"I said, I said, stop hitting—"
K suddenly dropped his head, the excessive force even allowing the cracking sound of bones breaking to be heard.
Jiang Ziqi only heard K say the word "god" afterwards, but it was clear there was a suffix that wasn't finished.
"Ziqi, fall back, aim for him!"
Lin Yuan had already sensed something was wrong. He drew his pistol, cocked it, and aimed at the mutated K.
From Lin Yuan and the others' perspective, all they could see was K's head constantly shaking, very fast but mechanical.
Then, he suddenly looked up, the sound of a broken neck echoing again. At this moment, K's head was completely tilted backward. Beneath the exposed skin, it seemed like countless insects were wriggling. Especially on his back, Lin Yuan could see a bulging lump.
This scene, akin to a horror movie, was now playing out in reality.
Jiang Ziqi's hand holding the gun trembled slightly.
"Jiang Ziqi, gas mask! Cover yourself completely, leave no gaps!"
Hearing Lin Yuan's command, she immediately returned to where their gear was stored and retrieved the gas mask.
She handed it to Lin Yuan.
Of course, she had brought one for herself when she came out.
The two quickly put on their gear and secured their clothes, but Lin Yuan's clothes had three rips that couldn't be covered.
"Ziqi, control the tentacles' hardness, turn them into a shield."
Without any further words, Jiang Ziqi immediately controlled her tentacles to form a shield, its surface faintly glowing with a reddish light.
"Fall back, fall back, shoot!"
No longer waiting, Lin Yuan retreated while emptying his pistol, aiming for K's neck.
He needed to break it completely.
Jiang Ziqi also fired her gun. With her current strength, holding the gun with one hand was no problem.
5.8
Perhaps its bodily functions had failed, K's mutation did not continue. It collapsed softly, twitching from time to time.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan and the others didn't approach. From a distance, they threw many dead branches and leaves, followed by a few burning logs.
Without regard for how far the fire would spread, they immediately retreated with Jiang Ziqi.
Only after running a long distance did a mournful scream come from the raging fire behind them.
It sounded very much like an insect.
The two exchanged glances and breathed a collective sigh of relief, glad they hadn't succumbed to curiosity and gone to look at the body.
"Ziqi, quickly use your tentacles to sense if anything strange has burrowed into us."
Jiang Ziqi nodded and quickly used her tentacles to thoroughly scan herself from head to toe. She found nothing unusual.
"Scan complete, Brother Lin Yuan, nothing unusual with us, only that M virus on you, it's still there."
Lin Yuan nodded, signaling to move on. There might be other unseen dangers lurking.
K was silenced, likely because he was about to say something he shouldn't have. He was definitely not a member of this company, merely joining for some reason.
What method did the silencer use? Similar to parasitic worms in a bio-hazard scenario?
He couldn't figure it out.
He didn't feel a sense of relief; instead, he felt a chilling emptiness, struggling for the truth in an unfathomable vortex.
They had to return to the convoy quickly!
Two figures wearing gas masks walked to the end of the road and disappeared, leaving behind an ever-growing sea of flames and scorched remains.
The fire would eventually extinguish, and dark clouds would once again cover the sky in the near future.