Eerie Mist

"Give me a weapon!"

Lu Chengchuan watched for a moment, then couldn't help but ask Zhou Yaning for a melee weapon.

The situation was urgent. If the monsters weren't dealt with, there would be more casualties among the surrounding pedestrians. Zhou Yaning made an exception and handed him her longsword.

As soon as he had the longsword in hand, Lu Chengchuan rushed out.

The skinless monster saw someone charging at it and roared, waving its claws at Lu Chengchuan. Lu Chengchuan dodged and then slashed at the skinless monster with the sword.

The blade tore through flesh, leaving a huge wound on the skinless monster.

The monster wailed. Lu Chengchuan stepped forward and struck its head with the sword, splitting the monster's skull and easily cutting its head in two.

With its head split open, the skinless monster fell to the ground, and Lu Chengchuan heard the system's voice.

[Killed a Ghoul, gained 7 days of life.]

The monster was called a Ghoul by the system, and killing it granted him seven days of life. After dealing with one, Lu Chengchuan strode towards another Ghoul.

The people behind him saw him easily dispatching the monsters and prepared to fight them as well.

They held knives in one hand and guns in the other, moving forward. Pushing through the surging crowd, the ghouls ran wildly along with the pedestrians; they had to run along with them.

By the time they cornered a Ghoul, Lu Chengchuan had already killed three Ghouls with his sword.

The five of them joined forces, hacking at the Ghoul with knives and swords while dodging its claws. They attacked together, but the monster's frenzied assault pushed them back.

Someone fired a gun at the monster, but the bullets didn't stop it. With allies all around, they didn't dare to keep firing, and the monster broke through their encirclement.

Lu Chengchuan arrived, chased after it, and slashed at the Ghoul's hind leg, then struck its neck with force, cutting off its head.

The investigators were stunned. They had surrounded the monster but couldn't kill it, while Lu Chengchuan came up and finished it off with two strikes. The difference was too great.

While everyone was still in shock, Lu Chengchuan caught up with the fifth Ghoul.

This was the last Ghoul, and it didn't last long against Lu Chengchuan. After only three moves, the Ghoul's head rolled to the ground.

With all the visible monsters killed, Lu Chengchuan gained thirty-five days of life.

Lu Chengchuan was happy about the increase in his lifespan, but he didn't show it on his face. He walked back to the front of the investigation team and returned the blood-stained longsword to Zhou Yaning.

Zhou Yaning took the longsword and was about to say something when her work phone rang.

She quickly answered the phone.

"Captain Zhou, this is Yang Jikai. Monsters have appeared in multiple locations in the city..."

Yang Jikai's voice rang out from the phone. He wasn't bringing good news. Besides their location, monsters had also appeared in other areas of Anyang City. All the police officers in the bureau had been dispatched, and even the army was being mobilized.

"We had monsters here too, but we've dealt with them. Send someone to handle the aftermath. I'm going right away."

"Mr. Lu, monsters have appeared in other areas as well. Please come with us."

Zhou Yaning put down her phone, quickly told her subordinates to get in the car, and asked Lu Chengchuan to come with them.

Lu Chengchuan got in the car with them. There was no need to hide anymore. He wanted to kill more monsters and gain more life.

The car sped to a large shopping mall. Monsters had appeared in the mall, trapping many people inside. Many police officers were injured or killed while trying to rescue them.

The monsters inside hadn't been dealt with yet. Lu Chengchuan and the others got out of the car. After Zhou Yaning confirmed her identity with the police, Lu Chengchuan charged into the mall with his longsword.

The mall was very large, with seven floors, each selling different things.

The third to fifth floors were filled with restaurants. Usually, there were a lot of people here, but when the monsters appeared, many people were trapped in the restaurants upstairs and couldn't get down.

When they entered, there were many bodies lying on the ground, both monsters and humans.

The monsters' howls, the humans' screams, gunshots, and music were all mixed together. There was more than one type of monster here, and they also discovered where the monsters were coming from.

There were several patches of black mist in the seven-story mall. The black mist churned, and monsters emerged from it.

Monsters kept coming out of the mist. The police had been surrounding it for a long time, killing many monsters, but they kept appearing. They fired guns, threw explosives, and used flamethrowers into the mist, but it wouldn't dissipate.

They sent a remote-controlled car to investigate, but the car lost signal as soon as it got close.

The mist had appeared half an hour ago and hadn't dissipated yet.

The police could only guard the area, clearing out the monsters that came out of it, while slowly evacuating the crowd.

But the monsters kept appearing, and with their strange abilities, the police suffered many casualties.

When Lu Chengchuan and the others entered, another group of Zombie monsters attacked. The police had encountered zombies a few times and knew that they could only be killed quickly by hitting their heads or necks.

Lu Chengchuan and the others went to the side to help the police resist the zombies and other monsters.

Zombies jumped out one after another, and Lu Chengchuan stood at the front with his longsword.

He swung his longsword, killing the approaching low-level zombies. Listening to the system's voice ringing in his mind, Lu Chengchuan became increasingly excited.

After killing more than a dozen zombies in a row, the longsword in his hand suddenly broke.

It was a good weapon, with excellent craftsmanship and materials, but it was just a weapon, not an indestructible treasure.

Zombies' bodies were harder than wood, and Lu Chengchuan didn't know how to use a sword. He was just hacking with brute force, using the longsword as roughly as possible. It was already good that he managed to kill more than a dozen zombies.

The broken sword fell to the ground, and Lu Chengchuan simply dropped the weapon and fought the zombies with his bare hands.

Several zombies surrounded him, and their sharp nails scratched his body, but they couldn't break his defense, only tearing Lu Chengchuan's clothes.

With the Iron Body Skill mastered, his body was impervious to blades, making it difficult for the zombies to harm him.

He killed over a dozen zombies in a row. Zhou Yaning and the police weren't idle either; together, they worked to eliminate the dozens of zombies that had charged out.

The monsters upstairs were also eliminated. Although there were police casualties, fortunately, they managed to bring the situation under control.

With the zombies destroyed, the eerie black mist continued to surge.

He killed 16 zombies, gaining 112 days of life, which, added to his existing lifespan, meant he could now live for half a year.

Lu Chengchuan was happy. Seeing Zhou Yaning and the others approaching, he noticed they looked terrible, but thankfully, they weren't injured. As they approached, he put away his smile and bent down to pick up a broken sword from the ground.

Looking at the dead zombies around him, Zhou Yaning and the others still wore shocked expressions.

"What is this mist, and how are monsters coming out of it..."

Lu Chengchuan shook his head. How would he know what the mist was all about? He wasn't a scholar or a scientist who could explain it clearly.

He shook his head, and Zhou Yaning understood that he didn't know either. At that moment, a policeman walked over.

"Captain Zhou, do you have any way to deal with the mist?"