Contamination and Mutation

Bai Zhi was not the only one who heard the footsteps sounding above his head.

But the sound did not seem to be coming from the floor above. Instead, it sounded more like it was beneath the ceiling on his side, neither hurried nor slow as it approached from afar.

The moment those footsteps appeared, Bai Zhi clearly saw a small Black Spot begin to form on the Player's forehead.

Before he could warn the other person, it was as if an entire sheet of white paper had been thrown into a fire. Black traces rapidly emerged, and these strange marks began appearing all over the Player's body.

Forehead, cheeks, eyeballs, ears, hands, lips... These Black Spots were like a rapidly multiplying virus, densely surfacing across the Player's body and spreading at an alarming rate.

—A horrifying mutation was taking place within the Player.

Less than a second had passed from the appearance of the footsteps to the horrifying mutation overtaking the Player. Bai Zhi had not even had time to react.

What was even more terrifying was that, as the Player's entire body was invaded by those densely packed black spots that had appeared out of nowhere, and as the footsteps continued drawing closer, Bai Zhi felt his own skin begin to itch.

"..."

His expression changed, and Bai Zhi made the most rational response possible in the shortest amount of time.

As a Shadow Guard forcibly dragged the Player before him into the shadows, Bai Zhi instantly swapped places with the Shadow Guard furthest away.

The downpour poured down relentlessly.

As his figure shifted, Bai Zhi appeared outside the cabin. The dry clothes he had changed into earlier were instantly soaked through again by the crashing waves and downpour.

"...Fine."

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as