Chapter 72: Monster and General

Xiao Fen’s mission told him not to let a single monster in this factory escape.

However, the mission did not tell him that his target was actually just one monster, except that this monster was somewhat too big.

While Sabova was talking to that Vice Speaker, Xiao Fen had already approached this shadow quite a bit; walking near the factory, he had already discovered that the shadow cast by that broken wall seemed very wrong.

However, just as he was preparing to investigate this shadow further, the shadow suddenly changed; like a folded croquette, half of the black shadow sat up from the ground.

If this scene was not attractive enough, then when that Vice Speaker had the knife held to his throat by Sabova, the posture of the shadow slowly standing up finally made everyone preparing to attack Sabova stop.

Suddenly appearing before everyone’s eyes was a huge monster.

Before this, it seemed to have been hiding in the soil, spread out there like a meadow; from a distance, this dark meadow looked like the shadow cast by this factory in the gradually setting sun.

And now, when this shadow had completely stood up and faced the humans of this world, revealing its true face to Xiao Fen for the first time, everyone discovered that there was actually such a terrible monster in their city.

This was a monster about four stories high; its head could not be seen clearly in the deep shadow, and its flat body was slowly thickening; those shadow tremors that Xiao Fen had found abnormal earlier all came from the dense moldy flagella on this monster’s body.

Compared to those humanoid monsters, the flagella on this monster were denser and more lush, presenting a dark purple color that made people feel uncomfortable.

Although these flagella did not seem to attack actively, seeing the black mucus occasionally dripping from a flagellum, no one believed that these flagella would be non-toxic and harmless to humans and animals.

The monster’s body finally changed from a plane to a three-dimensional shape; standing there, at a rough glance, it looked like a purple plush toy magnified countless times, with four upper limbs that were opening stickyly from its body.

In Xiao Fen’s eyes, this monster looked more like a rotten, moldy giant pizza, and now, this pizza was being slowly torn apart, becoming even more terrible.

Behind this pizza monster, the last bit of the factory wall finally could not hold on and collapsed with a boom; below this wall, a dark basement passage was revealed.

Sabova turned her head to look, and from the side where the pizza monster was standing, she faintly saw that basement passage; she turned her head back, looked at the Vice Speaker whose legs had completely turned to jelly, and said with a grim smile: “You are finished, Mr. Vice Speaker. Concealing from the Council the fact that the factory basement did not collapse, plus this monster, even if you have great influence, you won’t escape this time.”

Even with his back to Sabova, staring tightly at the rotting giant pizza in front of him, Xiao Fen could still hear the conversation not far behind him; after hearing Sabova’s words, Xiao Fen could not help but spit out the dagger in his mouth and asked in a low voice: “The basement didn’t collapse, is this matter very troublesome?”

“Quite troublesome; I should say, in basements that haven’t collapsed, there are often likely to be survivors, and of course, survivors’ wealth. Before confirming that everyone in the basement is dead, concealing this matter from the City Reconstruction Council is a felony, punishable as murder. Another point is that things mutated due to radiation may be hidden in the basement; for the safety of the entire city, all non-collapsed basements must be uniformly handed over to the local garrison and City Council for collaborative management.”

Sabova looked at Tubrushev, who had dejectedly lowered his head and said nothing, and continued: “Without this monster, there would still be a chance to argue against this felony, but when this monster appears and proves that the concealment poses a huge threat to the city, this Vice Speaker’s crime can never be washed away. Am I right? Now I should address you as Mr. Tubrushev, the prisoner?”

Xiao Fen’s mouth corner lifted slightly; staring at the huge monster in front of him, a thought occurred in his mind, and he suddenly turned his head and shouted: “Scatter, scatter quickly!”

At the same time, Tubrushev, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly started giggling.

He suddenly raised his head; his righteous face was completely distorted, and a large number of maggots were crawling in and out of his nostrils; his two brown eyeballs were also squeezed out by these bugs and hung on his cheeks.

On his face, there was no blood left; what flowed on his face was black pus emitting a foul stench.

At the same time, the body of this former Vice Speaker was rapidly expanding; in a few seconds, his tall, strong body turned into something like a balloon, and his skin made an ominous tightening sound.

“No one can stop the Shogun! No one can stop the Shogun! No one can stop the Shogun!”

Tubrushev started shouting fanatically; more black maggots crawled out of his mouth, crawling all over his face, finally making this face, which had become faintly transparent due to constant expansion, appear with countless black traces.

It looked as if an ancient Demon had reappeared in the world.

After hearing Xiao Fen’s shout, Sabova had already taken large steps back; the dagger in her hand was just about to be withdrawn when her right hand was grabbed by Xiao Fen, who rushed back over.

Sabova froze for a moment, then let go and returned the dagger to Xiao Fen.

“Keep an eye on the monster behind me; as soon as it moves, open fire immediately.”

As Xiao Fen spoke, he rushed toward the former Vice Speaker.

As he approached the side of this monster that had completely deformed and lost its human identity, the dagger in his left hand suddenly flashed.

Accompanied by Xiao Fen’s low whisper, this dagger had completely changed its shape in a very short time; a dagger with a serrated blade shape and a purple skull inlaid on the hilt finally revealed itself in Xiao Fen’s hand.

Just as the Withered Flower appeared, Xiao Fen had already rushed to Tubrushev’s side; with a flash of the Heart of Yarlann in his right hand, he slit a huge opening in the former Vice Speaker’s side ribs.

With a “hiss,” a foul smell full of marsh gas sprayed toward the direction of the pizza monster; this body began to leak rapidly before exploding.

At the same time, the light of the knife in Xiao Fen’s left hand flashed, and the Withered Flower suddenly stabbed into Tubrushev’s eye socket; the black color suddenly appearing near the wound began to spread rapidly, and in just an instant, it completely occupied this disgusting head.