After walking a few steps over, I had just started to bend down when a shadow suddenly flashed past the corner of my right eye. Instinctively, I
jumped backward several times in a row. My enhanced body let me leap a whole lot farther than before, almost two or three meters with each jump. I got away from
the shadow.
Once I steadied myself, I drew my katana with a sharp shing! Only then did I have time to look at the shadow!
"What the... what the hell is that?!"
A long... thing... like... like a rope? No, no... this thing definitely looked like it was made of flesh, and it was still...
"A tongue!!"
The thought flashed through my mind. The next second, I followed the fleshy appendage to its base. What appeared before me
was... something clinging upside down to the wall,
pressed flat against the building's wall. Its color was very close to that of the wall. That had to be why I hadn't noticed it right away.
And its skeleton was clearly different from a human's. Unlike the green monsters, whose basic skeletons were still human-shaped, it didn't walk upright or have five fingers.
Its hands still had five fingers, but its toes had grown into the same structure as fingers.
If not for its clearly defined head,
I wouldn't even have been able to tell which end was its upper body and which was its lower body!
"Shit!!! What the hell is this thing now?! The virus only broke out a month ago. How are there already so many terrifying monsters?!"
I muttered to myself. The instant I finished speaking, the creature began
climbing the wall of the building beside me at an unbelievable speed. And...
It was coming closer?!
Attack!
That thing moved exactly like a gecko clinging to a wall. It only lasted an instant, but I clearly saw
that it wasn't gripping the wall with its fingers.
Instead, it pressed its palms against the wall and climbed at high speed...
It was even much faster than a human running!!
"What the fuck is this thing?!"
I cursed under my breath and hurriedly pulled out a crossbow bolt, then drew the bowstring. But before I could set the bolt on the track, a shadow flashed past the corner
of my eye. I instinctively ducked, and the long, whip-like tongue swept right over my head,
slamming hard into the ground!
Smack!!!
The crack was as sharp as an iron whip. I stared dumbfounded at the several-meter-long fleshy tongue. The paving stone beneath it had actually been
shattered!!
"Shit! How much force did that take?!"
I sucked in a breath. The next second, a rush of wind sounded beside my ear!
Instinctively, I held Big Black Eagle in front of me!
It had me!!
Big Black Eagle was being dragged from my hands, and the force pulling on it was immense. I gritted my teeth and pulled the trigger!
Thwack~~~~
Aaaagh~~~~
A sharp cry rang out as the bowstring snapped forward. A spray of black blood splattered across my clothes. At the same time,
something fell to the ground with a plop!
I didn't have time to look. As soon as I felt the force on the crossbow disappear, I quickly backed away several steps and threw Big Black Eagle
into the grass in the garden of the nearby residential complex. Then I reached for the hilt of my katana!
Whoosh!!
A gust of wind rushed past, and a powerful force struck my right arm. In the next instant, something long and slick wrapped
around me!!
Was that its tongue?!
I wasn't sure if it really was its tongue, but I knew that if this thing managed to bind me completely,
I'd be finished!!
In an instant, I focused all my attention. The next second, a wave of heat surged from my abdomen and spread through my body. My heart pounded, and a low buzz~~~~ rang in my ears
as I entered that strange state once more.
Everything in front of me slowed in an instant. I could see the tongue clearly, covered in bulging veins and blood vessels, with some slime and dirt from the ground stuck to it. It
had already wound around me once, but luckily, it hadn't trapped my left hand!!
If I'd been a little slower, I'd have been done for!!
Even so, the monster was still fast in this superhuman state. Its tongue wrapped around me even faster than the creature itself could move!!
"Break already!!!"
I cried out. The next second, I drew the military knife from my chest, raised my left hand high, and swung down hard!!
Splurt!!!
Black blood sprayed all over me. At the same time, the severed fleshy appendage instantly went limp!
I tore free of it with both arms and forced myself to stay in the superhuman state. But I could clearly feel my strength draining away rapidly. I'd already used it once that morning, and
only seven or eight hours had passed since then. Using it again seemed to put a heavy strain on my body!!
There was no time to think about that!!!
The monster slowly opened its mouth and let out a pained howl. Its long, severed tongue slowly began to retract. I could clearly see its throat bulging as the tongue
was drawn back. It looked like these things had mutated into something completely different from humans. They'd not only changed their skeletons; they'd even evolved
some unique organs!!
Each time I entered the superhuman state, it lasted only three to five seconds, and I could use it no more than twice a day. That was what I'd concluded from my previous experiences.
Now, more than a second had passed since I cut off the monster's long tongue. For some reason, when I was in this state,
my sense of time and space was incredibly clear. I could even recreate everything I saw in my mind in an instant, forming a three-dimensional model!
I lunged to the side, but it was already too late!
The instant I plunged into the grass, the superhuman state receded like a tide. A wave of exhaustion nearly made
my eyes close!
But I already had the cold Big Black Eagle crossbow in my hands. As I rolled, I stepped on the stirrup,
then yanked back the bowstring!
"Ugh—aaah!!!"
My whole body tensed as I put every ounce of strength into it! The bowstring snapped into place against the trigger with a click. At the same time, a scream came from the monster!
Aaaah!
The monster's scream rang out, chilling to the bone. But it also told me exactly where it was!
I reached into the quiver at my waist and pulled out a bolt. Then I rolled over and lay down in the grass, pushing the bolt into place with my hand!
The next second, I heard a rapid pattering of footsteps—or no, a strange squelch, squelch sound. I suddenly looked up!!!
It had only one eye and one mouth. Its whole body looked like a skinned human, with veins and muscles clearly visible beneath the surface. Its round head was
covered in fleshy lumps, and the lumps covered its entire body. Now it was rushing at me on all fours, like a hyena, bringing with it a foul wind!!
The next second, the shadow slammed into me! I had only just gotten up when I was knocked flying. Its long claws pierced straight through my left shoulder,
and a burst of pain made me groan!
"Ugh!!!"
The scenery rushed past me. In the next instant, the five-story building came into view. Then my perspective suddenly spun,
and the sky turned blue. My body slammed hard into the metal railing!
Bang!!!!
"Ugh..."
The metal rattled with a clang, and I couldn't help letting out a soft groan. My vision was already swimming!
But the monster clearly had no intention of letting me go...
A shadow gradually appeared before my eyes, blocking the clear blue sky. The monster had actually used its one eye, nearly several times larger than an ordinary person's, to...