Fu Yunting was inside a villa at the time. He now worked closely with the Special Administration Bureau, so its agents did not stop him from coming here to gather information.
Fu Yunting knew this family and had some business dealings with them.
But he had not expected to find both the husband and wife infected with the "virus" when he saw them again.
Their symptoms included festering skin and a constant, frantic desire to drink water.
They had drunk so much that their bellies were as swollen as if they were pregnant, as though their stomachs would burst the next second.
Yet even then, they would not stop. Several men together could not hold them back.
Their skin had also become slick and slimy, as if swollen with fluid, and felt strangely disgusting to the touch.
"This is bad! Their bellies are bursting! Get the water out of their stomachs!"
There was no time to worry about anything else. Someone punched them straight in their bellies.
"Urgh..."
They did vomit, but along with it came some transparent, egg-like things.
"Wh-what are these?"
"They look like some kind of eggs."
The next second, things emerged from those translucent eggs. They were as thick as chopsticks and looked like snakes, but also somewhat like fish.
Once they broke out of their shells, the creatures quickly scattered.
"Their bellies!"
Someone pointed at the two people's stomachs in horror.
Both were already dead. A bloody, mangled opening had split across their bellies, and countless translucent eggs spilled out before rapidly hatching.
"Use fire! Burn them, quick!"
But ordinary fire had only a limited effect on these creatures.
They soon discovered that, small as these things were, they were fast and highly venomous.
Someone was bitten, and the venom spread rapidly. Within just a