In that split second, Angela Yu felt nothing.
Her mind went blank! When her senses returned, she found herself sprawled on the ground, a wave of searing pain spreading slowly across her body.
"Ugh…" she groaned, gritting her teeth as she rolled over, feeling as if her bones were about to scatter. Her body ached terribly, yet her limbs felt numb, as if paralyzed.
She turned, catching sight of the cat-faced creature under the moonlight.
Its jaws sank into her arm, blood spraying, but oddly, there was no pain—just raw terror.
A primal, all-consuming fear, the dread of being devoured.
Suddenly, gunfire broke the silence!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
At the first sound, the creature flinched, hunching down and pressing its body flat against Angela's.
"Ahhhhh!!!" Frank Zhang's furious scream accompanied the gunshots as he rushed forward, firing his weapon in a panic.
The creature paused, lifting its head to look at the frantic Frank. Its glowing, slit-pupiled cat eyes stared right into the barrel of his gun, curious and unafraid.
What kind of lousy marksmanship is this?
Not a single bullet hit; they all sprayed across the ground.
Bang! Bang!
He pulled the trigger for the last two shots, realizing too late that the magazine was empty.
"Damn it!" he cursed, fumbling to reload.
The cat-faced creature stood, directing a bloodthirsty, icy gaze at the rotund, panicked Frank.
Its body, nearly unclothed, resembled a lean human male while possessing feline curves that gave it a sleek, muscular frame. Though its limbs still retained human-like traces, they were thicker, ending in paws with thick pads and sharp claws.
With its pitch-black, hairless skin, it looked like some aquatic beast—a grotesque hybrid of man and cat.
As it turned its attention to Frank, a feral gleam of excitement flickered in its eyes.
In a flash, the creature launched itself toward Frank!
Frank nearly wet himself at the sight of the creature's intentions.
"Don't come any closer!" he screamed into his phone.
Over the call, Luo Shu's calm voice advised, "Just keep moving, don't engage directly—I'm on my way."
Realizing he had no time to reload, Frank hurled the gun like a rock at the creature.
The creature dodged with ease, advancing with relentless speed.
With the creature now just inches away, Frank yelled into the phone, "There's no time!!"
Luo Shu's voice replied, "Yes, there is!"
Frank retorted, "What, are you going to fly over here or something?!"
The line went dead.
Twenty meters away, the creature crouched, preparing to leap at Frank with astonishing force, almost as if it were taking flight.
Simultaneously, high over Nine Wells Mountain, a missile-like object streaked across the night sky with a burst of flame, speeding toward them at nearly supersonic velocity!
The "missile" zeroed in on its target and angled downward, plunging like a comet.
Just as the creature lunged toward Frank, a burst of flame swept past!
Frank blinked in shock at the now-empty space in front of him, the only evidence a faint smell of burnt hair.
"Uh… what just happened?"
Angela struggled to her feet, exclaiming with joy, "It's Luo Shu! He flew over here!"
Frank gaped at the fiery streak in the sky. "Flew… flew over here?"
Indeed, Luo Shu had flown over. For the first time, he activated a special vehicle he'd won in a raffle.
[Name: Flying Surfboard]
[Type: Vehicle]
[Quality: Rare]
[Effect: Rides the wind but can't surf the waves; top speed up to 500 meters per second!]
[Instructions: Use with magnet boots and neural interface patch. Detailed guide follows…]
[Requirements: Investigation field unlocked; level 2]
[Note: Six-hour charge for thirty seconds of use! As a quirky product from Yamedie Future Toys, this gadget is only as useful as its alloy durability suggests.]
Luo Shu now descended, strapped with two submachine guns and clad in bulletproof gear he'd gotten from Hunter He's mercenaries, wearing magnetic boots and a neural interface patch.
Standing on the surfboard, he was almost at supersonic speed as he slammed straight into the cat-faced creature.
The monster, still mid-air, sensed danger but couldn't evade, taking the hit head-on!
It was knocked back, tumbling across the ground as it struggled to regain control.
Meanwhile, Luo Shu's surfboard blazed a fiery trail as it circled above the hospital plaza, slowing to hover over Angela and Frank.
The flames behind his board transformed into six smaller jets, allowing Luo Shu to maintain a hovering stance.
"Friends below! Are you alright?"
The two looked up at him, a mix of disbelief and relief.
Angela gasped, "Still alive…"
Frank stared, "What kind of gear is this? It's so cool!!"
Luo Shu laughed, "This? It's a surfboard! Got it in a raffle!"
A surfboard??? Frank was dumbfounded.
Luo Shu chuckled as he drew the two P90 submachine guns strapped to his back.
He opened fire!
The cat-faced creature, still reeling from its impact with the ground and heavily wounded, didn't have time to dodge as Luo Shu's bullets tore through it, shredding it into pieces!
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