping.

Quietly.

Zhang Feng stepped on the ground mixed with soil and stones, smelling the fragrance of grass in the air, and killed all fifteen rats on the periphery in a short time.

But the remaining rats were all on the large open space in the middle.

And at this moment, as Zhang Feng continued to move in.

Squeak squeak!

A rat hiding behind a rock in the distance also discovered Zhang Feng.

"Squeak squeak!"

The alarm from its companion also woke up the surrounding rats.

Their cries echoed in the cave, and their scarlet eyes looked even more eerie under the illumination of the night-luminescent stones. They also saw Zhang Feng retreating.

Swish—

They ran one after another, chasing after Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng also retreated to the vicinity of the cave entrance at this time.

"Brother Zhang... be careful..." Peng and the others held machetes, nervously watching Zhang Feng's back.

"Yeah." Zhang Feng made a sound from his nose, this time as stingy with words as Brother Liu, the purpose being to adjust and mobilize the strength and energy of his whole body.

Tap tap—

At this moment, the distant rat swarm slowly groped over.

When they saw Zhang Feng at the entrance, their squeaking sounds became louder, and their footsteps became faster and faster.

'Ten meters... five meters...'

Zhang Feng silently counted, without acting rashly.

Until the first rat came within two meters, pouncing to bite in an instant.

Zhang Feng suddenly took half a step forward, the blade slanting upwards, crack, the blade pierced through its chin from below.

At the same time, Zhang Feng twisted his waist and slashed back, the blade stirring up dark red blood, three heads flying up with the viscous sound of blood.

The corpses and heads rolled down.

Zhang Feng stood holding dual blades, looking at the suddenly stagnant rats.

After a moment, squeak squeak, a stronger rat hissed, and pounced towards Zhang Feng again.

Swish!

Zhang Feng retreated, holding the right blade horizontally in a defensive stance, slashing horizontally with the left blade, and retreating to the entrance again in an instant, also splitting open the head of the attacking rat slightly.

Drip drip—

But the blood on his tiger's mouth paused as it slid down the blade.

Zhang Feng slowly exhaled, seeing that the blade of the left knife was already curled.

"Knife!"

Zhang Feng shouted briefly towards the rear, his eyes vigilantly watching the remaining monsters.

There were three people holding knives in the rear.

Among them, Peng was stunned for half a second, the long period without rest making him equally mentally exhausted.

"Zhang! Left!" Brother Liu directly threw the knife horizontally.

Zhang Feng's mental state was highly tense, hearing the sound of the wind, he moved sideways to the left, grasping the handle of the machete.

At the same time, three somewhat larger rats, seeing Zhang Feng facing sideways towards them, rushed towards him again.

Zhang Feng glanced at them, the muscles in his right arm over-clocking, turning and sweeping horizontally, the powerful force making the machete seem to turn into a light.

Crack crack, the head of one rat was chopped off.

Slightly adjusting the blade, the remaining power undiminished, chopping the head of the second rat in half.

His remaining strength exhausted, Zhang Feng turned to dodge the pounce of the third rat, the left-hand knife from bottom to top, also beheading the third.

Whoosh—

Taking a short breath.

Zhang Feng adjusted his breathing again, looking at the remaining monsters.

"Squeak squeak..."

They cried out in fear and unease.

Zhang Feng, seeing their panic, changed his mind in an instant, not taking this opportunity to recover, but preparing to attack directly.

Otherwise, when their decline in momentum fell, and they were stimulated by the gradually dispersing bloody smell in the air, it would be difficult to leave.

Thinking in his mind.

Zhang Feng exerted force with his feet, bending his body slightly, holding dual blades horizontally in front, and rushing directly towards the remaining thirty-odd rats.

'Come! '

...

Drip drip—

Seven minutes later.

The bloody smell permeated the entire cave, the nauseating rotten smell overlapping with the fragrance of grass, the stimulating smell not able to awaken people's spirits.

Zhang Feng stood among a pile of corpses, his brain dizzy, his body adding several wounds.

A piece of flesh was torn off from his left arm by a rat.

The knife in his right hand was not tough enough, and it also broke in the process of chopping bones and flesh.

"Whoosh..."

Zhang Feng spat out a mouthful of fishy-sweet hot air, looking at the last surviving rat.

It had already been cut open half of its neck by Zhang Feng in the previous fight, and now it was only struggling on the ground.

Death was only half a minute away.

Zhang Feng glanced at it, wanting to lift the knife and kill it sooner, but he didn't have any strength left.

Both internal energy and strength had been exhausted.

Tap—

Zhang Feng, holding the hilt of the knife, sat on a rat's corpse, looking at the crowd at the cave entrance who had already been frightened silly.

"Peng, Brother Xing, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

...

Dizzy.

Zhang Feng only felt muddled for the next two days.

The inflammation of the wound, the lack of effective drug treatment, and the exhaustion of energy and internal energy, a large degree of over-clocking, caused Zhang Feng to fall into a long-lost fever.

"Little Brother Zhang... wake up..."

"Brother Zhang! Brother Zhang!"

"His body temperature is so high, and the wound is also festering."

"His breathing seems to be getting lighter..."

"Zhang! Zhang! Damn it! You fucking wake up! Wake up!"

In a daze.

The words that Zhang Feng heard the most in these two days were Lao Xing and the others calling him, even Brother Liu, who was stingy with words, became a chatterbox, shouting 'Zhang' whenever he had the chance.

Then, as long as he opened his eyes, they would show happy and relieved smiles.

...

He didn't know how long he had slept this time.

"Zhang! Wake up!"

Hearing Brother Liu's shout again.

After Zhang Feng opened his eyes in a daze, he saw several lights shining down from the collapsed top, the flow of time slowing down, the final scene freezing on the faces of Brother Liu and the others looking at him gratefully.

[Villagers of Wutong Village discovered the pit and the backpacks and radios left by the travelers in the camp]

[They contacted the rescue team, and the rescue team, as expected in the future, arrived at the top of the pit on the morning of July 2, 1983]

[But this time, the rescue team did not see swarms of cave creatures and scattered human skeletons, but saw seven survivors, including you]

[You have changed the destined ending, you have saved all the victims]

[You have received a destiny reward]

[Heroic: ?, Unique, Destiny, Universal Entry for All Characters, Constitution Exclusive, Stackable]

[Effect 1: Constitution + 0.5]

[Effect 2: Constitution + 0.5 for each completed destiny line]