At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier.

Chapter 30: The Possessed Spine Worm, Hands Broken Due to Courage.

Gavin's body stiffened, staring in terror at the 'person' before him. His legs trembled uncontrollably, and he wanted to turn and run immediately, but he couldn't.

He was a middle-aged homeless man whose upper body clothes had been reduced to tattered rags. His limbs were twisted into strange postures, movements that no human could possibly make. His eyes were wide open, completely unfocused, with the pupils of both eyes looking in different directions.

His lips were cracked and everted, and his mouth was wide open, with dark red liquid dripping continuously onto the ground.

His spine was writhing incessantly; it was a giant centipede, resembling a vertebral column. The centipede's legs were completely embedded in the homeless man's back, and a head that looked like a human face emerged from the homeless man's neck, emitting indistinct sounds.

Although he couldn't make out what it was, Gavin was certain it was human language.

"Hahaha...I see it!" The homeless man's face twisted grotesquely as he uttered frantic words: "It's...the body..."

"We're all trapped here!" The homeless man twisted his limbs toward Gavin, who was frozen in shock.

"Ah! Ahhh!" Gavin finally broke free from his fear and turned to run away, but the trembling in his legs caused his muscles to cramp, and he fell to the ground.

"Ah! Monster! Monster! Don't come any closer!"

Gavin screamed and turned around instantly, looking in terror at the monster that kept walking towards him. His legs kicked wildly. Suddenly remembering something, he hurriedly reached for the cross necklace on his chest and trembled as he faced the 'monster'.

The muscles in his cheeks trembled with fear, and his tongue was out of his control.

But the prayer incantation to drive away demons from the Bible that Zoe's grandmother had taught him kept replaying in his mind.

"The eternal and one God said to mankind, 'We must cast out the devil, but leave the Holy Spirit. We must cast out the devil and not let him into our hearts.'"

"If it does not heed the advice, an angel will bring down a flaming sword."

"Go away, Satan! Go away, Satan!"

"Hehehe, hahaha! It's all in vain no matter what we do. Only when everyone becomes one with Him can the cycle be completed!"

The homeless man, controlled by the spinal cord parasite, babbled incoherently, and finally his hands, twisted into a strange shape, reached out to grab Gavin on the ground.

Crunchy——

A crisp sound of bones and joints dislocating rang out, and Gavin screamed in agony.

"Ahhh!"

"Monster! Someone save me!" Gavin shouted loudly, though he hadn't lost his mind despite his pain.

But Gavin only heard two sounds of windows closing.

Upon hearing the cries for help, the people in the two rows of houses surrounding the narrow alley immediately closed all their doors and windows.

They heard cries for help, but didn't know what had happened. They knew it couldn't be anything good, so to avoid getting involved, they decided to ignore it and prepare to protect themselves.

It's not that they are inherently cold-hearted, but rather that these kinds of things happen around them all the time.

Homeless people break into the homes of elderly people living alone to rob them and kill them, or fights break out in homeless encampments.

They didn't want to gamble on not getting hurt or facing retaliation for the sake of complete strangers.

On the other side, after delivering the cake, Eleanor walked nervously toward the church.

Before the arrival of the priest and the two nuns, this somewhat desolate residential area was the road she passed through every day.

The church is located in the outermost of three desolate old neighborhoods. Cardiff Bay is just 800 meters behind the church. Fishing boats would unload their catch at the dock near the church. When she was still in school, she often took her younger siblings to collect seashells.

At this time, the younger siblings have already finished school. Except for Gavin, who attends a secondary school, the younger siblings are still attending a lower-level school, which is in a different direction from the church.

Because Gavin's route home from school to church overlaps with her route home from get off work, they often run into each other along the way.

Every time they met, Gavin would happily wave and shout "Sister Eleanor!"

Back at the church, Gavin and his siblings busily cleaned it, while she and Grandma Zoe toasted bread, heated milk, and then happily ate dinner together. After dinner, they made their beds and went to sleep.

Because electricity is extremely expensive, it should only be used as a last resort.

"Is everything about to end and a new life about to begin?" Eleanor lowered her head in disappointment, truly not wanting to leave everyone.

But she could not shamefully beg the respected priest to let her stay.

After she leaves, the church will take in other children who need care, and she cannot selfishly take what the church should give to other children.

At that moment, she heard a scream. Irene reflexively snapped back to reality, and after hearing the sound clearly, her expression changed drastically.

"That voice! It's Gavin's voice!"

Without a second thought, Eleanor ran toward the direction from which the sound came, using all her strength in that instant.

"Monster! Someone save me!"

"Gavin!" Eleanor shouted in a panic, ran to the direction of the sound, and rushed into the alley.

The next instant, his expression turned terrified.

A bizarre person, a giant, monstrous centipede! It burrows into a person's body.

Anriel's words from an hour ago came to mind.

But the fear only lasted a moment before Eleanor screamed and rushed over, clenching her small, even tiny fist, and slammed it hard against the monster's face that was on the homeless man's neck.

"Get away! Monster! Get off Gavin!" In a mix of fear and rage, Eleanor punched the Spine Worm's face with all her might with her small fist.

puff!

"Hiss, crack!" The Spine Worm's face was smashed and made a sound, but Irene's fist made a cracking sound, its bones were broken, its skin was cut open, and red blood flowed out.

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

Irene seemed oblivious to the pain, slamming her other fist down hard, breaking it with a crack, and then kicking down hard with her foot.

However, the spinal worm was not injured at all. Its exoskeleton is much harder than the human spine. The spinal worm was constantly harassed and stimulated.

"Hehehehe!" The controlled homeless man released Gavin, his twisted hands flailing as he leaned towards Eleanor.

Eleanor was knocked to the ground.

"Sister Eleanor!" Gavin only then realized who had saved him, but seeing the gunpowder in her hands filled him with immense anger.

But he had no intention of rushing up to fight the monster. He endured the pain, got up, helped Eleanor up, and shouted, "Run! Eleanor, run!"

Irene also stood up despite the pain, and the two of them supported each other as they ran out of the narrow alley.

"Everything is..." The homeless man hadn't finished speaking when his whole body went limp.

The spinal worm detached from his body, making cracking and twisting sounds as it crawled toward the two fleeing individuals, moving very quickly.

Before the two could even run out of the narrow alley, the spine worm's front legs grabbed Gavin's legs, and Gavin looked in horror at the monster that had crawled up his legs to his chest.

"Ahhhh!"

"Gavin!"

Just then, a silver steel gauntlet appeared and grabbed the spineworm-like face head that was almost touching Gavin's neck.

(End of this chapter)