The organization I founded has been exposed by the reborn!

Through the last frame shared by the Six-Eyed Crow, Su Yu arrived at the sewage outlet.

He moved forward along the pipe, his immense mental power spreading out in a fan shape ahead like radar.

"rustle……"

Not long after they left,

In the sewage troughs on both sides of the pipe, pairs of scarlet eyes, as big as copper bells, lit up.

Several large, black-furred mutant rats peeked out from the shadows.

With just one glance, Su Yu understood.

These giant rats have been corrupted and mutated by a strange force.

Sensing the presence of living people, the giant rats immediately sprang into action.

"squeak--!"

They arch their backs, covered in barbs of black fur, and with a powerful push off the slippery cement pipes, unleash superhuman jumping force.

The air, thick with a stench and tearing, rushed straight at Su Yu's face!

In mid-air, the giant rat opened its nauseatingly large, blood-red mouth, its chisel-like incisors, several inches long, gleaming with a chilling light in the dim light, while its sharp claws created a sharp, piercing sound as they cut through the air.

This swift and brutal attack could tear a well-trained SWAT officer to shreds in the blink of an eye.

However, faced with the menacing fangs so close at hand, Su Yu stood still, not even taking a single step back.

Just as the claws of several giant rats were about to touch the hem of his clothes...

Su Yu made a move...

【Frosty Chill】Activates instantly!

"call--"

A wisp of pale, thick, cold mist burst forth from Su Yu's body, sweeping forward along the narrow pipe.

Wherever the cold fog passed, the temperature plummeted, and the dirt and moisture on the inner walls of the pipes instantly condensed, covering them with a layer of black ice, producing a crisp, shattering sound.

The giant rats that had just leaped into the air were the first to be hit.

Their violent momentum came to an abrupt halt the moment they touched the white mist.

Black frost spread wildly along their fur, instantly seeping into their flesh and bones.

In the blink of an eye, these mutated giant rats were frozen into ice sculptures, completely lifeless.

Su Yu didn't even glance at the ice sculpture on the ground. Stepping on the broken ice, he continued to stride deeper into the pipe.

After passing through several intricate pipes, the view suddenly opens up, leading to a semi-open underground water collection hub.

On a raised mudflat in the center, dozens of incomplete human skeletons are scattered.

Judging from the characteristics of the skeletons, these people had been dead for a very short time, and blood was still seeping from the broken bones.

The surface of the bones was covered with teeth marks.

These marks were clearly left by those mutated giant rats.

Looking at the scene before him, a look of deep concentration flashed in Su Yu's eyes.

Rats are creatures with an extremely high reproductive rate.

Now, having absorbed strange energy, it has developed a bloodthirsty and brutal instinct.

If these beasts are allowed to grow up, the entire capital of Yanjing will likely descend into chaos.

"It seems we must get rid of these mutated rats before we leave."

But that's a story for another time.

The most urgent task is to find Zhou Tian.

That's a promising talent with five-star potential; we absolutely cannot allow any mistakes to happen.

Thinking of this, Su Yu's figure flickered, leaving an afterimage, and quickly disappeared into the darkness at the end of the pipe.

……

Meanwhile, in another sewer.

Zhou Tian carried his younger sister Zhou Zixin on his back, struggling to move forward through the narrow, damp pipes.

Prolonged strenuous running, coupled with years of severe malnutrition, made his legs feel as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Every time I lifted my leg, my muscles spasmed and trembled.

It felt like there was a raging fire burning in my lungs, and my breathing was rapid and labored.

"Brother... put me down."

Zhou Zixin lay on his back, her breathing intermittent, her voice so weak it seemed she might stop breathing at any moment.

"I feel much better... I can walk on my own, don't exhaust yourself."

Zhou Tian did not try to be brave.

His physical strength had already been exhausted to the limit. If he continued to push himself, both of them would collapse from exhaustion in the dark and filthy mud.

He stopped and carefully put his sister down.

Zhou Zixin's face was deathly pale in the dim light, her lips were purple, and her slender hands were icy cold.

Zhou Tian pulled her behind him, raised his other hand, and gripped tightly a discarded wooden plank with nails that he had picked up along the way.

"Stay close to me, and don't let go."

Zhou Tian lowered his voice, his dark eyes scanning warily both sides of the dimly lit pipe.

He sensed something was wrong as soon as he entered the sewer.

Along the way, they encountered several groups of sewer rats.

But these rats were completely different from the ones we usually see.

