The 22nd team enters the abandoned factory.
Team leader Wang Feng led the charge.
Vice-captain Lin Xue was at the very back of the team.
Five sixth-tier individuals were sandwiched in the middle, keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings as the group moved forward.
Before entering, all seven men put on night vision goggles to prevent being passively attacked if they lost their light source.
The abandoned factory was just a large, flat building with a sheet metal roof.
It was deserted, with a few rats scurrying by every now and then. At the far end of the factory stood a dilapidated sofa, on which sat a woman crying.
The woman had eight wriggling bone spurs all over her body, like Medusa's snake hair. Her clothes were tattered, and her sobbing was pitiful.
This is the target of this mission: an eighth-tier ghoul.
The seven walked to a spot not far from the ghoul.
Vice-captain Lin Xue couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"What kind of injustice must one have suffered to die and become an eighth-rank being?"
Killing that man but not eating him means he will undoubtedly die and become an eighth-tier being.
Bone spurs also grew.
Wang Feng was holding a dagger.
He asked the ghoul, "What's your name?"
The woman was crying with her head down when she heard someone speaking. She looked up and saw a group of people holding weapons.
His scarlet eyes stared at the group, sending a chill down the spines of the seven of them.
"My name is Zhong Yan."
"Isn't I dead?"
Why did it turn out like this?
Zhong Yan looked terrifying at this moment, with sharp fangs exposed, red tears of blood sliding down her pale face, and eight bone spurs on her back flashing red light, exuding an overwhelming sense of oppression.
"You are indeed dead."
“You have now become a monster called a ghoul, and we are here to help you break free.”
Wang Feng wanted to calm Zhong Yan down before deciding on the next step.
If you're willing to die, there's no need to ask for help.
Zhong Yan saw that the other party was armed and probably intended to kill her, but death was too painful and she never wanted to experience it again.
Five years ago, Zhong Yan, who had just entered the workforce, joined a private company.
With her good looks and eloquence, she quickly gained the appreciation of the department manager.
But this appreciation was unfortunate for Zhong Yan.
During a business trip, Zhong Yan was sexually harassed by her manager.
They filmed her and threatened her that if she dared to call the police, she would be ruined.
Many young women in the department also suffered the same fate, and everyone could only silently endure it.
The entire department became this manager's harem.
It lasted for a full five years.
During this time, Zhong Yan considered changing jobs, but was threatened and not allowed to leave.
Otherwise, the manager might just give up and everyone would just quit.
The other girls in the department were also threatened like this.
At 8 p.m., the manager said he wanted to develop a new project and wanted to see what the environment was like, so he invited Zhong Yan to this forest.
I never expected it to be a field development project.
Zhong Yan had long been numb to this situation, but she was furious tonight.
She was uncomfortable, and that demon wouldn't let her go.
Zhong Yan offered resistance, but ultimately could not prevail.
The manager only wanted to calm Zhong Yan down, but accidentally used too much force and strangled her to death.
Zhong Yan thought back to the past five years and wished she had resisted sooner.
Is reputation really that important?
If it had been done sooner, I wouldn't have had to endure it for so long, and everyone else wouldn't have suffered for so long.
Why is no one stepping forward?
Unwillingness, anger, resentment, and sorrow erupted in an instant, and Zhong Yan was reborn!
The manager was so frightened to death when he saw Zhong Yan, who had turned into a monster.
Still not satisfied, Zhong Yan used a bone spur to cut off the manager's private parts, sever his tongue, and break his teeth, thus completing her revenge.
Having transformed into a monster, it stepped forward.
But because he was scared to death, or rather, killed someone, he ran to an abandoned factory and buried his head in tears.
Zhong Yan looked at the seven people not far away with a pained expression.
"I don't want to die."
"Therefore, you must die."
"I'm so hungry."
"You all smell so good."
"Can I have a bite?"
Zhong Yan licked her lips, then suddenly sprang into action, heading straight for Wang Feng.
Wang Feng reacted by raising his dagger to block.
Although she managed to block it, her teammates behind her were attacked by Zhong Yan's bone spurs and retreated one after another.
And then there was Zhong Yan, who was standing in front of him with her mouth wide open.
Wang Feng used his strength to push Zhong Yan away, and then retreated at top speed.
He retreated to his teammates' side.
"Siqi, call for help."
"The others are stalling for time with me."
Everyone reacted, and Chen Siqi retreated to a distance, taking out her specialized communication equipment to call for help.
But she didn't realize that Zhong Yan's target had been her from the very beginning!
Zhong Yan disappeared from the seven people's sight and reappeared behind Shen Siqi.
Wang Feng was the first to react and shouted immediately.
"Get out of the way!! Siqi!!!"
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Siqi, who was still operating the equipment, had her limbs pierced by four bone spikes manipulated by Zhong Yan.
The bone spurs lifted the screaming Chen Siqi above Zhong Yan's head.
The flowing blood entered Zhong Yan's mouth.
The warm blood stimulated Zhong Yan's taste buds like nectar from the heavens.
"tasty!"
"It's so delicious!"
"It's so delicious that I don't want to waste a single drop!"
Wang Feng rushed towards Zhong Yan.
It's all my fault for insisting on coming in. If I had asked for help earlier, Shen Siqi wouldn't have gotten hurt.
Wang Feng, blaming himself, held the knife in his hand while Zhong Yan drank blood and used the remaining four bone spurs to fight back against him.
Xu Qinghe calmly assessed the situation and, taking advantage of the captain's distraction of the bone spurs, exchanged a glance with the vice-captain before rushing towards Zhong Yan and Shen Siqi with his stick.
Xu Qinghe quickly approached and stabbed Zhong Yan in the stomach with a stick, but Zhong Yan did not budge.
Lin Xue appeared in mid-air and snatched Shen Siqi back. Bone spurs were ripped from her limbs, and Shen Siqi let out another miserable scream.
Lin Xue carried Shen Siqi out of the factory.
Wang Feng saw that Shen Siqi had been rescued.
"Don't engage in prolonged combat, prepare to retreat!"
Zhong Yan was neither deaf nor ignorant; Wang Feng's words had thoroughly enraged her.
"Trying to run?"
Zhong Yan unleashed all eight bone spurs, launching a frenzied attack on the remaining five.
Xu Qinghe placed his hand in the stick, and the long stick split into two short chains in the middle, turning it into a three-section stick.
Xu Qinghe swung his three-section staff to block the bone spikes' attack.
Wang Feng flashed to Xu Qinghe's side, blocking the bone spurs that came from the side for Xu Qinghe.
"Captain, what should we do?"
The disparity in strength is enormous.
Xu Qinghe and his three other sixth-tier teammates were already struggling to defend against the bone spurs.
Wang Feng, who was at the seventh level, wasn't much better off.
"We'll retreat while Lin Xue calls for help."
Xu Qinghe could only continue to block wave after wave of attacks from the bone spurs.
Soon, the other three teammates were about to give up.
Wang Feng was under immense pressure. How could he lead everyone out of here? How could he hold out until the other team arrived?
Is the difference really that big just because it's only one rank apart?!
Feeling a bit bored, Zhong Yan suddenly exerted her strength, and a bone spike pierced through a teammate's thigh, lifting him into the air.
The team member remained calm and composed, using the ghost weapon to repeatedly slash at the bone spurs that pierced his own bones.
But bone spurs are hard to begin with, and the difference in skill level is an even greater disadvantage.
Seeing his teammate in trouble, Xu Qinghe blocked the bone spikes in front of him and then ran towards his teammate in mid-air.
The other two teammates also helped Xu Qinghe deal with the bone spurs chasing from behind.
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