The snake's smooth body was covered with dark green scales, the surface of which was covered with a layer of sticky, transparent, gel-like mucus that reflected an eerie, cold light under the firelight.

"Holy crap... what is this thing..." Zhang Xiaojuan was startled and immediately threw the whole can of children's modeling clay on the ground.

A string of colorful clay figures, hand in hand, formed a human wall in front of the crowd, proudly facing the hissing, tongue-out triangular snake head.

On either side of the snake's head was a disfigured, sticky human head, its hair and skin corroded and mixed together by the slime. Not a single patch of skin on its face was intact, a sight that was chilling.

"Brother, are these people alive?" The slightly smaller head on the left suddenly spoke, its black hole-like eyes glancing sideways.

Although the shape and outline of her eyes were no longer discernible, it was still clear from her direction that she was scrutinizing Lu Sheng and the others.

"Are there any living people outside? Or are they zombies?" The right side of the snake's head spoke in a simple and honest voice, while turning its head to stare at the crowd without moving.

"But they smell so good, unlike those stinky zombies." The voice of the person on the left sounded innocent and naive.

Both voices were slightly childish. The older brother's voice sounded like he was just going through puberty, while the younger sister's voice sounded even younger, like she was only five or six years old.

The combination of a child's innocent voice and the terrifying monster before one's eyes amplifies the unsettling and nauseating feeling.

"What exactly is this thing?" Zhang Xiaojuan's forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat, her back and collar were soaked with sweat, and her palms were sticky.

Xiao Ning sat leisurely on a bench nearby. "It can be considered a new type of fusion monster, but unfortunately it's a failure and has little combat ability."

After saying that, he suddenly took out a coin, played with it in his palm for a few moments, and then flicked it out accurately.

The coin traced an arc through the air before finally striking the snake-like two-headed monster with a soft thud.

"Ouch."

"It hurts so much."

"This handsome older brother is a bad guy; he actually hit us."

The little girl complained in a childish voice, her tone trembling with a hint of tears. The boy beside her angrily demanded, "Why are you bullying me!"

"See?" Xiao Ning shrugged nonchalantly.

Everyone present was immediately filled with mixed feelings.

If the monster in front of them had charged at them viciously, they could have killed it without any hesitation. But these two were just children... Apart from being big and intimidating, they actually had no ability to fight back.

Even if they get hit, they can only say aggrievedly, "Why are you bullying me?"

"Was this also done by CM Company?" Sun Tiantian angrily questioned Xiao Ning.

“They have many similar test subjects in their biological laboratory.” During the time Xiao Ning spent at CM Company as a test subject, he heard all sorts of things and basically learned most of CM Company’s secrets.

"There are more than a dozen laboratories in total, each tackling a different area. This should be an experimental subject responsible for developing new species through the fusion of different races."

Upon hearing Xiao Ning call them failures, the two-headed serpent suddenly snorted in dissatisfaction, then opened its blood-red maw and roared at the group.

A fireball the size of a ping-pong ball spewed from the snake's mouth, only to extinguish itself before hitting the ground. After failing to breathe fire, both heads coughed simultaneously, as if something was stuck in their throats.

The people present: "..."

This is less powerful than a 50-cent lighter...

"What do you plan to do?" Xiao Ning asked Lu Sheng with a smile.

Han Rui secretly pinched Lu Sheng's arm and whispered to her, "This person has no empathy at all, and she can still laugh at a time like this."

Lu Sheng didn't speak, but silently tightened his grip on the knife hilt.

Xiao Ning is essentially a lunatic. This kind of person has absolutely no empathy or compassion and can only be a competent tool at best.

The flesh on the head of this fusion monster in front of me is almost completely rotten; judging from its condition, it won't live much longer.

Just as she was about to end the fused monster's painful remaining life with a single strike, Xu Yi suddenly stepped forward.

All that everyone saw was Xu Yi pull out a bag of shrimp chips, and the two rotting heads exclaimed in unison in surprise.

"Uncle, are the shrimp chips for us?" the little girl asked cautiously, completely forgetting about being hit by Xiao Ning just now.

"But we don't have hands, can Uncle feed us?" The boy hesitated proudly for a few seconds, but quickly gave up resisting.

Three years after the apocalypse, this kind of snack was nowhere to be found. When Xu Yi opened the bag, the unique savory smell of the puffed food immediately made the two of them drool.

"good."

Xu Yi tore open the bag and elegantly handed the shrimp chips to the two heads' mouths.

Click, click.

"It's so delicious! Uncle is such a kind person!"

The two people wolfed down the shrimp chips, then immediately opened their mouths wide in delight, revealing their shrunken and blackened alveolar bones.

What should have been an innocent and naive smile now resembled a terrifying demon.

"But Mom said we can't just eat other people's food." The younger sister hesitated after swallowing another shrimp chip.

The older brother was much more nonchalant, saying, "Anyway, Mom isn't here right now. If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, who will know? Uncle seems like a good person."

"Uncle, you won't tell anyone, right?"

"Okay, Uncle will keep it a secret for you." Xu Yi was very patient, not getting annoyed by the two heads chattering around him.

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