Xu Anran quickly pulled her uncle into the woods. There were no surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the park, which was why Xu Anran chose to do it here. With the cover of the surrounding trees and bushes, people outside could not see what was happening. Xu Anran quickly took out a kitchen knife and peeled off her uncle's skin. She had prepared herself mentally, but the scene was not bloody, there was no bleeding, and the skin had been cleaned and was quite clean. However, it was still disgusting, and the scene made her feel uncomfortable and nauseous.
But time was of the essence, so Xu Anran held back. While the monster was unconscious, Xu Anran took out all the stun guns and used them to shock it. She noticed that the monster's neck seemed to soften after being shocked, so she used the axe from her bag to chop hard at that spot. With a crack, the head and body separated. It turned out that electricity could soften the incredibly hard monster's body. Not satisfied with just that, Xu Anran continued to shock the monster. After a few minutes, the monster's body melted into a puddle of black liquid.
Seeing a metal ring in the middle of the black water, Xu Anran didn't remember her uncle having such a ring. This must belong to the monster. Considering that the monster had previously conjured things out of thin air, she wondered if this might be a spatial ring like those in novels. So she put it away and would study it when she got home.
Then, she packed her things, took out a small shovel, dug out the soil, and buried the black liquid. Afraid of being discovered, she then carefully packed the human skin back together and found a dilapidated old house in the suburbs where no one lived. Inside, she burned the human skin. After everything was settled, Xu Anran worried that her uncle's death would arouse suspicion from the monster. She checked her location using her phone, formatted it, fully charged it, went to a bus stop, found a long-distance bus, and secretly placed her phone in a hidden spot on the seat.
Thinking about her uncle turning into a monster and wondering how her cousin and aunt were doing, Xu Anran used another anonymous phone to send her cousin some videos and screenshots. Her cousin, who lived at school, was less likely to have become a monster than her aunt, who stayed home every day. In the message, Xu Anran warned him to be careful of his family and those around him, to pay attention to safety, and told him about the monster's weaknesses and how to identify it—that monsters don't bleed when they scratch the skin. Xu Anran also sent the same information to the class monitor, the homeroom teacher, and the usually helpful discipline committee member; she didn't send it to anyone else. After sending it all, Xu Anran took out the SIM card and memory card, smashed them, and threw them into a nearby river along with the phone before quickly going home.
Back home, Xu Anran couldn't wait to experiment with the ring. She put it on her hand but felt nothing. She tried to open it but there was no response. She stared at the ring intently and kept saying "open" but it still didn't work. Later, she tried dripping blood on the ring and kept thinking "open, open" in her mind. Finally, the ring responded.
The scene inside the ring space appeared in my mind. The space was about three cubic meters in size, containing a black box, a long knife, and some bottles and jars that I couldn't understand. I had seen the black box in my dream. It should contain a dormant monster. I had to deal with it first.
Xu Anran went to the bathroom first, filled the bathtub with water, then turned on the electricity in the water. She put on anti-electric boots and rubber gloves. Once everything was ready, she took the box out of her space, placed the box upside down in the water, and opened it. Before the monster could wake up, it was instantly electrocuted into a puddle of black water. The hibernating monster did not have a space ring. Xu Anran drained the water from the sewer and cleaned the bathtub several times.
Back in the living room, Xu Anran poured a cup of hot water into her spatial dimension, then cooked dinner. After dinner, she took the hot water out of the dimension; it had already cooled down, indicating that time within the dimension wasn't frozen. She then placed the fish tank and its goldfish into the dimension. After a while, she took them out; the fish in the tank were dead. It seemed that live creatures couldn't be kept in the ring.
However, Xu Anran was quite satisfied with just this portable backpack. After all, it was something she got for free, and it would make escaping much easier. After observing it for a while, she felt that wearing the ring directly on her hand was too conspicuous and easy to lose. So she found a red rope at home, wrapped the ring around it, strung it with a thick red rope, and tied it around her neck with a knot.
Xu Anran packed her food, water, household items, weapons, tools, and other belongings into part of her storage space, filling it almost to capacity. She then added her electric bicycle, leaving a small portion of space for later use. By the time she finished, it was 3 AM. Not planning to sleep, she installed the surveillance cameras she had bought but hadn't yet installed at the elevator entrance, doorway, and building entrance. It was already 5 AM when Xu Anran drove out of the complex to buy breakfast. On her way back, she parked in the woods near the back gate of the complex, went home to eat, and then fell asleep.
Besides stocking up on food, clothing, and daily necessities, Xu Anran now goes to different pharmacies to stock up on wound medicine, cold medicine, painkillers, allergy medicine, antibiotics, and other medications. She also buys some health supplements, vitamin pills, and medical equipment, dividing these items into three portions and storing them in her home, car, and personal storage space. Aside from shopping, eating, exercising, practicing knife skills, and checking security camera footage to observe the situation outside, Xu Anran spends her days stocking up on food, clothing, and other necessities.
Recently, these surveillance videos have revealed that monster activity is becoming more and more frequent, and many people have already turned into monsters. However, the whole society remains oblivious and behaves as usual. Xu Anran senses that the monsters may be making new moves and has become more vigilant.
"Knock knock knock...knock knock knock." Hearing the knocking, Xu Anran went to the door to check the electronic peephole. The new neighbor who had moved across the hall a couple of days ago was there. "Xiao Xu, are you home?" Xu Anran answered and opened the door, smiling as she asked, "Sister Liu, what's up?" Sister Liu, holding a plate, said, "These are some shrimp chips I just fried. I fried quite a lot, and we can't finish them all, so I thought if you were home, I'd share some with you." She handed the plate over, and Xu Anran, unable to refuse, accepted. As she took the plate, a sharp pain shot through the bottom, like being pricked by a needle. Looking down, she saw her finger was bleeding. Seeing the blood droplets, Sister Liu quickly apologized, "Oh dear, Xiao Xu, I'm so sorry. I must have left the needle on the dining table while I was sewing, and the child thought it was fun and it stuck to the bottom of the plate. I'm so sorry." She then pulled Xu Anran aside, saying, "Xiao Xu, come to my house, I'll clean it for you and put some medicine on it." Xu Anran replied, "No need, Sister Liu, it'll be fine in a bit. I have iodine at home, it'll be fine with a wipe. The child is still at home, you should go back now." Sister Liu looked at Xu Anran apologetically, "Alright then, Xiao Xu, tell me what's wrong. I'm so sorry about today."
After closing the door, Xu Anran stared at the plate of shrimp chips and her injured finger. Today's needle incident was definitely not a coincidence, but a test, just like she was testing whether her uncle was a monster. The other party was also testing her, which meant that the other party had very likely also discovered the monster.
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