The organization I founded has been exposed by the reborn!

Under a secluded overpass in Yanjing City.

Zhou Tianzheng and his younger sister Zhou Zixin were resting in a bridge hole.

To evade the Black Tiger Gang's pursuit, the brother and sister had been blindly fleeing through the city for several hours.

"Little sister, are you feeling alright?"

Zhou Tian looked at his younger sister, his eyes filled with worry.

Zhou Zixin suffers from severe congenital heart disease.

At this moment, due to the long journey and the fear.

Zhou Zixin's lips had turned a dangerous purple, and her breathing had become rapid and weak.

"Brother...I'm fine."

The little girl suppressed her heart palpitations, grasped Zhou Tian's muddy hand, and weakly forced a smile: "Don't worry about me... cough cough..."

Zhou Tian's eyes were red.

He quickly unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and carefully fed it to his sister.

After comforting my younger sister.

Zhou Tian leaned against the cold bridge pier, trembling as he pulled the black invitation from his inner pocket.

The moment he took it out.

On the surface of the envelope, lines of small gold characters appeared.

"If Heaven closes its eyes, then use your sword to judge this filthy world."

Do you yearn for the power to change everything?

"Tear it open. The wings of an angel will sweep away everything for you."

Zhou Tian's heart pounded as he looked at the seductive words.

He turned to look at his younger sister in his arms: "Zixin, can...can you see the golden words on this?"

Zhou Zixin blinked weakly, examined the pure black envelope carefully, and shook her head.

Zhou Tian swallowed.

He was certain.

This thing can only be seen by oneself.

The young man in that alley seemed to have given him an object that couldn't be explained by science!

Can I gain power simply by tearing it open?

That way, she can protect her younger sister and never be bullied again?

Zhou Tian gripped the edge of the envelope with a slight pressure.

But at the last moment, he hesitated again.

His years of struggling to survive at the bottom of society taught him that there are no free lunches.

This mysterious power must come with an unknown, and possibly fatal, price.

Just as he was struggling repeatedly.

"You little bastard, I've finally found you!"

A venomous shout suddenly rang out outside the bridge arch.

Zhou Tian shuddered violently and abruptly looked up.

On the open ground outside the bridge arch stood a dozen or so thugs wielding steel pipes and machetes.

The leader was none other than Zhang Lei, the petty thug who had been brutally beaten by Su Yu just a few hours earlier!

At this moment, Zhang Lei's head was wrapped in thick bandages, and his eyes were filled with a fierce light that seemed to want to devour Zhou Tiansheng alive.

"run!"

Zhou Tian didn't even have time to think. He picked up his weak sister and rushed towards the other end of the bridge arch like a madman.

"Chase after them!"

Zhang Lei roared, brandishing his steel pipe and leading his men in pursuit: "Once you catch him, break this little bastard's legs! I'll teach him what happens when you offend the Black Tiger Gang!"

……

Dawn Headquarters, training room.

Su Yu, who had taken in all of this through the Six-Eyed Raven's vision, frowned slightly.

He did not hesitate any longer.

He turned and walked out of the training room, where he found Zheng Qiang adjusting cables not far away.

"Zheng Qiang".

Su Yu walked to Zheng Qiang's side and calmly instructed, "I'm going out for a bit. Soon, a new member will be joining headquarters."

"When the time comes, you can greet him and show him around the headquarters."

Zheng Qiang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately nodded: "Understood, boss! Leave it to me."

That concludes the explanation.

Without further delay, Su Yu vanished in a flash...

……

In the narrow and cramped alleys of the urban village.

Sewage flowed freely, and the air was filled with the stench of rotten vegetable leaves and piles of garbage.

Zhou Tian carried his younger sister on his back and ran wildly through the desolate and dilapidated alleyway.

"Quick! Block the alleyway ahead!"

"You little bastard, run! If I catch you today, I'll break your legs!"

Not far behind, shouts and chaotic footsteps shattered the tranquility of the alley.

Zhang Lei led his thugs, relentlessly pursuing them like vicious dogs.

Because Zhou Zixin suffers from congenital heart disease and is extremely weak, Zhou Tian could not pick up any speed while carrying her.

The distance between the two sides is being continuously narrowed.

During his escape, Zhou Tian tried countless times to pull the black invitation out of his pocket and tear it open.

But each time, Zhou Tian always held back.