They are not only enormous, but also extremely aggressive.

On several occasions, the giant rat suddenly darted out from the darkness of the pipe and pounced on them.

If Zhou Tian hadn't reacted quickly, the brother and sister would probably be covered in blood by now.

Compared to Zhang Lei, who was still chasing them and whose whereabouts were unknown, these mutated rats lurking in the shadows were clearly more deadly.

"We must leave here as soon as possible."

Zhou Tian held his younger sister's hand tightly and they quickly traveled through the winding, dark underground pipes.

A few minutes later.

A damp wind blew from ahead, and the view suddenly opened up.

They stepped into an abandoned water collection hub hall that covered several hundred square meters.

This is the confluence of several main sewers in the surrounding area, with a huge concave water reservoir in the center.

Zhou Tian looked up.

Right above the hall, on the parabolic dome, there is a half-open iron manhole cover!

A faint light shone through the cracks, illuminating the mottled cement floor below.

Upon seeing the light, Zhou Tian's tense nerves finally relaxed.

Life is on the horizon.

If we can climb out of the manhole, we can escape our current predicament!

However, when he walked under the manhole cover, his heart sank instantly.

The manhole cover was nearly four meters above the bottom of the pool.

The surrounding dome is curved, and the walls are covered with slippery moss due to the constant erosion from dampness and moisture.

There's no way he could climb up there on his own.

"Brother... you're too tall," Zhou Zixin whispered, shrinking behind him.

"Don't worry, there must be a way."

Zhou Tian forced himself to calm down and quickly scanned the hall with his eyes.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the shadows at the edge of the reservoir.

There was an abandoned wooden container parked there, which looked like it had been left behind during the construction of the nearby power grid. It was at least two meters tall.

If he can push the container directly under the manhole cover, he will be able to touch it!

Hope it happens again!

Zhou Tian's eyes lit up with wild joy, and he rushed to the container.

"snort…!"

Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and used all his strength to press against the container, trying to push it away!

But the container is too heavy!

In addition, his already exhausted body simply couldn't move it!

The glimmer of hope that had just begun to rise was extinguished.

Zhou Tian let out a desperate roar.

At this time,

"Shh... Crackling..."

A sudden, extremely piercing scratching sound rang out.

At first, it was very light, like a blunt iron slowly scraping against the floor tiles, but within just two or three seconds, the sound suddenly increased dramatically!

A dense, bone-chilling friction sound emanated simultaneously from the sewage pipes in front, the backflow channel behind, and even from the intricate iron mesh ventilation openings above!

Zhou Tian's face turned deathly pale; he knew all too well what those voices meant.

Without hesitation, he immediately pulled his sister behind him.

"Whoosh!"

From the dimly lit pipe opening, pairs of crimson eyes lit up one after another.

At first, there were a dozen or so pairs, then hundreds and thousands, eventually converging into a crimson sea of ​​blood in the dim shadows!

"squeak--!"

A piercing, shrill scream echoed throughout the hall.

Countless mutated giant rats surged out of the holes from all directions like a black torrent bursting its banks.

In the blink of an eye, the brother and sister were trapped around the shipping container.

Zhou Zixin was so frightened by the scene before her that she trembled violently.

The little girl couldn't even let out a scream; she could only instinctively bury her face behind her brother, her petite body trembling like a leaf in the wind.

Zhou Tian's chest heaved violently, his ears filled with the thunderous sound of his own heartbeat, and his lips, which he had bitten so hard that they were bleeding, spread a strong, sweet, metallic taste in his mouth.

He stared intently at the giant rats that were closing in, then looked up at the faint, unattainable patch of light above the courtyard dozens of meters away.

The last shred of hope and wishful thinking in my heart was utterly shattered at this moment.

Despair, like a cold and venomous python, coiled tightly around his heart, dragging him into an abyss of no return.

At that critical moment when his life hung by a thread.

"roar--!!"

A deep, rough roar, like a heavy hammer pounding on the chest, suddenly exploded from the deepest part of the dense rat swarm!

The sound was rough and cold, and it reverberated along the empty underground pipe network, even causing the mud and water on the ceiling to fall down in a rustling sound.

The raging, noisy swarm of rats, which had been rampaging just a moment before, seemed to fall silent the instant this roar rang out.

They trembled and lowered their bodies to both sides, making way for a path on the viscous, murky water.

"Tap, tap, tap."

The heavy thud of footsteps echoed inside the pipes.

