Deadly Pain

The woman was instantly startled and hurriedly picked up her daughter, retreating several steps.

"Dad! What's wrong with you?"

"He was infected by parasites in the seawater long ago."

Cheng Luoyi walked toward them step by step, reaching back to grip the hilt of the sword on her back. With a sharp clang, she drew the long blade. Her meaning was obvious.

The woman's eyes widened as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. For a moment, she found it hard to accept reality.

"Why did this happen?"

"Actually, he had known about his condition for a long time. He just wouldn't let me tell you. He said he wanted to accompany you and your daughter until the very end."

Cheng Luoyi explained.

The woman covered her mouth with one hand, unable to hold back her tears any longer. Thinking back, her father really had spent a long time in the seawater, all to salvage supplies that could still be used.

The seawater now contained many mutated parasites. He must have been infected back then.

At that moment, the middle-aged man was in extreme pain.

His stiff body rose from the ground in an unnaturally twisted posture. He wailed, and the writhing beneath the skin of his face grew more violent, as though something was about to burst out.

With a wet pop, the middle-aged man's eyeballs exploded, and several worms crawled out excitedly.

The worms were thin and slender, like horsehair worms.

"Urgh—"

The middle-aged man let out a howl. He was completely controlled by the parasites and showed faint signs of attacking, because they needed new hosts to continue reproducing.

"There's no saving him..."

Cheng Luoyi murmured. Letting the middle-aged man travel with the group had already been her final act of kindness.

The others clenched their teeth, watching