Chapter 450 - Evil Dragon (1/2)

Chapter 450 - Evil Dragon

TL: LifeisaJourney

Any frustrations will have to stay verbal, as they had to focus on their dance routine. They could only comfort themselves by saying it was for the quest.

The prior night they had found a nearby building that had not collapsed yet to be their camp. It wasn’t worth the trip back to their original base camp. In the middle of the night, they scouted the area for firewood, as they still had to be wary of the vile creatures that might ambush them. They had six piles of bonfires surrounding them to illuminate their surroundings. Only when that was complete were they able to relax.

Bonfires were a necessity. In this instance, it was especially cold at night. If they didn’t want to succumb to hypothermia in their sleep, then they would have to put in the extra effort.

Aside from Liu Gan, the other nine players were split up into two teams, with Ana and Cai Hao Chen as the team leaders. One team had the first half of the night, while the other team had the second half of the night. They had to watch on their surrounding and keep the bonfires from going out.

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It was around 1 AM, as Cai Hao Chen and Ana were switching off their shifts, that they heard a sound… a growl that seemed to carry quite a distance in their quiet environment. Their hair stood up, and shivers went down their spines. The creature sounded like it was far away, but they could hear it clearly.

They felt slight tremors coming from the ground. It was a rhythmic pace, stopping for a brief moment before moving again. As the tremors intensified, they could tell that their camp was in its path.

Right as Cai Hao Chen and Ana wanted to wake Liu Gan up, he had already risen. They found him with his ear to the ground. His complexion changed, he ordered everyone to remain silent and head towards the lakeside.

Nobody knew what Liu Gan had heard that made him panic like that, but it made everyone tense. No one said anything, quietly following behind Liu Gan. They descended to the lakeside, which was just along the shallow waters by the rocks. After walking a hundred meters downstream, they came upon a silt-rich area by the lakeside.

This silt-rich mud contained a lot of rotting bodies. Some were recognizable, others were undeterminable due to the amount of decomposing they had been through. A simple step would kick up the stench.

They were trembling from being in the cold water for so long, yet they didn't question why they had to tread through the water, or even why they had ended up in the muddy section. Liu Gan’s last order was to not speak or produce any loud noise. No one asked anything, they just followed orders.

“Cover your body with mud, don't move too much.” Liu Gan shoved his hands in a thick pile of mud and smeared it his face and body.