145: Steady development

Soon, the group was about to encounter the Infected ahead.

"Awakened Ones, follow Old Man Zhang and clear the way!"

Old Man Zhang took the lead, his robust body showing no signs of age, his fire axe wielded with practiced ease.

He swept the axe horizontally, cleaving two Infected bats in half. They fell to the grass, incapacitated.

"Kill!"

Lin Fei, holding a fire axe, didn't have Old Man Zhang's skill. He swung the axe horizontally, like swatting a fly, sending an Infected bat flying.

The others also went all out. After days of fighting, everyone's movements were ruthless.

In this direction, there weren't many bats in the sky, and they were quickly killed by the group.

But a group of Infected rats, along with Infected bobcats, Infected wildcats, and Infected wild dogs, had already arrived!

"Just a bunch of small rats, daring to be so arrogant!"

Old Man Zhang was still as fierce as ever, taking the lead. He tossed aside his blunted fire axe, drew the military knife from his waist, and with a single strike, directly severed the head of an Infected wild dog. He also sliced an Infected rat, which had jumped up to bite, in two!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Fei and everyone else had already engaged in battle with the Mutated Creatures.

Even Lin Meng and the two doctors were no exception, holding weapons for self-defense.

Under the powerful combat strength of the many Awakened Ones, no one was injured for the time being.

"How dare you hit me! You all deserve to die!"

"A bunch of low-class people, daring to humiliate us! Go ahead and enjoy the feeling of becoming a zombie!"

Just then, the rich second-generation individuals, who had been hiding at the very back and hadn't been attacked yet, viciously pushed Lin Meng and a few of Brother Niu's fellow villagers from behind, laughing maliciously.

The rich second-generation individuals seized the opportunity. Almost all the Infected had their attention drawn by Lin Fei and the others. They immediately ran to the side, trying to bypass the entangled group and escape to safety.

Lin Meng and a few of Brother Niu's fellow villagers, completely unprepared for an attack from behind, stumbled forward into the Infected rats.

"Lin Meng!"

"Goudan!"

Liu Ye, Fang Chenjin, and Brother Niu saw this scene, their eyes wide with fury, and immediately shouted.

"You wretches! Did you do this?!"

Lin Fei's gaze was icy, filled with a desire to kill.

"Hahaha! You poor Security Officers, you low-class people, how dare you humiliate us! All of you, turn into zombies!"

Zhang Liying laughed coldly, her gaze arrogant and venomous.

What was her status, to be slapped by a low-class person? What an enormous crime.

Before, she wouldn't have needed to come up with a plan herself; a single command would have made the Old Man's entire family disappear.

Watching Lin Fei and the others blocking the Infected, Zhang Liying and her group didn't waste any more words and immediately fled.

However, soon, all the Infected abandoned Lin Fei and the others, instead swarming towards Zhang Liying and her group.

"What's going on?"

Lin Fei looked shocked, his fire axe cutting through empty air. The Infected bobcat opposite him had abandoned him and pounced on Zhang Liying and her group.

Not just Lin Fei, but Chen Xu, Old Man Zhang, and the others' combat opponents also retreated, then rushed towards Zhang Liying and her group.

Liu Ye and Brother Niu were also desperately rushing towards Lin Meng and the others who had been pushed down.

But the next moment, Lin Meng and a few of Brother Niu's fellow villagers suddenly got up from the grass, startling them.

"Goudan! Brother Niu will avenge you!"

Brother Niu's eyes were red, and he was about to cleave the Infected villagers in front of him with his axe.

"We're not Infected!"

Just then, Lin Meng quickly said.

"Brother Niu! We're fine! Hold your axe!"

Brother Niu's fellow villagers were startled and quickly retreated a few steps, saying.

"Fine?"

Liu Ye and Brother Niu looked closely. In the heavy rain, they could clearly see that Lin Meng and the others' eyes were still blood-red.

But that alone couldn't prove they weren't Infected; it only confirmed that it hadn't taken effect yet.

Lin Meng and the others also knew this, so they quickly unbuttoned their clothes. Lin Meng stripped down to her underwear, and it was clear that none of them had any wounds.

Liu Ye and Brother Niu were then pleasantly relieved, but also very puzzled: "What exactly happened? Why didn't those Infected bite you?"

This was too strange; Lin Meng and a few of Brother Niu's fellow villagers had fallen onto the Infected!

Could they really be unharmed?

