As the moon cast its dim light, a dozen tall paper figures, carrying giant hammers made of wooden sticks and stones, staggered toward me.

As I watched so many paper figures approach, I struggled to stand up, then took out a syringe from the medical kit I had found earlier and injected myself with adrenaline.

The paper figures moved very slowly, but they were extremely oppressive.

The adrenaline took effect quickly, and the fatigue in my body was suppressed by the medication.

After a paper figure walked up to me, it raised its huge stone hammer and smashed it down on my head.

"Bang!"

As I dodged to the side, the stone hammer landed on the ground with a muffled thud.

I dodged the paper figure's attack, raised the knife in my hand, and slashed fiercely at his ankle.

"Pfft!"

After I made the cut, the paper figure's feet were not severed; instead, they sent back a feeling of being cut into flesh.

I only felt warmth in my palm, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

This guy isn't a paper doll!

After I stabbed him, he didn't make a sound, and then raised the stone hammer again to smash it at me.

"when!"

I raised my knife to parry the stone hammer, and the impact made my arm go numb.

His strength was comparable to that of Manjing!

Using the force of his blows, I did a backflip to dodge his attack, and then slashed his chest with my sword.

This guy seemed to feel no pain; he was slashed backward by my sword and then the stone hammer swung at my head again.

I ducked to avoid his attack, then suddenly leaned forward and stabbed him in the abdomen.

"Pfft!"

The blade pierced my body, and blood gushed out from the blood groove, splattering all over my hands.

I stabbed the guy with my knife, then suddenly raised my hand, ready to rip open his stomach, but the guy grabbed my wrist.

It has a temperature.

This thing is definitely not a paper doll!

After he grabbed my wrist, he twisted his body violently and flung me far away, while I took the opportunity to pull the knife out of his stomach.

As the moonlight scattered, the creature ran towards me, its intestines spilling out onto the ground. It quickly collapsed, showing no signs of life.

Our entanglement lasted only three or four seconds in total.

As I killed one of the paper figures, many of its kind rushed to my side. The paper figure in front swung its stone hammer and smashed it directly at my head.

I took three steps back to dodge his attack, and then shot him in the chest.

"Bang!"

The gunshot rang out, and a stream of blood spurted from the paper figure's chest before it collapsed to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

I gripped the gun tightly, pointed it at the paper figures in front of me, and roared, "I know you're all in human form! I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, so get out of the way!"

My yelling had no effect whatsoever.

The paper figures in front of me seemed not to understand or hear what I was saying, and surged forward in a huge, uninterrupted stream.

"Bang bang bang!"

Faced with these lunatics, I pulled the trigger directly. With each gunshot, a paper figure fell down.

In a short while, I took down five paper figures, and my pistol ran out of bullets, leaving it in a state of empty magazine.

Facing the remaining dozen or so paper figures, I roared and charged at them with my knife.

At this moment, Wei Shengnan, who was incoherent, was lying right behind me. If I ran away, she would surely die.

Moreover, my current condition is entirely sustained by adrenaline; once the effects of the medication wear off, my body will quickly collapse.

Rather than exhausting myself and not getting very far, I'd rather fight with my back against the wall.

If I can drive these paper figures away, after daybreak, if the others don't see us return, they will definitely start searching this area.

Even if it gets even more tragic, even if I fight to the death with these paper figures, at least Wei Shengnan can still survive.

With that thought in mind, I mustered all my strength and rushed into the crowd, slashing the paper figure on the head with my sword.

This is a life-or-death struggle.

These paper figures are incredibly agile and extremely strong.

I moved among them using my agility, relying entirely on martial arts skills to fight them.

By the time I killed the third paper figure, the knife in my hand felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. Not only did my movements slow down, but the excruciating pain from the wound on my leg also caused my body to spasm.

"Buzz!"

A stone hammer came from the left. I instinctively tried to dodge, but my leg injury slowed my movements, and I was knocked to the ground by the hammer.

I was hit by the hammer handle. Although the pain was excruciating, thankfully I didn't break any ribs.

When I fell, I landed right on the body of a paper figure.

I cleaved the chest of this paper figure open with a single stroke, and its internal organs spilled all over the ground.

I originally thought that these paper figures were actually people in disguise, and that they were just wearing a disguise on the outside.

But after I saw the paper figure's wounds, I realized my assumption was wrong.

This thing is a paper doll with flesh and blood!

I know this sounds a bit awkward, but he really did grow up to look like a paper doll.

The paper covering his body, like our skin, is connected to the muscles.

Or rather, the layer of paper covering his body is his skin!

How could such a creature exist in this world?

In the brief moment I was distracted, the paper figure that had attacked me swung its hammer again, and I quickly dodged.

"when!"

The paper figure's stone hammer veered off course and struck a rock on the ground with such force that sparks flew everywhere.

In the instant the sparks flickered, I clearly noticed the paper figure flinch back, and I couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

This guy is afraid of fire!

If you have something to fear, things become much easier!

Seeing the other paper figures rushing towards me, I pushed off the ground and retreated a distance. I reached into the first-aid kit, found a plastic bottle containing medical alcohol, cut off the bottle neck with a knife, poured the alcohol on the ground, and quickly took out a lighter to light it.

"call!"

When medical alcohol comes into contact with an open flame, it instantly ignites into a line of fire on the ground.

The paper figures, who had been so menacing just moments before, immediately retreated upon seeing the flames.

"Damn it, so you guys have things you're afraid of too!"

Seeing that these paper figures were afraid of fire, I poured the remaining alcohol from the bottle onto the knife, set it on fire, and then charged at them with the flaming knife in hand.

Upon seeing the object in my hand, the paper figures scattered and ran towards the woods.

Seeing the paper figures scatter, I quickly chased after them and killed the two that lagged behind.

In a short while, apart from the few corpses lying on the ground, all the other paper figures had disappeared.

To prevent these paper figures from returning, I ignored the pain and bloodstains on my body and, while I still had the strength, quickly gathered the dry grass nearby to make a campfire to drive away the paper figures.

As soon as I bent down, a paper figure that had been lying in ambush in the woods emerged from the darkness and smashed a hammer on my head.