N-M Chapter 370 Darkness Approaching
Chapter 370 Darkness Approaching
"We're out already?"
Domingo's incredulous, hoarse voice brought everyone to their senses.
One by one, they looked around in confusion.
They had just been advancing towards the center of the Dark Forest, so they should have been going deeper and deeper.
But now...
Sunlight, soil, trees.
Everything around them was telling them... they were out.
Something's not right.
The young man still seemed somewhat incredulous.
"We've been walking in, how could we possibly have ended up outside?"
After he finished speaking, he didn't forget to look at Lin Fan.
Immediately, everyone turned their attention to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan did not answer, but instead looked around at his surroundings as well.
The dark area behind them, in particular, contrasted sharply with the area where they were now.
The boundary of darkness was as if separated by an invisible wall; inside the wall it was pitch black, while outside it was bathed in sunlight.
After observing for a while, he finally spoke:
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"Didn't you realize that your sense of direction was confused while you were inside?"
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but lower their heads and ponder.
Domingo nodded:
"Indeed... inside, I couldn't tell which way was which, and could only move by what I thought was the direction."
"Actually, it's not just a matter of directions being confused."
Lin Fan continued,
"Actually, ever since I met you, I have been paying attention to the changes in my surroundings."
Inside, not only the directions, but also the slope of the ground, the direction of airflow, and the pattern of the appearance of those dark shadows... were all extremely chaotic.
So at the time, I guessed that it might be an inverted space.
"Inverted space?"
"right."
Lin Fan lifted his foot, drew a circle in front of him with his toe, and said,
"It's like the dark area we're in; when you walk in, you're actually walking out."
You think you're going deep, but you're actually approaching the edge.
The interior space of the entire dark area is the opposite of the outside.
After hearing his explanation, everyone looked at each other, still somewhat confused.
They simply couldn't understand how an area could be the opposite of the outside world.
Domingo, on the other hand, who was more knowledgeable and experienced, understood some of it:
"So you mean... the central area of that place is actually the area we're trying to approach?"
"right."
Lin Fan nodded and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you were actually heading towards the center from the beginning."
"Holy crap..."
Upon hearing this explanation, the young man, looking terrified, couldn't help but swear.
"What kind of weird setting is this?"
Is it a ghost setting?
It's really quite eerie.
Lin Fan also felt it was a bit outrageous.
But the facts are right in front of us now.
They pushed their way deeper and deeper, only to emerge from the other side.
This indicates that the spatial structure within the entire dark area is indeed distorted or inverted in some way.
"Alright, if you can't figure it out, then don't think about it anymore." Lin Fan clapped his hands. "Let's go back to base first."
Domingo stood up and looked around, but found no trace of the vehicle they had brought.
"But...our car..."
"The car is nowhere to be found."
Lin Fan also looked around at the surrounding environment.
"Besides, the place we came out from is completely different from the place we came in from. Let's go."
"Go? Go back?"
The young man's eyes widened. "How far is the base from here?"
"I don't know, I'll only know after I leave."
Everyone: "..."
……
As it turns out, you only realize how far you've come after you've gone.
The group walked along the identifiable direction.
Fortunately, outside the dark area, at least the sun can be seen, and directions can be determined.
After walking for about forty minutes, Domingo suddenly stopped.
"Young Master Lin, I recognize this road."
"Sure?"
"Confirmed. This is the old highway leading to the south side of Raccoon City. If you follow this road north, it will take about an hour and a half to reach the base."
"Ah...another hour and a half?" the young man groaned in pain. "My legs are going to break."
"Even if it's over, I have to leave." Lin Fan didn't turn his head. "Of course, if you want to stay here and wait to die, that's not out of the question."
The young man, who had barely escaped death, immediately shook his head upon hearing this:
"No, no, I'm leaving, I'm leaving."
And so, the group continued their journey.
Occasionally, they would encounter some low-level mutated creatures common after the cataclysm, but these were all small animals that ran away after seeing Lin Fan and his companions.
Domingo, dragging his weary body, walked beside Lin Fan. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke:
"Young Master Lin... will that darkness... continue to spread?"
What do you think?
Domingo fell silent.
Of course he knew the answer.
Ever since they first discovered the anomaly a few days ago, the darkness has been expanding, swallowing up more and more areas every day.
"If it continues to spread..."
Domingo's voice was low, "Our base will be affected sooner or later."
Lin Fan didn't say anything.
He understood this problem better than anyone else, and it was also an urgent issue.
……
The group walked for nearly two hours.
When the iconic biological fungal defense wall of the Raccoon City base came into view, Lin Fan clearly felt that the people behind him almost simultaneously let out a long sigh.
"Finally back..."
The young man collapsed to the ground, sprawled out in amazement.
Although Domingo and the others didn't say anything, their trembling legs were enough to show that they had reached their limit.
However, he was still holding on for the moment.
When the group arrived at the base entrance, the sentry recognized Lin Fan from afar and quickly opened the passage to let them through.
"Young Master Lin! You're back!"
"Okay." Lin Fan nodded. "Have someone send some water and food to my place."
"yes!"
However, not long after Lin Fan and his group entered the base, two figures hurriedly came to greet them.
"Xiao Fan!"
Lin Fan looked up and saw his father, Lin Jianguo, and his mother, Li Xiulan.
The two men looked visibly anxious and quickly walked over as soon as they saw Lin Fan.
Li Xiulan immediately grabbed Lin Fan's arm and looked him up and down:
"Are you injured? Does anything hurt? Why do you look so pale?"
"Mom, I'm fine," Lin Fan said helplessly. "I'm just tired."
Lin Jianguo stood to the side, not personally inspecting the items like Li Xiulan had, but his brows were furrowed deeply.
"How's it going inside?"
Lin Fan glanced at the base residents coming and going and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
Lin Jianguo nodded.
The family of three returned to Lin Fan's residence at the base.
Li Xiulan poured a glass of water and handed it to Lin Fan, then sat down opposite him with Lin Jianguo, waiting for him to speak.
Lin Fan took a sip of water and briefly recounted his experience in the Dark Forest.
Of course, simplicity is relative.
Those shadowy figures can terrify you to death, steal your voice, and render bullets ineffective...
Each piece of information made Lin Jianguo and Li Xiulan's expressions even more unpleasant.
"You mean... ordinary weapons are completely useless against those things?" Lin Jianguo confirmed.
"Yes. I reckon that besides intense light, only fire could possibly be effective against them, but you know, I'm just a tank..."
"So how did you deal with them?"
"Do you still remember King Nabataean and his gang?" Lin Fan said. "I never expected that these guys would be so effective against those shadowy figures."
Upon hearing this news, Lin Jianguo showed a slight look of surprise.
He never imagined that the group of undead his son had subdued in the desert would have this effect...
"So, in other words..." Li Xiulan carefully chose her words, "you can handle those things?"
"At present, yes."
There was a few seconds of silence in the room.
Lin Jianguo broke the silence first: "Is that darkness still spreading? What do you plan to do?"
"Judging from the spread rate, it will approach the perimeter of the base in at most half a month."