He dared not tear it open.

This black invitation is like a Pandora's box.

It's impossible to predict what awaits you after you tear it open.

He wouldn't dare gamble unless he was driven to the brink of despair.

"Brother... please put me down..."

Zhou Zixin's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice was so weak it was almost inaudible: "Don't worry about me... just run away... they won't do anything to me..."

"Shut up!"

Zhou Tian's eyes were red-rimmed, and he gritted his teeth, growling, "Stop talking nonsense! I told you, I'll never abandon you!"

For Zhou Tian, ​​his sister is his only pillar of support in this world.

How could he possibly abandon it?

Zhou Tian lifted his younger sister up higher again, tensed his leg muscles, and plunged into the darker alley ahead.

……

At the end of the alley was a dead end.

Beneath the dilapidated brick wall, there was only a half-closed abandoned iron gate, which was the sewage inlet leading to the underground pipe network.

A pungent stench billowed out from the pipes, a mixture of marsh gas and rotting smells that made one's eyes sting.

The footsteps behind me were already very close.

"It's just ahead! Don't let that little bastard get away!"

There was no way to retreat.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Tian turned sideways, grabbed his sister, and smashed open the rusted iron gate, plunging directly into the pitch-black sewer.

"Splash!"

The moment their feet touched the ground, icy sewage splashed up.

The sewer was pitch black, and the thick, damp air was suffocating.

The cold, foul-smelling sewage underfoot went up to my ankles. The water was filled with household garbage and tattered rags, and every step I took was extremely difficult.

The cement walls on both sides were covered with a layer of black, slippery slime that felt icy cold to the touch.

Confined space, foul odor.

Deep within the intricate network of pipes, a series of sharp, scratching sounds could be heard from time to time—the noises of rats and insects crawling on the slippery pipe walls.

Zhou Tian held Zhou Zixin in his arms with one hand, while using the other hand to instinctively feel for the slippery wall.

"Little sister, cover your mouth tightly." He lowered his voice, his breathing heavy.

Zhou Zixin obediently covered her mouth and nose with her little hands, buried her face in her brother's chest, and her thin body trembled slightly from the cold and fear.

There was no light source, and it was pitch black all around.

Driven by instinct, Zhou Tian waded through the murky water, groping his way deeper into the underground labyrinth.

At the entrance behind them, the thugs' clamor was gradually silenced by the thick layer of earth.

……

A few minutes later.

Zhang Lei and his henchmen chased after them to the entrance of the sewer.

"Holy shit, that stinks!"

One of the henchmen, covering his nose, looked at the dark cave entrance ahead and took two steps back with a look of disgust. "Brother Lei, this place is disgusting. That little bastard with that sickly kid can't have gone far. Should we still chase after him?"

"Snapped!"

Zhang Lei slapped his underling hard on the back of the head: "So, are we going to chase him or not?! All these injuries I took were for nothing?!"

Zhang Lei touched his head, which was wrapped in bandages, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

He was considered a prominent figure in this area.

He was inexplicably beaten and seriously injured today, and he couldn't swallow this insult.

Since we can't find the real culprit, let's take down that little bastard Zhou Tian!

"Get in there, all of you! If we don't catch him today, none of you will get away with this!"

Zhang Lei roared and led the way into the sewer.

Although the underlings were extremely unwilling, they had no choice but to bite the bullet, turn on their phone flashlights, and follow him in, under Zhang Lei's intimidating power.

The deeper you go, the stronger the stench becomes.

The underground pipe network of Yanjing is intricate and complex, resembling a huge underground labyrinth.

After walking a certain distance, several forks will appear.

With no other option, Zhang Lei could only keep distributing manpower among himself.

"Zhao Qiang, take two men to the left! Liu Zi, take some men to the right! Call me immediately if anything happens!"

As he continued to divide his forces, Zhang Lei unknowingly found himself with only three underlings left.

As they carefully groped their way forward through the mud...

"ah--!!"

From the depths of the dark pipes in the distance, a piercing scream suddenly rang out, followed by chaotic cries for help and the splashing of water.

Zhang Lei's henchman shuddered violently, and the beam of his flashlight shook wildly.

He swallowed hard, listened carefully for a while, and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Lei...that sounds like Zhao Qiang's voice."

"Is there some kind of monster in this godforsaken place?" Another henchman asked, his face pale, as he gripped the steel pipe tightly in his hand.

