Chapter 44: Attack

“There has to be. My feeling just now can’t be wrong.”

Zhou Chen did not dare to lower his guard. He carefully searched his surroundings with the Low Light Vision, wanting to find some traces of the enemy.

However, he quickly confirmed that there were no suspicious traces around him. Not only were there no footprints, but there was also no trace of grass being trampled.

“You are probably too nervous.”

The underwear man, who was draped in weeds, smiled when he saw Zhou Chen’s behavior.

“I was paying attention to your side just now. I didn’t see anything suspicious behind you.”

The ponytail girl sitting on a cushion of weeds also said.

“My feeling is definitely not wrong. I can now confirm that there are monsters in this forest. It’s best not to sleep too soundly at night.”

Zhou Chen had already searched the nearby area. Although he did not find any traces of monsters, he had already entered a highly vigilant state.

The man draped in the weeds was speechless. In silence, he threw two branches of the shrub into the fire in front of him to maintain the source of this precious heat.

“Why don’t we take turns keeping watch at night?”

The girl seemed to think that she could not be too careless and suggested.

However, before anyone could answer her, the underwear man suddenly turned around and chopped at his back with the ax.

When he turned around and his back faced the fire, Zhou Chen and the ponytail girl saw that a portion of the weeds on his back had broken, and three thin lines of wounds were visible on the broken areas.

“There’s really a monster nearby! It attacked me just now!”

The underwear man’s tone was very serious. He held the ax and scanned the surroundings, wanting to use the light of the fire to find the traces of the monster.

Zhou Chen and the ponytail girl also walked near him to help search.

But even after a few minutes, the three of them made no gains.

“Could this monster be invisible?”

The girl was the first to speak her guess.

“It’s possible… Not only is it invisible, but it can also fly.”

Zhou Chen determined that this monster might not need to touch the ground since it did not leave any traces on the ground

“This Silent Forest is really f*cked up. There’s actually such a monster. But the good news is that this monster’s attack power is not very strong.”

The man reached to his back to touch the wounds.

“It only left me with light injuries.”

“But today is only the first night. If there are too many minor injuries, they will also become serious injuries.”

Zhou Chen said softly.

“Looks like we can’t rest. It’s useless to take turns on the night guard. I didn’t notice how that monster attacked you just now.”

The girl frowned.

“I have a plan. I feel like it might work.”

Zhou Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

“What method?”

The other two looked at him.

“Just now, I sensed that the danger came from behind, and you were also attacked from behind. I think it would be better if we all faced the fire with our backs.”

Zhou Chen looked at the man.

“If that monster still attacks from our back, it will be burned by the fire. If it’s from the front, the chances of us counterattacking will greatly increase.”

“Good point.”

The underwear man’s eyes immediately lit up. He threw the weeds draped on his back into the fire and sat down with his back against the fire.

He sat quite close to the fire. If that monster still attacked from behind, it would definitely be burned by the fire. If it were from the front, the ax in his hand could counterattack immediately.

Seeing that the underwear man had already put the idea to practice, Zhou Chen and the girl followed suit. The three of them sat with their backs against the fire, holding their weapons.

The atmosphere was silent. More than half an hour passed without any accidents.

At a certain moment, the girl with the glaive broke the silence.

“Will this…”

She seemed to want to complain about whether this method was useful, but before she could finish speaking, she suddenly leaned to the side and slashed into the darkness.

Zhou Chen and the underwear man also turned to look in her direction and stood up.

“I saw it! It is not invisible! It is a black monster, and looks like a shadow! When I hit it, it hid in the ground!”

The girl immediately shared her discovery. At the same time, she used her glaive to slash at a patch of grass, stirring up a lot of weeds and dirt.

Zhou Chen and the underwear man also went to help after hearing this. They helped the girl cut the soil there, but they did not find any traces of the monster.

“A monster that looks like a shadow? It can burrow into the ground? Are you sure you hit it? Why isn’t there any blood?”

Zhou Chen frowned and asked.

“I’m sure! But when I hit it, there was no obvious resistance. It’s very strange.”

The girl muttered.

There were three longitudinal wounds on her cheek near her chin. The wounds were not deep and did not bleed much.

“Could this monster really be a shadow that is immune to physical attacks?”

The underwear man said quickly.

“It’s very possible. After all, it can directly enter the ground.”

Zhou Chen nodded, but he had a question in his heart. Since this monster could penetrate the ground, how did it attack them?

“From the looks of it, this monster is indeed unwilling to approach the fire. Let’s maintain the fire and pay attention to our front, side, and bottom.”

Zhou Chen looked at the other two and gave his suggestion.

“Hmm… I don’t think we can sleep tonight. Be careful, I feel like the monster will attack you next.”

The underwear man added some firewood to the fire and reminded Zhou Chen.

“Hehe, I look forward to it.”

Zhou Chen really did not fear this monster attacking him. He believed that with the perception brought by his high spirit, he would be able to discover it before it attacked him.

Soon, the three of them arranged their formation with their backs facing the fire, paying close attention to the movements in front of them, ready to defend against any attacks.

But this time, their patience did not pay off. For the entire night, they did not encounter the monster’s attack.

“That monster should have given up on attacking us.”

As light started seeping through the dense forest, the girl said tiredly.

“I have a feeling that it will come again tonight, and it will be even more aggressive.”

The underwear man looked more energetic than the girl. He replied calmly.

“Indeed, the system has always been like this. It has only been a night.”

Zhou Chen agreed with the underwear man. After all, the Survival missions arranged by the system were basically like this.

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