Throwing a steel coil at supersonic speed with one hand, you let me travel through the heavens!

By the time Wei Qingzhou reached the third floor, his back was soaked with sweat.

His forehead was covered in sweat, which trickled down his cheeks and into his eyes, making him squint.

"arrive."

Wei Qingzhou wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and turned to look.

There are four households in total.

The two doors on the left were open, while the door in the middle was tightly closed, but most of it was severely deformed, with an exaggeratedly large bulge protruding outwards, as if it had been forcefully struck from the inside by something. Several screws on the door frame had come loose, and large areas of the surrounding wall plaster had peeled off, revealing spiderweb-like cracks underneath.

"It wasn't damaged at all; things from the past were definitely of better quality!"

Upon reaching the stair landing, Wei Qingzhou silently grumbled to ease his tension before heading to the end of the corridor.

There was a family there, room 304, which was Grandma Zhou's house.

A faded "福" (good fortune) character was pasted upside down on her door, its edges curled up, revealing the rusty iron underneath.

Next to the iron gate, against the wall, there was a lot of miscellaneous items, including several potted plants with cracked soil and only withered branches.

"I hope the key is still here."

Wei Qingzhou moved one of the potted plants, and sure enough, there was a key lying underneath.

He was overjoyed and quickly picked up the key, but instead of opening the door, he pressed his ear against the door and listened carefully to make sure there was no noise inside before inserting the key into the lock.

Twist it gently.

"Click."

The sound of the lock being opened was exceptionally clear in the deathly silent corridor.

"Holy crap!"

Wei Qingzhou's hand froze as he twisted the lock, his heart pounding faster, fearing that the commotion had attracted the attention of some monster.

He turned his head to look back and observe whether there was any unusual activity in the other households on the third floor.

fine……

There has been no movement for the time being.

"I never thought the sound of the door being broken down was that loud, so why is it so unusually loud now?"

Wei Qingzhou cursed inwardly, gripped the key, and decisively and quickly turned it two more times.

"Click," "Click"

The door... opened!

Without any hesitation, Wei Qingzhou pulled the door open, not caring that the rusty hinges would make a sharp, piercing sound. He slipped inside like an eel, slammed the door shut behind him, and did so in one smooth motion, without the slightest hesitation.

Hesitation will defeat.

Hesitation and indecision will only lead to missed opportunities!

As it turned out, his judgment was absolutely correct.

Just as he closed the door after entering the house, a loud bang came from the hallway outside, nearly giving him a heart attack.

Wei Qingzhou turned around and looked through the peephole, and saw that the iron gate of the middle house had bulged outwards again.

"Boom—BOOM!!"

next moment.

The iron gate was smashed open and flew off, crashing heavily against the opposite wall, causing the entire floor to tremble.

Dust and debris filled the air.

Immediately afterwards, a colossal monster, comparable in size to a lion, forced its way out of the room and charged out like a tank.

"Damn, thank goodness I acted quickly, or I would be done for."

Upon seeing the monster's appearance, Wei Qingzhou felt a wave of fear and relief.

The monster was a gigantic teddy bear, even more terrifying and insane, ferocious and malevolent, with filthy and matted fur all over its body. The muscles under its fur were abnormally developed, bulging like rocks, with a mouth full of fangs, bloodshot eyes, and pungent sulfurous gas spewing from its nostrils from time to time.

The monster looked around, searching for the source of the commotion.

When the mutated Teddy turned its head and looked at Room 304, Wei Qingzhou reacted even faster. He suddenly squatted down, pressed his back against the door, held his breath, and gripped the axe handle tightly with both hands until his knuckles turned white.

"roar……"

The mutated teddy bear let out a low growl, took a step, and the sound of its claws scraping the ground filled the air.

The long corridor, despite its massive size, seemed somewhat narrow and cramped. As I brushed against the wall, a large patch of plaster was scraped off, revealing the cement underneath.

"It's getting closer!!"

As Wei Qingzhou heard the claws getting closer, his heart leaped into his throat. His eyes began frantically searching the living room, his brain racing as he considered escape routes.

As for the battle?

Just kidding, this muscular teddy bear is almost the size of a grown male lion, with a gaping maw that could easily crush a person's skull.

If he had a shotgun, Wei Qingzhou wouldn't mind firing a few rounds at it!

But all he has now are a fire axe, a claw hammer, and a multi-tool.

In addition, there is an injury to his left foot.

Fighting a mutant teddy bear with that kind of firepower isn't bravery, it's suicide.

The monster outside the door is getting closer and closer!

Wei Qingzhou could even smell the strong stench emanating from the mutated teddy bear and the sulfurous odor it exhaled.

One man and one monster, separated by only a wall!

Just as he was about to rush into the bedroom, the clawing sound outside the door suddenly stopped.

The mutated teddy bear let out a low growl.

Wei Qingzhou, as if possessed, imitated the sound of the human-faced rat and squeaked.

Immediately afterwards, the mutated teddy bear turned and left, the heavy sound of its claws fading into the distance until it could no longer be heard.

gone?

"call--"

Wei Qingzhou slumped to the ground, gasping for breath. He had been holding his breath for too long, and his lungs felt like they were about to explode.

The back of my clothes was completely soaked with cold sweat.

However, the mutated muscle teddy bear still left, and Wei Qingzhou, who had been holding his breath until he was almost suffocating, finally breathed a sigh of relief and greedily inhaled.

"I got lucky, that was really close."

Wei Qingzhou's tense nerves relaxed slightly. He tugged at his collar to let in some fresh air, and then noticed that his clothes were splattered with a lot of blood.

It must have been splashed on him when he used the claw hammer to smash the man-faced rat.

"Because of the smell of the human-faced rat?"

Wei Qingzhou thought of a possibility.

However, the real reason cannot be verified at this time.

After a while, Wei Qingzhou got up from the ground and looked out through the peephole again.

His patient waiting prevented the terrifying scene of him staring into the eyes of the mutated teddy bear through the cat's eyes.

now.

The corridor was a mess. The iron gate of the house in the middle was severely deformed and lay crookedly in the opposite corner, with broken wall plaster and cement debris scattered all over the ground.

There was no other movement.

The mutated teddy bear was nowhere to be found, leaving only a pile of cloudy white liquid on the ground.

Therefore, the twisted and deformed iron gate seems rather strange.

"..."

"As expected of Tai Ritian."

He turned around, leaned against the door, and began to re-examine the room in front of him.

The curtains were drawn, making the living room slightly dim. The overall decoration was in the style of the 1990s, and the items were all old objects, such as wooden sofas, old radios, televisions with big backs, crocheted white tablecloths, enamel basins, and so on.

Although it's old, it's clean and quite cozy, at least a thousand times better than a rental house that's turned into a garbage dump.

"There's no blood, no odor, so we should be safe for now."

Wei Qingzhou let out a long breath, limped into the living room, took off his backpack and put it on the sofa, and began to check every corner of the house.