Zhao Qiang's roar just now was so terrifying, as if he had encountered some kind of monster.

Zhang Lei was also a little uneasy, but in order to maintain his image as the eldest brother in front of his underlings, he forced himself to remain calm and cursed:

"What monster! That kid must have slipped and fallen into the sewer. Don't scare yourself, keep going!"

The three of them followed Zhang Lei cautiously deeper into the area.

We passed through a narrow pipe filled with sewage and silt.

Suddenly, the view opened up, revealing a huge underground water collection hub.

Soon after, several underlings emerged from the other pipes that converged here.

Zhang Lei sensed something was wrong at first glance.

Many of those who escaped were injured, their clothes torn, and blood dripping down mixed with sewage.

Moreover, the number of people doesn't match up.

Zhang Lei quickly scanned the headcount and his face immediately darkened.

Five people are missing.

This includes Zhao Qiang, who just let out a scream.

"What exactly happened? Where are Zhao Qiang and the others?" Zhang Lei grabbed one of his trembling underlings and questioned him sharply.

"It's...it's a rat!"

The henchman's lips were deathly pale, and his eyes were filled with extreme terror, as if he were recalling some horrific scene: "So big...so many rats!"

mouse?!

Zhang Lei and his henchmen were stunned.

What kind of rat could scare several adults like that?

"Brother Lei, it really is a mouse!"

Another injured henchman pointed to a deep, bone-revealing laceration on his thigh and said in a tearful voice, "Those weren't ordinary rats! They were as big as cats! And...and they ate people!"

"Zhao Qiang was dragged into the water by those beasts and bitten to death..."

After he finished speaking, the entire water collection hub fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was terrified.

Rats eat people?

This sounds like a complete fantasy.

But seeing the horrifying bite wounds on their companions' bodies, and the five missing people, they had no choice but to believe it.

Fear, like solid ice water, instantly drenched everyone's heart.

Zhang Lei glanced at the dark, deep pipes around him, then at his men whose faces were filled with fear.

The thought of retiring also began to take root in his mind.

This place is really too eerie.

Moreover, Zhou Tian, ​​being sickly, might have already become food for those mutated rats.

"Hmph! That little bastard's lucky to be alive. Let's get out of here!"

Zhang Lei waved his hand, turned around, and prepared to lead everyone back the way they came.

However, it was at this moment.

Suddenly, a series of intense vibrations emanated from the surrounding dark sewer openings, accompanied by a chilling, grinding sound.

Followed by.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd.

One after another, enormous rats crawled out of the pipe.

They are several times the size of ordinary mice, and about the size of wild cats.

Its eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty crimson light, and the long black hairs on its body stood on end like sharp steel needles.

In the blink of an eye, a dense swarm of mutated rats surged out like a tide, completely surrounding Zhang Lei and the others in the center.

There are so many that there are over a thousand of them!

"Are you... what a joke..."

"This is a rat?? And its size..."

Zhang Lei's hand, which was gripping the steel pipe, trembled violently, and with a loud crash, the steel pipe fell to the ground.

All the thugs were so terrified by the scene that their legs went weak.

The number and size of these rats were simply beyond imagination.

Just then.

"roar--!"

From deep within the swarm of rats came a muffled roar.

The sound was completely beyond the range of rodents; it was more like that of a ferocious beast.

As if receiving some kind of command, all the mutated rats moved aside in unison, making way for a passage.

The next moment, a giant rat, even larger and nearly a meter long, slowly emerged.

Its body is covered with hard, black barbs, and its muscles are bulging.

What's most chilling is that its tiny, scarlet eyes are filled with a cruel and mocking intelligence.

It was the Rat King that mutated last night after consuming the blood of the Smiling Clown in the sewers of the Clown's House!

After the mutation, it not only received the transformation of supernatural energy itself, but even the rats under its command were transformed into bloodthirsty monsters under the radiation of this power.

"squeak--!"

The Rat King let out a sharp screech.

The next moment, as if receiving a command, all the mice started to move.

Like a black tsunami, it instantly engulfed Zhang Lei and more than a dozen thugs.

in the dark.

The piercing screams, the clanging of steel pipes, and the nauseating, dense sounds of bones being chewed together formed a cruel underground symphony.

Just a moment later.

The screams then completely subsided.

Everything... returned to deathly silence.