The Ten-Thousand-Forged Primordial Furnace neither dodged nor retreated. It scooped straight at the head the Gu Mother had poked out.
The furnace's mouth was like a bloody maw that had suddenly opened, its suction absurdly powerful.
The surrounding rubble, dead branches, and even the grayish-white mist in the air were all swept into a vortex and poured into the furnace's mouth.
The Gu Mother sensed danger.
It let out an indescribable howl.
It sounded like hundreds of babies crying at once.
And like the throaty sounds dozens of old people made on their pillows before dying.
Mixed in were the sounds of bones breaking, nails scraping walls, and teeth chattering, all churning together like a pot of boiling oil poured into people's ears.
Even the old man and old woman underground couldn't help covering their ears.
Lying on the dirt slope, Long Ya heard that howl too.
Her whole body shuddered, and she nearly pulled the trigger.
"Don't move." Yang Yong's voice sounded beside her ear, like a nail pinning her wildly pounding heart back into her chest.
"Do I need to do anything?" Long Ya asked quietly.
"No," Yang Yong said. "It's not at that point yet."
"Just keep watch on the people coming out of the building. Don't let a single one escape."
Long Ya murmured an acknowledgment and pressed her eye back to the scope.
Through the scope, lights came on in the old school's windows, one after another.
Flashlight beams, muzzle flashes, and several cold, grayish-white lights emitted by unknown things mingled chaotically in the night.
Those people swarmed out of every corner like startled cockroaches...
Some looked up at the sky, some peered outside, and some had already raised their guns.
"Kill," Yang Yong said flatly.
The Ten-Thousand-Forged Primordial Furnace's mouth abruptly widened.
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