Then it slowly stood up, its eyes glazed over as it turned its head. When it saw Fu Linglong, it made a "hehehe~" sound and pounced on her.
Fu Linglong was prepared. As soon as the powder was released, Ye Xunzhi struck it down with his sword. They cooperated very well.
Fu Linglong looked at the fallen mutant and felt somewhat frustrated.
It still didn't work.
“Linglong, it’s not entirely impossible. From the time this person was bitten to the time it mutated, it took about half an hour. I remember you said that the records showed it took about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea to mutate after being bitten. This medicine has delayed the mutation time considerably,” Ye Xunzhi said.
Sometimes time can determine everything. A cup of tea can transform into half an hour, and the extra time can be used to do many things.
"Sigh, let's go, let's go check out the village ahead." Fu Linglong didn't say anything more.
"good."
As soon as the two reached the village entrance, they heard various cries for help coming from inside, mixed with the barking of dogs.
"Woof woof woof~~~"
"Help me—!!"
"mother!"
"My son, oh—!!"
"Run! Run!"
People kept running out of the village.
As the woman passed by the two, she shouted to them, "Run! There's a monster in the village! Run! It'll be too late if you don't hurry!"
"Let's go!" Fu Linglong strode towards the village. If she didn't see them, so be it; but if she did, she couldn't just stand by and watch them die. She would save as many as she could.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw all the villagers running out in a panic.
A three- or four-year-old child, seemingly lost from his parents, stood in the middle of the road, crying loudly for his mother. Many people passed by him, but no one paid him any attention.
At that moment, a mutant rushed out of the house, seemingly attracted by the child's cries, and charged towards the child.
"Ah, my son—!" A woman suddenly appeared, and upon seeing this scene, she almost collapsed to the ground.
Perhaps it was the strength of motherhood that made her disregard her inner fear, and she rushed forward and threw herself on her son, holding him tightly in her arms.
At the same moment, the mutant pounced and bit the woman's thigh.
"Ah!" the woman cried out in pain.
The woman shoved her son out, yelling, "Run, Zhuang'er, run! Run!!"
The child was pushed and fell to the ground a short distance away. He cried as he got up, ran back, and grabbed the woman's hand, trying to pull her away, repeatedly crying, "Mother, Mother, Mother..."
"Zhuang'er, run, run!" the woman urged her son on.
The mutant was drawn by the child's cries and got up to pounce on the child.
"No—!!!!" the woman screamed in despair.
The next second, a figure rushed over, scooped up the child, and darted to the side.
The child was so frightened that he forgot to cry.
Fu Linglong gently put the child down and patted his head. "Child, don't be afraid."
The child hiccuped and sobbed, calling out, "Mama~ Mama~"
"Linglong, be careful!" Ye Xunzhi's voice suddenly rang out.
As soon as Fu Linglong turned around, the mutant pounced on her.
She pushed the child away again, scattering the medicine powder, and shouted, "Xunzhi!"
Ye Xunzhi responded with a swift and decisive sword strike.
The woman finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the mutant fall to the ground.
The child rushed to his mother, hugging her neck, crying, "Mommy, Mommy..."
The woman held her son, tears streaming down her face. She gently stroked his head and said, "Zhuang'er, you're a big boy now. You have to take good care of yourself from now on, okay?"
The woman had seen how villagers, including her own husband, mutated after being bitten. She knew that anyone bitten would mutate; there were no exceptions.
Knowing her time was running out, she looked at Fu Linglong and said to her son, "Zhuang'er, kneel down and kowtow to your benefactor."
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