Feeling the man's embrace, Xiao Xiao's previously tense body relaxed. She closed her eyes and quietly awaited death.

The enormous body of the HeLa cell approached them step by step, then slowly opened its blood-red maw.

Suddenly, the man, who had been holding her small hands, grabbed the back of her collar and stuffed something into her arms before throwing her away.

"Live well." With a slightly trembling gaze, the man swallowed the transparent pill in his hand, and at the same moment, the giant mouth of [HeLa Cell] swallowed him whole.

Bang!

A tremendous force suddenly exploded from the mouth of the [HeLa Cell].

It blew half of its body into pieces.

Xiao Xiao stared at everything in disbelief, then looked down at the things the man had just given her in her arms.

It was a pistol engraved with star symbols; it was the man's previous weapon.

Tears welled up in her eyes instantly.

Before she could grieve, the HeLa cell, whose body had been blown off halfway, transformed back into a dog, wielding two bone whips on its back, and slowly rose from the ground.

She shakily got up from the ground and ran in the opposite direction without looking back.

The HeLa cell, having gotten up from the ground, glanced at the fleeing Little and then took a step to chase after her.

However, it's unclear whether it's due to the excessive weight of the two bone whips on his back, or because his weight doesn't match his body shape, but the speed of [HeLa cells] is not fast.

In the dark woods, a small, pale-faced figure, panting heavily, kept running.

Behind her, the enormous figure of the HeLa Cell was relentlessly pursuing her, its massive bone whip leaving eerie and terrifying scratches across the tree trunk's thick surface.

Her small face, streaked with tears, was filled with unconcealed fear as she listened to the approaching figures behind her.

Xiao Xiao dared not look back, but simply held tightly to the pistol in her hand and charged forward without stopping.

I had heard from others that once we passed this grove of trees, we would reach City C.

If I can reach City C, I might be rescued.

As the surrounding trees became increasingly sparse, a glimmer of hope finally appeared on the little girl's terrified face.

She saw it; the edge of the woods was just ahead, and she was about to escape!

Pfft!

A flower of blood bloomed from her left leg as the sharp bone whip instantly severed her small left calf.

"ah!"

Xiao Xiao fell to the ground, and the intense pain in her left leg made her cry out.

She looked at her calves and found that they were gone, with only blood flowing from her thighs.

The HeLa cells were less than 20 meters in front of her.

Despite the excruciating pain, Xiao Xiao used her remaining right leg and hands to move forward with great difficulty.

"Almost there, it's almost there!" Xiao Xiao thought to herself.

Finally, she climbed out of the forest.

The city's dazzling lights came into her view, but her small face was filled with despair.

Because in front of her was a precipice, and the city was far below the cliff.

In an instant, despair and fear overwhelmed her, making it hard for her to breathe.

She turned her head with difficulty and saw the figure of HeLa cells, which looked like the Grim Reaper.

With slightly trembling hands, he gripped the pistol, then aimed it at the HeLa cells and pulled the trigger forcefully.

Bang--!

He fired a shot, but he didn't know if it was out of fear or because the gun's recoil was too strong.

The shot hit the ground next to the HeLa cell, but missed.

[HeLa Cell] stared intently at the pistol in the tiny hand; it was all too familiar with this thing.

It was because of this thing that I got into trouble many times.

Without hesitation, a bone whip was instantly lashed out.

A fresh right hand flew up instantly, accompanied by a spray of blood.

"Ah!" With her right hand severed, Xiao Xiao clutched her severed arm in pain and collapsed to the ground, struggling.

Her small left hand was still gripping the pistol, but the intense pain caused her to instinctively move backward.

Finally, she retreated to the edge of the cliff, and then a feeling of weightlessness followed.

The small figure fell off the cliff.

[HeLa Cells] stick their head out of the cliff and look down. The pitch-black night and fog make it impossible to see what's below.

[HeLa cells] turned their heads back and stopped looking down.

It picked up the severed arm and lower leg from the ground and swallowed them all.

Licking its lips, [HeLa Cell] turned to look at the brightly lit city and then at the road leading down the mountain.

A bold idea sprouted in its mind.

The humans just now kept trying to run towards that place; there must be many of her kind there.

Although they didn't know how strong the people inside were, [HeLa Cells] were confident that even if they couldn't kill them, they could still come back alive.

At this moment, even HeLa cells themselves did not realize that they had long since transformed from a single-celled organism that knew nothing and only wanted to survive into a life form with intelligence and its own independent consciousness.

In fact, it had already gained intelligence after it first ate a human, but it was just unaware of it.

Just like how people don't know how they say they have their own consciousness.

[HeLa Cells] swung its two bone whips on its back and sped down the mountain road.

...

City C.

At the supermarket entrance, a boy carrying several bags struggled to walk out of the supermarket.

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