The world moved in a fast forward motion picture of smeary colors and came to a stop. Blankets of blackness were now in front of me. The ground is fine gray sand; it falls through my fingers as I pick some up. Ashes fell onto my hand and the surrounding environment. Looking up into the sky was a limitless black hole.

Large, darker shadows seemed to fly in the void, giving me a freezing pressure on my soul. I am not even sure what type of creature they were, but I could hear ancient languages and screams that I could not comprehend by just looking at their shadows. If the enormous creatures were eating another giant beast, who would be the supreme? Then what would be the largest? I thought.

There was a heavy feeling of death. All I could smell was decay. Is this mystical realm real or just an illusion? If it was an illusion, was it my soul or another being implementing it? Is it an ascended being?

If this is reality, where is it? Was the world that I was in a fake one?

I could not see very far, and even around my body was a vast gray dune made up of the fine sand I touched a second ago. This environment seemed familiar to me, but I could not seem to put the name of this place or the last time I went there.

Before I noticed it, a thick fog became known as the temperature drops. The wind that was just a breeze became like howls of demons crying and it felt like needles against my skin. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, where multiple shadows were showing through the hazy currents from within it.

People of all ages walk at a slow, rickety pace, with gray skin, red eyes, and a black smock covering their torn-up clothes. Their skin is like the cracked earth going without water. Black cracks covered their bodies, and Black flames came out of them. All the bodies had white faces like chalk and dried blackish, reddish blood running down their faces coming from their eyes.

I believe some bodies were ghosts. The ghosts were in a milky white are just floating in one spot—icicles falling on the gray floor from their semi-transparent body. There were bones scattered across this place. Some of the larger bones had a spiritual pressure surrounding themselves;I don't know if they're from an ancient being or a beast of higher ranking.

The body I was now in was a child’s body wearing dirty hide coverings for clothes. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is about the age of six. Bruises covered her white faired skin. Compared to some bodies of the dead or their remains, I was like an insufficient ant. I could be meals to the horrors that I laid my eyes on.

Our foot, I should say, slipped in the sand. The sudden call of death made me shiver. I saw the dead people and ghosts turn to look at me and say, “Why?” I wasn’t sure what they were talking about; why what? There were so many things that could complete their why sentence.

One of the closest male corpses seemed to teleport right in front of my girlish body and demanded to know as he pulled me to him; his hand burnt my flesh, and he tried to strangle me as one of his hands wrapped around my neck to lift me off the ground. My small, pitiful hand could barely move his fingers that were plastered to my skin. Tears were running down my cheeks, tasting salt on my tongue.

I let out a painful scream as he squeezed my neck, but it seemed to push him to torment me more by holding my mouth with the other and bringing his face closer. Again, the burning of my flesh was agonizing compared to him sucking out my inner Qi from my body. I could hardly make a sound coming out of my mouth.

Just as I felt my soul departing my body, I saw an old man wearing a full-back flowing robe. It looked like his skin was stretched and molded to his bones and eyes; I could see so much evil in them. His mouth was in a dreadful grin as it was moving, but I could not hear what he was saying. Hands were popping out of the ground as his whitish hair soared in the ashed-covered wind.

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I felt the evil within my trance. It wanted to get me, and it will keep attempting till it does. It felt like years of this vile thing caressed me. Then, finally, I woke up with a scream and a sudden headache. I knew I had no head for a headache, but I think that was from the internal pain that I experienced in the vision.

It was a mess when I woke up. The System messages were going off in this annoying tune that only A.V.A and I could hear. I quickly glanced at the damage and found out that the rubble and the corpses in my dungeon were still the same before I succumbed to my terrorized dream.

[Ding!] The Host has succeeded in its first invasion; although the Host went berserk and suffered damage, in the end, you were able to gain wisdom from battle. To honor you here is a skill.

[Ding!] The Host has gained the following skill:

[Berserk]

I think that this system is sarcastic with its comments toward me. I mean, really! You might as well make fun of me. Although, for that number of enhanced enemies, I admit that I will prepare more next time. I turned back to my thoughts and kept reading.

[Ding!] By slaughtering off x8 Devil Qi-infested Monkeys, The Host has gained 80 exp and 16 Dungeon points.

Precious! I absorbed the following dead bodies scattered across my pathetic two rooms and hallways. It felt so wonderful to feel the rush of Qi coming back inside the core.

I am not human anymore, so I have no issues taking my rightful treasures from battles. On the contrary, I will do anything to survive.

[Ding!] The Host has unlocked the following from the corpses from absorbing the Devil Qi-infested Monkeys.

-Monkey pelts

-Monkey Meat

-Devil Earthen Beast Core

-Devil Flame Beast Core

-The Blueprint for Devil Qi-infested Monkeys

“A.V.A, what is a beast's core?” I asked, glimpsing at the two recent blueprints of the cores that I had managed to get.

“A Beast with a core is considered an intelligent creature compared to standard animals on Earth. Therefore, beast Cores are a highly prized commodity; these cores store the cultivated realm of the slain creature. Other living beings that desire to develop in the cultivation realm or rise in power will pursue the Beasts to obtain them to consume their essence Qi. The Cores are also used to produce magical items or weapons for cultivators.” A.V.A told me.

I had reset all of my traps destroyed by the intense battle. After that, I focused on reviving my new creatures in the same rooms as before. I knew it would take a long time before the dungeon was back in tip-top shape due to pause to restore Qi. Rechecking my status screen; It thrilled me to see what my power and skill looked like. The shop was surprising, and I was optimistic about seeing if I got something good in the shop I had just unlocked.