"We don't know either. Anyway, those Infected just ran off on their own."

Lin Meng shook her head, and Brother Niu's fellow villagers also looked puzzled.

"Ah! Help! Save me!"

At this moment, on the other side, a scream rang out, attracting everyone's attention.

They saw that all the Infected, whether rats, wildcats, wild dogs, or bats in the sky, swarmed over and engulfed the group of rich second-generation individuals.

The screams quickly stopped. The bobcats and wild dogs were not small in size; such a group would devour even an elephant completely.

"What's the situation?"

Lin Fei, having experienced so much, was momentarily stunned.

These Infected had completely abandoned them, seeming to have a deep-seated hatred for these rich second-generation individuals, and had all gone to attack them.

"Hurry up and go!"

Old Man Zhang shouted, not caring about the specifics. If they didn't leave now, they would be finished when the Infected came back.

But just then, the group of Infected that had engulfed the rich second-generation individuals suddenly moved, leaving the spot and heading into the distance, with nothing left behind at the scene.

"How is this possible?"

Dr. Du and Dr. Jia looked incredulous. The behavior of these Infected completely violated the reproductive instincts of the Parasite.

With so many living people here, the Parasite actually ignored them completely.

"Parasite are also living creatures. If there is a Mutated Creature here that can control other creatures, can it control these Parasite?"

Lin Fei thought of his experience a few days ago, that terrifying Tiger King that ruled Dayang Mountain.

"Lin Fei, you're thinking the same thing as me."

Liu Ye said with a solemn expression.

These Parasite were already incredibly troublesome. If they were under the command of a Mutated Creature with a higher intelligence, the seriousness of the situation would be completely unimaginable.

"Now, we must leave as soon as possible and report the intelligence. If such a Mutated Beast is lurking in Shangqing City, this place will truly turn into Hell!"

Liu Ye's gaze was very serious.

He didn't know why the Mutated Creature behind this didn't attack them.

However, if it's not of our kind, its heart must be different!

Just like that Tiger King, which almost destroyed Yangjiang Town!

In that battle, the Security Officers and Soldiers who died numbered over a thousand!

Lin Fei and his group couldn't afford to rest. Under the threat of such a terrifying Mutated Creature, they had to continue their fast journey.

In the sky, two massive figures loomed, intermittently visible within the dark clouds.

One figure was a giant python, long and slender, yet it had a pair of wings on its back, twisted and eerie, exuding a strange aura that challenged human reason.

The other figure resembled a giant octopus, its eight enormous tentacles swaying, tearing through the dark clouds. Its pair of strange wings looked like incomplete bat wings, yet they also exuded an incredibly eerie aura.

"A bunch of ignorant people."

Su Yuan watched indifferently as the group of rich second-generation individuals completely disappeared.

In a city that had experienced a huge crisis, survivors were already few and far between, yet these people still wanted to take huge risks to attract the Infected and exact personal revenge.

These people perfectly illustrated the darkness of human nature.

Of course, Su Yuan didn't particularly care about their good or bad deeds, but if they touched his people, it was like a birthday boy drinking arsenic – asking for death.

Previously, after the Giant Eel and the rat swarm discovered Lin Fei's whereabouts, they immediately informed Su Yuan through a special psychic link.

However, the intelligence of the Giant Eel and the rat swarm was limited, making it difficult to accurately describe their location.

His current abilities also didn't allow him to directly sense the precise location of a specific Families (kin/dependent).

Therefore, Su Yuan still spent considerable effort searching many places before finally finding this location.

Su Yuan had just arrived when he noticed some clues, but he had no intention of revealing himself directly. It wasn't until Lin Fei and the others were in an unsolvable situation that he secretly intervened.

The reason he didn't meet Lin Fei directly was because Su Yuan didn't want to reveal himself yet.

If he revealed himself, the fact that he could control Parasite would also be immediately exposed.

While this would make humans even more wary of him, it would also be too ostentatious, inciting an even stronger killing intent from humanity and attracting the attention of the Mysterious Organization.

He still preferred to develop in the shadows, then step by step destroy the Mysterious Organization and take care of all humanity!

Since ancient times, a beautiful tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind! The gun shoots the bird that sticks its head out!

If one day he was pushed into a corner by humanity, he could expose this fact and force humanity to make concessions by threatening the fate of a prosperous major city.

Su Yuan followed Lin Fei's group in the sky, while also deep in thought.