Mist Spider

The street under the thick fog looked incredibly eerie, with even the sunlight almost completely obscured.

Lin Xian and KIKI drove to a stretch of open road and suddenly stopped the car.

"Something's not right."

Lin Xian also felt a strange aura at this moment. He immediately drew his short knife from his back, his face full of vigilance.

Rustle~

Pat-pat-pat~

The sound, approaching from afar, quickly turned into a roaring tide of howls.

Hearing this sound, the expressions of both of them changed instantly!

"Zombies?" Lin Xian exclaimed.

"Doesn't look like it..."

As they spoke, several zombies suddenly charged out of the thick fog ahead of the motorcycle. Lin Xian saw that these zombies were very different from the ones they had encountered before. Their skin was gray, white, and rotten, they ran quickly, and some even ran on all fours like animals.

This scene reminded him of 'Old Man Li' whom he met the night he rescued KIKI at the Jiang City shelter!

In the blink of an eye, a tide of zombies rushed out from behind these few strange zombies. KIKI's face turned pale in fright. She immediately let out a soft cry, "Hold on tight!"

Then she released the brake and slammed on the accelerator. The rear wheel of the motorcycle spun rapidly under the powerful traction, creating a cloud of white smoke on the ground.

"Forward!"

Without a word, Lin Xian raised his hand and unleashed a Wind Gun towards the front, blowing the head off a strange male zombie that lunged at them!

Ughhh!!!!

Screams erupted everywhere. The motorcycle shot forward, narrowly dodging the claws of several strange zombies. Lin Xian, facing a great enemy, sat in the back, slashing with his right hand while continuously firing Wind Guns with his left, trying to escape the endless horde of zombies.

Bang!

A Wind Gun severed a female zombie at the waist. At this moment, a black monstrous insect was also blasted out from the zombie's back. Lin Xian's expression sank upon seeing it.

"These aren't ordinary zombies!"

He was terrified. According to his past experience, these eerie horrors only appeared at night, so why were they out in broad daylight?

"Damn it!"

KIKI, driving the motorcycle, saw more than a dozen monstrous zombies suddenly pounce towards them. In desperation, she gritted her teeth, waved her hand, and with a buzz, a powerful shockwave erupted, instantly blasting the zombies in front of them away. The motorcycle smoothly broke through the encirclement.

Seeing KIKI make a move, Lin Xian immediately felt something was wrong. The motorcycle handlebars trembled slightly. He tilted his head and saw that KIKI's face had become visibly paler, and her hands controlling the motorcycle were trembling.

He immediately activated the Mechanical Heart to control the motorcycle. Just as KIKI was wondering why the motorcycle suddenly wasn't responding, Lin Xian, behind her, pulled her back onto the rear seat. He then straddled the front seat, twisted the throttle, and they sped off again.

"Hey, what are you doing~"

"This fog is problematic. Don't use your ability casually!"

All survivors knew that terrifying eerie horrors appeared at night. It was daytime now. Lin Xian had initially thought that with him and KIKI, both ability users, they could handle anything, but the appearance of these monstrous zombies caught him off guard.

These eerie horrors were much faster than zombies. Ordinary people wouldn't even have time to react without firearms. This immediately made him want to retreat. If eerie horrors could appear in the thick fog, wouldn't that mean there was a high chance of encountering something like the White Giant Monster or that crimson Giant Centipede?

Lin Xian's thoughts raced, and he immediately decided to abandon their original objective.

"We need to turn left up ahead." KIKI, behind him, perhaps sensing her own weakness, unusually didn't bicker with Lin Xian but hugged his back obediently like a kitten.

She was already a bit cold, and after using her ability, she felt even more chilled. So, she unconsciously tightened her grip on Lin Xian, suppressing her racing heart as she sought warmth from his back.

"We probably can't go where you said. Let's go back!" Lin Xian said decisively.

KIKI looked back at the surging horde of zombies behind the motorcycle and said with a grimace, "How can we go back..."

Lin Xian looked at the rearview mirror, then at the map. To return to North Bay Station, besides going back the way they came, their only option was to detour around the city's outer roads. Currently being chased by the zombie horde, he couldn't turn back at all.

Just then, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air. Lin Xian looked at the thick fog ahead and felt his hair stand on end!

He decisively hit the brakes and swerved the motorcycle. The next second, something like a bamboo pole suddenly shot down from above, embedding itself in the ground next to them with a ding, creating a small pit in the concrete ground and sending gravel flying!

Lin Xian broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't instinctively swerved just now, he might have been impaled by that thing.

"What is that thing?!" KIKI exclaimed.

The motorcycle's rear wheel spun wildly, emitting a piercing screech. Just a few meters after they drove off, the whistling sound rang out again.

"Careful!"

Thump!

Another sharp pillar fell from above. Lin Xian swerved the handlebars, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.

This time, he saw more clearly. The 'pillar like a bamboo pole' seemed to be covered in dense black fuzz, looking like some kind of living creature.

"Bad guy, look up!"

At this moment, KIKI, terrified, patted Lin Xian's shoulder. Lin Xian's gaze immediately shifted upwards.

They saw a giant spider-shaped silhouette in the fog above them. The outlines of the buildings on the street looked small in comparison. Its six disproportionately long and slender spider legs seemed to be tens of meters long. The things that had been shooting down from above were clearly two of its spider legs.

"What the hell..." Lin Xian's pupils trembled slightly, and he cursed inwardly, speak of the devil.

The sight of this incredibly eerie, giant spider was enough to make anyone's sanity plummet. Without a second thought, Lin Xian floored the accelerator and charged straight into the thick fog ahead.

"This is so annoying, why is it always bugs or spiders!!" KIKI huddled close to Lin Xian, cursing under her breath.

Lin Xian's expression was tense, his eyes focused intently on the road ahead shrouded in mist.

Thump~ thump! Thump! Thump!

The oddity spider had clearly set its sights on Lin Xian. Several slender legs moved rapidly, repeatedly probing down from the thick fog!

"To the left!" KIKI yelled.

Lin Xian quickly turned the direction.

"Above your head!"

Lin Xian slammed on the brakes again.

But the oddity spider's legs were simply too long, and its speed traversing between buildings was much faster than Lin Xian's.

Thump~ thump! Thump! Thump!

He could only hear a massive creature climbing the buildings overhead. In mere moments, the oddity spider extended several long legs, planting them ahead at the intersection, blocking Lin Xian's path like it was toying with its prey.

"Damn it!"

Seeing the giant spider slowly descending from the thick fog ahead, Lin Xian immediately prepared to raise his hand and fire a Wind Cannon.

Just then, the roar of a car engine suddenly exploded. Bright white headlights pierced through the fog from another direction at the intersection, and in an instant, a huge, modified pickup truck charged out!

Bang!

The immense impact knocked over several of the giant spider's legs, causing it to lose its balance and crash down.

In a flash, the modified pickup truck executed a nimble drift, stopping in front of the two.

Clang!

The tailgate of the pickup lowered, and a girl, about eleven or twelve years old, urgently called out to them, "Get on!"

Lin Xian understood immediately. Without hesitation, he gunned the engine, driving his motorcycle onto the truck bed. The little girl then patted the side of the tailgate, "Alright, bro!"

Vroom~

Without a moment's delay, the modified pickup truck roared away.

At this moment, the oddity spider seemed to feel it had been played for a fool. It let out an enraged howl, its six long legs scrambling frantically up the ground as it rapidly pursued the pickup.

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