Chapter 43 I'll Repay You in My Next Life

It's over! It actually has memories!

"Th-this... how is this possible? Can they still have memories after mutating?"

Zhuo You didn't have time to ponder such advanced mysteries of biological evolution; the most important thing right now was to run!

"Damn it! Haven't you moved it yet?"

Zhuo You jammed the chair he was holding onto the stairs and leaned over the railing to look down...

"Beasts!"

Zhuo You cursed furiously in anger!

A gap had been cleared in the debris in the stairwell, and they had actually slipped through without saying a word!

They didn't even bother to call out to him!

Zhuo You scrambled and crawled, fleeing frantically downstairs, while the roars behind him—like the death knell of the Grim Reaper—grew closer and closer!

Zhang Xiao had the worst stamina. Between the shock and fear, combined with a body already weakened by hunger, he fell far behind the rest of the group...

But he wasn't afraid!

Because there was someone even unluckier behind him!

"Damn!"

Zhang Xiao cursed inwardly, sensing something was wrong; he heard the heavy, wheezing sounds of Zhuo You behind him...

"Damn it! A boxing coach's physical fitness is really fucking good!"

As he ran downstairs, Zhuo You cursed at Zhang Xiao below: "You fucker! I've always thought of you whenever there was something good! And this is how you repay me! If you were going to leave, you could have at least made a sound!"

Zhang Xiao didn't dare to stop. Neither the current Zhuo You nor the two mermaids chasing him were easy to deal with at the moment!

He could only grit his teeth and desperately quicken his pace, taking four or five steps at a time!

But Zhuo You's physical fitness was too good, and since he was usually well-fed, he caught up to Zhang Xiao in about two floors.

A ruthless glint suddenly appeared in Zhuo You's triangular eyes!

He understood that he couldn't outrun the mermaids, and if things continued like this, he would be caught sooner or later.

In a flash of lightning, a plan suddenly formed in his mind!

He suddenly slowed his pace, appearing to wait for Zhang Xiao, whom he had just overtaken, while his right hand quietly gripped the Nepalese machete tucked into his waistband behind him...

"Xiao Zi! Hurry!" Zhuo You shouted deliberately, extending his left hand as if to pull Zhang Xiao along with him.

Zhang Xiao's face lit up with joy; he even felt that he hadn't followed the wrong person!

Zhuo You was a decent guy! He repaid evil with kindness! When things got tough, he really stepped up!

Like someone grabbing a lifeline, he reached out, trying to grasp Zhuo You's hand.

However, what met him was not a rescue, but a tremendous force!

Zhuo You grabbed Zhang Xiao's hand and yanked it with all his might. Zhang Xiao couldn't maintain his balance at all, lunged forward, and fell onto the stairs!

A cold, biting gleam flashed rapidly through the air!

"Pfft!"

The sharp blade of the Nepalese machete, carrying terrifying, immense force, slashed precisely and ruthlessly into the back of Zhang Xiao's right knee!

Agonizing pain instantly shot to his brain!

"Ah! Ah! Fuck!" Zhang Xiao let out a shrill scream, turning his head in disbelief to look at Zhuo You, whose eyes were cold as he held the Nepalese machete—blood was even dripping from the blade!

"Zhuo You! Fuck your mother! What the fuck are you trying to do?!" Zhang Xiao let out a painful roar, lying on the stairs in helpless fury.

Zhuo You's face remained expressionless, and he turned around without hesitation, running downstairs...

As he ran, he shouted: "Xiao Zi! Brother is sorry for letting you down! But someone has to stay behind to let them have an appetizer! I'll repay your great kindness in the next life!"

"Zhuo You! You won't have a good death! You beast!"

"Keep cursing! Keep cursing! Curse a few more times to attract their attention!"

After saying this, Zhuo You rushed downstairs with even greater speed, using all his strength, leaving Zhang Xiao's desperate curses and the increasingly close roars far behind him!

Zhang Xiao slumped on the cold stairs. He tried to stand up, but his right leg wouldn't obey, and he couldn't muster any strength in it.

Zhang Xiao knew that the tendons in his lower leg had been severed by that bastard Zhuo You...

The wound left by the Nepalese machete was deep enough to see the bone, and blood poured out continuously, quickly pooling into a sticky, bright red puddle beneath him.

Zhang Xiao futilely covered the wound with his hand, trying to stop the bleeding...

Tears of despair and snot mixed together, smearing all over his face...

"Zhuo You... you beast! You bastard... you won't have a good death!"

He used all his strength to let out vicious and desperate curses!

He even hoped that Zhuo You would lose his mind from his curses and come back to kill him!

But downstairs, Zhuo You only let out a long sigh of relief upon hearing his roars, which meant the mermaids were still some distance away from him...

But for Zhang Xiao upstairs, the situation was looking grim...

"ROAR!!!"

A twisted, hoarse, and violent roar filled with monstrous hatred suddenly exploded above Zhang Xiao's head!

The air began to reek, like rotting mud by a riverbank, carrying a strong, earthy stench and the smell of putrid fish...

Zhang Xiao looked up in terror...

Two figures, in an extremely unnatural and swift manner, lunged down from the top of the stairs, using all four limbs!

Their way of moving was even more bizarre than the mermaids outside! They even combined the movements of reptiles with the wriggling of fish! They were shockingly fast!

Charging at the front was Li Mei's husband... the man named "Da Yong."

His pair of purple pupils stared fixedly at Zhang Xiao, his gaze burning with surging hatred and an intense desire to kill!

Following close behind was that woman... the woman who had been tortured all night by Zhuo You, Zhang Xiao, and their group...

The hatred in her eyes was even more complex! It was a madness fused with humiliation and pain!

In just an instant, the two mermaids had lunged right in front of Zhang Xiao.

"No... don't! Please! I know I was wrong! I apologize! Don't come over! I was wrong! It was Zhuo You who forced me to do it!!" Zhang Xiao was scared out of his wits, begging incoherently, kicking and scrambling frantically with his hands and feet, trying to escape from the two mermaids before him.

But that crippled leg made all his struggles seem ridiculous and futile...

Da Yong attacked first, if that could even be called a "hand."

His large, mucus-covered hand grabbed Zhang Xiao's intact left leg like a pair of pliers!

"Crack!" A teeth-grinding sound of bone breaking echoed clearly in the stairwell, as the immense force instantly crushed Zhang Xiao's ankle bone!

"Ah!!!" Zhang Xiao shrieked in agony, his body convulsing violently from the excruciating pain.

Li Mei leaned down; her face, which had once been exceptionally beautiful, now looked like that of a monster...

Her mucus-covered face was almost pressed against Zhang Xiao's face, which was violently twisted in fear.

She seemed to be "scrutinizing" him, or perhaps "admiring" him. But more than that, she was enjoying it; she was enjoying the extreme fear Zhang Xiao was feeling at this very moment!

A strange gurgling sound came from her throat... She was asking a question, but she could no longer speak human language.

She didn't understand; when he first saw her face, the man before her had eyes full of pleasant surprise... How could he be so afraid today...

The next second, she opened her mouth wide and bit down on Zhang Xiao's flailing arm!