After all the leaves had fallen, what appeared before Hu Yanbing was not the familiar Zhang Chunmao, but a humanoid monster with green patterns on its skin.
The monster looked around confusedly for a moment, then its green eyes fixed on Hu Yanbing. It stuck out a forked tongue covered in black coating and licked its lips.
After being looked at by the monster, Hu Yanbing instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that thing was about to attack him.
So, Hu Yanbing didn't bother to study it further. He turned and darted into the guard booth. Just as he closed and locked the door, Zhang Chunmao's fist slammed against the iron door.
Hu Yanbing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If he hadn't entered the guard booth just now and had fled elsewhere, he would have been caught by that thing by now. Its speed was much faster than an ordinary person's!
Even though Hu Yanbing hid in the guard room, the green-skinned creature had no intention of letting him go. It circled the small guard booth and then smashed its head against the glass in front of Hu Yanbing.
Smashing with its head indicated that the green-skinned creature had low intelligence. However, the cracks on the tempered glass told Hu Yanbing that this thing not only ran faster than a normal person but also possessed much greater strength and durability.
After a few hits, the glass shattered. Hu Yanbing, without hesitation, swung the steel pipe in his hand, aiming for the creature's head. His movements were swift and decisive, indicating he was quite accustomed to smashing heads with a steel pipe.
The situation looked dire, but Hu Yanbing became surprisingly calm. Although the glass was broken, there was still an iron grate behind it. The green-skinned creature shouldn't be able to break through it in a few hits. Before that happened, Hu Yanbing could smash its head!
But as he swung his steel pipe twice, a change occurred. The green-skinned creature's head split in half on its own, and a tentacle that extended from its throat deeply pierced Hu Yanbing's neck.
After the tentacle was pulled out, Hu Yanbing vaguely saw that the tip of the tentacle resembled a syringe. It must have injected something into Hu Yanbing's body.
After the injection, the green-skinned creature seemed to lose interest in Hu Yanbing. Its movements slowed down again, and it limped towards the depths of the residential area.
The wound caused by the tentacle was not deep, but it was enough to make Hu Yanbing's wound bleed continuously. If not treated promptly, he would surely die from excessive blood loss. Driven by the instinct to survive, he opened the locked iron door, wanting to quickly get to a nearby clinic for emergency treatment.
The sunlight warmed his body, and the pain in his neck seemed to lessen...
Hu Yanbing shuddered. He suddenly remembered the entire process of Zhang Chunmao's transformation. It was clear that before coming out of the garage, Zhang Chunmao was completely normal. It was only after contact with sunlight that weird plants grew on his body, turning him into that terrifying monster.
This meant that if Hu Yanbing continued to bask in the sunlight, he might also turn into that hideous green-skinned monster!
With almost no hesitation, he ran with all his might towards the underground garage. Only when he entered the shadow of the garage did he breathe a sigh of relief and slowly sit on the ground.
After the strenuous exercise, the bleeding from his neck increased. At this rate, he estimated he would die soon, but even dying like this was much better than turning into a green-skinned monster.
Excessive blood loss caused Hu Yanbing's consciousness to gradually blur. He thought back to his past, perhaps that was the legendary life review.
In high school, he was actually much more glorious than he was now, a legendary "leader" of the local delinquents.
Back then, he was known as Young King A Bing. His fighting relied entirely on his momentum. Wielding a baseball bat, he could take down several older students, and he was undefeated in one-on-one combat.
But after graduating from high school, he found that his former companions had either gone to college or found jobs. With nothing but fighting skills, he eventually became an ordinary security guard to make a living.
The sharpness within him was gradually worn away. If it were the original him, he wouldn't have been injured by that green-skinned monster.
If he could have a chance to do it all over again... he would never let himself end his life in such a pathetic way!
Suddenly, a mysterious valve opened within his body. His extremely weak body, supported by some kind of power, stood up. The muscles in his neck automatically closed the wound, stopping the blood flow.
Just like before, a kind of momentum supported his body; as long as that momentum was there, he would not fall.
At that moment, he saw a man in a khaki trench coat, with one hand in his pocket and the other carrying a head, a greenish-blue head.
This man was Wen Wen. He looked at Hu Yanbing with slight surprise and said, "Tsk, you've awakened under these circumstances. It seems your life is saved. However, it's best you don't leave this garage before the medical personnel arrive."
After speaking, Wen Wen walked towards the deepest part of the underground parking lot. Under the current circumstances, he couldn't afford to waste time on a passerby.
He simply snapped his fingers, summoned the Faceless Demon, had it transform into his appearance, and led a few monsters to deal with the epidemic in the vicinity. Zhang Chunmao was certainly not the only one infected.
As for Wen Wen himself, he had another task: to stake out Master Fengbei and wait for Aiswakaiz to appear. Only by completely imprisoning Dr. Feng could such incidents be prevented from happening again.
Wen Wen had long ago instructed Tao Qingqing to linger by Master Fengbei under the pretext of assisting him. This way, Wen Wen could appear near Master Fengbei at any time, and the weak Tao Qingqing would not alert Aiswakaiz.
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At this time, Master Fengbei and Tao Qingqing were at another source of the virus. The situation here was slightly different from what Wen Wen faced.
The monsters that had successfully been infected here moved slowly and died if their heads were severely injured. However, they possessed invisible, hair-like barbs on their bodies. As long as there was skin contact with them, infection was possible.
Moreover, their infection process was very rapid. Therefore, even though Master Fengbei arrived very quickly, the infected here had already formed a considerable number.
Master Fengbei was not flustered by this. He patted the small bag at his waist, and more than a dozen monsters of various types appeared, quickly clearing out the infected and easily controlling the situation, preventing the scope of the infection from expanding.
The weakest of these dozen monsters were at the Lower Sequence. This was the true strength of a legendary beastmaster; he alone was a small monster legion.
Of course, Wen Wen could do even more exaggerated things at any time.
With these monsters present, Fengbei himself did not need to act. So, after hesitating for a moment, he looked at Tao Qingqing and said, "May I ask you a question?"
Tao Qingqing replied with a professional fake smile, "Of course, I'm here to assist you."
Fengbei nodded and said, "Then I'll get straight to the point. I also tried to tame vampires back then, but the bloodlust was a hurdle I couldn't overcome. So, may I ask how Detective Gui tamed you? What training did you undergo, what kind of feed did you eat..."