Still hoarding supplies in the apocalypse? I'll just go on a killing spree and looting!

His shouts bounced back and forth between the walls.

Each echo was like a pebble thrown into calm water, carrying far and wide in the silent night.

Deep in the corridor, the sound of scales scraping against the wall suddenly stopped.

Then came the sound of hurried running.

There was more than one—one in the left corridor, one in the stairwell, and another that jumped down from the second floor through the gap between the stairs.

It smashed onto the front desk, crushing the computer screen on it into pieces.

The hooks scraped across the tiles with a piercing shriek as three strange beasts charged into the hall from different directions.

Their outlines were indistinct in the darkness, except for a few pairs of eyes, dark green with no whites and vertical pupils.

This is a newly evolved first-tier Claw Beast.

The police officer was still shouting.

This time it wasn't a warning, it was a pure scream, devoid of any words, just primal fear squeezed from the depths of the throat.

Lin You didn't turn around. Her steps didn't falter at all.

"run!"

Mu Xue was terrified and only came to her senses after Lin You shouted. Her face was pale as she followed Lin You into the right corridor.

The first roar came from the hall behind him, and the police officer's scream came to an abrupt halt.

Then came a dull thud.

The second beast crashed into the wall at the corner of the corridor, its hook carving four deep furrows into the concrete surface.

It climbed up incredibly fast, almost without stopping, and continued its frantic pursuit.

The light on his chest swayed in the corridor.

Lin You suddenly stopped, and Mu Xue almost bumped into Lin You's back.

The armory door was tightly shut. Lin You handed the key to Mu Xue. "Open the door. I'll hold them off."

Mu Xue trembled all over; those monsters were truly terrifying.

The keys in her hand clattered together with her trembling hands as Mu Xue began to try to open the door.

Lin You had already assumed her stance, with the mantis knife in her right hand resting on her left shoulder, and her left hand gripping it behind her side.

With its center of gravity lowered and its back slightly arched, it resembled a female leopard hunting its prey.

The gray fog under the lights churned in the corridor.

A strange beast emerged from the mist, its four legs stomping on the ground, its hooks raking through the tiles with a piercing shriek.

It is very fast.

It wasn't a straight sprint; it was a zigzag change of direction. In the darkness, you could vaguely see dark green eyes moving at high speed, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right.

It's impossible to predict where it will appear next.

Lin You didn't follow its trajectory; eyes can deceive, but voices cannot.

The frequency of scraping the tiles with the curved hook is increasing; it's accelerating, searching for the angle to strike.

Then, from the swirling gray mist, a hideous face suddenly emerged, its gaping mouth full of fangs.

Its four feet were off the ground, its entire body spread out in the air, and its raised arms were hooked and extended forward.

His dark green eyes shone like arcs of light in the darkness, locking onto her throat.

Lin You's right hand held the knife, which had been poised and waiting on her left shoulder for a long time.

next moment.

With the blade spanning the midline of her body and the serrated edges pointing outwards, she swung her right hand out at the moment the beast reached its highest point.

A powerful diagonal slash!

The blade traces an arc from the upper left to the lower right, with the deltoid, pectoralis major, and latissimus dorsi muscles of the entire right shoulder working simultaneously, and the waist and abdomen rotating to apply torque to the blade.

The blade struck the beast's head, slightly to the left, and a cloud of green blood mist erupted from its head.

The entire left eye was instantly squeezed and burst by the enormous impact.

But its head remained intact and was not cut open.

Dark green blood exploded in the air.

The beast's head was pulled to the right by the blade, causing its entire body to lose its balance, and the hook on its right side flailing wildly in the air.

The hook on the left side twitched and curled up unconsciously due to the severe impact to its head.

The Claw Beast's body veered uncontrollably to the right.

The right hook landed first, then the right shoulder, and then the head.

Dark green blood splattered all over the ground.

Instead of retreating, Lin You advanced, pressing herself tightly against the unbalanced beast.

Step into the gap on the right side of the beast with your front foot, push off the ground with your back foot, and shift your weight from back to front.

