Xu Anran woke up from her dream and, after a while, pondered the words of the man and woman in her dream. The two might not be from this world; they seemed to have traveled from another world. They even asked her about the situation, and after learning about the monsters, they were neither surprised nor flustered, nor did they express disbelief. They had a gun in their hand, and what were those train tickets they were looking for? It seemed that not only monsters had appeared in this world, but other situations had also arisen. She needed to be more cautious.

It's 2 a.m. now, and Xu Anran can't sleep because of her dream, so she turns on her computer to watch the surveillance footage. She first looks at the public toilet, and this time she finally makes a discovery. Just an hour ago, around 1 a.m., the monster in that public toilet skinned and ate a drunk woman, and then packed the skin up. It seems that it was going to take the skin back to another monster to use as a disguise. Xu Anran recorded this video of the monster and took a screenshot.

After reviewing the school's surveillance footage, it was discovered that around 11 PM tonight, a security guard on patrol spotted a student climbing over the wall. When he reprimanded the student and asked if he was going to an internet cafe, the student remained silent and kept his head down. Just as the guard was about to pull the student away, the student pushed him down. Unable to move him, the guard picked up a stun gun from his waistband and struck the student. The student was shocked and quickly jumped aside. The guard got up, faced the student, and retreated while holding the stun gun.

As they were about to run, someone ran up from behind and tackled the security guard to the ground again. The student also quickly ran up to the security guard, snatched the stun gun, and threw it away. Both students were monsters, and they quickly dealt with the security guard. Then, one of the monsters produced a black box out of thin air. Inside the box lay a sleeping monster. The monster climbed out of the box, picked up the security guard's skin, and put it on. Its wounds healed rapidly, and it transformed into the security guard, with only some signs of fighting and bloodstains on its clothes.

It seems the other security guards at the school are also in danger tonight. I also recorded the video and took screenshots.

Xu Anran did not plan to post the video or screenshots online or to the government now. Posting them online might not be believed by people and could alert the monster. Who knows what the monster would do then? If she sent them to the government, she didn't know if the monster was among them. If they traced her address and found her through her phone, she would be finished. It was better to lie low for now and see how things went.

Then I turned on the surveillance camera at Linjiangyuan, saw that there was nothing wrong and everything was normal, so I turned it off.

I plan to wait until dawn to buy three mobile phones and get three anonymous SIM cards as backup. I also plan to buy more surveillance cameras to install in the community so that I can easily escape and observe the situation.

Then install them in some important locations to facilitate intelligence gathering. The school surveillance camera I saw today: from the fight between the security guard and the monster, it can be seen that these monsters are very strong, but they may be afraid of electricity. I need to prepare some stun guns and also power on the doors. In case of a power outage, I also need to buy generators and storage batteries. There are many tasks, and I will try to complete them as soon as possible in the next two days.

After shopping and turning on the power to the door, Xu Anran checked the security camera footage again during lunch to see if there were any new developments. She discovered that her uncle had appeared at the door of the house in Linjiang Garden yesterday afternoon. He knocked on the door and discovered that she had moved out and a new family was now living there. Knowing this, her uncle not only didn't leave but also made an excuse that he had left something in the house and wanted to come in to check. He didn't leave until quite a while later. It was very unusual that her uncle knew she had moved but didn't call to ask, and even wanted to go into the house to look for something. Continuing to watch, she saw that her uncle came again that evening. This time, he just knocked on the door, said nothing, and the other party let him in. Combining this with the second dream, it seemed her uncle had become a monster.

Just as Xu Anran was thinking, her phone vibrated. She picked it up and saw it was her uncle. After thinking for a moment, she answered, "Hello, Uncle, what's up?" "Anran, are you free tonight? Our family hasn't seen each other in a long time. Let's all come over for dinner." Xu Anran thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, I'm not free tonight, but I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Tomorrow is Saturday, so you don't have to work. Can we meet up?" Her uncle was silent for a moment and then agreed.

Xu Anran thought: Instead of passively guessing, it would be better to actively find a suitable place to lure my uncle out, see if he has turned into a monster, and test the power of electricity to damage monsters.

Xu Anran chose a park, first installing surveillance cameras around it, then arranging to meet her uncle there in the afternoon. She checked the area for any ambushes, parked her electric bicycle beforehand, and prepared stun guns on her waist, trouser legs, and arms. She also carried a safety rope, hammer, and other portable tools in her backpack; even if her uncle was a monster and she couldn't kill him, she could at least escape. Prepared, Xu Anran arrived an hour early and waited in a secluded spot. Seeing that her uncle had come alone, she texted him to wait a moment, explaining that she was stuck in traffic and would be there soon. Her uncle replied "okay" and waited at the agreed-upon bench.

After a while, the uncle sat down, and it was discovered that he was sitting right where Xu Anran had nailed the steel nail into the chair. The nail on the back of the chair had also pierced the uncle's back. The steel nail was very small, nailed into the gap between the chair, with only a small part protruding, which could slightly hurt a person. Xu Anran nailed it in several places to ensure that these nails could pierce a person when they sat down.

The uncle didn't feel the nail after sitting down. A normal person would have felt the pain long ago, but only monsters can't feel it because their bodies are covered in human skin, so they can't feel this slight pain.

Knowing her uncle had turned into a monster, Xu Anran mentally prepared herself and arrived at the agreed-upon location. With no one around, she greeted him warmly, exchanging a few pleasantries. Seeing him staring intently at her, Xu Anran knew it was time to act. She said, "Uncle, it's like this, my uncle called me, saying he has something to discuss with you. Since you're quite busy, I told him to call you instead." Pretending to make a call, she waited for the connection and then handed the phone to her uncle. Of course, this wasn't her uncle's call, but rather a call to her own other phone. The instant her uncle took the phone and greeted her, Xu Anran made her move.

She quickly took out the stun guns from her waist and arms, turned them to maximum power, and shocked her uncle's neck and waist. Her uncle immediately knelt down, and a burning smell emanated from his body. Then, he realized what was happening and quickly jumped away. Xu Anran then quickly took out a bucket of water hidden under a chair and poured it on her uncle. She then threw several stun guns at him at the same time, knocking him unconscious.