41: Chapter 41 Women can only clean up dust.

Scales, slit pupils, a forked tongue.

Dozens of snakes coiled atop her head, writhing slowly and hissing.

The sight was hair-raising.

Captain Han's pupils contracted violently, his lips trembling:

"Bloo... Bloodline Atavism..."

"This is Bloodline Atavism..."

Tieshan knelt on the ground, his whole body shaking like a sieve.

The four members of the Dark Blade lying on the ground didn't even dare to lift their heads, trembling where they lay.

Bloodline Atavism.

It was a thing of legends.

Ordinary Calamities ate humans to fill their stomachs and prevent themselves from getting lost to hunger.

But when a Calamity possessed a certain level of strength, it could also eat Mist Beasts, which not only filled their stomachs but also increased their level.

And when a Calamity reached Level 9, certain Calamities with powerful bloodlines would evolve, triggering Bloodline Atavism.

After the atavism, they would turn into ancient behemoths.

Li Xiulan stood there, the snakes atop her head writhing slowly, every pair of slit pupils fixed on Captain Han.

It was just like the Medusa Queen in myths.

Captain Han's legs were shaking, his teeth chattering, his mind a complete blank.

He wanted to run, but his body wouldn't move.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but no sound could come from his throat.

He could only watch helplessly as those snakes, one by one, slowly opened their eyes.

Those slit pupils were cold and ruthless, looking at him as if he were a dead man.

Captain Han closed his eyes, trying his best not to look at those eyes, but it was useless; those pairs of eyes shot out beams of light that landed on him.

Then, he felt it.

Starting from the soles of his feet.

Cold and hard.

He looked down.

His feet were turning into stone.

Gray, rough, senseless stone.

"No... No...!"

But the snakes did not stop.

The range of Petrification slowly spread upward.

Ankles.

Calves.

Knees.

Captain Han struggled desperately, but that pressure kept him unable to move.

He could only stand there, feeling his body turn into stone inch by inch.

A scream came from Tieshan behind him.

He turned his head and saw that Tieshan was also starting to undergo Petrification from the soles of his feet, his ferocious face filled with terror.

"Save... save me..."

The four members of the Dark Blade lying on the ground didn't even manage a scream before they were directly petrified.

They lay on the ground with their faces pressed against the floor, their bodies already turned into gray stone statues.

Captain Han turned his head back, looking at Li Xiulan.

She stood there, the snakes atop her head writhing slowly, without any expression on her face.

It was just like looking at an ant.

The range of Petrification had already spread to his waist.

Captain Han's lips moved, and with his last bit of strength, he asked:

"What... what exactly... are you..."

Li Xiulan did not answer.

She just looked down at Wang Xiaoyue beside her.

Wang Xiaoyue was hugging that bald rabbit, tilting her little face up, looking at the snakes curiously.

"Mommy, what's wrong with them?"

Li Xiulan rubbed her head and said gently:

"They are playing the stone game with Xiaoyue."

Wang Xiaoyue blinked, looked at Captain Han's half-petrified body, and clapped her little hands, laughing.

"So fun! The uncle turned into a stone!"

The range of Petrification continued to spread upward.

Chest.

Neck.

Chin.

Captain Han's eyes were filled with fear and unwillingness.

He remembered Wang Lin's calm eyes.

He remembered Wang Lin's words, "If you succeed in killing him by then, give me a notification."

He finally understood.

That kid wasn't indifferent.

He simply didn't need to care.

Because his parents were simply not human.

They were monsters.

True monsters.

They were the group of people standing at the very top of this world...

Petrification covered his face.

In the last second, he saw the corners of Li Xiulan's mouth rise slightly.

That smile was exactly the same as Wang Lin's.

The next second, Captain Han turned into a stone statue.

Tieshan also turned into a stone statue.

The four stone statues lying on the ground remained motionless.

The courtyard was extremely quiet.

There was only the sound of Wang Xiaoyue's laughter and the hissing of the snakes.

She withdrew her pressure, and those snakes slowly retracted, turning back into ordinary black hair.

She became that ordinary housewife again, wearing an apron and holding a rag.

She took Wang Xiaoyue's hand.

"Let's go, Xiaoyue, it's time to eat."

Wang Xiaoyue hugged the rabbit, skipping along as she followed her inside.

Walking to the door, she suddenly turned her head and took a look at those stone statues.

"Mommy, what about those uncles?"

Li Xiulan smiled:

"We'll wait until your father comes back,"

"We women can only do some housework, clean up some dust, and things like that."

"Big things at home should still be left to those men."

Wang Xiaoyue blinked and nodded obediently.

"Got it, Mommy."

She hugged that bald rabbit, skipping to the dining table, and climbed onto her little stool.

Wang Xiaoyue picked up her spoon with the little rabbit pattern and looked at the empty seat opposite her.

"Mommy, don't we need to wait for Daddy?"

Li Xiulan sat down beside her and put a piece of braised pork in her bowl.

"No need, Daddy has something to do at the company and has to work overtime for a while, so let's eat first."

"Oh." Wang Xiaoyue replied, burying her head to eat her rice.

...

Two hours later.

The sky began to darken.

Wang Dashan finally got off work and came home.

He looked at the stone statues in the courtyard and frowned.

Is someone here to cause trouble again?

He stared at the stone statues for two seconds, then pushed the door open and entered the house.

Inside, Li Xiulan was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, while Wang Xiaoyue was sitting on a chair hugging her rabbit, watching [Ultraman], shouting:

"Hurry... hurry up and eat Ultraman!!!!"

"Hurry, Ultraman has fallen, fire your beam quickly. What are you waiting for?"

"Stupid monster, you were defeated again, you couldn't even grasp such a good opportunity."

"You deserve to be killed... so stupid..."

Wang Dashan walked over and sat down on the sofa.

"What's going on with those people outside?"

Li Xiulan didn't even lift her head:

"I don't know. Ask them yourself."

Wang Dashan glanced at her and didn't say anything.

He stood up and walked to the door.

He waved his right hand.

A gust of wind rose out of thin air, sweeping up the six stone statues in the courtyard, and like carrying little chicks, easily moved them into the house.

The six stone statues landed neatly on the ground, lined up in a row.

Captain Han was on the far left, maintaining the posture of holding a bayonet, the fear on his face frozen at the last moment.

Tieshan was next to him, kneeling on the ground, his expression twisted.

The four behind were lying down, each in a more pathetic posture than the last.

Wang Dashan looked at Li Xiulan:

"Release them, I'll ask them myself."

Li Xiulan didn't speak.

Her hair began to move.

Those black hairs twisted and split again, and gray-white snakes grew out from the top of her head, coiling and writhing, hissing.

The snakes' eyes slowly opened.

A cold, eerie light shot out from their slit pupils, landing on the six stone statues.

The stone statues began to change.