"Wang Shao?!" Li Yifei and the other two heard the familiar voice and shouted in unison.
The three exchanged a glance, then took off toward the alley Wang Shao had gone down.
Lin Qiye stood there alone, frowning at the dark path with a grave expression.
He had no idea what had happened, but a sense of foreboding rose within him.
The outskirts of the old district, a deranged serial killer, a strange stench, screams...
Something was wrong.
He hesitated for a long while, waging an internal battle before letting out a helpless sigh. In the end, he picked up his white cane and rushed into the alley.
Under normal circumstances, if Lin Qiye encountered something like this, he would never meddle. He would turn and run in the opposite direction, as far away as possible!
If someone was screaming, then something bad had definitely happened.
And if something bad had happened, that meant trouble.
Robbery, murder, or stumbling upon some crime scene... Lin Qiye wanted nothing to do with any of it.
He was not that curious and did not want to know what had happened. Nor was he overflowing with compassion; he had no desire to play the hero.
Most importantly, he could not fight. What if he got himself killed?
But this situation was different.
If they had not volunteered to escort Lin Qiye home, perhaps Wang Shao would have gone back by another route, or a few minutes earlier, and would not have run into this?
He truly did not like meddling in other people's affairs, but he disliked owing favors even more.
No matter what, he had to at least see what had happened. That would count as showing his gratitude. If he encountered any danger, he would just run.
Lin Qiye's eyes were covered, but he was not slow in the slightest. The closer he got to where the scream had come from, the tighter his brow furrowed.
The stench was growing stronger.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
A second scream came from around the corner ahead, only this time it was a woman's voice.
Jiang Qian!
Lin Qiye abruptly stopped at the bend in the alley. Jiang Qian and the other two appeared within the range of his mental perception.
Not far in front of him, Jiang Qian was sprawled on the ground, her mouth hanging open as she stared ahead in terror, trembling all over!
Before her, Liu Yuan and Li Yifei stood frozen like stone statues, their eyes fixed ahead as they trembled as well!
Farther away... Lin Qiye could not sense anything.
His eyes still could not open. He could not see this world through his own vision, and the range of his mental perception was only ten meters, creating an extremely awkward situation.
Within ten meters, he could perceive everything. Beyond ten meters, he was a truly blind man.
What had Jiang Qian and the others seen to frighten them so badly?
Though he could not see, his hearing was exceptionally sharp. He could clearly hear rustling sounds not far away.
It sounded like someone was chewing on something, chewing wildly and with great relish.
Hmm... It sounded like Xiao Hei Lai gnawing on bones.
"What happened?" Lin Qiye asked in a lowered voice.
Jiang Qian seemed startled by Lin Qiye's sudden appearance. Her hands frantically clutched the hem of his clothes, and even her teeth were chattering!
"A monster... a monster is chewing on Wang Shao's face!"
Lin Qiye's expression changed instantly!
"Run!!"
Lin Qiye and Li Yifei shouted at the same time!
The moment the word left their mouths, Liu Yuan spun around like a rabid dog and bolted. He slammed into Lin Qiye's shoulder and staggered, then scrambled back up and ran for his life!
"Monster... Help! Somebody help!! Monster!" he screamed as he ran.
Caught off guard by the impact, Lin Qiye staggered. The moment he steadied himself, a dull crashing sound came from the distance.
It was like a brown bear stamping the ground as it charged straight toward him.
Jiang Qian's pupils contracted sharply. Who knew where she found the strength, but she sprang up from the ground like lightning and ran away screaming.
As for Li Yifei... he had already run the instant he shouted that word, moving even faster than Liu Yuan had when he shoved Lin Qiye aside.
If Liu Yuan had not just knocked Lin Qiye off balance, Lin Qiye would have already been far away by now.
But that brief delay had left him at the back along with Jiang Qian.
At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten that Lin Qiye was "disabled." The classmates who had solemnly promised to escort him home had completely forgotten about him.
Faced with such a bloody and terrifying sight, fear seized everyone's minds.
Just as Lin Qiye had run a few steps, something entered the ten-meter range of his mental perception.
It looked like a person, yet it did not look like a person.
It resembled a human because it had limbs and a head like one. It did not resemble a human because it was running across the ground on all fours like a hyena, with a body as burly as a brown bear!
Most importantly, there was a ghostly face growing on its head.
Deathly pale and twisted.
Its sharp, crimson tongue stretched half a meter from its mouth like a long snake, writhing flexibly.
Lin Qiye's expression darkened at once.
It was too fast. In just a few strides, it had darted from beyond ten meters into the range of his mental perception, and it was still closing in on him at an astonishing speed!
He could already feel a violent gust of wind sweeping in from behind him.
Jiang Qian felt it too. Her face went pale in an instant, terror and panic flooding her heart. She stiffly turned her head bit by bit, wanting to see how far away the monster was.
It should... still be far away, right?
"Don't turn around!" Lin Qiye's voice suddenly rang out beside her.
But it was already too late. Jiang Qian's pupils shrank sharply. That savage, horrifying ghostly face was almost pressed against her own, and she could smell the thick scent of blood on it!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Her scream rang through the alley again. She squeezed her eyes shut and turned around, trying to take off her backpack and smash it into the Ghost-faced Man.
She had completely panicked.
A backpack was not a weapon, and she was not a trained fighter.
At a moment of life and death like this, whoever lost their composure first lost their chance to survive.
The Ghost-faced Man grabbed the backpack strap. Brutal force surged into Jiang Qian's body, and she suddenly lost her balance, stumbling to the ground!
A heavy black shadow suddenly dropped down and slammed onto her body...
The next moment, blood dyed the night scarlet.
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