Chapter 00217: Cyclops Zombie (Part 1)
# Cyclops Zombie (Part 1)
Chapter 217
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 217: Cyclops Zombie (Part 1)
Section Nine was unaware of the existence of the Ring of the Demon King.
Qian Sen had scanned Li Chengxi with a detector and found nothing amiss.
And of course, Li Chengxi was not about to run his mouth and report everything he had to Section Nine.
What if they said they wanted to "research" it, took it away, and never returned it?
The Ring of Sight could provide an effect similar to Eagle Eye Vision.
Inside the Farmhouse Inn, Li Chengxi activated the ring's effect and stared at Golden Bull Mountain for a good while, but he saw no sign of Xue Wenshu and the others.
All he could see were the lights from the flashlights of the people searching the mountain.
The Ring of Sight's perspective was very clear, but it had a range limit.
It was impossible to take in the entire mountain while sitting in the Farmhouse Inn.
Li Chengxi really could not wait any longer.
He grabbed a flashlight, quietly left the Farmhouse Inn, and ran toward the mountain.
If his field of view was limited, then he would just get closer.
However, Li Chengxi knew his own limits.
He would not climb too high.
He would just stay near the foot of the mountain and scan the area a few times with the Ring of Sight to see.
What if he found them? Searching with the Ring of Sight was far more efficient than using the naked eye.
He followed a small path up one side of the mountain, then ducked into the shrubs beside the path, making his way up bit by bit.
It had to be said, being used to city life, it was hard to accurately judge the conditions in the mountains.
It was so dark here you could not see your hand in front of your face.
The shrubs that were easy to avoid during the day were now like mechanisms and traps.
It took Li Chengxi several minutes to adjust before he could barely see anything with the help of his flashlight and the moonlight.
The search range of the Ring of Sight was gradually extending deeper.
Li Chengxi walked alone along the edge of the forest at the foot of the mountain for nearly half an hour.
Any further up and he would be at the mountainside.
Even now, the Eagle Eye Vision provided by the Ring of Sight still had not spotted any trace of Xue Wenshu and the others.
This was very strange.
After all, the group was definitely heading down the mountain, so logically, they should be on the side of the mountain near Golden Bull Village, not the back.
The north side connected to several other mountains, a true uninhabited area.
No matter how much they were courting death, they would not run in that direction, right?
From his current position, he could see the Farmhouse Inn down the mountain just by turning his head, and he could go back down the way he came at any time.
But if he continued deeper, that would no longer be a certainty.
Even with the Ring of Sight, Li Chengxi was not confident he could find his way back.
Just as he was agonizing over whether to continue deeper, Li Chengxi suddenly felt his skin tighten.
At the same time, a bone-chilling cold spread across his skin.
It was not a simple coldness, but more like a feeling that came from within.
At that very moment, his vision through the Ring of Sight suddenly blurred, as if a thin film had been torn away.
It seemed like the things he saw around him became a little clearer than before.
While Li Chengxi was still wondering what was going on, he abruptly noticed what looked like several people lying not far from him.
He quickly moved closer.
He was now only about fifty meters away.
Through the Ring of Sight's vision, he could clearly see Xue Wenshu leaning against his girlfriend, Xu Qian.
The two of them were sitting on the ground, seemingly asleep.
Not far from them, Teacher Wang Degui and the other two students were also leaning against tree trunks.
Li Chengxi could even see their chests rising and falling.
After all this time, you guys just fell asleep this close to the foot of the mountain?
Li Chengxi quickened his pace.
It was only then that he noticed the surrounding fog seemed to have thickened.
It clearly was not this thick when he came up just now, and there was not even any fog when he was observing with the Ring of Sight.
This abnormal situation put Li Chengxi on alert, but seeing Xue Wenshu and the others so close, he still approached and patted Xue Wenshu's face.
"Wake up, wake up, don't sleep."
