Florida.
Li Dan returned to this land once again, and his first welcome was a three-star criminal speeding down the road in a Chevrolet, with a helicopter following overhead the entire way.
To people like them, speeding seemed like some kind of extreme sport.
The goal of ordinary extreme sports was to break world records.
The goal of this kind was to escape police pursuit.
Afterward, it became something to boast about, capital for bragging.
They had clearly almost been beaten to death, yet when their friends asked, they would say, "My clothes were only slightly dirty."
Compared to those thrill-seekers, Li Dan drove with remarkable steadiness. After all, he had no driver's license, so it was better to be a law-abiding citizen.
The three parted ways at an intersection.
Daley and Trish were heading back to their rented home in the countryside to spend the holiday, while Li Dan's home was in Round Clam Town.
The siblings said they would come to Round Clam Town to visit him after spending time with their grandfather.
Watching the old car drive away, Li Dan casually bought a lollipop from a store and stuck it in his mouth before heading toward the surrounding fields.
This time, there was no need to call someone to pick him up.
After confirming that no one was around.
Li Dan chose to fuse with the Immortal Body (Incomplete). At first, there was no reaction, but then an intense pain suddenly struck, forcing him to collapse into the field.
He did not know how long it took before the excruciating pain gradually faded as his consciousness began to blur.
Li Dan got up and took out the mirror he had prepared. His body did not seem to have changed much. The only difference was that his skin looked paler, and his features seemed a little more refined.
It had that effect too?
He did not care about his appearance. Instead, he took out a small knife and lightly cut his skin. The moment a trace of red appeared, the wound instantly healed.
It seemed to consume stamina.
Not bad. After all, Li Dan could not possibly inherit one hundred percent of an ability he drew. Human anatomy was definitely different from Bat Person anatomy, so this was perfectly reasonable.
Now it was time to try Bat Person.
With a thought, Li Dan chose to fuse with Bat Person. In an instant, his body began to change. As a dim glow spread over his skin, he transformed into a Bat Person in the blink of an eye.
This appearance would make children cry in fright, and even adults would be afraid.
That was why Li Dan had chosen to transform somewhere deserted. There were also these Bat Wings.
The Bat Wings spread wide. Their wingspan was far greater than a person's height. Their structure was irregular and bare, but upon closer inspection, a thin layer of fuzz could be seen over the dark bluish-black flesh wings.
Time to test the speed.
With a flap of his Bat Wings, Li Dan shot into the sky. In an instant, the scenery around him rapidly shrank below.
The wind howled past his ears, and everything seemed within reach.
Birds fled in panic when they saw him.
The only unpleasant part was the exceptionally strong discomfort spreading through his body, urging him to find somewhere dark to roost.
Even Bat People did not like moving around during the day.
Night was their domain.
Li Dan could still insist on moving during the day, as long as he could get used to this feeling.
Villa.
Li Dan landed in the backyard and ended the Fusion. The discomfort vanished instantly. It seemed being human was still more comfortable.
He went into the living room, took a can of Pepsi Cola from the refrigerator, and drank the first sip. That sip was worth two dollars and ninety cents. Then he comfortably reclined on the sofa, took out his laptop, and began browsing the internet.
He also searched for information about the Bat Person incident.
There seemed to be nothing. The evidence had been erased, leaving only the occasional news report.
The horror websites, however, had not blocked it.
Videos of Bat People were still openly posted there.
Li Dan clicked on one and saw blurry footage of a Bat Person charging into an armed helicopter and tearing several soldiers apart. The camera shook so badly it made his head hurt.
Even so, the video remained extremely popular. It was basically one of the most viewed posts of the past few days.
"The helicopter crashed, and yet I can't find a single news report about it."
"Guys, can anyone tell me whether that thing is human?"
"This was definitely brought over from Africa by those blacks."
"Would holy water work on that thing?"
"Even machine guns couldn't kill it. How did the person filming survive?"
"I have inside information. I heard an exorcist made a deal with a demon and paid the price. The demon killed that monster."
"It's comparable to the Deformed People over by the bend."
The most discussed topic regarding the video.
Whether priests and exorcists could deal with this type of monster, and whether holy water and crosses worked.
Li Dan saw an answer from a professional saying that they did.
The prerequisite was that the Bat Person possessed evil power. Simple mutation would not count.
If Li Dan had been a believer, he really would have wanted to get some holy water and sprinkle it on a Bat Person to see whether it worked.
"Ding-dong."
Hearing the knock, Li Dan went outside. He first looked through the peephole, only to find that he could not see anyone.
Strange. Was it haunted again?
Li Dan was bold enough to open the door directly, only to find a little girl holding a cloth doll.
Wait, did that cloth doll seem a little ugly?
"Is something wrong, Emma?"
Emma held the doll and said happily.
"You said last time that I could come play with you after you woke up at noon. It's noon now."
"Did I say that?" Li Dan could not remember clearly. People were usually groggy just after waking up.
Emma puffed out her cheeks.
"You did!"
Li Dan could not help laughing at her puffed-up cheeks. He immediately stepped aside like a gentleman.
"All right, Miss Emma. Please come in."
Emma happily walked in while holding the cloth doll, then headed toward the backyard. She remembered clearly that this was where those men had been eaten.
Unfortunately, she had been too far away at the time and had not seen many details clearly.
She really hoped Li Dan would kill again.
Li Dan opened the refrigerator and asked.
"Emma, what would you like to drink?"
"Coca-Cola."
"I think Sprite suits you better." Li Dan said as he took out a bottle of Pepsi Cola.
When Emma saw the Pepsi Cola label, she felt Li Dan had done it on purpose. How could anyone possibly confuse Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola?
Li Dan took a can for himself as well. Then he lay down on a lounge chair beside the pool and asked.
"Emma, how old are you? Does your father know you came to my house to play?"
Playing was one thing, but some matters still needed to be clarified.
Emma took a sip and decided that Pepsi Cola was actually not bad.
"David knows. I'm... Don't you know that you can't casually ask a girl's age?"
"David is your father?"
"Yes."
"Then you should respect your father."
"Got it." Emma was unhappy. She did not like Li Dan lecturing her. She liked the Li Dan who had cruelly dealt with those burglars that night.
Li Dan had not expected to correct Emma's antisocial personality with a few words. He stared seriously at the cloth doll.
"All right, then let's talk about the doll. Why do you like this doll?"
Emma said as though she were showing it off.
"Because it can talk."
Li Dan frowned. The doll could talk?
Others might not believe it, but he certainly did.
The doll's style looked somewhat like something from the last century. Modern dolls were all very delicate, but this doll was not only made of cloth.
It did not seem like Child's Play.
Li Dan took Emma back inside, logged onto his computer, and searched Mary Shaw. A pile of information and dolls immediately appeared.
There was a legend in a certain small town, and at the center of the story was Mary Shaw.
She was not a person of the present era, but one of the most outstanding ventriloquists of the 1940s. One day, however, she was accused of kidnapping and murdering a little boy, simply because the boy had called her a fraud.
The truth was indeed so. In the end, Mary Shaw was captured by the enraged townspeople, had her tongue brutally cut out, and was killed. She was buried together with her dolls.
The information ended there.
The accompanying images showed many dolls, very similar to the one in Emma's hands.
It was undoubtedly Dead Silence.
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