Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

The group continued moving forward for about twenty minutes.

A fork in the road ahead: one road continues westward, while the other turns north into a denser cluster of buildings.

"Head north."

Chen Ye glanced at the map; the north was the municipal district, in the direction of the underground shelter.

Zhao Hai had no objection and led the way onto the northbound road.

This road was half the width of the main road, and the buildings on both sides were much taller, mostly seven or eight-story office buildings and apartment buildings. Most of the windows were broken, and the dark windows looked like countless eyes watching the procession passing by on the street.

Chen Ye looked up at the dark windows, and his heart inexplicably quickened.

He felt like he was being watched.

It wasn't an illusion; I was truly being watched by something.

"Hurry up and go."

He lowered his voice and urged him on.

Zhao Hai quickened his pace, and the others followed.

Just as the group passed the entrance of a six-story apartment building, a sharp screech suddenly came from overhead.

The sound was like fingernails scraping against glass, or like metal rubbing together, so sharp it hurt your eardrums.

Everyone looked up at the same time.

In a window on the third floor of the apartment building, a gray-black figure crouched on the windowsill, its completely black eyes fixed on the line below.

It was larger than the one we had seen before, almost the size of an adult human male. Its hunched back was high and its two front paws were on the windowsill, with its nails embedded in the brickwork. Its whole body looked like a cheetah ready to pounce.

"above!"

Li Zheng was the first to shout it out.

Before he could finish speaking, the monster leaped out of the window.

Its body spread out in the air, its limbs outstretched, like a gliding bat.

Its grayish-white belly flashed by in the dim light before landing heavily on the ground five meters behind the group.

"Bang--!"

The dull thud echoed across the empty street.

The monster did not attack immediately after landing. It crouched on the ground, its all-black eyes scanning the six people in front of it. Its mouth slowly opened, revealing a row of uneven yellow teeth.

"You all step back."

Zhao Hai turned around immediately, his fists turning metallic at the same time, the silver-gray luster standing out conspicuously in the gray mist.

Chen Ye pulled Qin Zhaoyang back a few steps, and Zhou Yating and the others also retreated to the side of the road.

In the middle of the street, only Zhao Hai and the monster remained, facing off.

The monster tilted its head, its completely black eyes staring at Zhao Hai's metallic fists, as if assessing the danger level of its prey.

Zhao Hai did not give it time to evaluate.

He took the initiative, slamming his right leg into the ground and charging towards the monster like a cannonball.

The silver-gray right fist, accompanied by a whooshing sound, aimed straight for the monster's head.

The monster reacted much faster than the one at the previous station.

Instead of taking the blow head-on, it shifted its body to the side, dodging Zhao Hai's fist with an almost impossible flexibility, while simultaneously swinging its right claw out from the side, its five dark gray nails slashing towards Zhao Hai's waist.

Zhao Hai's fighting instincts were on full display at this moment.

He pulled back his fist to block, his metallized forearm blocking the monster's claws.

"clang--!"

A metallic clanging sound rang out, and sparks flew across Zhao Hai's forearm.

The monster's attack was blocked, but its assault did not stop.

Its left paw followed immediately, slashing upwards at Zhao Hai's abdomen, while simultaneously opening its mouth to bite at Zhao Hai's neck.

The two attacks were launched simultaneously at a dazzling speed.

Zhao Hai didn't have time to block two attacks, so he chose the most direct method.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging headlong into the monster, using his 1.95-meter, 90-kilogram body as a weapon, and crashing into the monster head-on.

The monster was knocked off its balance and fell backward.

Zhao Hai seized the opportunity, gathered his strength in his right fist, and slammed it toward the monster's head.

"boom--!"

That punch landed squarely.

The monster's head was smashed in two by an iron fist, black liquid splattering out. Its body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a lamppost on the side of the road.

The lamppost was bent into an arc by the impact, and pieces of cement from the base were scattered everywhere.

The monster slid to the ground, twitched twice, and then remained still.

Zhao Hai stood there, panting heavily.

On his forearm, where the monster's claws had slashed, the sleeve of his work jacket was torn in three places, revealing the skin underneath.

There are three faint white marks on the skin, not broken, but the area is already red.

"Hai Ge is awesome!"

Wang Shuo was the first to shout it out.

Li Zheng also shouted, his voice echoing through the empty street.

But Chen Ye did not join in the cheering.

Because he heard other sounds.

It came from all directions.

Hissing, roaring, the sound of claws scratching at the walls, footsteps... these sounds came simultaneously from the buildings on both sides of the street, from the depths of the gray fog, from the fork in the road ahead, and from the road behind.

It's as if the entire city has been activated.

The monster's roar and crashing sounds attracted all the other monsters in the vicinity.

"run!"

Chen Ye practically shouted it out.

Zhao Hai also realized what was happening.

He glanced at the monster on the ground; a notification popped up on the system panel, but he didn't have time to look at it closely.

"Run north! Quickly!"

Zhao Hai turned and rushed forward, grabbing the still-dazed Li Zheng and running wildly towards the north street.

The six-person team instantly scattered, and everyone started running.

Qin Zhaoyang ran beside Chen Ye, the cleaver in his hand had fallen out at some point, and he was still clutching the fluorescent green plastic slingshot.

"Brother Ye! So many sounds! From all directions!"

"Don't speak, run!"

Chen Ye's mind was racing.

He couldn't outrun them; he had witnessed the speed of those monsters before, which was much faster than that of ordinary people.

If Zhao Hai could escape, others might not be able to.

We need to find a place to hide.

His eyes searched frantically on both sides of the street.

On the left is a row of shops, all with their roller shutters pulled down. Some have been broken open from the outside, the dark openings resembling mouths waiting for prey to walk into their traps.

To the right is a seven-story apartment building. The main door on the first floor is wide open, the door frame is crooked, and broken glass is scattered all over the floor.

"Go into that building!"

Chen Ye pointed to the apartment building on the right.

Zhao Hai glanced at it, and without hesitation, he was the first to rush in.

The others filed in.

Chen Ye was the last to go in, and he glanced back at the street behind him.

In the gray fog, at least a dozen dark figures were surging toward this direction.

The one running in the lead was less than fifty meters away from him.

He saw the monster's face clearly.

Like the others I've seen before, it had gray skin, completely black eyes, and a mouth that stretched to the base of its ears.

But it was larger than any of the previous ones, almost as tall as Zhao Hai, but much more robust, with muscle lines clearly visible all over its body in the gray fog.

It runs on all fours, like a giant lizard, at an astonishing speed.

Chen Ye didn't look at it a second time.

He turned and rushed into the apartment building, where he and Qin Zhaoyang pushed the crooked iron door shut together.

The door frame was deformed, and the door could not be closed tightly, leaving a gap about ten centimeters wide.

"Move things! Block the door!"

Zhao Hai had already realized what was happening.

Together with Li Zheng and Wang Shuo, he pushed a metal cabinet from the foyer over and placed it behind the door.

Then they moved two old sofas and piled them behind the metal cabinet.

Hurried footsteps approached from outside the door.