At first, he just thought they were asleep, but even after Li Chengxi patted them several times, none of them showed any signs of waking up.
The ominous feeling in his heart seemed to grow stronger.
Li Chengxi hurriedly took out his phone, intending to call Qian Sen, but the signal indicator on the screen had completely vanished.
There was no signal here.
This definitely was not a problem with the base station, because from this position, he could see the lights of the Farmhouse Inn down the mountain just by turning around, and the phone signal had been full back at the inn.
At such a short distance, he should not be out of the base station's range.
Li Chengxi immediately reactivated the Ring of Sight, wanting to see where the people from Section Nine were so he could shout and call them over.
But just as he turned the ring, he suddenly seemed to hear a sound.
The sound was extremely heavy, like a pile driver slamming into the ground.
At first, he could only hear it faintly, but soon the sound became impossible to ignore, growing clearer and clearer.
Li Chengxi could also feel the vibrations approaching through his toes.
On the treetops to one side, the leaves were also trembling slightly.
And yet, within the Ring of Sight's field of vision, he could not see anything.
He swallowed, looking around nervously.
Just then, in the forest about thirty to forty meters away from Li Chengxi, a tree was bent down, as if a mischievous, restless child had snapped a branch.
The tree made a series of cracking sounds before finally breaking.
Immediately after, a distortion appeared in the darkness-shrouded air next to the broken tree.
The feeling was very similar to someone reaching out and ripping a plastic film off of something, accompanied by a strong, bone-chilling gust of wind that blew right at him.
The wind blew so hard Li Chengxi instinctively shielded his eyes.
When he lowered his hand, he saw that a behemoth had appeared where the air had just distorted.
It looked humanoid, but its height likely exceeded six meters.
Its entire body was clad in something like armor, and when he shone his flashlight on it, he could see the armor was covered in rust spots.
A single, huge, and murky cyclops eye glittered in the darkness.
Its skin was purplish-black and had a disgusting, oily sheen.
In its hand, it carried a greatsword large enough to be used as a door panel, and it walked toward Li Chengxi with heavy thuds.
This was the Cyclops Zombie that Lin Tuyuan had mentioned.
Humans have an innate fear and awe of colossal beings, and Li Chengxi was no exception.
He was already nervously gripping his flashlight with all his might.
But he did not panic.
Instead, he quickly shouted:
"I found it! It's coming toward me!"
He had just seen through the Ring of Sight that the search party's lights were not too far from here.
If he shouted at the top of his lungs, perhaps even the Farmhouse Inn down the mountain could hear him.
This move by Li Chengxi was equivalent to sending a signal first to call for help.
But the Cyclops Zombie, though it looked tall and large and seemed to move slowly, actually had extremely long legs and a wide stride.
A mere distance of thirty to forty meters was not safe at all.
Li Chengxi had only let out two shouts when he saw the Cyclops Zombie's huge body was already right in front of him.
No, I have to lure it away!
Leaving aside why Xue Wenshu and the others had suddenly fallen asleep, if the Cyclops Zombie got close, even if it did not attack, it could squash them flat just by stepping on them.
Li Chengxi immediately shone the flashlight at the Cyclops Zombie's single eye.
The creature seemed a little afraid of the light, even raising a hand to block it when the beam hit.
This move works, it's effective!
Realizing this, Li Chengxi ran while shining the flashlight, trying to lure the Cyclops Zombie away.
The thing really was brainless.
It was easily fooled.
Li Chengxi saw it change direction, no longer approaching Xue Wenshu and the others, but chasing after him instead.
Just as he was about to keep running forward to meet up with the lights he had seen earlier, he suddenly heard a terrifying whistling sound from behind.
Li Chengxi dove to the ground.
Immediately after, he saw a tree trunk whiz past over his head, its tyrannical brute force knocking down several trees.
Now he truly understood why Qian Sen had said this thing was extremely dangerous...
(End of this chapter)