"Run! A monster's entered the city!"
"Ma! Ma, where are you?!"
"Child! My child!"
"Help! Where are the guards?! Commander Chen?!"
In almost an instant, the streets near the city gate plunged into utter chaos and terror! Frightened screams, shrill cries, despairing wails, frantic footsteps, and the excited roars and gnashing of demons all mingled together, instantly turning the once-dead-silent Anping County into a boiling human hell! At Wang's Cloth Shop, the proprietress had just fitted the last plank into place when she heard the earth-shaking thunder of running feet and terrifying roars outside. Trembling, she peered through the crack in the door, only to see a demonic beast shaped like a hound and covered in bone spines pounce on a peddler who was packing up his stall. With one bite, it severed his throat, and hot blood sprayed onto the cloth banner beside him, instantly dyeing it red. The peddler's scream cut off abruptly, though his limbs still twitched instinctively. The bone-spined hound tore open his chest in a few bites, pulled out his organs, and devoured them, its blood-soaked mouth making satisfied grunting sounds. The proprietress was scared out of her wits. Her legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground, a warm wetness spreading through her trousers as a heavy stench of urine filled the air. Before she could get up, the shop's wooden door was smashed to pieces with a bang. Another demonic beast, shaped like an ape but sporting wild boar tusks, sprang inside, its scarlet eyes locking directly onto her limp body...
At Old Third Liu's home by the tofu shop, Liu the Third was mute and depended on his elderly mother for survival. He was helping her escape through the back door when a monstrous bird with a wingspan of nearly ten