Chapter 374 Tragedy on the Road

"Boss, look behind that guy..." Someone reminded him, and only then did Man with the Baseball Cap notice that a girl was standing behind Chen Yu.

And it was a girl wearing a wedding dress?

Are you kidding me?

Who would wear something like this in the apocalypse? Are they trying to be as conspicuous as possible?

Chen Yu nodded indifferently and sheathed his blade: "Mm, I'm S-Rank. It's just curfew time, and I'm passing through."

"S-Rank?!" Man with the Baseball Cap and the few people beside him exchanged glances, all showing expressions of shock.

No wonder.

No wonder he dared to bring a beauty along so openly; he had the confidence to back it up.

You have to understand, in the outskirts of New Capital City, even an A-Rank can walk around unchecked, and an S-Rank is someone everyone fears.

"Ahem."

Man with the Baseball Cap hesitated for a long time. Choosing not to conflict, he waved his hand: "Then we'll just make do in the hallway for now, but tomorrow morning..."

Chen Yu nodded: "Rest assured, I have no interest in a place like this."

Not long after, the group went downstairs and joined the ranks of those sleeping in the hallway.

Chen Yu and Mira moved into the room without a fight.

If it weren't for Mira's arrogant attire, there probably would have been bloodshed.

Since there was no one else in the room, Chen Yu pulled Mira over: "Then let's begin."

Mira blushed: "You... don't forget what you promised me. You can't abandon Brother Jiang."

Chen Yu nodded and then pulled her into the bedroom.

It was three in the morning.

The lights in the room had long been extinguished, leaving only the moonlight filtering through the gap in the curtains.

Chen Yu stood by the window with a cigarette between his fingers, the red ember glowing on and off in the darkness.

Mira on the bed was breathing evenly, one shoulder exposed from the quilt, the hem of her wedding dress hanging off the edge of the bed.

"Ahhhh!"

A scream suddenly came from outside the window.

Chen Yu tilted his head to look out.

Under the moonlight, a boy wearing a gray-and-white short-sleeved shirt was running desperately, his legs moving fast, occasionally looking back.

"Don't come over! Don't come over!"

"?"

Chen Yu, upstairs, was slightly stunned.

It was so late, and the curfew had long since passed; why was someone still outside?

And looking at his panicked appearance, it seemed like he had seen something terrifying.

"Save me! Save me!"

He screamed until his voice cracked, his cries echoing through the empty street, but no one responded.

He didn't run far.

A figure behind him, more than twice as fast, was rapidly closing in.

The boy looked back, his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground.

"No— no— don't—"

"Roar—!"

The figure instantly pounced, biting the boy's neck!

From the darkness on both sides of the street, more and more figures emerged!

No...

Those weren't figures!

Those were Face-Splitters!

They circled out from behind the street trees, slid out from the shadows of the eaves; some crawled, some walked upright, their faces all split open!

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

One after another, they surrounded him!

Chen Yu stood by the window, frowning...

So, he had thought these monsters only lived in the mines!

But now it seemed that wasn't the case!

Chen Yu analyzed it briefly—the mines were dark, and the night was also dark; this was the commonality between the two environments.

Combined with the curfew rules.

Could it be... they didn't come out during the day because of the light?

That didn't seem right either; when he lit them up in the mines, they didn't seem to fear it?

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and continued watching...

Immediately after, something unexpected happened. The Face-Splitters gathered on the street retreated a few steps.

Then,

"Click—"

"Click—"

"...Uh... uh..."

The boy who had just been running actually stood up, his face splitting right down the middle!

The crack extended from his forehead all the way to his chin!

Small fangs were emerging from the edges of the split, jagged and extremely horrifying!

"Roar—!"

The group of Face-Splitters surrounded it, sniffed it, and then turned and walked toward the outskirts!

But Chen Yu, having witnessed all of this, could no longer remain calm!

In the chat logs, it wasn't just this street corner; this was happening everywhere!

[Zhao Yingjun: Image]

[Zhao Yingjun: F*ck, what the hell is this?! Has anyone seen it?!]

[Wang Lei: Image]

[Wang Lei: There are some under our building too! Three or four! They're lying on the ground gnawing on something!]

[Sun Xiaoting: Image]

[Sun Xiaoting: Just took this, outside the window, it looked up... Look at its face...]

[Li Xue: Image]

[Li Xue: It's too terrifying... Its face is split open!!!]

[Zhang Hao: Is this a zombie?]

[Zhao Yingjun: It's way scarier than a zombie, okay! Zombies at least look like people; this thing isn't human at all!]

[Chen Hui: I'm on the first floor! I'm panicking, what do I do!]

[Liu Yang: Don't say anything, my legs are shaking, and my door lock is broken...]

[Zhou Yiyi: @Li Xue, can you take a few more pictures of the monster you just shot? It looks familiar!]

[Li Xue: Image]

[Li Xue: Image]

[Zhou Yiyi: Holy crap, this is my ex-boyfriend!!! Gray hoodie, hole in the chest, exactly the same!!! He went missing last night!!!]

[Zhou Zhiqiang: So these things were originally people?! They turn into monsters after getting bitten?]

[Li Xue: Isn't that just a zombie? But they're much fiercer than zombies. Zombies wobble when they walk, but these things run like they're flying!]

Chen Yu closed the panel, a sense of unease rising in his heart.

Human-to-human transmission.

The Face-Splitter monsters came from human-to-human transmission.

This was not good news; it meant the potential number of monsters in the Living Area could reach as high as 300,000.

Of course, that was an extreme case; it probably wouldn't happen in general.

[Zhang Wanyue: Chen Yu, where are you now? Are you safe?]

[Shen Qingci: Saw the chat channel, how is the situation on your end?]

[Wang Mengmeng: Brother Chen Yu, Brother Chen Yu, Brother Chen Yu! Are you okay! The chat channel has exploded! It's full of Face-Splitters!]

[Qiao Xi: Chen Yu? Do you need my help?]

Li Mengyao, Deng Yuxin, Lu Xiaoyu, Liu Manqing, and others were all sending messages.

Chen Yu replied to them one by one.

Of course, this resulted in a barrage of messages from all the women.

This time, Chen Yu didn't reply because Mira had woken up again, dizzy and disoriented: "You... what are you doing..."

Chen Yu stretched his limbs: "You passed out too early just now; that was too irresponsible, don't you think?"

Mira gritted her teeth: "Chen Yu... calm down. It's almost morning. Let me sleep for a while, please. I haven't slept in days!"

"It's not like anyone else has slept either. Haven't you heard the saying? There are only tired oxen."