The shrill screams echoed through the empty streets. Wu Qiuyi and the other two braced themselves. In less than ten seconds, a white shadow shot out from the intersection, moving so fast it nearly left a blur behind. It was slender and light on its feet; despite its speed, it stopped right beside the toy that had made the sound and slashed it into pieces with one swipe. Its claws even gouged several marks into the ground!
This was Wu Qiuyi's first time seeing an Alien up close. A strange look crossed her face, seeming at once sorrowful and furious. "The ones eating people are people too."
"Shh." Lin Pei pressed a hand to her shoulder, signaling for her to be quiet.
The Alien hadn't noticed anyone nearby. As it paced in place, it ran into several Players, and screams rang out one after another. It furiously clawed around for a while, venting its anger by eating and then spitting out its victims. Then it suddenly leaped onto a rooftop and ran in the direction it had come from.
"Go!" Lin Pei and Wu Qiuyi jumped out the window one after the other and climbed onto the roof to pursue it.
They leaped from rooftop to rooftop, tracking the Alien in the direction Ke Liang had indicated.
What was astonishing was that although the Alien had no eyes, it rarely ran into obstacles as it moved through the streets. In theory, only sounds above sixty decibels could draw their attention, and their hearing was weakened, too. Yet this Alien paused briefly every so often, tilting its head as though listening for something.
"What's it listening to?" After seeing it do this several times, Wu Qiuyi stopped worrying about being noticed and became more curious about what its behavior meant.
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