Chapter 390 Seeking One's Own Death

Hearing David's question, many people around him turned their attention to You Huan, whose presence was always low.

"…"

You Huan thought carefully about the current situation and felt that his plan to reduce his presence was about to fail.

Go to the unloading area to check the situation. Why would David invite him when there might be danger? It's unreasonable.

But he doesn't care. It doesn't make much difference to him whether he lowers his presence or acts in a high-profile manner.

At this time, the third task appeared on the panel:

[Task: David hopes that you can go with them to the unloading area to check the situation, but at the same time, there are two groups of people taking action in the supermarket.]

[Option 1: Follow David to the unloading area to check the situation. [Corresponding route: Destiny]]

[Option 2: Listen to Ms. Carmody's teachings. [Corresponding route: Rebellion]]

[Option 3: Listen to what David's neighbors are discussing. [Corresponding route: Seeking knowledge]]

He had chosen the route of seeking knowledge the previous two times. According to common sense, he should have chosen the same this time.

However, he stared at the panel and chose option one, the route of destiny, without thinking too long.

The remaining options fade away.

So he looked up at David and said, "Okay, let's go."

When everyone saw that he agreed, they showed an incredible expression, and then a little admiration, thinking that although he was disabled, he was very brave.

At this time, Oli also called Jim, a mechanic in the shop, and a young man who was working there.

On the way to the unloading area, David realized that his behavior just now was a little inappropriate.

He frowned in annoyance.

He also didn't know why he was inexplicably asking a man in a wheelchair.

But maybe it was some kind of instinct... a biological instinct.

Just as he felt inexplicably horrified when he first saw this "Mr. You", his heart was always filled with an inexplicable sense of uneasiness and panic.

The more he noticed this vague instinct of fear, the more he subconsciously wanted to know the reason for this fear.

Others obviously didn't quite understand his idea.

David then explained, "This is Mr. You who just moved to Bridgetown. He is a doctor. Perhaps he can have some deeper insights into the dark shadows in the fog outside, and if anyone is injured, he can treat them in time."

This argument barely convinced everyone. After all, everyone was in an extremely nervous mood at the moment and couldn't care less.

Only the mechanic Jim said disapprovingly: "He will only get in the way if he goes with us to the unloading area to check the situation. David, what are you doing?"

David just laughed it off and dealt with the man.

As a blue-collar worker, Jim personally doesn't think much of "decent people" like David.

Seeing this man looking at him with a slightly disdainful look, You Huan simply ignored him.

After entering the dim unloading area, everyone found that the generator could not operate normally, probably because the section of the pipe located outdoors was blocked.

To get the generator working again, they had to open the roller door of the unloading area and go outdoors for maintenance.

But at this step, everyone hesitated.

The repeated earthquakes and the dark shadows flashing outside made them realize that even if there were no so-called monsters in the fog, there must be some kind of danger.

After a long silence, Jim suddenly snorted and said, "If you guys are too timid and don't want to go out, I'll go!"

As if inspired by his words, a young employee in the supermarket also volunteered: "Open the shutter door, I'll be the first to go out and take a look!"

"Wait, don't open the door!" David was shocked and tried to stop them, but it was too late.

Jim laughed at him for being a coward and raised the shutter!

"Crack, crack—"

The silver-grey rolling door began to rise slowly, as if breaking the barrier with the outside world, and wisps of white mist poured in from under the door in an instant.

But before they got very far, the fog retreated slightly as if it encountered some invisible obstacle.

You Huan sat in the corner, looking at the fog silently.

After the rolling door was halfway raised, everyone stopped it.

The young man squatted down and looked at the situation outside for a while through the half-open door.

Then he turned around and showed a confident smile: "This is not nothing--"

The voice stopped abruptly.

Under the horrified gaze of the crowd, a thick tentacle suddenly broke through the fog and wrapped around the young man's ankle!

"Ah——!"

With a shrill scream, he was immediately dragged to the ground.

The tentacles in the mist quickly pulled the prey out the door.

"Guji!" However, before it could be pulled far, an umbrella fell from the sky, pierced through the tentacle and nailed it to the ground!

At this time, David also reacted and stepped forward to grab the fallen guy.

Mechanic Jim and the others were so frightened that they huddled against the wall behind them, their bodies stiff, with no intention of rescuing their companions.

On the ground, the tentacle pierced by the umbrella was still twisting violently, trying to take away its captured prey.

While trying to pull his companion towards him, David looked up along the umbrella.

The young doctor sat in a wheelchair, maintaining a posture that looked quite relaxed, holding the umbrella handle with both hands as if holding a sword, nailing the umbrella firmly to the tentacles.

The shock that rose in David's heart disappeared when he saw more tentacles appearing from the door. He growled, "Come and help! And close the door!"

The clerk Ollie was the third one to react. He lunged forward with his short and fat body, and together with David, he grabbed the screaming clerk tightly.

Jim and others at the back finally reacted and began to control the rolling door to descend.

As more and more tentacles reached into the unloading area, the door dropped with a sharp scraping sound.

The tentacles that were originally wrapped around the young man suddenly loosened.

"Ah!" The young man screamed in pain again. A large piece of flesh on his leg was bitten off by the tentacles, and blood was flowing.

The tentacle lifted slightly, forcibly tore its front end in two and broke free from the umbrella!

Under the horrified gaze of the crowd, the spikes on the edge of its flat body suddenly bounced outwards.

The side facing the public is covered with layers of wrinkles and a round mouth full of bird-like sharp teeth.

Then all the tentacles that had been reaching in changed direction.

"Gululu——"

You Huan looked down and found tentacles wrapped around the wheelchair.

They actually chose him, they really have good taste...

The thought flashed through his mind, and the next moment, everyone in the unloading area couldn't help but shout in shock.

As David looked on in disbelief, the tentacles surged, and the young doctor he personally invited was sucked into the mist and disappeared without a trace...

"Shit"

At this time, the rolling door had basically been lowered, and a thick tentacle was stuck on the door, with no time to withdraw.

Without thinking, he picked up the axe and chopped the struggling tentacle three times!

"Ji!" A strange scream came from the tentacle, and the sticky flesh gradually broke under the axe's chopping.

But what David didn't notice was that the tentacle was not struggling because of his chopping, and was even still trying to squeeze into the supermarket.

It was as if there was something in the fog outside the door that it couldn't handle...

"Guji!" Finally, the tentacles were cut off by David and fell to the ground helplessly.

The rolling door closed completely with a click.

The tentacles that left the mist melted into a pool of liquid and disappeared without a trace in a short period of time.

"…"

The young clerk who escaped the disaster endured the pain and lay on the ground silently looking towards the direction of the rolling door.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Soon, a group of people came out of the unloading area and returned to the supermarket.

Seeing that not only were some of them injured, but one of them was missing, someone quickly asked, "What happened?"

David took a deep breath and said, "There really is a monster in the fog. We saw it with our own eyes! It... injured Nome and took away a companion..."

As soon as this was said, the lawyer neighbor asked, "Do you have any evidence?"

David fell silent as he thought of the tentacles that melted on their own.

The lawyer continued, "Monsters have never existed on Earth!"

However, at this time, another female voice sounded.

Mrs. Carmody turned to face the crowd and said loudly, "This is not a monster! This is God's punishment on us! We have been blaspheming for too long!"

Looking at the various opinions emerging in the supermarket, especially the fanatical religious arguments advocated by Mrs. Carmody, and the vaguely shaken eyes of many people.

David knew that the supermarket would soon be in chaos.

(End of this chapter)