Published: January 31, 2025
As Wen Yu entered the mansion, the entire courtyard felt extremely quiet.
From time to time, the sound of sobbing could be heard, but it was tightly muffled by the mouths of nearby relatives and friends, who were afraid of drawing the attention of the one-eyed creature that was devouring its food.
If Wen Yu was the murderer, then the one-eyed creature was the weapon in the killer's hand.
A weapon stained with blood can sometimes be even more intimidating than the murderer himself.
"Mayor Li, what should we do now?" Hearing the trembling inquiry from his subordinates, Mayor Li's face turned even whiter.
"Wait." He spat out a single word through gritted teeth, realizing he had been schooled by a young brat. In this damn world, the power of an individual with exceptional strength rendered team strength worthless.
Watching Li Quan'an stand there dumbfounded, including the people he had brought, and even the elderly and children who had originally gathered, not a single person dared to move. The one-eyed creature was immediately disappointed. Although the food it had just consumed filled its belly, it provided too little evolutionary energy, and the one-eyed creature felt no increase in its physical strength.
Just as the one-eyed creature was contemplating whether to eat a couple more people while Wen Yu was absent, a commotion suddenly erupted outside.
"Mayor Li, Mayor Li, something has happened." A patrolman rushed in. The commotion from the one-eyed creature's earlier attack had been heard by the patrol team, but they only thought Mayor Li was employing some "unconventional methods." Trusting the hundreds of professionals in the camp, they had not rushed in to provide support but continued to carry out their tasks.
Seeing the corpses all over the ground, the conspicuous one-eyed creature, and the crowd in the courtyard that didn't dare to move, the patrolman was confused about what had happened.
"Speak." Li Quan'an was too agitated to say much more, turning his back on the dazed patrolman.
Swallowing hard, the patrolman looked fearfully at the one-eyed creature and said to Li Quan'an, "The lookout at the outer perimeter saw Sun Ruixing driving back in a truck. And there are a lot of zombies and mutated beasts following behind."
Upon hearing the news of Sun Ruixing's return, Li Quan'an's heart felt completely flat. Looking at the tense patrolman, he suddenly erupted in anger.
"What good does it do to tell me that? Can't you see the situation now? Tell it, tell it!" Li Quan'an shouted angrily at the patrolman while pointing at the one-eyed creature, frantically venting his frustration.
The patrolman stared blankly at Mayor Li and then glanced nervously at the one-eyed creature: "Uh, this, this..."
Fortunately, Wen Yu heard the commotion in the courtyard and walked out of the room.
"What happened?"
Seeing Wen Yu appear in front of everyone, all of them breathed a sigh of relief. The oppressive presence of the one-eyed creature was too strong, and the timely arrival of its master gave everyone a sense of safety.
The patrolman, looking at the young man questioning him and then at the silent Li Quan'an, instantly understood the situation.
"Sun Ruixing is back with the truck, but a lot of zombies and mutated beasts are following behind."
Hearing the patrolman's words, Wen Yu instead felt relieved: "As long as he's back, we can finally be free from this mess. One-eyed, let's go take a look." As for the zombies and mutated beasts behind, Wen Yu didn't take them seriously.
Seeing Wen Yu and the one-eyed creature walking out of the courtyard, Li Quan'an gritted his teeth and loudly instructed his subordinates: "Keep up." He then took the lead and walked out.
When Wen Yu reached the alley where the stronghold was located, Sun Ruixing's truck came swerving down, covered in blood and gore. Many parts of the truck were even deformed, making it easy to imagine the fierce battle it had undergone.
Behind the truck, a pack of mutated beasts followed closely, with the fastest among them, a mutated horse, only ten meters away.