"If I'd known this would happen today, I wouldn't have come out for anything!"
Swept along by the fleeing crowd, Yang Xiaoshuang gradually fell toward the rear, her heart filled with despair.
She had only wanted to go shopping with her best friend while she had no classes. Being stood up was bad enough, but now she had run into a supernatural monster on a rampage.
She had never imagined her death would be so unconventional-not from old age or illness, but at the hands of a monster that had appeared out of nowhere.
There aren't many people behind me anymore. If that monster catches up again, I'll be the one who dies, won't I?
The thought filled her with sorrow. No matter how strong she was, fear and unwillingness inevitably filled her heart.
Still in the bloom of youth, she naturally did not want to die. Having yet to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a great scientist, she wanted to die even less.
In theory, if they scattered now and fled into the buildings on either side of the street, their chances of survival would still be quite high.
But faced with death and a terror beyond their understanding, only a few could remain rational.
With the giant monster chasing them from behind, everyone simply fled in blind panic.
Instinct and fear drove them to take the fastest route straight ahead, while herd mentality led more people to follow. Even more were swept along by the crowd, unable to break away even if they wanted to.
If they stopped, the monster would not even need to act. The panicked, fleeing crowd would knock them down and trample them to death first.
This was no baseless speculation. Over just a few dozen meters, countless bloody examples had already played