Ziwei Residential Area was a rundown old neighborhood in Linhe City slated for demolition. Hardly anyone lived there anymore.
The paint on the outer walls had peeled away, weeds grew thickly between the buildings, and the hallways were piled with trash and clutter. The entire residential area was steeped in an air of age and decay.
Over the past week, rumors had spread that the place was haunted. At night, the screams of unknown animals could often be heard.
Just yesterday, a streamer known for ghost-hunting adventures had entered the residential area at night, intending to livestream his exploration. But after entering, he vanished without even turning on his equipment, leaving his viewers waiting anxiously all night.
It was not until the next day, when his family discovered he was missing, that they called the police.
At first, it had not seemed like much. A missing-person case was hardly a major case.
But when two police officers traced the streamer's phone to the residential area, all they found was a corpse that had been eaten clean, with fresh scraps of flesh still hanging from its bones.
The two ordinary police officers had been scared out of their wits by the sight. They fled the residential area in a panic, then reported the matter to the Apocalypse Squad responsible for handling special incidents in Linhe City.
Ziwei Residential Area fell under Zhao Shuang's jurisdiction. But by coincidence, both Zhao Shuang and Zhang Baichuan were still in Apocalypse World today, while their teammate Zhou Huaiwen was also out of the city.
With no other choice, Liu Bo brought two veteran criminal investigators to the residential area to investigate first.
Yet not long after entering the residential area, the three of them were attacked by a Monster within it.
A swift, agile black