The warm rays of the rising sun dyed the pale blue sky of the morning and woke up Fan Jia City.
The brick walls on the hillside lit up one by one, glimmering with golden light under the sun. It was a sunny and windless morning. Screams, clanging of weapons, running footsteps, the sound of blood splashing, and the panicked cries of children could be heard coming from the windows and the cracks in the ceiling. They flowed like glistening streams under the sunlight.
Cries for help were not the only sounds that came from the windows and the ceiling. In the chaos, people, both posthumans and humans, ran like headless flies.
Some jumped off the wall and landed on the empty space between the two walls. Some stepped on their Special Items and leaped into the air. Some tried to fight. Some lost their footing and rolled out of the city. Amidst their desperate screams, they rolled into the hands of the mutated creatures.
Lin Sanjiu had a feeling that the middle-aged woman was not the only mutated creature in Fan Jia City. There were probably other mutated creatures in the city as well.
Even if it was an unknown "mutation", it seemed that once it mutated, it would continue to develop according to the same pattern. It was not like an orange growing on a watermelon. However, when Lin Sanjiu and Zhong Qing ran desperately through the streets to warn the others, she saw at least three new mutated creatures that were very different from the middle-aged woman. Each of them was like a flood, swallowing every street in the city and spreading in all directions.
"Over there," Even though Zhong Qing was not as agile as Lin Sanjiu, his reaction was fast and his attitude was surprisingly calm. As expected of the person Ba Tou hired. He pointed diagonally in front of him and said, "We will run out of Fan Jia City from that direction. The mutated creatures appeared from inside the city. The further we go, the safer we will be!"
"You know the way?" Lin Sanjiu asked as she held Ba Tou's arm tightly and dragged him forward. If she wasn't pulling him, she was afraid that Ba Tou would stubbornly rush back to reason with the mutated creatures and calm them down.
"I know the direction." Zhong Qing shouted into the air from among the ordinary people who were fleeing in panic, "Those who can cross the city wall, follow us!"
Those who could cross the city wall were usually posthumans. Even if there were commoners who could cross the city wall, they would not be able to keep up with the mutated creatures. Ba Tou, who seemed to be in a dream, suddenly reacted when he heard Lin Sanjiu's words. He shouted, "We can't leave the commoners behind. Otherwise, they will be finished. Bring as many as you can —"
"How many commoners are there? How many can we bring? "Zhong Qing asked.
"Then you can walk on your own!" Octopus De suddenly flared up. He stopped abruptly, and Lin Sanjiu stumbled as she was dragged by him.
"Can we use something to block the city wall?" Lin Sanjiu did not want to see ordinary people being slaughtered. She was also worried that the Eight-Headed Druid would get into trouble if they stayed, so she immediately said, "We can only save the majority of the people if we stop them from spreading. How about this? Zhong Qing will lead the others out while you and I will stay behind to block the city. "
"That's right." The Eight-Headed Druid was reminded. It was as if a clogged channel in his mind had been cleared, and he immediately took action. He waved his hand and shouted to the people on the street, "All of you, follow this person out. Hurry up! Local evolvers of Fan Jia City, help the people in the city. Please, we'll stay here and block the way! "
At that moment, Lin Sanjiu realized that he had almost said "stop the Mutated", but he changed his mind at the last moment.
In other words, he was still holding onto the illusion that the commoners in Fan Jia City were really starting to mutate?
Of course, now was not the time to delve into his thoughts. When Eight-Headed Druid turned around and rushed back, Lin Sanjiu had no choice but to follow him. Zhong Qing hesitated for a moment before he stomped his feet and ran in the opposite direction. As he ran, he shouted, "Everyone, follow me!"
From the corner of the street, Lin Sanjiu could already hear the buzzing of thousands of wasps. She had no idea how many ordinary people and posthumans, some with their children and some with their friends, rushed past her like rolling thunder. Some of them were dragging their children, while others were dragging their companions along with them. Countless of them stomped on the ground, crying and screaming as they rushed past her like rolling thunder.
Lin Sanjiu and Octopus looked at each other. They did not look too happy. They had never heard such a buzzing sound before. It was obvious that there was a new mutant in front of them.
