Panic

Urgent Notice: A vicious incident involving Pseudo-Human has occurred in Residential Zone 13, resulting in the deaths of numerous residents and one investigator.

Residents within a 3-kilometer radius of this neighborhood are urged to evacuate immediately. If you spot any person dressed as a clown, please call the City Investigation Bureau immediately.

The old radio broadcasts were awakened in his memory; fifteen-year-old Luo Di had stood at the doorway and witnessed it all.

The clown standing inside the house merely waved at him, without cutting off his head.

Perhaps because reinforcements had arrived downstairs, or perhaps because they saw the despair and pain in the child's eyes, they deliberately spared his life.

When reinforcements arrived at the top floor, only Luo Di, who was standing motionless at the door, remained; there was no trace of the Pseudo-Human inside.

Out of a desire to protect the subject, the brain actively filters out this memory, quickly deleting it.

Although Luo Di knew that a terrible incident had occurred in the neighborhood, he did not believe that his family members had died.

Afterwards, he felt a strong urge to become stronger. It was at this time that he saw an old horror movie in which a serial killer happened to kill a clown who was selling balloons on the roadside.

It's a very ordinary movie plot.

Very poor plasma performance.

The film, devoid of any plot and with little artistic merit, captivated Luo Di, making him want to become a serial killer like those in the movies.

My interests and hobbies were formed from this, and I continued to work hard on them throughout my three years of high school.

Until the time for college entrance exams,

At the last moment, the class monitor named Wu Wen exposed the lies in Luo Di's mind, breaking the reality he had been running away from.

Afterwards, Luo Di cremated and reburied the bodies of his parents and sister. He accepted the past and the memory, no longer dwelling on it or feeling regret, and simply focused on doing his best in the present.

However,

As such memories are reinterpreted, reawakened, and even as Luo Di himself is compared to that clown...

He froze on the spot for a moment because he saw his former self, the weak boy who was completely terrified and gripped by fear.

Luo Di was thus completely immersed in the experience, projecting himself back into his former self and reliving the initial fear.

But as the tongue curled, the long-lost taste of fear was swallowed, replaced by endless anger and murderous intent.

Luo Di has his principles and bottom line.

What is happening now has crossed his bottom line, and he also senses the presence of a monster, someone who has set up this "trap" using some means.

Luo Di had already forgotten about the so-called Exploration Bureau assessment; now it was hunting time.

Click!

The cervical spine twists and makes a cracking sound.

Luo Di's right hand was pressed against his face.

A mask is formed here.

The fierce wind outside stopped at that moment, and a sliver of moonlight fell into the interior of the residential area.

The monster avatar hiding deep within the children's playground, kneading a clay doll, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. A sense of crisis, which he only experienced when he was depths of the Corner, came over him, as if he had been marked by some kind of special monster.

"What's going on?"

He gently flicked his finger over the sand pit above his head, revealing a small hole just big enough for an eye to peek through.

The strong winds that should have been raging had completely stopped, the clouds that had been pressing down on the sky had mostly dispersed, and a strange moon hung high in the sky.

The moon seemed very close; you could almost see the craters on it.

It was also somewhat different from the moon in his memory; although it was shining brightly, it was covered with a hazy gray.

When his eyes saw the moon, the moon also saw him.

At that moment, his mind seemed to feel a burning sensation, as if ashes were falling onto the surface of his brain.

In a mere moment of distraction, the Little boy suddenly realized that the clay figurine he had painstakingly made, representing fifteen-year-old Luo Di, had shattered, and that Luo Di's presence was no longer felt in the entire building.

"Where is he? Where did he go?"

Just as he raised the question,

The leather shoes were already on the sandpit.

His body was bent over and his head was bowed.

An eyeball covered in gray, its surface shimmering with moonlight, came directly to the Little boy's peephole in the sandpit, the surfaces of their eyeballs almost touching.

The sudden eye contact conveyed the fear.

The gray color spread, causing the Little boy to slow down his movements.

He immediately manipulated the sandpit, causing numerous arms to grow from its surface, attempting to grab and tear at Luo Di's body.

