I'm a little off today, so I'm a little slow. You don't have to wait, but I will definitely send it within half an hour to an hour … I can't wait to send it to the Toyama Forest.]
This was the first time Lin Sanjiu had seen so many duoluozhongs since she descended into the new world.
Just as the warning from Xiao Fei left his mouth, it was drowned out by a series of excited buzzing sounds. From the windows of the buildings on both sides of the road, countless duoluozhongs crawled out one after another. The mouthparts kept swinging around in the air, causing saliva to splatter everywhere like viscous raindrops, splashing all over everyone's bodies.
This scene reminded Lin Sanjiu of a beehive with a large number of bees going in and out.
She didn't have the time to count how many duoluozhongs there were, but she was sure that even if all six of them died, they probably wouldn't get a bowl of blood for each of them.
"F * ck me … Is this the so-called 'small group'?" Gao Fei was dumbfounded. He cursed under his breath. He wasn't the only one. All six of them were stunned. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
Amidst the sharp buzzing, the nearest duoluozhong jumped down from the window. Septimus was the first to react. He shouted, "What are you waiting for? Run!" Then he turned around and was about to escape — but he did not expect that just as he took a step forward, he almost bumped into the charging Little Gray.
"Don't run back!" Xu Xiaoyang's voice came from behind him.
Gray blocked the way with a cold expression. He stood motionlessly facing Septimus.
"With so many duoluozhongs chasing after us, everyone in the oasis can forget about living!" Xu Xiaoyang's face turned pale. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if it was due to anxiety or anger, "Follow me and lure the duoluozhongs away!"
Other than Xiao Hui, the other four could not believe their ears for a moment. Gao Fei looked at the road ahead and stuttered, "Captain, are you kidding me? The buildings in front of us are full of duoluozhongs!"
Lin Sanjiu's heart was pounding furiously. She quickly scanned her surroundings. There were already a few duoluozhongs about fifty meters to her right. They were about to reach the first floor.
Xu Xiaoyang snorted from his nose and Xiao Hui immediately spoke, "Whoever wants to turn back will have to pass through me first."
As soon as she finished speaking, her fair and slender right arm visibly swelled up like a balloon. Her bulging muscles tore through her sleeves, and thick blue veins popped up on her skin, forming a shocking contrast with her slender figure. Even when she was teaching Tie Dao a lesson, Little Hui's body did not show such a strange change — it seemed that she was serious now.
Gao Fei swallowed a mouthful of saliva with an ugly expression. No one spoke for a while. Just then, there was a loud thud. The duoluozhongs nearby had leaped onto the ground.
"It doesn't matter which way we go. Let's hurry up!" Lin Sanjiu couldn't hold it in any longer. She grabbed Septimus and yelled, "I promise that he won't run back, okay? The duoluozhongs are coming! "
The situation could not be delayed any longer. Xu Xiaoyang shouted at Little Grey, "Let's go!" Little Hui leaped forward and rushed to Xu Xiaoyang's side. He picked her up and sprinted forward. The other four didn't dare to delay any longer. They followed with all their might.
Little Hui's right arm was still in that strange state. As she ran, she swung it a few times and sent the duoluozhongs flying far away. With Little Hui leading the way, the people behind her only had to focus on running. They didn't know which direction they were going, so they followed behind Little Hui and ran across a street. However, as the number of duoluozhongs in front of them increased, Little Hui couldn't hold them off alone. Finally, the duoluozhongs behind them caught up. The six of them felt as if they were stuck in a swamp, and their speed became slower and slower.
Suddenly, a duoluozhong jumped down from the awning of a small shop and plunged into the group. Following that, Hu Changzai, who was the last in the group, let out a blood-curdling scream. He fell forward and rolled beside Lin Sanjiu's feet. He hadn't gone through physical enhancement, so he was the weakest among them. Lin Sanjiu looked around and saw that the duoluozhong's mouth had scraped off a chunk of flesh from his calf. There was a deep, bloody hole there.
Without thinking, Lin Sanjiu let go of Septimus's hand and threw a card at him. The card turned into a baton in mid-air. With a whooshing sound, the duoluozhong staggered a few steps back and fell to the ground with it. Lin Sanjiu then grabbed Hu Changzai's collar and pulled him up. "Put your arm up! Endure the pain and try your best to keep up! "she yelled.
Hu Changzai's face was drained of all color. He forced himself to lean on his uninjured leg and staggered along with Lin Sanjiu for a distance. However, he was heavier than Lin Sanjiu. After dragging him along for a while, Lin Sanjiu realized that the two of them had fallen far behind the group.
As for Gray, who was running at the front, she couldn't even see him anymore.
As if sensing the situation, the duoluozhongs slowed down and let out a series of heart-wrenching screeches. They turned around and surrounded the two lone sheep.
"I … I can't … I can't … You can run on your own. Thank … thank you …" Hu Changzai said in a hoarse voice, "I will protect you even if I become a ghost …"
"Shut up if you don't know how to talk!" Lin Sanjiu rebuked him with her hoarse voice. Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, through her eyebrows, and into her eyes. Her eyes stung, but she didn't dare to wipe them away. Instead, she looked around nervously.
Under the night sky, the shadows of the duoluozhongs in the distance formed a blurry ocean. The encirclement around them gradually thickened, and the hot, dry air was filled with a pungent stench. The encirclement hadn't closed yet, but judging from the number of duoluozhongs, they didn't have much time left.
"There's no other way. Let's go into that building!" Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and dragged Hu Changzai toward a grayish-white building not far away. It seemed like there weren't many duoluozhongs there. She decided to take a gamble. "Since the duoluozhongs have come out of the building, it should be safe inside, right?"
In a desperate situation, even the slightest bit of hope could make people fight for survival with all their might. Looking up at the building, Hu Changzai endured the excruciating pain and blood loss as he scrambled to keep up with Lin Sanjiu. Both of them were going crazy. Lin Sanjiu transformed two metal rods and gave one to Hu Changzai. He swung it nonstop along the way.
Even their consciousness was blurred. Deep in the ocean of duoluozhongs, the two of them only had their most primitive survival instinct. The thing that guided them forward wasn't their numb brain but their habitual muscle movements. Just when Lin Sanjiu thought that they would never reach the building, both of them crashed into the building's main door, their bodies covered in blood.
The sturdy glass door made Lin Sanjiu a little more clear-headed. She wiped the blood off her face and looked up. There was a dust-covered sign beside the door. It was almost illegible.
Sheng Hai City Public Security Bureau, Longhua Branch.
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