58: Chapter 58 Reverse Hunting

The pickup truck drove through the darkness for three hours.

Along the way, Chen Mo encountered seven waves of Ghost Shadows.

Five waves were Rank F, and two waves were Rank E.

It was more than usual.

Moreover, every wave was actively attacking.

They weren't just chance encounters while wandering; they were coming directly for him.

The effect of the Will Mark.

All Ghost Shadows would actively attack him.

Chen Mo kicked away the corpse of the seventh wave of Ghost Shadows and sat back in the driver's seat.

Lin Wei looked at him, a trace of worry in her eyes.

"Do you intend to keep doing this?"

Chen Mo did not answer.

He started the engine and continued forward.

After driving for another two hours, dawn broke.

Ghost Night ended.

Chen Mo parked the car on the side of the road and killed the engine.

"Rest for a while," he said.

Lin Wei nodded.

The two leaned back in their seats and closed their eyes.

But Chen Mo did not sleep.

He was thinking.

After being marked, the strength of the Ghost Shadows had clearly increased.

There were more Rank Fs, and more Rank Es as well.

But the rewards had increased too.

From those seven waves of Ghost Shadows just now, he had harvested a total of twenty-three sequence fragments.

It was more than what he had killed in a week before.

If he could turn this "being targeted" into an advantage—

Actively seek out those high-Rank Ghost Shadows, use their hostility to draw them out, and then kill them.

This wasn't passive defense.

It was reverse hunting.

Chen Mo opened his eyes.

"No more resting."

Lin Wei was stunned for a moment.

"Where are we going?"

"Hunting for prey."

Chen Mo started the engine and turned the car around.

The pickup truck drove towards deeper areas.

Three hours later, they arrived at an abandoned small town.

The town was not big, with dozens of houses, most of which had already collapsed.

But in the center of the town, one building was intact.

It was three stories high, the exterior walls painted white, with doors and windows tightly shut.

In Chen Mo's Time Perception, there was something inside that building.

Very thick golden lines were moving slowly.

【Target: Rank C Ghost Shadow "Collector"】

【Status: Dormant】

【Ability: Collect corpses, strengthen itself】

【Weakness: Slow movement speed, easy to kite】

【Threat Assessment: High】

Chen Mo pushed the car door open and got out.

Lin Wei wanted to follow, but he stopped her.

"You wait here."

Lin Wei looked at him.

"By yourself?"

Chen Mo nodded.

He walked toward the building.

The door was locked.

He slashed the door lock open with his blade and pushed the door open to enter.

Inside was a hall.

It was empty, with nothing inside.

But there were bloodstains on the floor.

A lot of bloodstains.

Chen Mo followed the bloodstains forward.

Passing through the hall and the corridor, he walked to a door.

The sound of chewing came from behind the door.

Chen Mo pushed the door open.

Behind the door was a huge room.

The room was piled full of corpses.

Human corpses, Ghost Shadow corpses, animal corpses.

Piled into a small hill.

At the foot of the hill, something was crouching.

It was humanoid, but its body was covered in tentacles.

Those tentacles were absorbing something from the corpses; with every suck, its body expanded a little.

Collector.

Chen Mo stared at it.

It sensed something and turned its head.

That face—if it could be called a face—was a mass of twisted flesh with several eyes growing on it.

Those eyes all looked at Chen Mo at the same time.

It stood up.

Those tentacles pointed at Chen Mo simultaneously.

Chen Mo did not move.

He was waiting.

Waiting for it to charge over.

It indeed charged over.

Those tentacles lashed out like whips.

Chen Mo dodged to the side while activating Infiltrator.

Seven seconds of invisibility.

He vanished from the spot.

The Collector was stunned—it couldn't see him anymore.

Seven seconds later, Chen Mo appeared behind it and slashed at its back with his blade.

The blade cut in.

Those tentacles flailed wildly, but they couldn't hit him.

Chen Mo retreated, putting some distance between them.

The Collector turned around and charged again.

It couldn't do anything else, only charge.

Its movement speed was indeed slow.

Chen Mo retreated while slashing.

One slash, two slashes, three slashes.

Every slash hit the same spot.

The Collector's body began to tremble.

Those tentacles went limp.

It wanted to run.

But it couldn't escape.

Chen Mo chased after it and delivered the final blow.

It fell.

【Killed Rank C Ghost Shadow "Collector"】

【Obtained: sequence fragment × 18】

【Current fragments: 324】

【Obtained special reward: Tentacle Core】

【Can be used to refine binding-type items】

Chen Mo stood beside the corpse, panting.

He hadn't used Eerie Power Burst.

He wasn't injured.

It just took a bit of time.

Reverse hunting was feasible.

He turned around and walked out of the building.

Outside, Lin Wei was waiting for him.

"Did you kill it?"

Chen Mo nodded.

He sat in the pickup truck and started the engine.

"Next."

The pickup truck drove toward the distance.

In the rearview mirror, that small town became smaller and smaller.

Finally, it disappeared below the horizon.