Under HeLa Cell's repeated bites, the police car was crushed into a twisted lump of metal, then swallowed whole.
The massive police car was quickly digested, leaving nothing behind under the power of HeLa Cell's stomach acid.
HeLa Cell's surface began to change, growing scales made of metal.
Water spraying from a fire hydrant wet the scales, making them gleam smoothly under the lights.
HeLa Cell raised its head and sniffed the air carefully, then strode onward like a killing machine that would never tire.
Brilliant lights illuminated the entire city at night. After a day's work, people began to enjoy their leisure time.
Some sat at roadside stalls eating skewers, while others walked arm in arm, whispering sweet nothings. But more people had their heads down, playing on their phones.
In a dark alley, a pair of scarlet eyes watched the pedestrians coming and going on the street.
Like a farmer looking at his crops, it was time to harvest.
After waiting for the right opportunity, HeLa Cell struck in an instant, swallowing several people in one bite. Then it lashed out with its tail, knocking several more to the ground.
The others froze at first, then all screamed and fled in every direction.
After swallowing what was in its mouth, HeLa Cell gave chase, its mouth open as it pursued the scattering crowd.
Screams, sobs, and the sound of bones breaking echoed through the streets. The once-bustling district was smeared red.
Countless lives were lost to HeLa Cell's jaws. As if at a buffet, it ate several people in each mouthful before chasing after the others.
As the chase went on, HeLa Cell found that it was gradually becoming unable to catch up. It looked back at its own body and saw what was wrong.
It had eaten a little too much, and its body had kept growing until it was now bloated beyond recognition.
HeLa Cell recalled every memory it had, from its birth until now, but still couldn't remember any creature bigger than it was now.
Forget it. If I can't run, then I won't.
A tentacle burst out through its back and coiled in the air, reaching dozens of meters in length.
It swung the tentacle, instantly piercing a person's body, then delivered him into its mouth.
After discovering that this method worked, more tentacles grew from HeLa Cell's back, then surged out in every direction in search of humans.
HeLa Cell's main body also moved to the roof of a building and lay there, concentrating on controlling its tentacles to hunt.
Eyes grew on every tentacle, watching every corner of the city like moving cameras. Whenever they found someone, they killed them at once.
Those close to the main body were delivered straight into HeLa Cell's mouth, while tentacles farther away grew mouths of their own and ate their victims.
HeLa Cell's main body lay there quietly, a tentacle bringing it a mouthful of food from time to time. Its body slowly grew larger.
Eventually, it was impossible even to tell what it was. It had become a scarlet mountain of flesh.
It clung to the skyscraper like a silkworm cocoon. Countless tentacles held it in place like threads, continually supplying it with energy.
Between the utterly dark sky and the immensely prosperous city lay HeLa Cell, like a gate connecting hell and the human world.
Dragging this beautiful human world into the darkness of hell.