Lin Yuan was half-lying on the sofa scrolling through his phone when a post on the forum quickly caught his attention.
The date of the post was February 2nd in the evening, the same night as the eerie invasion and the appearance of the blood moon.
The content of the post was as follows...
My name is Geng Youcai, I'm twenty-six years old, and I'm a carpenter.
My grades in middle school weren't ideal...
Because of that, I dropped out after just half a semester and went back home.
My dad said I should learn a craft, so I apprenticed myself to the village carpenter.
The master was a very traditional person, following ancient rituals and very superstitious.
He was strict, and since I was young and naughty, always up to mischief, the master often beat me.
Later, I noticed that every time the master saw the statue of Our Founder Lu Ban, he would kneel and worship it devoutly, without exception.
Still, because I wasn't skilled, the master continued to beat me often!
After two and a half years of apprenticeship, I reached my rebellious teenage years around sixteen or seventeen.
So, I stole the money the master made from selling eggs, quietly slipped out of the village, and went to town to find a tattoo shop.
I got Lu Ban tattooed on my back, and afterward, whenever the master was about to hit me, I'd strip to my bare back.
Then, the master would bow his head to the Lu Ban tattoo on me.
I never imagined that this youthful act of recklessness would actually change my fate.
The moon turned red, and I felt that the Lu Ban tattoo on my body had come to life.
Now, I feel like I'm the best carpenter in the world.
Wait!
There's a scream from next door, I'll go check it out.....
The first post ends here.
Lin Yuan continued scrolling and quickly found his second post.
My neighbor's dead!
A gigantic spider with a human face ate him.
I thought I was going to die too, I was so scared I couldn't move.
However, the human-faced spider didn't eat me; it just looked at me and left.
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This was the second post.
By this point, Lin Yuan knew what he was talking about—human-faced spider.
Human-faced Demon Spider.
A Tier Eight Evil Spirit.
The spider lays eggs in the corpse of a dead person. The spider eggs get invaded by dark energy, and after hatching, they devour the corpse.
And then, it turns into a spider with a human face.
Human-faced Demon Spider!
This is actually a very good hunting target, a Tier Eight Evil Spirit, and what's more, they are gregarious.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan continued flipping through, wanting to see if this person had made any further posts.
Quickly, Lin Yuan found the subsequent posts.
Life Pattern Master!
I saw the official news. It seems that people like me who awaken tattoo abilities are called Life Pattern Masters.
I'm not sure about my strength.
However, it seems I'm not a combat-type Life Pattern Master.
The tattoo ability of Our Founder Lu Ban seems to be carpentry skills.
I dismantled the coffins in the shop and built myself a mechanical small house.
By the way, I actually know Mechanical Art now!
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Later on, it wasn't like before where posts were made daily, instead, there were stretches of three or four days without a post.
Looking at this post, Lin Yuan fell into deep thought.
Lu Ban tattoo.
The ability is Mechanical Art and all sorts of construction skills.
This....
Isn't this exactly the talent I've been looking for?
Lin Yuan wanted to build a sanctuary but didn't want to use conventional methods.
If he could recruit this person with the Lu Ban tattoo, then he alone could help Lin Yuan build a sanctuary.
This is perfect, like a pillow delivered when you're sleepy!
Talent!
Our Eastern Depot needs someone like you.
Pah, I, Lin Yuan, need someone like you.
After confirming that this was the talent he needed, Lin Yuan continued searching for the latest posts.
This kid may have awakened his tattoo ability and become a Life Pattern Master.
But the Lu Ban tattoo isn't a combat-type tattoo. I hope this kid hasn't kicked the bucket yet?
After a round of searching, he finally found the latest post.
The post date was last night.
Those human-faced spiders came again, not just one, but many.
I'm hiding in the mechanical small house, they can't get in, but I also can't get out.
My food is already gone, and I'm almost out of water too.
These human-faced spiders seem determined to outlast me, they refuse to leave.
Can someone please save me!
Someone come save me!
I'm at the west gate of Chenguang District, the third shop, it's a coffin shop, please, come save me!
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The end of the post was filled with replies from several netizens.
Though there were many replies, they were all things like "a few people sitting at a table" "a table of several dishes" "good luck to the original poster" and such.
The last post was made last night, meaning this kid is still alive.
With this in mind, Lin Yuan replied at the end: "Stay strong, I'll come to rescue you tonight!"
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At night.
At eight o'clock, it was completely dark.
Chenguang District is located in the old part of the city, while Wushan Kunwu is at the junction of the new and old city areas.
The distance between the two is about ten kilometers or so.
"We're going to hunt Evil Spirits, are you coming?" Lin Yuan asked Bai Ling'Er.
Bai Ling'Er didn't reply, just shook her head indicating she wasn't going.
"Drive, you'll be the driver, no speed limit!" Lin Yuan continued.
Upon hearing that she could be the driver, and drive without a speed limit, Bai Ling'Er's eyes lit up.
Then, Bai Ling'Er bit her lip, resisting the temptation, and said in a very firm tone: "No...."
"I'm not going, I want to study the Power of Rules."
Lin Yuan: "?????"
Lin Yuan thought, now you can even resist driving, have you kicked a drug habit or something?
With Bai Ling'Er not going, Lin Yuan set off with Wen Yingying.
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Peng City.
Old Town.
The old town is made up of several small, dilapidated neighborhoods. Before Lin Yuan had a chance to buy a villa with zero down payment, he lived here too.
He knew the roads of the old town like the back of his hand.
However, compared to before the eerie invasion, the old town now seemed lifeless, and there was a chilling air permeating through everything.
Ten or so kilometers, not too far nor too close, Lin Yuan quickly brought Wen Yingying to this old and rundown Chenguang District.
Under the cover of night, the dilapidated neighborhood looked black and foreboding, almost like a prehistoric beast crouched there.
Relying on the content of the post, Lin Yuan quickly found his destination.
The west gate, the third store.
A coffin shop.
But when he saw the name of the coffin shop, Lin Yuan couldn't hold back.
Good to Come Again Coffin Shop.
That name, one word.
Superb.
It's fine for other stores to be called Good to Come Again, but a coffin shop called Good to Come Again?
If you really 'come again', leaving a five-star review, isn't that terrifying?
Parking the car, Lin Yuan led the way, with Wen Yingying closely behind him.
Just arriving at the entrance of the coffin shop, Lin Yuan smelled a strong presence of Deceitful Qi.
There are plenty of Evil Spirits in this coffin shop!
Looks like it's a big job.