Humanity in Crisis

"She came to save me!"

Behind her, Sun Yuhang and the others followed closely, rushing into the tent.

"Uncle Chen, how are you???"

"I... I'm fine. I was just fighting the monster."

Chen Ming forced himself to say.

Sun Yuhang was skeptical. Was that really fighting? Why did it feel like he was trying to cover something up...

Meanwhile, Tiantian's face darkened as she stared straight at Cheng Luoyi. She truly could not understand it. She had done everything flawlessly, so how had she been discovered?

"Die!"

With a vicious roar, several more tentacles shot out, whipping toward Cheng Luoyi like steel lashes.

Cheng Luoyi swung her long blade, every strike perfectly precise, severing all the tentacles. They fell to the ground with a series of crackles.

"Go help her."

Sun Yuhang shouted softly when he saw this.

The others drew their sharp weapons and prepared to charge forward.

Tiantian furrowed her brows. Realizing she was no match for them, she immediately decided to flee. Her entire back split open, and a tentacled monster shot out through the crack. It smashed through the tent and fled outside.

"Shedding her shell like a cicada?"

Sun Yuhang looked down and saw that only Tiantian's shriveled corpse remained, like a sheet of human skin plastered to the ground.

"Chase her."

As Cheng Luoyi spoke, she followed her out of the tent.

There were quite a few human survivors outside. They quickly spotted the Parasitic Monster's true body and were terrified, crying out in alarm.

"Ah—there's a monster!"

"Run!"

"Wh... what is that thing?"

"..."

They were all ordinary survivors, men and women alike, with no combat ability. When they saw the monster, all they could do was run.

Some awakened ones also noticed the situation and naturally could not stand idly by.

"Another