The worm-infested area is extremely dangerous at night.
Seeing the situation was dire, Feng Yang decided to leave the village. However, a chilling laugh suddenly echoed around the settlement.
"Hehehehe."
Judging from the voice, the laughter belonged to a young woman.
The moment he heard it, Feng Yang involuntarily trembled. The laughter seemed to carry endless resentment and bitterness. Upon hearing it, he dared not continue running out of the village, being alone in this situation was tantamount to suicide.
What made Feng Yang even more uneasy was that an involuntary smile appeared on his face after hearing the laughter. He immediately realized something was wrong. The woman's laughter seemed to have a terrifying, contagious quality. Feng Yang quickly wiped the smile away.
In fact, not only Feng Yang, but almost all the villagers smiled after hearing the laughter. Soon, the smiling villagers also realized something was wrong. Fear appeared on their faces.
Unlike Feng Yang, these villagers seemed unable to suppress their smiles. Fear and smiles are two completely different expressions, yet both appeared simultaneously on their faces, creating an extremely eerie feeling.
Seemingly influenced by the woman, almost all the villagers present could only remain rooted to the spot, unable to even utter a sound. For a moment, the entire village was eerily quiet except for the woman's laughter.
Actually, Feng Yang could have left the village before the woman appeared. Unlike the villagers of Linjiang Village, he was unaffected by the white light barrier. But the problem was, when the 'worm-infested area' appeared, it was already getting dark. Leaving at that time was not a wise choice.
After all, in some movies and TV shows Feng Yang had watched before his transmigration, those first killed by ghosts and monsters were often those side characters who like to be lone wolf. Who could guarantee that the thing wouldn't follow him after he left this 'worm-infested area'?
Besides, Feng Yang couldn't possibly be a prophet. He simply couldn't have foreseen such a bizarre event happening in the village. Staying with the others and observing the situation was the choice a normal person would make.
The woman's laughter echoed through the village for a while before gradually fading into a soft murmur. In a daze, Feng Yang seemed to feel a gaze fixed on him. This inexplicable gaze made him feel uneasy.
He followed the gaze toward the village entrance. Near the entrance, Feng Yang saw a woman in a long white dress standing there, giving big sister vibe, smiling at him. If it wasn't for her unfriendly identity, Feng Yang more the willing to be friend with her.
"Is she a ghost?"
Seeing the woman in white, Feng Yang's heart began to race. He realized that he seemed to be completely targeted by her. Feeling the intense gaze from afar, Feng Yang had a vague premonition: if he stayed any longer, the woman in white would definitely kill him first!
Originally, Feng Yang had planned to blend in with the villagers and wait until dawn before leaving. After all, when someone encounters a ferocious beast, they don't necessarily have to outrun it; they just need to outrun their companions. Feng Yang was no different.
No matter how dangerous this 'insect land' was, with his superhuman physical abilities, he shouldn't be the first to die. With these villagers as a buffer, surviving until daylight shouldn't be a problem.
But judging from the current situation, for some unknown reason, the woman in white had inexplicably targeted Feng Yang. Therefore, he had to escape immediately.
In this life-or-death situation, Feng Yang no longer hesitated. He stood up and decisively ran toward the edge of the village. Since the white light barrier couldn't restrain him, he could escape from any point.
But the instant Feng Yang took a step, the woman in white also moved. She turned slightly and floated toward him. Yes, floated. The woman in white was like a ghost, moving through the air at an unbelievable speed.
Seeing this, Feng Yang ran even faster. But even so, he still couldn't match the speed of the woman in white. As she flew through the air, she kept muttering something. As the distance between them closed, her murmurs became clearer and clearer. He even began to have the illusion that she was whispering directly into his ear.
In a daze, the woman's murmurs reached Feng Yang: "Why aren't you smiling? Why aren't you smiling?"
A strong sense of crisis and fear instantly swept over him. But fortunately, the entire Linjiang Village was not large. In just a few seconds, Feng Yang had reached the vicinity of the village fence. He ignored the white light barrier surrounding the village and leaped over the fence.
Similar to the situation in Leek Village, although the white light barrier could stop other villagers, it could not harm Feng Yang. As he left the village, the whispering voice that had been echoing in his ears vanished.
Passing through the white light barrier, Feng Yang dared not linger and continued fleeing. While running, he glanced back. Perhaps due to the 'worm-infested area,' the once perfectly normal Linjiang Village was now shrouded in a black mist. Fortunately, the woman in white hadn't pursued him.
Seeing this, Feng Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his fear of death prevented him from stopping. He continued running. Although he didn't know what abilities the woman in white possessed, getting away from the village as quickly as possible was certainly the best course of action.
Only after Feng Yang had escaped several kilometers from the village did he slow his pace slightly. Even though he was now completely out of danger, he was still filled with lingering fear.
He had never imagined that the 'worm-infested area' formed by tiny black insects would be so terrifying.
"Who exactly was the woman in white? What was her connection to the 'worm-infested area'?"
The black mist shrouding the outskirts of Linjiang Village also left Feng Yang bewildered. Its appearance was utterly inexplicable. Its purpose seemed to be to conceal everything happening within the 'worm-infested area' from those outside.