20. Helplessness

Chapter 20: Helplessness

Although these Chilami were only juvenile forms, ordinary people who were parasitized by them had almost no chance of survival.

At that moment, several infected students also set their sights on the three of them and charged over.

Su Ming noticed them immediately and hurriedly shouted to Chen Tong and Minke.

"Run!"

Chen Tong and Minke quickly followed Su Ming toward the right.

Unfortunately, they had not gone far when they suddenly saw two female corpses nearby swaying as they stood up. The three of them hurriedly stopped.

"This way!"

Su Ming immediately turned his head and glanced around. Then he led them toward the school courtyard, which was more spacious and easier to evade enemies in.

As they ran, Su Ming suddenly realized that Minke had not kept up. He turned his head to look at him.

"What are you doing?"

Minke held his phone and pressed its buttons as he replied.

"Obviously, I'm calling the Guard."

"Big brother, the alarms throughout the entire city are going off. How could they not know? Stop calling. They should already be on their way."

Su Ming reminded him helplessly.

"Okay."

Minke hurriedly put away his phone and replied.

At that moment, three armored transport vehicles charged through the school gate before screeching to a halt.

Clang~

The doors opened. A burly man standing 1.9 meters tall, wearing the first-generation gray metal exoskeleton Iron Shell and carrying a stun rifle, jumped out first. One guard after another in combat uniforms followed him out.

"Roar~"

At that moment, a humanoid parasite charged over with a howl.

Captain Daniel raised the stun rifle in his hand and fired at it!

Bang~

The charging humanoid parasite had half its head blown apart and collapsed with a thud. Daniel led his team over and, as they passed the fallen parasite, casually fired another shot into its heart.

Under the night sky, the piercing gunshots stood out sharply amid the chaos. The terrified crowd all turned toward the sound.

"The Guard is here!"

Some students who had been terrified to the extreme shouted in delight.

Elsewhere, Minke heard the gunshots, and his anxious heart eased slightly.

"They finally came."

"Yeah. Let's move toward the gunfire!"

Su Ming said calmly.

"Okay!"

Chen Tong and Minke immediately nodded in agreement.

At that moment, the guards who had charged into the school raised their firearms and unleashed a barrage at the parasitized students and rats!

Bang bang~

The humanoid parasites that were hit were blasted to pieces and collapsed one after another.

Although Chilami were not particularly afraid of physical damage, that did not mean firearms and physical attacks were completely ineffective against them. Once they suffered a certain amount of damage, their life activity would also decline. When their life activity fell below fifty percent, they would enter a state of death dormancy.

In this state, Chilami would slowly die. However, if they received an infusion of new cellular energy or fused with one of their kind, their activity would rise again. Once their activity exceeded fifty percent, the Chilami would revive and regain their ability to move.

Therefore, after fighting Chilami, a specialized team was usually needed to clean up and handle the aftermath.

Security Captain Qian Feng was initially delighted when he saw the approaching guards, but his brows soon furrowed again. There were far too few of them. Still, he did not complain, since these might only be the advance forces.

He immediately rushed over to ask Captain Daniel, who was leading them.

"Sir, you finally made it. There are too many juvenile Chilami at the school. Where should we evacuate to?"

"There's nowhere to evacuate to now. It's not just the school under attack—there are attacks everywhere outside as well. First, organize everyone and evacuate them to an open area!"

Daniel's expression was extremely grave.

"We've already started evacuating people to the sports field, but sir, many students are still trapped inside the dormitories."

"We can't save them now. I need to ensure the safety of the majority of the students."

"Ugh!"

Security Captain Qian Feng could only accept reality helplessly. There truly was no manpower to spare right now.

"Ah~"

Just then, a scream suddenly rang out.

Captain Daniel and Qian Feng were both startled. They turned toward the sound!

They saw a soldier in combat gear being knocked down by a parasitic dog. The dog's body was covered in bulging black veins, its skin had hardened, and its eyes were scarlet. It bit through the soldier's neck.

"Bastard!"

Daniel raised his firearm and fired at the parasitic dog.

The parasitic dog swiftly leaped away. The instant it landed, it changed direction and charged toward Daniel.

Qian Feng raised a flamethrower and sprayed it with fire. However, black cellular matter seeped from the parasitic dog's entire body. It forcibly passed through the flames and rapidly circled around to close in.

Fortunately, Daniel fired at it at that moment. The parasitic dog was struck and fell to the ground.

Qian Feng hurriedly burned it with the flamethrower.

The parasitic dog was quickly dealt with. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, wave after wave of screams rang out.

Qian Feng and Daniel's hearts clenched. They raised their heads and looked around, only to see a despairing sight.

They saw swarms of parasitic rats surrounding the corpses of those who had been shot. Large amounts of black mutated cells seeped from their bodies and surged into the corpses.

The corpses suddenly began climbing to their feet one after another. Their bodies underwent further mutation, with bulging black veins covering their entire forms and giving off a faint black sheen like strange patterns. At the same time, their dark red eyes became even more savage.

Immediately afterward, these parasites burst into even greater speed and strength, charging fiercely at the security guards, guards, and students.

The casualty count skyrocketed in an instant, and three guards were killed.

At that moment, Su Ming, Minke, and Chen Tong ran over from a distance. When they saw the guards locked in a bitter battle, they froze as well.

Minke asked in confusion.

"Su Ming, why do I feel like it isn't safe over here with the guards either?"

"Do you really need to tell me? I can see that too."

Su Ming was also utterly helpless. Far too few guards had come.

"Run! They're coming for us!"

Chen Tong suddenly shouted in alarm.

Su Ming and Minke were startled and looked over. Several parasitic rats and parasitized humans were charging toward them.

"Run back!"

The three of them hurriedly turned and sprinted back.

The parasitic rats and parasitized humans chased relentlessly behind them.

As Su Ming ran, he felt his breathing grow labored, and his heart seemed ready to leap out of his throat. His speed kept slowing.

He desperately tried to run faster, but his body began to fail him.

Su Ming soon fell behind Minke and Chen Tong.

Chen Tong glanced back and saw Su Ming falling behind. He immediately shouted angrily.

"Speed up and keep up!"

"I want to, but I really can't run anymore. You two go on ahead!"

Su Ming was utterly helpless. He was exhausted, hungry, and completely drained.

"Shut up! This is what you get for never exercising. You're really going to get us killed!"

Chen Tong slowed down as well, reached out, grabbed Su Ming, and pulled him forward.

However, two parasitized students suddenly appeared in front of them and blocked the way.

The three of them immediately stopped. They turned to look around, only to see one parasitized student after another closing in around them.

"It's over. We're surrounded."

Minke spoke in despair.