Chapter 400: The giant snake appears

David felt something was wrong.

But before he realized what had gone wrong, the crowd had pinned the soldier down.

The butcher from the supermarket silently stepped forward with a gleaming knife in his hand and stabbed the struggling soldier hard in the stomach.

The soldier's struggle weakened instantly due to the pain.

"Help! You can't do this!" As he screamed miserably, hands pushed him.

This even included Jim, who had volunteered to go to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine.

With a "bang", the supermarket door closed behind him.

He covered the wound on his abdomen and was thrown directly out of the supermarket.

The fear of the fog made him immediately quiet down and turn his eyes around nervously.

Until suddenly, a looming figure came into his field of vision.

A figure that is definitely taller than a five-story building and has huge shrimp claws.

It was a giant spider shrimp the size of which he had never seen before.

He turned around in despair and touched the glass door with his bloody hand.

Silently said to the crowd in the supermarket: "Help..."

However, the people in the supermarket just looked at him coldly and silently, as if they were looking at a lamb to be slaughtered.

Behind the soldier, the figure of the monster in the fog was becoming clearer and clearer.

Just as a huge lobster-like claw emerged from the fog and reached towards the soldier.

Suddenly, the expressions on everyone's faces in the supermarket cracked.

The spider shrimp also froze in place.

If it had an expression, it would probably be one of fear.

Because, behind the spider shrimp, in the mist...

Amid the rustling sound distorted by the fog, a scarlet strip of fleshy material poked out.

The strange object with a forked end gently stroked the spider shrimp's back.

The next moment, a huge head appeared in the fog.

Only then did everyone realize that the originally huge, monster-like strip of object was actually the tongue of a snake!

"Swish..." The snake scales rubbed the ground, and the giant snake slowly crawled out from the depths of the fog in the blank expressions of everyone.

When its winding body slowly revealed itself, the field of vision facing the glass wall of the supermarket was instantly covered by constantly surging black and yellow snake scales!

The huge beast that had been lurking at the back of the supermarket, causing every shock and every panic, finally appeared in front of everyone!

A large number of surging snake scales suddenly approached extremely close to the wall of the supermarket.

Everyone shuddered with fear.

The spider shrimp that was about to prey on the soldier didn't even have time to move before it was completely entangled by a small part of the huge snake's body.

"Crack, crack—"

The sound of the shell and internal organs being crushed instantly could be heard clearly even through the glass wall.

Everyone watched helplessly as this unimaginable giant snake swallowed up its poor prey, which had been crushed by it, in one gulp.

Their bodies were stiff with extreme fear, and their feet seemed to be glued to the ground, unable to move at all.

They were already in a tense situation surrounded by monsters, and when they saw this giant snake, which was so huge beyond their imagination, so close to them, their fear was beyond words.

And if we had to pick out the one who was most fearful and desperate among the crowd, it would certainly be the soldier standing outside the supermarket with his back against the glass door.

Seeing that the monster that was about to eat him had changed from a spider shrimp more than ten meters tall to a giant snake several hundred meters long, he felt a chill in his heart.

When fear reaches its extreme, it turns into calmness.

He stared at the giant snake that was so close to him, and seemed to feel nothing.

Just when he finally closed his eyes in relief and prepared to face death, he felt a shadow passing over him.

"ah--!"

What followed was the screams of the crowd in the supermarket finally being heard.

There was a loud bang and the following crackling sound of broken glass.

He opened his eyes and turned his head to the side, and what he saw was the terrifying scene of a giant snake pushing its head into the supermarket!

You Huan spit out his snake tongue and barely poked his head into the supermarket.

The supermarket's ceiling height is definitely no more than four meters, so his head cannot fit in it at all.

The "bang bang" sounds continued. Every time his head moved forward a little, a piece of the ceiling above his head would be broken.

At this time, David, who had previously come into contact with the giant snake, was the first to regain full control of his body and shouted, "Run!"

Then he turned around, took his wife and son, called his trusted companions, and ran away from the giant snake.

He even did not forget to push the wheelchair of You Huan's real body, who was watching another version of himself from a third-person perspective.

You Huan, who suddenly found himself forced to move, could not help but remain silent.

Bro, you are really nice...

"thump!"

But in stark contrast to David's reaction, there was a series of sounds of people kneeling down in the supermarket.

Many people knelt down directly in front of the huge snake head, perhaps because their legs were weak or perhaps because they wanted to pray for some kind of forgiveness in the most pious manner.

More likely it's both.

"God, forgive us..."

Rapid murmurs came from their mouths.

The remaining few who did not kneel stood still, closed their eyes, and chanted words praising God and asking for forgiveness.

Chief among them, of course, is Ms. Carmody.

It is impossible to escape from such a huge monster.

But they are so devoted to God...

If everything is a punishment from God... then there must be a "miracle" happening this time, right?

Just like the last time, Carmody faced a scorpion fly and was unharmed.

Just like that, the supermarket suddenly became quiet, with only very light praises echoing.

You Huan looked at these people one by one.

If his snake-like perception was correct... it seemed that the physical fitness of these people had been enhanced to some extent?

This is definitely a "supernatural phenomenon".

Moreover, this strengthening was limited to these believers; people like David did not see any change at all.

Sure enough, what happened in the supermarket was not only the crazy behavior of humans turning to religion when faced with despair, but also mixed with some extraordinary factors...

As he pondered, the fifth task appeared on the panel:

[Mission: The supermarket shelter has been destroyed. It is up to you to decide where the story goes.]

[Option 1: Let everyone go. [Corresponding route: Destiny]]

[Option 2: Kill everyone. [Corresponding route: Rebellion]]

[Option 3: Find the truth behind everyone. [Corresponding route: Seeking Knowledge]]

You can't select multiple options this time.

Whether letting everyone go or killing everyone, it was not what he wanted to see.

Choose option three and the other options dissipate.

At the same time, a key word "story" in the task description vaguely confirmed his guess.

The destiny route drives the plot forward, while the rebellious route goes against the plot.

It was even necessary for him to take action to ensure that the fog would not enter the supermarket.

Everything shows that he is in a huge, real "story"!

Just as described in the previous feature cards, everything he experienced exists in the script.

What is being played out here is a drama with the theme of human despair.

The inescapable fate is actually the manipulation of everyone by the script.

If we continue along this line of reasoning, then outside of this story...are there still audiences?

Who made up the story?

In any case, he no longer wanted to continue with this story script that included him.

　I have something to do today, so I will only update twice.

(End of this chapter)