Chapter 95: The Eerie White Star Lake Village
At this time, White Star Lake was still flickering with lights, but amidst these twinkling lights, there was always a chilling and eerie feeling.
When Gu Xi's evil coffin entered the lake area of White Star Lake, he clearly felt that something was chasing him from under the ice layer.
Four ghosts beside Gu Xi were eager to try, wanting to penetrate the ice layer and catch whatever was underneath.
Gu Xi also lay on the coffin lid, wrapped in a cotton coat, holding the Staff of Shattering, ready to strike at any moment.
Just as Gu Xi was staring at the ice surface, a human corpse suddenly drifted past under the ice. The corpse had been soaked under the ice for an unknown amount of time, with its eyes and most of its skin almost completely eaten away by fish.
As it drifted past under the ice, the corpse suddenly widened its empty eye sockets, revealing hollow cavities without eyeballs.
Gu Xi, who was closely watching the movements under the ice, was startled by this situation. His hand shook, and the Staff of Shattering struck the ice surface.
The Staff of Shattering is actually a weapon mainly used for smashing shields. The higher the enemy's defense, the stronger the attack effect of the Staff of Shattering.
This effect can also be applied to city walls, city gates, or mountains, and the ice surface is also within the scope of the Staff of Shattering's influence.
Gu Xi's unintentional strike instantly created a crack on the ice surface.
A thick wave of yin energy surged from under the ice, startling Gu Xi.
But in the next moment, the cold wind blew, and the cracked ice surface froze again. The yin energy was also blown away by the cold wind. If it weren't for the obvious crack on the ice surface, Gu Xi might have suspected that everything that just happened was an illusion.
Because of this, Gu Xi's spirit was instead stimulated.
Gu Xi sat up straight, stopped the evil coffin, and sat on the coffin lid, staring at the situation on the ice surface.
"The situation under this lake is not right."
After a moment of silence, Gu Xi also realized the problem. Everything around was too quiet. Even if the lake was sealed with ice and snow, the residents of White Star Lake should still come out to move around.
The situation in front of him was obviously not right. Without much hesitation, Gu Xi made a decisive judgment, "Go, to the nearest cabin."
The evil coffin, upon hearing this, turned in a direction on the ice surface, not heading towards the area with the most water houses on White Star Lake, but directly towards the closest location to Gu Xi.
Lying on the coffin lid, Gu Xi also straightened up a bit, wrapped himself in a blanket, and carefully observed the surroundings.
After about a minute, the evil coffin stopped in front of a small cabin on the water.
Seeing this cabin, Gu Xi immediately understood its situation.
This type of cabin is actually a water house made of wooden beams, about one meter above the water surface, with wooden planks supported by wooden frames serving as the floor, and a small house built on the wooden plank floor.
The entire cabin wasn't large, supported by eight wooden beams, with a small house of about twenty square meters.
When Gu Xi arrived, he could still see many dried fish hanging around the cabin, and some firewood piled up on the wooden plank platform.
The whole cabin was full of a sense of life.
But when Gu Xi reached the cabin, he noticed that even though there was light inside, there was no sign of life.
"Go and check it out."
Gu Xi waved his hand, and four ghosts flew towards the cabin.
Behind Gu Xi, the gate of the City of Death was also slowly appearing.
Worried that something might have happened here, Gu Xi made early preparations for battle.
At this moment, the ghosts that had entered the cabin flew out again. From their appearance, it was clear that there was nothing left in the cabin.
This situation puzzled Gu Xi. He controlled the evil coffin to approach the cabin and then jumped to the door of the cabin.
The door of the cabin had already been pushed open. Gu Xi peeked inside and noticed that the cabin was filled with various thick furs, and some bone-made weapons and harpoons were piled in the corner.
The fireplace in the cabin had already extinguished its fire. The light that Gu Xi had seen earlier was from an oil lamp hanging from the roof.
This oil lamp was the only metal item in the cabin. It completely mismatched the style of the cabin. Even though the flame was only the size of a thumb, Gu Xi and the others outside the cabin felt as if someone was home.
This situation made Gu Xi's scalp tingle.
This had already exceeded the means of the undead.
Just as Gu Xi was about to retreat, he suddenly felt his feet moving uncontrollably towards the oil lamp.
"Damn it, it's mental power again. Next time I go out, I must find a way to be immune to mental control."
Gu Xi was constantly roaring in his heart, but his hands didn't stop. He raised the Staff of Shattering and pointed it at the oil lamp.
"Bone Spike!"
At Gu Xi's command, a bone spike flew towards the oil lamp.
But just as the bone spike was about to reach the oil lamp, a walrus-man appeared from the oil lamp and blocked the attack.
Just from this, Gu Xi understood what was happening.
The White Star Lake in front of him had already been influenced by an invading undead.
There was a big guy here who had controlled the entire White Star Lake village area through some means.
The oil lamp in front of him was part of that big guy. He used a method different from the undead, using mental influence to make everyone who saw the light voluntarily walk into the oil lamp.
Their bodies would serve as fuel for the oil lamp.
As for their souls, once their bodies were lost, the souls naturally became dead spirits, possibly taken away or influenced by the big guy, becoming part of his other plans.
Realizing this, Gu Xi broke into a cold sweat.
"Ghosts, put out that oil lamp for me."
At Gu Xi's command, the four ghosts quickly pounced.
But before the ghosts could get close to the oil lamp, they were blocked by a ball of fire.
Gu Xi saw that the walrus-man's body in the oil lamp was burning with flames, but it remained motionless. Clearly, the walrus-man had died when the flames ignited.
"Corpse Explosion!"
Seeing that the ghosts couldn't get close, Gu Xi quickly changed his combat strategy. He pointed at the walrus-man's body in the oil lamp and used a minor corpse explosion.
When attacking, Gu Xi didn't think much. He just felt that since the oil lamp used the corpse as fuel, he would destroy the corpse, and the oil lamp would naturally be useless.
But he didn't expect that the enemy was waiting for this move.
As the walrus-man's body in the oil lamp exploded, the entire cabin exploded simultaneously.
Gu Xi was blown away by the blast's shockwave, crashing heavily onto the ice surface.
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