The knife, held in a reverse grip in the left hand, is slashed upwards from the side of the body, the blade close to the outside of the forearm, the tip not moving in a straight line, but in an upward arc.

The beast's head was still on the ground, its neck exposed, and its gills wide open.

The blade swept in from below its jaw, its serrated edges severing the carotid artery and trachea before exiting through the back of its neck.

One fatal blow.

Dark green blood gushed from both sides of his neck, splashing onto the corridor wall and corroding a dense layer of bubbles.

Lin You stood up, her right hand holding the knife against her left shoulder again, dark green liquid dripping from the serrated edge.

He flicked the knife with his left hand, and the blood on the blade drew a broken line on the wall.

His gaze was icy as he stared at the surging gray mist.

besides…….

The sound of a door opening came from behind her; it was Mu Xue's voice, trembling with surprise, "It's open! The door's open!"

Just as the voice rang out.

Two strange beasts emerged from the gray mist, one on the left and one on the right. One pounced on Mu Xue, who had just opened the door, while the other pounced on Lin You.

With a "bang".

Mu Xue was kicked by Lin You into the shield, lost her balance, and crashed headfirst into the open door.

He fell to the ground in a very disheveled state.

Using the recoil from that kick, Lin You shifted her body to the right.

The two strange beasts missed their targets.

Lin You slammed her back against the corridor wall with a heavy thud, a muffled groan escaping from between her teeth.

My right scapula hit the wall first, followed by the back of my head. My vision went black for a moment because my retina was temporarily deprived of blood due to the impact.

She didn't wait for her vision to fully return.

Leaning forward and pushing off the wall with his feet, he lunged forward, landing on the back of the strange beast.

Because the knife in his right hand was resting on his left shoulder, he almost lost his grip on the handle when he hit the wall.

She tightened her grip on the hilt, forcing the mantis knife, which had been resting on her left shoulder, to be held upright.

The entire weight of the person and the force of the leg push were placed on the right arm.

"Thud!" The tip of the knife pierced diagonally into the back of the beast's neck.

The blade pierced directly under the force of gravity, freezing the beast's head completely as it was about to turn halfway.

The blade had already pierced through the back of the neck, through the gill slits, through the trachea, and out through the gap in the scales below the Adam's apple.

Dark green blood sprayed all over her face, carrying a pungent, sour smell, and dripped down her bald head.

The beast's forelimbs were still twitching, the hooks leaving a few final white marks on the tiles before it went still.

She tried to pull out the knife, and the blade made a sharp scraping sound as it rubbed against her spine.

It was completely stuck in the beast's hard bones.

Lin You raised her left arm to wipe the blood off her face, revealing her eyes, and then turned her head.

Mu Xue lay on the ground, the shield pressing down on her.

She was kicked by Lin You and slammed against the door, then crashed through the door and into the room, shield and all.

The doorknob hit her ribs, making her gasp in pain.

But she didn't stay where she was.

She rolled over, the shield pressed against her chest, while the beast continued to tear at the trembling riot shield.

Mu Xue gritted her teeth and gripped the riot shield with all her might, holding it tightly in front of her.

That's what kept her alive.

With a "poof" sound.

Then came the sound of something rolling down, and the beast that had been tearing at the riot shield stopped moving and landed heavily on Mu Xue.

Immediately afterwards, a round head bounced off the riot shield and landed next to Mu Xue.

Those dark green vertical pupils stared at Mu Xue, who was gritting her teeth and persevering.

"Dead?"

The scraping sound of claws against the floor grew louder as it approached.

Moreover, the scraping sounds were chaotic and disorderly, indicating that not just one, but many strange beasts were rushing towards this place.

It's very fast.

Mu Xue then heard the door close.

Mu Xue cautiously peeked out and saw Lin You violently kick the door shut and then bolt it shut with her hand.

"Click click click"

Three bolts were fastened in succession, and there were only three bolts behind this door.

A dull thud.

There is a small bulge inward on the metal sheet of the security door.