Ghost of Dark Mountain

My name is Lu Xin. I'm one of the few normal people in this world.

A lot of my colleagues ask me how I could be so calm in the face of a crisis.

I smile without saying anything. When I get home from work, my parents and sister are already waiting for me at the table.

"Brother, why should we be afraid of those monsters? They should be afraid of us."

"Son, if you're bullied, you must tell Mom and Dad. We'll get him together."

I calmly pick up my bowl of rice. Monsters? What's there to be afraid of? Can it be as scary as my family?

The sudden rise of the red moon thirty years ago has thrown the world into chaos. The surviving humans not only had to deal with sudden changes in their environment, but also with mutated monsters eyeing them covetously. Fortunately, some of humans had awakened their superpowers and were barely able to keep up the peace. 

However, everyone knows that this security is only superficial. The terrorists in the cities, the awakened who can't maintain their condition, the corrupted monsters constantly threaten ordinary people. 

Upon learning of a new recruit at the Agency—

"Mr. Lu Xin! What do you think of yourself as the savior of mankind, the greatest hero in human history?"

"I can only ensure that my family doesn't step out the house."

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Since The Red Moon Appeared

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  As if he was ready, the village chief shouted, and chaotic footsteps immediately sounded in the distance.


  The women and children who had crowded around the entrance to watch the commotion quickly moved away to make way for Lu Xin. Then, a dozen young men squeezed their way through the crowd from the corners of the village. Each of them was armed with a submachine gun and had rounds of bullets wrapped around their bodies. They stood in an orderly row in front of the door and looked at Lu Xin with enthusiasm and anticipation with simple smiles on their faces.


  "Take a look, Sir. What do you think of this specialty?" the village chief smiled.


  "Our village has nothing but guns and bullets."


  Lu Xin couldn't help but praise them after taking a closer look at the guns and ammunition on the young men.


  Who would have thought that there was such a small Arsenal hidden in this small village?


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