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Chapter 606 Missing
Right in his sight, the crimson moon hung high in the sky.

It seems there's nothing wrong with it.

Aside from having an extra pair of eyes and an open mouth.

Zhou You blinked hard to make sure he wasn't seeing things, or that he hadn't recovered from the erosion and was experiencing some strange hallucinations.

No matter how many times he looked at it, the moon always looked the same—two huge, dark eyes hanging above the crescent moon, and a mouth with pale white teeth and blood dripping down its spine lying across the middle.

Judging from its appearance, this thing was laughing wildly, but no sound came out at all.

—Black Book, where did you throw me? Is this even Earth anymore?
Zhou You stared at the moon, dumbfounded, quite certain that the thing was alive—its two eyes were nervously scanning below, and the blood vessels on them were even clearly visible. Although he knew that the other party could not see him, Zhou You still felt a certain chill down his spine.

He was a college graduate, so he knew exactly how big the moon was.

That is something that cannot be destroyed by human power, not even by the presence of a deity.

Thinking about the title of the script again, an absurd idea popped into my head.

"Damn it, are they asking me to fight the moon head-on this time? Is that even humanly possible?"

But he quickly let it go.

—Even if you really want to fight the moon, you have to get out of this pit first, right?

With great effort, Zhou You pulled himself out of the pit, sighed, looked at the dilapidated and desolate street like ruins, then looked at the apartment building behind him like a majestic ancient castle, and finally dragged his legs into the night.

"Diary, Day 1."

"His leg hurts terribly, and there seems to be some infection involved. This kid's body is too weak. He has a low-grade fever and can't walk. He can only find a place to rest for now."

"Diary, Day Two."

"Fortunately, the fever has subsided a bit, and I can move around a little. The streets are deserted, and the whole city is like a ghost town. There are some shadowy figures outside, but I'm not sure if they are people, and I don't dare to go out to look."

"Diary, Day Three."

"I found a half-collapsed grocery store. There were some canned goods inside, although they looked like they had expired years ago. But they were still edible, so I won't starve to death here."

"Diary, Day Four."

"The Jing Shen's bait-eating song has made some progress, but I clearly remember not taking any bait. Could it be that I accidentally swallowed something that could be used as bait in the sewer? Forget it, don't think about it anymore, thinking about it will only make me vomit."

"Diary, Day 5."

"My leg still isn't getting better. The little bit of magic power I've accumulated isn't nearly enough to make talismans, and I don't have the materials. Luckily, the fever has completely subsided, so I shouldn't die from it."

"Diary, Day Six."

"I can't stay in this grocery store anymore. Last night I saw a rat—I'm not afraid of ordinary rats, but this one was the size of a coyote. And it seemed it didn't like the expired canned food in the grocery store; it wanted to taste a living person. It took me ages to finally kill it, and I even got a pile of rare fresh meat along the way. But I don't know if it has any of its kind. I'd better get out of here."

"Diary, Day Seven." "The living moon still hangs high in the sky. I've become somewhat familiar with it lately. After careful examination, I'm quite certain it's alive, and most importantly..."

“It hasn’t been dawn since I arrived here.”

I put down my pen and let out a long sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, no serious person writes a diary—he didn't actually have that hobby or habit, but this time the start was just too bad, and he happened to find that the kid had paper and pen in his pocket, so he started writing it down every day as a way to vent and distract himself.

After carefully reviewing the events of the past few days, Zhou You pursed his lips and put away his paper and pen.

I looked up and around.

He was now at a crossroads, and not far away was a nearly collapsed high-rise building—it seemed as if all traces of human civilization had vanished here, and all he could see as far as the eye could see were countless ruins and wreckage.

The consequence of this is that he can't even find anyone to ask for directions now.

However, there are indeed no people.

As for monsters, there are plenty of them.

Tilting his ear, Zhou You quickly bent down and covered himself with a dusty black cloth—which he had found in the general store earlier.

Before long, a staggering figure emerged from the street corner.

It looked like a human, but half of its body was completely rotten, with its pale bones and wriggling internal organs exposed nakedly, pus and rotting flesh contrasting against each other, and hordes of maggots wriggling inside.

This thing didn't even notice Zhou You, it just let out intermittent groans, dragging its back, and walked forward aimlessly.

It doesn't seem to pose much of a threat, but...
Not far away, a stray dog ​​suddenly darted out, and upon hearing the noise, the rotting body abruptly turned its head and stuck out its tongue at a completely opposite speed.

It was as if a flash of lightning had passed, and when they met again, the dog was already entangled, howling pitifully, and being dragged away bit by bit.

What followed was a bloody feast.

After a long while, the creature finished eating, and carrying the still-alive, howling dog's head in its mouth, it slowly left the place again.

At this moment, Zhou You peeked out from the shadows.

There wasn't a single person in the city, but monsters were everywhere—something that still had a human-like shape. Zhou You had even seen a bus that was alive and running rampaging, and traffic lights that looked perfectly normal. However, this thing had the habits of a Venus flytrap. If he hadn't run fast, he would have been devoured by it.

The entire city seems to be cursed; everything, whether organic or inorganic, has been mutated indiscriminately, recently turning it into a pure ghost town.

"There are two things I need to do now. One is to quickly master the song incantation so that my injured leg can heal and at least I can regain normal mobility. The other is to quickly find a safe place to stay. Judging from the pile of corpses in the apartment building at the beginning, there are indeed living people in this city, and quite a few of them. This guy even has a home. But a problem has arisen."

"Where am I supposed to find it?"

(End of this chapter)