Help

The elderly people turned to look at Lu Bai and Yao Yi one after another.

"Two more, young ones," Tong Shujuan's mother said expressionlessly.

"No, one, the other..."

The elderly woman with gray hair took two steps forward, sizing up Yao Yi: "She's one of us."

Upon hearing this, Lu Bai raised an eyebrow.

Out of surprise, he momentarily forgot to control his expression and unconsciously revealed a bright smile.

"There should still be noodle shops open on East Street..."

Tong Shujuan didn't understand the situation and responded instinctively.

She dared not approach her parents, who had inexplicably become strange, and was equally wary of the two unfamiliar men who suddenly appeared.

The old woman continued walking towards Yao Yi without expression.

"What do you mean by 'the same kind'?" Yao Yi took two steps back warily.

You can't blame him for reacting so strongly; the sense of déjà vu was just too strong.

His girlfriend was in a similar state before she turned into a monster.

Seeing the old woman getting closer and closer, he had no choice but to shout in desperation, "Stop right there!"

Upon hearing this, the old woman actually stopped in her tracks and stiffly exclaimed in admiration, "Your disguise is very good."

After observation, Lu Bai can now basically conclude that the elderly people here have been parasitized by the fleshy mass.

He chuckled silently, and instead of backing down, he moved closer to the young woman.

"Thank you for showing me the way."

After expressing his gratitude, he turned to the elderly people in front of him and added softly, "However, you probably need some help too."

"Huh?" Tong Shujuan was a little confused.

Not far away, Tong Shujuan's father looked at Yao Yi and slowly turned his neck. "It seems... no, let me check."

Tear~

Before he finished speaking, his head instantly expanded, revealing a network of flesh and bone with a diameter exceeding one meter.

"Ah!"

"Holy crap?!"

Although it wasn't the first time Yao Yi had seen this kind of monster, she was still quite frightened and almost collapsed to the ground.

As for ordinary women like Tong Shujuan, they immediately let out a high-decibel scream.

Lu Bai, however, had anticipated this and quickly covered his ears.

"Aren't you one of our kind?"

The monster seemed puzzled, and slowly raised a strip of meat, clearly intending to force Yao Yi to reveal herself through an attack.

Yao Yi was no longer able to calmly listen to the monster's words; she covered her head and scrambled towards Lu Bai's position.

"Why?! How could Daddy become like this? Mommy, say something!" Tong Shujuan's face turned pale; she couldn't believe it was true.

Unfortunately, the elderly people ignored her completely, all intently observing Yao Yi's every move.

Perhaps its patience ran out, or perhaps it felt the screams were too loud; in any case, the monster chose not to wait any longer.

Call out!

A strip of meat, like a maggot clinging to a bone, swiftly attacked Yao Yi from behind.

In the monsters' eyes, if Yao Yi were one of their own kind, she would definitely transform to deal with such an attack.

Just as the meat strip was about to pierce Yao Yi's back, he made no move to resist and continued to run away with his head in his hands.

Lu Bai sighed inwardly, and Nodachi over two meters long appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Swish~

Snap!

A flash of light, and half a strip of meat fell to the ground.

The monster writhed in pain, not even having seen how the Long Fang had appeared.

The remaining elderly people realized something was wrong and gradually transformed into monsters with flying strips of flesh, already in battle stance.

Yao Yi, still shaken, hid behind Lu Bai, her face contorted with fear. "So many?! How come there are these monsters everywhere?"

"Your parents are actually dead; they are just a few parasites that have taken over their bodies."

Lu Bai held the knife in one hand, slightly turned to Tong Shujuan, and explained succinctly, "So I will kill them, I hope you don't mind."

Tong Shujuan is a naive young woman who has never seen the world; she can no longer understand how things have developed.

She kept calling out "Dad" and "Mom" over and over again, her voice trembling with tears, and in her emotional outburst, she even took a few steps forward unintentionally.

"Hey, Brother Lu, can you handle this? If not, just run away..." Yao Yi's voice became less and less confident. If Lu Bai hadn't been standing in front of him, he would have run away on the spot.

Lu Bai casually dragged Tong Shujuan back, without replying, but expressing his attitude through his actions.

He shot out with a burst of speed, the Long Fang in his hand reflecting a chilling, autumn-water-like light.

Clang! Clang!

He deflected two strips of meat with bone knives at the ends, successfully closing the distance with the monster.

With a powerful, heavy slash, half of the "old woman's" flesh was chopped off on the spot.

His attack movements were fluid, clearly indicating he didn't use [Flash Time].

After all, his current physical condition is still within the range of an ordinary person, and it is impossible for him to withstand the attack of this kind of Parasitic Organism.

Rather than risking a quick kill by using [Flash Time], it's better to keep a trump card up your sleeve so that you have more room to maneuver when there's no time to dodge.

Knowing her own limitations, Yao Yi didn't go up to cause trouble, and pulled Tong Shujuan back.

Tong Shujuan seemed stunned, muttering things like "impossible" and "I don't believe it," but she didn't put up any particularly strong resistance.

After squatting down behind a pile of discarded electrical appliances, Yao Yi finally had a chance to peek out and observe the battle situation on Lu Bai's side.

On the surface, Lu Bai's situation at this moment can be described as extremely perilous.

He was constantly moving, and if he paused even for a moment, he would be stabbed by a bone knife that seemed to extend from nowhere.

"Brother Lu, be careful!" Yao Yi couldn't help but hold her breath as a bone knife grazed past Lu Bai's neck.

It's like dancing on a knife's edge.

Of course, this is what appears to be a perilous situation; in reality, Lu Bai is well aware of the situation and the pace of the battle remains under his control.

After all, so far in the battle, there haven't been many dangerous situations that have required the use of [Flash Time] to avoid.

He had gradually become familiar with the attacks of these Parasitic Beasts. The flying bone blades were indeed fast, but far from being undetectable.

The reason is simple.

No matter how tricky the angle, the attack always originates from the human body.

If you stay calm, you can treat it like the beanbag toss game you played as a child.

"That's enough probing."

[Flash Time], activate!

Lu Bai swung his sword repeatedly, slashing diagonally downwards, followed by a horizontal sweep, the long blade seemingly drawing a 45° acute angle in the air.

Snap~ Snap~

Several strips of meat broke off and fell to the ground, their cut surfaces as smooth as a mirror.

To Yao Yi, who was standing to the side, it seemed as if these strips of meat had deliberately run into Lu Bai's blade.

After spending some time figuring out the average combat strength of these flesh-and-blood monsters, Lu Bai no longer held back and entered a killing frenzy as quickly as possible.

As the saying goes, "One Inch Longer, One Inch Stronger."

With the over two-meter-long blade of the Long Fang, Lu Bai could attack the human body parasitized by the fleshy mass without getting too close to the monster.

I saw some people asked, so I'll answer them all at once. I haven't been notified of the release date yet, but I'll let you know in advance before it's released.

Regarding the issue of fewer updates, during the new book period, I'll only post two chapters a day. Readers will have to consider this carefully...