"Second sister, how are you feeling?" The Wang family members were watching over Wang Lili until she woke up.
“…Waaaah—” Wang Lili trembled as she recalled what happened yesterday.
Yesterday morning, she was in a hurry to use the restroom, so she got up and left the cave before dawn.
Who knew that while she was using the toilet, she felt something poking at her from behind.
So early in the morning, what bad guys might she encounter later? She screamed in fright, alerting everyone else in the cave.
I hurriedly pulled up my pants and was about to run out of the bathroom when something soft, like a snake, wrapped around my body and arms!
"Ah!—Help!"
"Second Sister!"
"Wife!"
Wang San San was the first to kick open the rickety wooden door of the toilet.
What came into view was a giant octopus tentacle that had wrapped around Wang Lili.
"Everyone grab your weapons! There's a giant octopus!" Wang San San shouted outside, and the octopus stretched out another tentacle, trying to grab Wang San San.
"Bang!" At that moment, Zhang Yi, Li De, and Wang Xiaosi arrived just in time, and Li De even shot the front half of the tentacles that were encircling Wang Lili.
"ah!"
Wang Lili let out a painful groan. She fell to the ground.
Wang San San quickly went to help, and more tentacles reached out.
"Bang! Bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"San San, quickly bring Lily out!"
"Bang!"
"grumble--!"
The octopus screamed in pain as it was hit.
"Bang!" The toilet finally shattered into pieces the moment Wang San San and Wang Li Li ran out!
"Everyone, get into the cave quickly!"
"Bang!"
Finally, the octopus's head exploded and started bleeding.
If you look closely, this octopus moves much more slowly than the one Feng Ran and his friends encountered before. It is much larger, but its head and abdomen are stretched out, which should be one of the reasons for its slow movements.
Li De noticed that the octopus's entire body, especially its tentacles, was covered in mud. This was likely due to its own mucus.
This creates an obstacle to mobile functionality.
Moreover, the body had obvious cracks, which made it easy for guns to penetrate.
"Bang! Bang!"
Li De's last two shots killed the octopus instantly, leaving a bloody hole in its stomach, before he suddenly exploded in the head!
Blood was everywhere!
Then, an unbelievable thing happened.
Like squeezing out blackheads, bodies and severed limbs shot out of the octopus's abdomen with a whooshing sound!
Those who witnessed this scene felt their scalp tingle and their adrenaline surge.
"Damn it! Ugh..."
Wang Xiaosi finally couldn't hold back anymore and started vomiting violently!
Fortunately, the women had all taken refuge in the cave. Gu Zhou arrived at that moment. He hadn't come to help earlier because he was unarmed and they were engaged in a gunfight.
"They must have eaten quite a few people," Gu Zhou said to Li De, much calmer than before.
"Indeed. My belly has stretched a lot, and it's also become thinner."
"I guess it was influenced by something, it only knew how to eat until it was full. It didn't know it would choke to death."
“Oh no. If it’s like this on the mountain… what about down here…” Li De looked at Gu Zhou with a complicated expression.
"It's fate."
...
"How is she?" Wang Lanying and her daughter also carried the child into the cave to see Wang Lili.
"There was a lot of blood loss. Auntie, please boil some motherwort first."
"well!"
Wang Nana looked at her younger sister with heartache, who had also fainted from fright.
Wang Lanying gave the child to her mother, then told the men to leave. She then went to boil water to help.
It took the group almost an hour to finish.
Wang Lili's pants were covered in blood; everyone knew that the baby was likely lost. Now, everyone just hoped she was alright.
Boil water to wipe your body. Also, boil motherwort in water to wash and drink.
This was something Wang Lanying's mother had seen growing in large patches on the mountain, picked it herself, dried it, and brought it to her. She never expected it would come in so handy now.
Moreover, everyone knows the general effects of herbs like motherwort.
...
After what happened yesterday, how could Wang Lili not know that her child was gone!
But what can we do?
"It's alright now, Second Brother."
Wang Lili's voice was a little weak. Everyone knew she was feeling unwell, so they offered a few words of comfort and told her to rest.
The next day, Wang San San and Wang Xiao Si made a special trip down the mountain.
The city was deserted; it was no exaggeration to say it was completely uninhabited.
"Brother, shall we look around some more?"
"No, I'm afraid it might be dangerous if we keep wandering around. Let's go back now."
After returning home, the two gathered everyone together to prepare some preventative measures.
"An empty city?" Gu Zhou asked in surprise.
"Yes. There was no one there, and there were signs of a struggle and dragging in many places."
There was quite a bit of blood too.
"I reckon a lot of people have been eaten outside. And it's impossible that only this one monster appeared today..." Gu Zhou said after a moment of contemplation.
"Yes. The reason we've gathered everyone here is to tell you that we shouldn't leave the cave entrance unless absolutely necessary. The inside of the cave also needs to be reinforced!"
This time, Gu Zhou didn't keep a low profile. He walked out of the cave in front of everyone, found a palm-sized stone, and crushed it into powder.
"this!"
The Wang family was shocked.
Wow, this guy is that strong!
"As everyone has seen, overall, it was a blessing in disguise. I was almost beaten to death before, and my mom picked some wild vegetables outside, and I don't know what was mixed in with them, but that's how the injured person turned out."
Strangely, everyone in my family ate the wild vegetable soup, but I was the only one who didn't.
Gu Zhou demonstrated his strength because he wanted to help the Wang family, not to make them feel like they were a burden and be abandoned.
"Where are the wild vegetables? Auntie, can we pick some to eat?" Wang Xiaosi asked excitedly.
"It's just ordinary wild vegetables. And we usually cook all our food together in one pot, which Yingzi and I both eat, but only Da Zhou's strength became enormous!"
If you want to eat some, I'll take you to pick some this afternoon, but the wild vegetables are almost too old.
"Alright! Xiao Si will go with us to pick them this afternoon, bring your weapons. We need to stay behind to protect the women and children."
Gu Zhou was relieved that Li De had included the child in the conversation.
However, Li De also felt a bit wary of Gu Zhou, as this man had no ill intentions and was a great help to him.
The fear is that he might suddenly feel incredibly powerful and want to lead them, and then enslave them...
Fortunately, Gu Zhou has many weaknesses; he has a mother, a wife, and children... This way, even if we can't control him, we can all help each other on the same level.
And Gu Zhou, with his immense strength, would definitely be a great asset!
There is one more thing.
Do you think our family could also live in a cave?
But don't worry, I will do my best to protect everyone.
At the same time, I think we can start taking turns keeping watch outside the cave, day and night.
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