At first, Jiang Qing thought the cat had come back.
But he soon realized that wasn't the case.
There was too much movement in the grass. Whatever was inside was making it rustle loudly.
Jiang Qing suddenly remembered Si Ning saying that Level Three Avian Monsters had damaged the planes at the airport.
He had heard about that. Infected birds had appeared in the base and were breeding rapidly. The Guards had spent a long time searching today without finding them.
On his way here, he had also heard Lou Yu and the others say they would come inspect the place themselves tomorrow.
Now it seemed those things had been hiding here.
Jiang Qing stood still, trying not to make a sound.
Suddenly, the sound of flapping wings came from the grass, closing in on Jiang Qing at tremendous speed.
Jiang Qing tossed Si Ning's clothes aside, drew the dagger strapped to his thigh, and took a defensive stance.
Two seconds later, a bizarre Level Three Avian Monster jumped out.
There were no tall weeds where Jiang Qing stood, leaving it exposed beneath the dim light.
He could see that it was a pigeon. It wasn't particularly large, only about thirty centimeters long-small for an avian monster.
But its eyes were sunken, surrounded by a ring of disgusting red growths.
Jiang Qing had never paid attention to what Zombies looked like after mutating. He hadn't expected something this revolting.
He frowned, then slashed hard with his dagger as the bird let out a piercing cry and flapped toward him.
His strike drew blood, but only cut the mutated pigeon's wing.
It seemed close to death and couldn't fly very high.
Just as Jiang Qing was about to chase it down and finish it off, more movement came from the grass.