However, these arms stopped moving shortly after they grew out.

Because a kitchen knife had already chopped into the sandpit and cut open the Little boy's head.

Sasa sasa~

The Little boy, whose head was cut open and whose pituitary gland was destroyed, turned into sand and scattered.

At the same time, inside a building in the residential complex.

A hanging corpse transforms into the most primitive clay figure, and then slowly turns into the shape of Little boy.

He quickly confirmed the house's airtightness, ensuring no moonlight could seep in.

Although he was able to be perfectly reborn using this unique ability to transfer his physical body, fear still lingered in his eyes.

"This guy is a newbie in the Exploration Bureau? Are you kidding me?! What's the difference between him and those freaks in the corner?"

That look in their eyes was not human.

Moonlight can be used for marking, and it also allows him to move quickly.

"Giving this kind of freak a mere B-level reward? No wonder the old hands wouldn't take it! Damn it! These bastards are trying to kill me! And I even cooperated with them before!"

The Little boy uttered words completely out of his age.

But he quickly calmed down.

He quickly sensed the number of clay figures remaining inside the community, and his mind began to formulate the next plan, thinking about how to meet the requirements of the Exploration Bureau and end this assistance as soon as possible.

But this reflection has only just begun.

Tap tap tap!

Heavy footsteps came from outside the door.

Fear spread further through the Little boy's mind.

"Is the mark permanent? Once it has been exposed to moonlight and invaded by that grayness, it will remain a mark forever!"

Since I can't escape, I'll kill you!

The Little boy's earthy pituitary gland softened and turned into liquid that flowed through his brain.

He placed his hand against the wall, and the concrete began to flow and mold itself. If the other party opened the door, countless spikes would pierce through.

Moreover, he himself was surrounded by concrete, which protected him from any potential harm.

Tap tap tap!

The sound of leather shoes stopped in front of the door.

The Little boy stared intently at the wooden door, at the Door handle that was slowly being turned open.

Click, click, click~ The rotation speed was very slow, forcing the Little boy to maintain a high level of concentration for a long time.

Open the door!

The flowing concrete instantly transformed into spikes that pierced through.

Whoosh!

I could clearly feel the other person's flesh being pierced, but...

Tap~ Tap~ Tap!

The size 45 leather shoes did not stop.

Maintain the same walking pace as before.

The dark and tall body ignored the spikes piercing its entire body, as if it were an immortal being, and stood right in front of this person, its eyes beneath the mask fixed on the other.

Right now.

In the Personnel Department's monitoring room, the instruments displayed specific numerical values for the two individuals on the screen.

Luo Di's Fear Value remains at zero.

The Little boy named Salman in the scene has exceeded the limit of his Fear Value bar and reached the "Panic State".

And so,

Salman used the clay doll's teleportation ability to constantly switch between his original form. But each switch lasted less than half a minute before the sound of leather shoes could be heard.

Ever since he was first cut down, he no longer dared to confront it head-on, and only ran away... Fear gradually took over his mind, causing him to lose his ability to think normally.

current,

There are very few clay figurines left.

Salman quickly descended the stairs.

He planned to run to an open outdoor area and compromise with the Exploration Bureau to interrupt the assessment. He was even willing to assist the Exploration Bureau free of charge in the future, providing more intelligence on hidden corners and even helping the Science and Technology Department improve some hidden corner technologies.

However,

He had just arrived downstairs when he noticed a decapitated corpse lying at the entrance of the building.

Just as he was about to step over the corpse...

Snap!

The corpse suddenly exploded.

The bones inside pierced his body like shrapnel, and a gray animal trap, hidden inside the corpse and perfectly integrated with the ribs, activated instantly.

The saw teeth pierced through his waist, abdomen, legs, and feet, completely immobilizing his lower body.

"Wait a minute, this..."

Before the words were finished,

The sound of a chainsaw came from behind him.

The Chainsaw Blade descends vertically, cutting from head to toe. The serrated teeth, carrying bits of flesh, are drawn into the handle, sending streams of vital energy into the spine and then to the pituitary gland.

[Pituitary Space]

The second body fell down, piling on top of the photographer from before...