Mice

"There were actually mice this big out at sea?"

Yang Yi spoke in surprise.

He had lived in the south and seen big black rats. But this was his first time seeing one this fat.

It was about thirty centimeters long, with no tail, as fat as a big ball of black fur, with short, stubby limbs.

If not for its mouse head, Yang Yi would not even have recognized it.

He used the Flame Serpent's Fang to drag the dead mouse out of the cable duct behind the wall, receiving its information at the same time.

[Name: House Mouse]

[Description: A dangerous, unusual mouse skilled at making its home inside other creatures, hence its name.

It distorts its host's perceptions, modifies its host's flesh, and can move about in the dark.

When food is scarce, they enter dormancy, surviving for long periods without food or water and resisting the darkness's corrosion.

They excel at burrowing into your brain.]

"A Parasitic Mouse?"

Yang Yi immediately shared the information with Su Na while forcing the cut metal panel back into place.

According to the information, these mice were dormant, in a state similar to hibernation that allowed them to withstand hunger and darkness for long periods.

So loud disturbances or light could potentially wake these dormant mice.

There were enormous numbers of these mice.

Several were hiding in the surrounding cable ducts and vents alone.

Yang Yi did not know the exact number, but judging by smell and hearing, there should have been seven or eight.

There was no point counting those farther ahead. There were simply too many to count.

Su Na crouched down, put on cloth gloves, and began examining the dead mouse.

It was her first time seeing such a fat mouse too. It was