Another corner of the Ancient Cave Heaven.

A dozen young men and women appeared in a swamp following a spatial ripple. They were holding hands, and judging by their clothing and accessories, they seemed to come from the same place.

"My senior's information was indeed correct. In this type of exploration assessment, as long as we stay in contact, we won't be separated during the transmission. We don't yet know what is special about this place or if it's dangerous, so it's best we stay together."

"Yes, we'll all follow Brother Yan!" the young men and women echoed.

This group consisted of 14 people, 10 males and 4 females, all with power levels ranging from Divine Breath grade five to six. The one referred to as Brother Yan was recognized as the strongest among them, even holding a place on the Heavenly Prides list. Although his ranking was rather low, making the list meant being one-in-a-billion!

"Damn that Gu Xiao, treating us all like fools!"

"Exactly! What pure-hearted nonsense, it's all rubbish. He knew how to get onto the Floating Island long ago; he's just playing with us."

"What can we do? He's so powerful. I heard he even defeated that freak Lin Yuan. Even if we know he's teasing us, what can we do?"

"No need to be so self-deprecating. He's strong, no doubt, but don't forget this Ancient Cave Heaven is the origin of those superpowers. If we attain some opportunity here, there's a chance we might surpass him quickly."

"Indeed, this time he has offended so many people; if someone blocks him, he won't have it easy."

The youths continued to discuss fervently, unaware that the Twilight Line, like a death-bringing talisman, was rushing toward them.

"Look, why is it getting dark?"

Seeing the darkness looming in the distance, the youth called Yan Chen was the first to speak, "We'd better find a place with good terrain to spend the night. Who knows what kind of Warcraft might appear here at night. Before we understand this place, we'd better not be too reckless. We have the time, and opportunities aren't necessarily first come, first served."

"Yes, we'll all follow Brother Yan."

As they were still discussing, the sky suddenly darkened.

"What's happening? Why won't my lamp turn on? No, the switch is on..."

"This isn't right, even in complete darkness I should at least see outlines; I can't see any of you!"

"This place is strange!"

Yan Chen instinctively felt something was wrong, but even using all his means, he still couldn't see anything around him.

"Everyone hold hands," Yan Chen said, "Move towards my direction, girls inside the circle, boys on the outside."

"There's something!" Suddenly, Yan Chen felt a deadly threat. He instinctively moved sharply to the side, and with the sound of skin tearing, something warm splashed onto his face.

Then he felt a surge of force from the hand of another youth he was holding, which dissipated quickly.

Strangely, this pure darkness lasted only a few seconds. As a light shone, everything returned to daylight, this alternation between night and day resembled Werewolf, no one knew what happened during the night.

"Ah!"

A scream rang out, and everyone looked at the person next to them, only to see Yan Chen holding half a corpse, the very youth he was holding hands with!

The cut surface of the corpse was extremely smooth, even the blood had not yet flowed.

Fighting and killing among Martial Artists was quite normal, but death in such a manner was extremely terrifying.

Most importantly, what happened in that darkness just now?

For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Brother Yan, I..."

Another youth beside Yan Chen wanted to speak, but blood gushed from his throat.

Although the Divine Breath Martial Artist had reached a perfect stage, with almost no vulnerabilities on them, even if his carotid artery was severed, his strong recovery ability could heal the wound quickly.

But his wound couldn't heal, and it looked extremely grotesque as if something brutally tore away a chunk.

"Elixir! Quickly, get the elixir!" Yan Chen hurriedly said.

But at this time, any elixir was futile!

A black aura rapidly spread over the youth's body, turning his skin ink-black within a minute, even his veins bulged grotesquely.

His eyes slowly crawled with blood veins, and his gaze revealed to everyone that his sanity was being stripped away.

"Lo Ang! What's wrong with you?"

"Say something! Your gaze is terrifying!"

"Everyone step back!" Yan Chen instinctively sensed the terrifying change in Lo Ang.

Suddenly, Lo Ang's body collapsed to the ground as if drained of strength, just as they approached to check what was going on, Lo Ang rose again, but at this moment, his eyes were filled with frenzy and the desire for flesh.

"Why has he turned into a monster?"

The youth who turned into a monster suddenly focused his gaze on a girl, but just as he lunged forward to attack, white smoke emanated from his body.

The monstrous Lo Ang couldn't endure the purest light; it was his misfortune, had he been born from the darkness, he would've joined the monster army as a lieutenant.

Of course, these people couldn't explain the scene before them; their eyes were filled with terror and confusion.

"What kind of place is this? Alternating between night and day."

"There's something in the night! Something terrifying!"

…

Similar scenes occurred in every corner of this space, some unlucky ones appeared directly in the darkness. If there happened to be a monster nearby, they would almost instantly disappear; those lucky enough to survive the night could bless their ancestors.

Gradually, as people experienced more, they began to derive some conclusions.

First, the daytime was absolutely safe.

Second, in the night, there existed monsters that couldn't be killed.

Third, these monsters feared light immensely; illuminated by light, they would die instantly.

Fourth, anyone scratched or bitten by a monster would quickly mutate into an identical monster!

This information made many people spontaneously band together, as if only in numbers could they find imaginary safety.

Of course, some gradually found survival Laws, such as whenever arriving at a new place, they must first find a safe hiding spot to prepare for the sudden onset of darkness.

But everyone knew this assessment would result in many deaths, and perhaps those who survived might not be happier than the dead.

…

A barren desert.

A few youths trudged along wearily, having not rested properly for several days because the night and day cycle in this place had no pattern whatsoever. It was always necessary for someone to keep watch for changes, and after several monster attacks, they were utterly disheveled.

Yet, finding a safe place was easier said than done.

The youth leading the way over a hill suddenly stopped because he saw something on the edge of this desert that should not possibly exist!

"Brother! Am I seeing things? Why is there such a big hotel here?"

"Hotel? I feel like I'm seeing things too… what's that? Home Residence Survival Base?"