Chapter 1023: See the people alive, see the corpses when they are dead!_1

Queenie strolled around the Survivor's Hiding Place, engaging in conversation with all its inhabitants.

She quickly found out that all these NPCs were laden with their respective side tasks, some even possessing critical functionalities.

The blacksmith could upgrade weaponry, armorsmiths could enhance armor, brewers could improve both the digestion and effectiveness of alcohol, and there was the bowmaker, the talisman maker, the physician, and other functional NPCs alike…

Unpacking some of these functionalities required the completion of specific side tasks, which Queenie didn't have time to handle.

Especially since all these services required the consumption of [Souls].

-- These NPCs reiterated that the miasmas and demonic fogs of Luoyang were continuously eroding their minds and sanity.

The only way they managed to preserve their minds without being entirely demonized was through the ceaseless consumption of [Souls].