"What's in front?" Octopus tried to stop one of the posthumans to ask, but no one was willing to stop and explain. The posthuman did not even look at him. He waved his hand and shouted, "Run!" Then, he blended into the crowd.
"We don't have much time," Lin Sanjiu shouted at Octopus. She felt that it was difficult for her voice to penetrate through the trembling noises of the city. With every step she took, her voice became louder and louder, "Use the things on the side of the street!"
As she spoke, she knocked away the faces, shoulders, and bodies that came at her like headless flies. When she finally rushed out of the crowd and faced an empty section of the city road, she hurriedly grabbed a heavy wooden cabinet by the side of the road and threw it into the middle of the road. The Eight-Headed Druid did not dare to waste any more time. It grabbed a large bed that belonged to an unknown person and threw it beside the cabinet. Not long after, the barricade quickly took shape amidst the buzzing and trembling sounds. The barricade made up of tables, chairs, and cabinets would not be able to stop the mutated humans for long.
Lin Sanjiu only hoped that she could hold it off for a while, or at least give the people behind her a chance to escape. Come to think of it, if Fan Jia City did not have such a long and narrow structure, she would not have to be so restricted.
"It's coming!" Octopus shouted. Just as the second word left his mouth, it was drowned out by the sudden buzzing. At that moment, Lin Sanjiu felt as if she was facing a tsunami. A clear thought popped into her mind, "The barricade is done for."
She grabbed the Eight-Headed Serpent and threw it on the ground beside her feet. As she squatted down, she summoned the Iron Scale again and used it to block the two of them behind a temporary shield.
Amidst the huge sound waves and wind that exploded when they collided, the roadblock that the two of them had hurriedly piled up just now did not even have the slightest bit of resistance before it was completely turned into pieces and dust, blown into the air by the strong wind. Lin Sanjiu resisted the iron scale with all her might. The dull thudding of the scales was so powerful that she almost couldn't squat anymore. It was as if they were in the middle of a sandstorm. Countless shadow fragments rushed out from both sides of the iron scale and scratched their skin.
When she stood up from behind the iron scales, the mutated human — or should I say mutated creature — that was slowly creeping along the city road. Coincidentally, it was right in front of her eyes.
At this moment, Ba Tou De, who had hurriedly climbed up, heaved a sigh of relief, "That's great, it's not a human."
Lin Sanjiu did not dare to shift her gaze away. Even without turning her head, she understood what Octopus meant. He felt that the thing in front of him was not a mutated human.
Indeed, it did not look like a human at first glance.
Coming out from behind the corner was a large number of thick black "ropes". They filled the entire space of the city, and each of them was as thick as a human. Between the "ropes", there were also debris, clothes, and utensils that had been smashed and stained from the city.
They were not as curvy as vines, nor were they as straight as steel bars. Instead, they had an indescribably strange texture. Each of the "long ropes" was sharp at the front and thick at the back. They were coated with a layer of glossy sheen that made them look even glossier. They seemed to be full of elasticity. When they tried to stretch forward, they even had a flower-like curve.
When they passed through the city road, the black "long ropes" would create a buzzing sound that sounded like millions of wasps flapping their wings. Now, they seemed to have realized that there was an obstacle in front of them. They stopped moving forward for a moment and squeezed together in the air, trembling slightly as if they were looking at the two of them.
"Take another look," Lin Sanjiu said softly as she looked at the countless black needles that were as big as a human head.
From the corner of her eye, she saw that Ba Tou De's face was turning darker and darker.
Indeed, anyone who had lost an eyelash would find the large group of black ropes in front of them to be more and more familiar.
"No, that's impossible. How are we going to fight them?" He wiped his face and mumbled, "Why don't we leave now …"
If all the mutated humans behaved like this, Lin Sanjiu would have to escape from Fan Jia City to ensure her own safety. However, Lin Sanjiu knew that she couldn't do that. She couldn't just sit in the aircraft and watch the people in the city suffer.
"It's pointless to run now," Lin Sanjiu flipped the iron scale in her hand and said softly, "Leave this one to me. You go and organize the people in the city to escape as soon as possible."
The next obstacle was Lin Sanjiu herself.
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