Different form?

Han Zhan’s words made all the Contracted Spirit Girls, except for Shang Siteng, fall into deep thought.

If lighting a bonfire is prohibited, could it be related to fire?

As they spoke, the sky had completely darkened.

Under the night curtain, the entire Peach Garden was pitch black.

Due to the lack of a bonfire, there was no light.

The temporary loss of vision heightened everyone’s hearing, allowing them to clearly hear each other’s breathing and their own heartbeat.

Thump, thump.

It was the sound of an accelerating heartbeat.

This absolutely silent environment created immense mental pressure on everyone.

As time passed, second by second.

The seven of them stood in place, still unharmed.

This time, indeed, no one died!

"It’s the shadow, right?" Finally, Gongyang Jin, who had been suspecting, spoke up, "From the beginning, the rules have been misleading us."

The original rule said: After nightfall, the Peach Garden is open, please prevent anything from entering the Peach Garden and taking the Flat Peaches.

Anyone reading this sentence would first assume that after nightfall, enemies would invade, and to prevent them from taking the Flat Peaches, visibility must be sufficiently clear and bright.

Chasing the light is instinctual.

Light can provide enough safety in the darkness and make the enemy unable to hide, which is a judgment rooted in habitual thinking.

"That’s right, what I suspected is indeed the shadow." Han Zhan nodded slightly.

"If my Demon Crossing Cloak was a Level Eight item and was destroyed without warning, it could barely be reasonable. But Nuannuan’s Sun Dial is an Ancient Divine Soldier, and ordinary means cannot destroy it, unless the rule’s power was used."

"Then there’s the issue of the order of death. I was walking at the front and was the first to die."

Han Zhan was walking at the front and was the first to be attacked and killed. When he died, there were still three Contracted Spirit Girls behind him, and Flat Peach Trees on both sides.

This eliminates the possibility of an attack from behind and the sides.

"But after I died and was resurrected by Nuannuan, Nuannuan was attacked second. Her attack order was completely different from mine."

Nuannuan’s Corona behind her was severed first, interrupting the Flowing Light and Shadow Talent, and then her body was cut.

For the same reason, looking purely at the attack order, the method that killed Nuannuan should have come from behind.

One attack isn’t from behind, another is from behind; these two attacks are inherently contradictory.

Unless... the attack came from another dimension, like—the shadow on the ground.

"In the firelight, everyone’s shadow is on the same plane, including the shadow of the Sun Dial."

"That’s why the opponent can kill us silently by slaying the shadow using this undetectable rule!"

This is the true meaning of "Beware the Nightfall"!

Free yourself from the habitual thinking of lighting up at night, let your shadow disappear, only then can you avoid the doom of being slain.

"Great! Now we can safely get through this night!" Li Lingzhen exclaimed joyfully.

"No, not yet." Han Zhan shook his head, "Just doing this is not enough."

"Don’t forget the original rule, ’Prevent anything from entering the Peach Garden and taking the Flat Peaches.’"

"These things kill us because we lit a bonfire, held up torches, and the firelight attracted them, but after killing us, they would still target the Flat Peach Trees, otherwise, the initial angry rebuke from the Queen Mother of the West wouldn’t have happened."

Moreover, Taibai Jinxing giving us the daggers proves the necessity of killing these things.

"Not lighting a fire only ensures our personal safety. To survive this night, we also need to kill them!"

"How can we kill them?" Nuannuan asked, "I mean, we don’t even know where they are."

"No, we know. Because the Flat Peach Trees will wither." Han Zhan responded.

When the Flat Peaches are taken, the Flat Peach Trees will wither with them, which is the best characteristic to quickly lock onto their location.

Now, on each Flat Peach Tree, Xia Youwei has attached an Izaki Young Snake Battle Spirit, always monitoring the state of the Flat Peach Trees.

"There it is, in that direction!" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Sure enough, just as Han Zhan expected, a Flat Peach Tree began showing signs of withering.

Following Xia Youwei’s pointing direction, everyone quickly moved.

The timid Gongyang Jin once again went online, turning into the Screaming Princess when nearing that Flat Peach Tree.

With her screams as a guide, Han Zhan successfully locked onto the direction and swung the dagger to stab fiercely.

The dagger given by Taibai Jinxing easily penetrated the tree’s trunk, accompanied by a terrifying shriek, something departed from the tree body.

"Hmph." Unexpectedly, the cold snort of the Queen Mother of the West echoed once more.

It was the Flat Peach Tree, it began withering!

"You—" Just as the Queen Mother of the West was about to speak, to erase everyone and reset the world, her voice suddenly stopped.

Li Lingzhen quickly used the Shennong Cauldron’s ability to create life, resurrecting the Flat Peach Tree back to life.

As an Ancient Divine Soldier, the Shennong Cauldron is effective even on these rare fairy trees in the Peach Garden!

The Queen Mother of the West’s words were forcibly swallowed back.

"Well done, Lingzhen!" Han Zhan praised without hesitation.

Before they could rest long, Xia Youwei opened her eyes again.

"It appeared again, this time in that direction!"

With the threat to life in the darkness eliminated, they took action more confidently and boldly.

So in the Peach Garden after nightfall, such a scene emerged.

Seven fairies, appearing in various directions of the Peach Garden, holding daggers, occasionally stabbing the nearby Flat Peach Trees.

The cold snort of the Queen Mother of the West also occasionally sounded in their ears.

But most often it was just "Hmph," "Hmph at you," at most "Hmph at you all," with no more words said beyond this.

Like a bug.

Occasionally, there were eerie screams; those invading the Peach Garden under the cover of darkness were all slain under the group’s daggers.

Time passed second by second like this.

Until the sky again emitted a faint white light, dispelling the black night.

The stone hanging high in everyone’s heart finally fell to the ground.

The first night successfully passed!

Meanwhile, the entrance of the Peach Garden remained open.

That rhombic crystal reverted back to its unactivated state.

"This... can be reactivated again?"

Seeing this scene, everyone’s eyes lit up with joy.

"With this, in case of death again, the reset of the Fruit World will only return to the morning of the second day, not the previous day."

Not so bad, quite humane,

No need to start all over again with each death.

This is one of the few commendable aspects of the Kunlun Twin Fruit World.