Sneer!
Each slash of the blade sank into flesh, creating a horrifying scene of mangled flesh and blood in an extremely short time.
It should be noted that these parasitic flesh balls rely entirely on the human body for all nutrients.
This means that there’s no need to specifically target the flesh ball on the neck; attacking the parasitized human body directly is actually more effective.
Lu Bai had figured this out, so every slash of his blade targeted the heart area of the human body as much as possible.
With his sudden change in fighting style, the several monsters on the scene were caught off guard for a moment and were forced to prioritize protecting their parasitized human hosts.
The situation instantly turned into him suppressing the several monsters in battle.
But eventually, a prolonged defense will fail; the slender katana gradually bared its bloodthirsty fangs in Lu Bai’s hands, and the several flesh monsters were successively hacked down to the ground by him.
In the blink of an eye, only two monsters remained standing before him.
Seeing Lu Bai swing his blade once again, Tong Shujuan, who had been dumbfounded for a long time, suddenly snapped awake, abruptly standing up as her voice cried out like a cuckoo weeping blood: “No!”
Puff~
Lu Bai slashed horizontally with one strike, severing the flesh ball at Tong Shujuan’s mother’s neck clean at the root.
The grotesquely shaped flesh ball was flung high into the air before splatting onto the ground.
The last remaining parasite beast realized the situation was hopeless and unhesitatingly transformed into the appearance of Tong Shujuan’s father.
“Juan.” It faced toward Yao Yi and Tong Shujuan, shouting loudly in an attempt to seize a chance at survival.
But Lu Bai had no intention of showing mercy and followed up with a slash that chopped off its head.
“Ahhhh!!!”
Tong Shujuan personally witnessed her parents’ heads fall to the ground before her, screaming as her eyes rolled back and she fainted on the spot.
Yao Yi hurriedly reached out to support her, then looked at Lu Bai with a bitter smile and asked: “Brother Lu, what do we do now? You’ve just killed her parents, haven’t you?”
……
Police sirens filled the street.
Red and blue lights flashed crazily, stinging the eyes.
Yellow tape was set up around the scrap yard, and on the periphery, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered, mostly elderly people with graying hair, with few young people in sight.
Hmm, someone had called the police.
In a small county town, relationships between people aren’t as distant as in a large city; at least the neighbors are quite enthusiastic.
Hearing the occasional hysterical screams from the Tong family side, it would actually be strange if nearby residents hadn’t reported it to the police.
At first, they thought it was some family conflict, so only two police officers arrived in a patrol car to mediate.
Little did they expect that upon getting out of the car, they would see several corpses; the two police officers had never seen such a gruesome crime scene and immediately reported it to the city bureau.
The city bureau also took it very seriously—or rather, overly so.
They dispatched over a hundred officers from the city bureau all at once, taking more than half an hour to arrive at the scene.
“Are you sure this is the first crime scene?” After observing the bloodstains on the ground, Pu Guangrong looked up and asked.
As a veteran detective with over twenty years on the force, he had to admit that this wasn’t the most gruesome crime scene he’d ever seen, but the murderer was absolutely the most arrogant one he’d encountered.
The crime suspect caught red-handed showed not the slightest remorse and could even laugh easily.
Admittedly, the heads of most of these corpses at the scene looked somewhat bizarre, but with preconceived notions, one would only think it was due to the murderer’s extreme brutality.
In the corner, Lu Bai and Yao Yi were handcuffed and watched over by several police officers.
Pu Guangrong walked up to Lu Bai, grabbed his collar, and lifted him up: “Confess honestly—where did you hide the murder weapon?”
“No, officer, I already told you, these monsters were trying to kill us…”
Before Yao Yi could finish speaking, he was punched by the young police officer behind Pu Guangrong.
“How did these elderly people provoke you? How could you bring yourselves to do this?!” The young police officer scolded with red-rimmed eyes, veins bulging on his neck.
Yao Yi was dazed by the punch and would need a moment to recover.
Afraid the young police officer might make a mistake, Pu Guangrong quickly released Lu Bai, blocked the young officer, and naturally changed the subject: “One is called Lu Bai, the other Yao Yi, right? Have you checked their information?”
“From the county…” Though the young police officer still glared hatefully at Yao Yi, he obediently explained the difficulties in the county.
The meaning was roughly that they hadn’t found anything yet, but it was coming soon.
Seeing this, Lu Bai slightly raised his brow; to avoid deepening the misunderstanding, he took the initiative to explain: “Here’s what happened.
On the evening of July 2, unemployed drifter Lu invited netizen Yao to take a walk in the suburbs. During this, Yao sighed that life was too tiring, Lu suggested ‘how about getting some french fries’, Yao immediately agreed, at 20:12, the intersection’s surveillance camera showed the two arrived at the scrap yard located north of the city…”
“What nonsense is this!”
Pu Guangrong’s stern face almost cracked: “I’m asking you where you hid the murder weapon?”
Rudely interrupted, Lu Bai wasn’t annoyed; he raised his hand, making the handcuffs jingle: “What I mean is, why don’t you just pull up the surveillance probe from over there and take a look?”
“Don’t worry, even if these elderly people struck first, going this far means you won’t be ruled as self-defense.”
Pu Guangrong first sternly pointed at Lu Bai, then turned his head and lowered his voice to order the young police officer: “Go pull the surveillance from over there.”
Sizzle~
A sharp brake, tires screeching harshly against the road surface.
Looking toward the sound, it turned out to be two special vehicles marked with “Special Service.”
The rear doors of the vehicles opened, and a team of special service personnel in black combat gear quickly jumped down.
The man in leather from the passenger seat got out, scanned the surroundings, then crossed the yellow tape without any concern.
“Which department are you from?” Pu Guangrong frowned and went up to meet him.
The leather-clad man flashed his identification to Pu Guangrong and added: “We’ll take over the scene from here; everyone can go back and rest.”
Hearing this, Pu Guangrong furrowed his brows.
But in middle age, he no longer had the drive to probe everything to the bottom.
Even though he had many doubts, what Pu Guangrong said was: “Then we’ll leave it to you brothers—sorry for the trouble.”
The leather-clad man nodded slightly, satisfied with how cooperative Pu Guangrong was.
The young police officer wanted to say something, but was preempted by the veteran detective.
“Go notify everyone to withdraw.”
……
In the blink of an eye, the police cars on the street drove off one after another.
Inside the yellow tape, only this group of well-trained special service personnel remained.
Several special service personnel wearing rubber gloves examined the corpses on the ground and nodded to the leather-clad man.
Receiving the affirmative response, the leather-clad man’s gaze toward Lu Bai immediately turned to one of uncertainty.