"Ah! Help!"
"Get away, monster! Don't eat me!"
"Mommy! Mommy!"
"Roar!"
"Woof! Woof!"
The streets were in chaos, creatures of every kind hunting one another.
A dog had just pounced on a person when a cat slashed its throat. Before the cat could enjoy the fruits of victory, a rat with a venomous stinger stabbed it in the neck. The poison took hold, and it died moments later.
A woman clutching a baby fled through the chaotic crowd. Above her, Nameless, Ma Lie, and Zhu Chixia watched their surroundings. Whenever an Insectified Person or Insectified Beast that had lost its humanity approached her, they attacked.
At last, the woman reached an apartment building. She raced up to the fifth floor, unlocked a door, hurried inside with the baby, and locked it behind her.
Once she was sure she was safe, she leaned against the door, gasping for breath. Then she sank to the floor with the child in her arms, quiet sobs escaping her.
Her husband had gone mad and nearly killed her. Only by drawing on all her strength had she managed to kill him instead.
Now that she had calmed down, the madness and horror of everything that had happened struck her. She carefully pulled back the swaddling cloth to reveal a cocoon. She stroked it gently, her face full of tenderness.
"She seems to have gone mad too. She's treating an insect cocoon like her own child," Zhu Chixia remarked.
Nameless jumped onto the sofa. "That really is her child. The child's Insectification turned it into a cocoon. Whether it can emerge, and what it might become if it does... there's no telling."
"Damn Gu Yue!" Ma Lie said angrily.
Nameless nodded. "Yes. If we get the chance, we'll make him answer for this!"
He jumped to