The Rat King stepped out from the depths of the dark passage.

Its entire body was covered with black hairs that stood up like steel needles, and each hair was covered with black frost and slime.

Its torso muscles bulged and bulged, and its thick claws stomped on the floor tiles, grinding fine cracks into the hard cement.

The Rat King stopped in an open space not far from the brother and sister.

The Rat King slightly raised its enormous head, its moist nose twitching rapidly in the air.

It greedily inhaled the lingering scent in the wind, its gaze settling on Zhou Tian.

In those eyes that gleamed with a scarlet, ferocious light, a hint of human greed flashed across them.

Swallowing him will allow you to evolve once again.

Gurgle.

The Rat King made a dry, swallowing sound from deep within its throat, and cold, sticky venom dripped from the gaps between its bared fangs, burning white smoke onto the ground.

Its gaze toward the heavens was as if it were looking at an unparalleled delicacy.

next second.

"squeak--!!"

The giant rat king raised its enormous head and let out a piercing, sharp roar from deep within its throat!

This cry of dawn was like a command being issued.

In an instant, thousands of crimson eyes lit up simultaneously in the dark and gloomy space, like a sea of ​​blood-red fire spreading from the underworld!

Countless yellow teeth clenched and rubbed together, producing a sickening "crunching" sound that made one's teeth ache and bones ache.

The dark, mutated rat horde, radiating a chilling, bloodthirsty ferocity, stomped through the stench of sewage, continuously tightening its encirclement.

The suffocating sense of despair and oppression was like a massive, overwhelming mountain crashing down on Zhou Tian's chest, making him gasp for breath and his heart pound wildly.

Closer! Closer still!

In just a few breaths, the dozen or so giant rats at the front had already arrived.

They opened their foul-smelling, blood-red mouths, and a slightly corrosive, yellowish viscous liquid dripped down their sharp teeth, splattering with a hissing sound onto Zhou Tian's tattered canvas shoes, instantly corroding the fabric and emitting faint wisps of blue smoke.

Zhou Tian straightened his back and tightly protected his younger sister behind him.

He could even clearly feel the foul, hot breath exhaled from the monster's nostrils landing on his exposed skin, bringing waves of nausea and goosebumps.

Behind me were cold, slippery shipping containers.

Before him was a swarm of blood-red rats that devoured everything.

Right now... he has nowhere left to retreat!

Just then, a black image appeared in Zhou Tian's mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, he suddenly reached into his pocket and pulled out the invitation that seemed to contain the depths of an abyss.

As soon as the letter was taken out, the distorted characters on its surface, which were shimmering with a dark golden light, changed once again.

"The rules of the world are all playthings, and the suffering of mortals is nothing but dust in the eyes of the abyss."

"When darkness shrouds the corrupt world, when despair becomes the eternal order—"

Do you yearn to wield the power to rewrite destiny?

"Tear it open!"

"May the holy light cleanse all sins in the world, and may the sword of judgment sever all shackles of the mortal realm."

"The long night is ending, dawn is breaking—!"

"You are the sole wielder of this sword!"

Each word, like a morning bell or an evening drum, carries an inexplicable power, striking heavily into the depths of Zhou Tian's soul.

"roar--!"

Several impatient mutated giant rats had already leaped into the air, opened their foul-smelling maws, and aimed their sharp incisors straight at Zhou Tian's throat.

"Brother!" Zhou Zixin screamed in despair.

"Close your eyes!"

Zhou Tian let out a defiant roar, his fingers gripping the edge of the black envelope tightly. With all his might, he ripped it open!

"Rip—!"

The moment the ear-piercing sound of tearing fabric rang out in the dark sewers.

The world seemed to freeze at that moment.

The giant rat that was pouncing from mid-air froze in place, the yellowish slime dripping from its fangs suspended in mid-air, and the cruel light flashing in the eyes of the rat king in the distance completely solidified.

Even the stench and chill that filled the sewers were forcibly suppressed by some supreme high-dimensional law!

"boom--!"

The next second, a dazzling golden holy light burst forth from the torn envelope without warning!

This light carried no warmth, yet it exuded an aura of supreme divine power.

Wherever the light passed, the filth, stench, and coldness accumulated over many years were instantly evaporated!

Those mutated giant rats that were closest to the light melted away like snowflakes in spring, vanishing without even a scream before being bathed in the afterglow of the holy light, turning into countless golden glimmers that scattered in all directions...