Chapter 11 Mutation

Liu Jia looked at him in shock, even Professor Han frowned and looked over, those who understood naturally did, and those who didn't looked out the window, "Where's something there?"

"I was wrong," Xu Huo withdrew his gaze, he had gotten the answer he wanted.

Liu Jia was frantic, as Professor Han comforted her by patting her shoulder.

The suffocating darkness came again.

This time, the darkness arrived faster than before, almost instantly switching from day to night, the train was soaked in silence, all noises subdued.

However, the quiet lasted only a few minutes, the train then violently shook for more than ten seconds, and intense fighting broke out in the carriages at both ends, from the direction of the Third-Class Seat came roars like those of wild beasts.

"They're in!" Liu Jia cried out in panic.

"Don't panic, those are human voices!" Professor Han raised his voice, "Everybody stay put, let's block the doors at both ends first!"

Professor Han and Liu Jia took hold of the table and chairs at the front door, while Yan Jiayu also carried a table toward the back door amidst the chaotic footsteps. In the midst of this, the sound of flesh tearing and swallowing emanated from the carriage.

Xu Huo stopped his movements subconsciously, and the next second dashed toward the source of the sound, but by then, someone had already moved faster than him. Yan Jiayu blew past him like a gust of wind, and right after, Li Fei screamed in agony!

Li Fei had not died. In his desperate struggle, he kicked Yan Jiayu away, but what pierced his abdomen was a table leg that Yan Jiayu had broken off. The object had opened a large hole in his stomach, and feeling something flowing out of it, he staggered two steps before kneeling on the ground!

At the same time, Xu Huo caught Yan Jiayu as she stumbled backward, and just as he was about to speak, suddenly the lights in the Third-Class Seat came on!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound of glass shattering followed in rapid succession, but in the blink of an eye, the lights went out again. In just the time it took to blink, Xu Huo still managed to see the "monsters" clinging to the outside of the glass windows!

Turns out, the nighttime jolts were from these monsters boarding the train — at this moment, countless grotesquely deformed faces were viciously plastered against the glass, their pale, elongated, human-like limbs crisscrossing and crowding together, enveloping the carriage tightly like locusts. Their hollow, large eyeballs fixedly and blankly stared inside the carriage, mouths dripping with saliva, as if awaiting a signal to pounce!

And the signal had already been given!

"Bang!" The fleeting flash of light awoke the monsters outside the window, the glass shattered in response, but it wasn't the wind from the train's motion that rushed in, but several monsters!

The dull sound of landing came from different locations, along with screams. As an Evolver with sharp hearing, Xu Huo heard dragging and ripping amidst the cacophony. Li Fei, at his side, was dragged away without even getting a chance to shout, the horrifying sounds distinctly different from the bloody gamers before!

"What the hell are these things!" Scream after scream of terror rose one after another, the carriage was in chaos, and the rapidly rising smell of blood and stench spread throughout. Xu Huo retreated to the back door and grabbed a table near him to block the strong winds lashing out at him. Under the force of the collision, he, along with the table, slammed against the carriage. A stench wafted toward him as he ducked, the monster's claws scraping a screeching sound on the metal!

Seizing the moment, he lifted the table and knocked the monster pressing down on him away, and Yan Jiayu was right beside him, accurately stabbing the monster with a broken table leg based on sound alone!

"Pfff," not knowing which part of the monster was hit, it let out a weird, high-pitched shriek before dragging the table leg and clanging toward the window to escape. Xu Huo was moving in that direction when suddenly "Bang" came from the top of the carriage, and a gust of wind grazed his shoulder!

Evolver's were faster than normal people, and coupled with Xu Huo's quick reflexes, he immediately turned and reached back, actually managing to grab onto the other's ankle!

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But in the next instant, he was kicked away by a monstrous strength, sensing the monster's pursuit, he rolled upon landing and kicked the overturned tables and chairs beside him!

The monster impaled itself on the table leg, howling and struggling on the ground!

Although the monsters were disturbed by the light, it was uncertain if they would continuously come in, drawn by the scent of blood. Xu Huo shouted to Yan Jiayu, "Let's block the window together!"

Yan Jiayu was right there and immediately coordinated with him to lift the table, pushing it along with the impaled monster towards the window to use the tabletop to block the broken glass hole!

The steel plate had just touched the hole when the pressure on them both suddenly increased, followed by another fierce ripping and swallowing outside, with a strong stench of blood flowing into the air!

The monsters outside the window became even more restless. Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu couldn't let go, and they had no idea how many more monsters were inside the carriage...

"Liu Jia, how many more monsters are in the carriage!" Just then, Professor Han shouted loudly.

Liu Jia, petrified with fright, finally snapped back to reality. In just a few breaths' time, all the corpses in the carriage had disappeared, with vivid red drag marks everywhere. The worm-like writhing monsters not only seized the corpses, but also ate their wounded kin, almost smearing the windows with blood and remnants of entrails!

Liu Jia almost vomited, instinctively looking for Professor Han, but as she turned her head, she saw a monster pouncing towards his back:

"Professor, be careful!"

The thing that was not quite human opened its mouth to a bizarre angle, the entire set of teeth protruding out, with viscous fluid dripping as it bit towards Professor Han's nape!

Hearing the warning, Professor Han's body swayed, but he was still bitten on the shoulder. Intense pain and pressure came crashing down, forcing him to his knees as he realized he couldn't escape from the monster's jaws and began to back into the window with the creature on him!

Professor Han misjudged the distance and was about to crawl forward when suddenly, a hand pressed on his shoulder and then forced its way into the monster's teeth, prying them apart!

The others were unclear about what was happening, but Liu Jia saw that it was the old man in military uniform who had saved Professor Han. His eyes were bloodshot, saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth, and his ferocious expression was alarmingly similar to the monster he held in check!

Liu Jia covered her mouth, not daring to reveal what she saw, but the old man turned to look at her and mumbled something indistinctly before he leapt out the window with the monster in his arms!

A large amount of blood splattered out. Liu Jia, trembling, said, "Hurry! Block the window! The old man jumped out with the monster!"

Professor Han, right by the window, grabbed the table and pressed it against the hole, pushing against the tabletop with all his might until the jostling passed before asking, "There aren't any of those monsters left in the carriage, are there?"

"No more..." Liu Jia looked around the carriage, her voice catching, "Professor, He Yang is gone, and so is Li Fei..."

"Li Fei is a Bloodthirsty Gamer," Xu Huo picked up the conversation. "Who's left now? Yan Jiayu and I are both okay."

"I'm okay too," came the trembling voice of a middle-aged woman from the corner, followed by the heavy makeup woman and Wang Xiaohui, all three visibly shaken.

But He Yang had vanished without a trace, making it difficult for Liu Jia to accept. In a somewhat confused state, she said, "Maybe she became a monster like the old man..."

"Became a monster?" Xu Huo immediately said. "What do you mean?"

He could roughly guess what had happened since he too had heard the old man's last words, "I still want to see my granddaughter again." He thought the man had chosen to die with the monster, being forced to save someone.

"It's the old man. When he saved Professor Han just now, he started looking a bit like those monsters..." Liu Jia suddenly paused then exclaimed in horror, "We're not all going to turn into those monsters, are we?"