Chilami

"Don't go up there. That guy's been possessed by a Chilami. Fists won't work. If you get bitten and injected with mutated cells, you're done for."

Su Ming warned Chen Tong.

"You two, stop arguing. That guy seems to have set his sights on us."

Minke said to Su Ming and Chen Tong, full of fear and unease.

Su Ming and Chen Tong immediately turned their wary gazes to Zhou Kang, who was possessed. They saw his dark red eyes staring intently at the two of them, then his mouth split open, and drops of black blood seeped out.

Immediately after, Zhou Kang charged towards Su Ming and the other two.

Just then, a gruff voice came from behind.

"Get out of the way!"

Su Ming and the other two instinctively scattered.

At this moment, they saw the burly dorm supervisor, Aunt Li, charging towards Zhou Kang with a cleaver in hand.

"Don't go, Aunt Li!"

Su Ming immediately warned.

Aunt Li didn't listen to Su Ming at all. Instead, she closed in and fiercely swung the cleaver at Zhou Kang's head. Half of the cleaver was embedded in him. A normal person would have been dead.

Unfortunately, Zhou Kang didn't fall. Instead, he grabbed Aunt Li by the neck with both hands.

"Urgh~ Help, help me!"

Aunt Li's entire face turned red.

Seeing this, Su Ming and the other two were about to risk their lives to save her.

At this moment, Zhou Kang opened his mouth and pressed it against Aunt Li's. Then, a mass of disgusting black cellular matter surged from Zhou Kang's mouth and drilled into Aunt Li's mouth.

Upon seeing this, Su Ming and the other two immediately stopped.

Aunt Li, who had been struggling desperately, immediately stopped. At the same time, her eyes began to turn dark red, and her skin turned black and bulged.

The student on the ground, who had been bitten, also staggered to his feet.

The three infected individuals, including Zhou Kang, simultaneously looked at Su Ming and the other two, who instinctively retreated.

At this time, screams continued to erupt from within the dormitory building. The external area was in chaos, and then a piercing alarm sounded throughout the Thirteenth District.

"Su Ming, I remember these things are afraid of fire. Does anyone have a lighter?"

Minke asked nervously.

"What good is a lighter? We need to find a flamethrower to be useful. This isn't the time to talk about this, let's run!"

Su Ming remembered that the school had spare flamethrowers, as invasions by Chilami were not uncommon. Thus, he grabbed Minke and Chen Tong and ran back.

The three possessed by Zhou Kang chased after them madly.

Su Ming glanced back, putting in all his effort. His body erupted with unprecedented potential as he ran for his life.

Thirteenth District · Administrative Office Building.

In a clean and spacious office, a middle-aged man with a stern face and sharp eyes, wearing a white shirt, black suit, and red tie, sat at his desk reviewing complicated documents.

More than a dozen administrative officials stood respectfully before him, waiting quietly.

At this moment, he heard the alarm sounding outside the window and stopped his pen.

Deng deng~

Accompanied by a series of hurried footsteps, the slightly ajar door was pushed open, and a burly man, covered in muscles and wearing a black combat suit, rushed in.

"District Chief Xiao, something's happened!"

"Speak, Ye Wei."

"The Thirteenth District has experienced an outbreak of Chilami larvae invasion."

Ye Wei reported breathlessly.

"Just larvae. According to the emergency response protocols, just deal with them. Is there a need to rush in like this?"

Xiao Lie looked at Ye Wei calmly.

Upon hearing Xiao Lie's words, Ye Wei showed a hint of hesitation on his face, but he finally gritted his teeth and reported.

"Although it's Chilami larvae that have broken out this time, their numbers are incredibly vast."

"What are you doing? Why was such a large number of Chilami invasions only discovered now?"

Hearing Ye Wei's words, a hint of anger appeared on Xiao Lie's usually composed face.

"The source of this outbreak is the Yuanda garbage processing plant in the lower city. Mountains of garbage there provided cover for the Chilami."

Ye Wei quickly explained.

"What's going on at the garbage dump? They didn't detect anything unusual and report it immediately? This is a serious dereliction of duty!"

The many officials in the office angrily accused.

In fact, due to their fear of infiltration by the Mechanical Race, the entire Thirteenth District did not install many surveillance devices, resulting in many blind spots.

And since they couldn't rely on intelligent machines, patrols and security had to be handled by manpower.

If manpower was used, then oversights were unavoidable. Normally, they would just patch things up, but the oversight this time was far from ordinary.

"Enough! Now is not the time to assign blame. First, gather our forces and resolve this incident. We'll deal with the rest later."

Xiao Lie coldly interrupted everyone's accusations.

"Yes."

Everyone quickly responded.

Mient Junior Academy.

Su Ming and the other two rushed out of the dormitory building, panting and disheveled.

"We finally made it out. We're saved!"

Minke said, gasping for breath.

"That's not necessarily true."

Su Ming sighed, speaking with a splitting headache.

Minke froze for a moment, then looked around. He discovered that everything outside was in chaos.

People infected by Chilami were everywhere, madly chasing the uninfected students.

"Help!"

"Don't be afraid!"

Just then, security guards armed with portable flamethrowers arrived, spraying fire at the infected individuals.

"Ah~"

The infected people immediately burst into roaring flames, letting out pained howls.

However, there were simply too many infected people, and the number of security guards was very limited. They couldn't control the situation at all.

Looking down from the sky at this moment, one could see rats, possessed by the parasites, emerging from various sewers and blind spots across the campus.

Their scarlet eyes fixed on the students scrambling everywhere, as well as the security guards wielding flamethrowers, and they darted forward with extreme speed.

Security Captain Qian Feng, who was directing his subordinates, was the first to notice the approaching rats. He immediately turned his flamethrower and swept it towards the incoming swarm.

"Everyone, be careful of the infected rat swarm!"

The numerous security guards were startled by this. They all raised their flamethrowers, turned, and sprayed flames towards the rats attacking from all directions.

Sssshhh~

Scorching flames swept past, and the attacking rats ignited, emitting a foul stench.

But they couldn't withstand the sheer number of rats, and these parasitic rats were inconspicuous under the cover of night, moving even faster than the humanoid infected.

Soon, one security guard, not paying attention, had a parasitic rat leap onto him. He immediately cried out in terror.

"Help me!"

"Old Sun, shake it off quickly!"

Security Captain Qian Feng turned his head and immediately roared.

Unfortunately, it was too late. The rat directly opened its mouth and bit into Old Sun's arm. Black cells seeped from its mouth and invaded his body through the wound.

"Ah~"

Old Sun let out a pained cry.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Qian Feng hardened his heart and raised his flamethrower, aiming it at his former comrade.