Jiang Qian was dead.
Lin Qiye witnessed the entire process of her death.
The monster descended from the sky and with its fingernails, it sliced through her neck as easily as cutting through tofu. Then it began to devour her body with wild delight.
Until the very last moment, Jiang Qian's eyes were filled with horror and despair.
Lin Qiye's mental perception clearly registered all the details. His stomach churned, and he almost vomited.
Although he had endured a great deal of hardship and suffering, and his mind was already more mature than that of his peers, this was the first time he had witnessed such a bloody scene.
And now was not the time to vomit.
Without the slightest hesitation, while the monster was feasting on Jiang Qian's body, Lin Qiye turned around and ran towards the other end of the alley!
The original escape route had already been blocked by the monster, so he could only do the opposite and run in the direction where Wang Shao had been attacked.
The monster seemed to be more interested in the corpse and didn't chase after him. This made Lin Qiye heave a slight sigh of relief.
He didn't know exactly what that monster was, but there was no doubt that it didn't belong to the category of "human" or the known category of "beast" to humans.
If someone said it was a human-ape that had mutated due to radiation, he might believe it. With its size, strength, and speed, it was simply beyond the ability of an ordinary human to contend with.
But that was just a "might".
In this world covered by the fog, having witnessed the existence of the Seraphim with his own eyes, he didn't believe that science was the only truth in the world.
He believed in the existence of the "mysterious".
Moreover, Lin Qiye always had a feeling that... he seemed to have heard of the appearance of this kind of monster somewhere before.
While he was lost in his thoughts, something else entered his range of mental perception. Lin Qiye made a sudden stop and came to an abrupt halt.
His breathing became heavier and heavier.
Ten meters in front of him, the figure of that monster appeared again. Lin Qiye was certain that this wasn't the one from before.
Although it was just as ugly, it was definitely not the same one.
The most obvious evidence was that in the arms of this monster, it was holding the already dead body of Wang Shao and was still continuing to devour it.
At this moment, Wang Shao's face was completely gone, leaving only a mass of blurry flesh and blood. If it weren't for his distinctive clothes, Lin Qiye might not have been able to recognize who it was at all.
This was the second monster.
And it was the one that had killed Wang Shao!
When he was with Jiang Qian and the others before, he hadn't seen the scene beyond ten meters and had subconsciously thought there was only one monster. But now, he realized he had been completely wrong.
From the behavior of the monster that killed Jiang Qian, it could be seen that this kind of monster preferred to eat corpses rather than chase after the living. Otherwise, Lin Qiye wouldn't have been able to escape the scene.
But right after Wang Shao died in the beginning, a monster had immediately chased after Lin Qiye and the others.
This could only mean... there was already another monster feasting on Wang Shao's body.
In this alley, there were two monsters, completely blocking all of Lin Qiye's escape routes.
Lin Qiye's face turned deathly pale, and a long-forgotten feeling of despair welled up in his heart.
In these seventeen years, there had only been two times when he had truly felt despair.
One was ten years ago, when he saw those eyes on the Moon.
The other was now.
In front of him, the monster that had finished eating the face threw away Wang Shao's body like trash, turned to look at Lin Qiye, and with its scarlet long tongue, licked the blood from the corner of its mouth.
At this moment, Lin Qiye wanted to curse.
Damn it, why am I so unlucky again!?
When I was a kid, I just climbed up a roof and ended up seeing a Seraphim.
I went blind after looking at it and then fell off the roof.
People thought I had gone crazy from the fall and I had to stay in a psychiatric hospital for a year.
Now that I've finally gotten through all that and was just about to study hard, take the college entrance examination, and embrace a brand new life...
I run into you, this ugly thing?
Other people might not encounter something like this even once in their entire lives, but I run into two of them at once?!
This is just ridiculous!
Under the pressure of death, the anger and resentment that had been suppressed in Lin Qiye's heart for years erupted like a volcano.
This raging anger burned brightly, and the fear in his heart was compressed smaller and smaller. A fierce determination, seemingly from nowhere, welled up within him!
He tightly gripped his white cane. Facing the monster that was ready to pounce, his chest heaved violently.
At this moment, in front of him, it was as if the monster that had just eaten someone wasn't a monster at all, but all the grievances and setbacks he had endured over the past ten years.
Even his aunt and Yang Jin didn't know how much anger was hidden in the heart of this young man who had been suppressed for ten years!
He was unwilling to give in!!
Perhaps even he didn't notice that under the turmoil of these intense emotions, his eyes that had been tightly closed for ten years trembled violently, as if they were about to open at any moment.
"Jie——!"
The monster looked at Lin Qiye, who had delicate skin and tender flesh, like a lecherous man seeing a beautiful woman. It let out a shrill scream and leaped into the air!
"Damn it, I'm not afraid of you!" Lin Qiye growled. Holding his white cane, he actually charged towards the leaping monster!
The distance between the two rapidly closed in!
Just as the monster's claws were about to slash through Lin Qiye's throat, the latter suddenly sidestepped and narrowly avoided the claw!
However, although Lin Qiye could perfectly anticipate the monster's movements, his own physical condition was still a bit lacking. The claw grazed his temple, leaving a faint bloodstain.
At the same time, the black ribbon was cut open and was carried away by the swirling wind, disappearing without a trace.
With his eyes closed, Lin Qiye seized the opportunity. With a thunderous shout, he thrust his white cane fiercely towards the monster's abdomen!
Smack——!
A clear sound rang out. Lin Qiye felt his hand lighten, and then a huge force came from behind. The monster's tail directly whipped him away!
Lin Qiye was whipped onto the ground and rolled several times. Gritting his teeth against the pain, he got up. His mental perception told him that the white cane in his hand had broken into two pieces.
The white cane was originally used for guiding the blind, and its material wasn't particularly sturdy. When it came into contact with the extremely tough monster, it was naturally of little use.
"Damn it!"
He cursed and directly threw the broken half of the white cane onto the ground.
He had finally seized an opportunity, but it had been wasted like this.
The breaking of the white cane was like a fuse, directly igniting Lin Qiye's emotions. He stood there, his hands clenched into fists so tightly that his fingernails dug into his flesh, leaving streaks of blood.
"I'm not convinced!!" he roared.
Just at this moment of intense emotional turmoil, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.
It was like a gentle spring breeze turning into rain, a natural and inevitable process. A refreshing coolness flowed from his heart to the blocked part in his mind. With a gentle touch...
That layer of "window paper" shattered!
Lin Qiye felt as if a sun had suddenly exploded inside his body. An unprecedented heat filled his entire body. His eyes under his eyelids felt as if they were being roasted, burning hot!
So, naturally...
He opened his eyes that had been closed for ten years.
And the last image these eyes saw was another pair of eyes,
the eyes of the Seraphim!
In an instant, a brilliant and blazing pillar of light erupted from the alley at the edge of the old urban area and shot straight into the sky!
At this moment, the night sky was as bright as day!