When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 1231 - 805: Mutation in the Outer Wilds

In the pitch-black night sky, a blood-red moon hung, missing a corner, as if something had bitten off a piece.

In the distance, a few birds flitted across the moon’s shadow, letting out a few mournful cries. Below, the black forest seemed to be disturbed by desolate beasts, roaring furiously and shaking the leaves with a rustle.

Beyond the domain, the wilderness was shrouded in a thick fog, like a terrifying abyss, lingering over everyone’s minds.

"Captain, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu has fallen asleep!"

"Wake him up! Something’s not right here, we need to head back!"

"He can’t be woken up, he...he seems to be having a nightmare! Struggling constantly, his face shows great fear!"

"Damn it! Quickly, wake him! Who has a Spirit Revival Pill? Get him to take it!"

"Captain, he can’t be woken up! Xiao Liu... Xiao Liu, his heart exploded!"

In the dark night, a pale girl shouted with a sobbing voice.

A tall, sturdy middle-aged man quickly walked over, looking at the motionless comrade on the ground, his eyes filled with shock.

At this moment, a shocking bloody hole appeared on Xiao Liu’s body, through which you could clearly see the shattered heart.

This was a pioneering team, the tall and sturdy middle-aged man named Zhu Liang, whose cultivation was in the early stage of God Refining. They came to the Marquis Domain this time to collect lightning energy.

The Marquis Domain was relatively safe for them, they were still on the side of the Marquis Domain close to Jiuzhou, the strongest desolate beast only had late Meridian Opening cultivation, while Zhu Liang was at the early stage of God Refining. But unexpectedly, during the night while resting, the one responsible for standing guard, Xiao Liu, suddenly fell asleep.

And once asleep, he never woke up!

"Captain, was... was it a desolate beast that attacked Xiao Liu?" another girl on the side asked in horror.

"I don’t know, we must leave; something’s not right here, very not right! It seems there is a desolate beast not belonging to the Marquis Domain lurking around."

Zhu Liang alertly checked the surroundings; he was an experienced pioneer, an SR-ranked Awakener, performing various tasks in the Marquis Domain for years. He knew very well what desolate beasts existed in the Marquis Domain, but from the time Xiao Liu fell asleep to his death, it was merely a quarter of an hour, yet he didn’t notice any desolate beasts approaching!

The team had a total of five people, Xiao Liu was an S-ranked Awakener, in the mid-stage of Meridian Opening, responsible for covering retreat. Now, without him, the burden of retreat fell on the others.

"Huijun, you take over Xiao Liu’s task!" Zhu Liang shouted.

But the girl called Huijun wobbled, her eyes tired, and said, "Cap...Captain, I’m so sleepy, I must sleep a bit..."

"You can’t sleep now!" Zhu Liang shouted loudly.

But Huijun had already fallen down, her eyelids too heavy, just like they were weighed down with lead, dragging downwards, even attempting to open them was hard. She struggled for a moment and finally closed her eyes, softly beginning to snore.

"Captain, I’m really sleepy too."

The other young man beside her also yawned with a weary face and then lay down. In just a moment, except for Zhu Liang, the whole team lay down.

"You can’t sleep! Get up!"

Zhu Liang shouted out, he even used spiritual power to strengthen his throat, letting out a soul-shaking roar, trying to awaken everyone in his team, but it was completely ineffective.

Three people were already fast asleep, none could resist the overwhelming drowsiness from their bodies, even though there was already an example of Xiao Liu who fell into eternal slumber, it couldn’t prevent them from falling asleep at all.

Zhu Liang immediately tried to pull his team members, but a mysterious and irresistible wave of drowsiness suddenly surged within himself, making his brain instantly fatigued, as if he hadn’t slept for days; that drowsiness made him long to lie down.

And at this moment, the two members who had just fallen asleep seemed to have nightmares, their bodies constantly curled up, letting out a scream, blood streaming from their noses and mouths.

"This feeling... Could it be... But how is it possible? How can such a desolate beast be here? Isn’t it only rumored to exist in the Forbidden Domain?"

Zhu Liang suddenly thought of a bizarre desolate beast, but now he didn’t even have the strength left to resist and fell asleep. From being awake to asleep took less than ten seconds, but when he regained consciousness, he found himself in a vast field.

Soon, a nimble red desolate beast appeared in Zhu Liang’s consciousness. This red beast seemed very weak, showing no trace of aggressiveness, looking very cute, just like an harmless little rabbit.

It let out a pleasant and soft sound, happily running towards Zhu Liang. Faced with this adorable red rabbit, Zhu Liang couldn’t even muster any vigilance, he surprisingly felt an urge to protect this red rabbit.

"Woo—"

The rabbit leapt towards Zhu Liang, who didn’t resist, but what he didn’t see was that under the red rabbit’s glossy fur, sharp spikes lit up. Just as Zhu Liang was about to hold the red rabbit, a strong killing intent flashed in the rabbit’s eyes, and those spikes were aimed at Zhu Liang’s heart!

"No!"

Zhu Liang struggled desperately, but couldn’t stop it at all, the spikes already pierced through his skin; he could clearly perceive the sensation of his blood vessels being torn open...

But just then, a resonant voice echoed in his ear!

"When taking dreams as fleeting life’s affairs, yet fleeting life is but a dream."

This voice was filled with strange magnetism, like resonating bells, ringing within Zhu Liang’s consciousness. The sharp claws that had pierced Zhu Liang’s skin suddenly just phased through his body, as if his body had suddenly turned ethereal.