Shali's eyes were wide. The terrifying giant beast that had everyone in the supermarket trembling in fear had been annihilated with a snap of the fingers?
And it was done so effortlessly, as if he'd just swatted two mosquitoes.
If he possessed such terrifying strength, why had he been tricking those in the supermarket into dying these past two days?
In an instant, various conspiracy theories, from eliminating dissenters to being a madman's experiment, popped into Shali's mind.
After all, all the information about the monsters had been revealed by Li Qingyuan, and everyone was being led around by him.
No one had a clear answer as to how this strange Mist and these terrifying monsters had come about.
Based on the horror and suspense movies she had watched, a guy like Li Qingyuan, who claimed to be Interpol, might not be a savior. He might just be the real mastermind!
Feeling like she'd uncovered the truth, Shali instantly began to tremble. According to the movie's script, wouldn't she be silenced next?
She even went further, speculating that those who had been killed by the monsters in the past few days were also eliminated because they discovered the hidden secrets?
Although the supermarket doors were not far behind her, that distance of just over ten meters felt like an insurmountable chasm.
Could she possibly escape with her life from the hands of this behind-the-scenes big boss?
Suddenly, a sinister hand was reaching for Shali's neck.
"Ah!"
Shali let out a piercing scream. Was she about to be killed?
However, her scream was immediately drowned out by an even louder sound.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
A series of massive thumps echoed from afar like thunder, and the ground began to tremble as if a shallow earthquake had struck.
Li Qingyuan grabbed Shali, pulling her close. He looked at the giant monster vaguely appearing in his sight and cursed under his breath.
I knew this System had no good intentions!
To actually throw a top-tier BOSS like the Son of the Goat at him, wasn't this just trying to mess with him?
"Run!"
He shouted at the supermarket, but whether anyone could hear him over the stomping of the Son of the Goat was anyone's guess.
Crack!
The supermarket was like a hollow can, flattened by the Son of the Goat's foot.
After shouting that, Li Qingyuan pulled Shali around and ran. Facing an existence like the Son of the Goat, which was utterly impossible to fight, he wouldn't be so stubborn as to try and take it on, even if it meant giving up the mission reward.
The Son of the Goat was the name given by some online jokers to the ultimate boss in the Mist. Apparently, it looked a lot like the Black Goat, a deity from the Cthulhu Mythos, which was why it was given such a strange codename.
Because it was shrouded in mist, it was impossible to see its full appearance, but the sense of oppression it emitted was absolutely terrifying.
Six long legs, like giant pillars, each with a diameter of about ten meters. The surface area of a single foot was comparable to two buses side by side, and every step caused vibrations that damaged everything nearby.
As for the Son of the Goat's appearance?
Anyone who could be bothered to study the other person's appearance in this situation would either be incredibly awesome or a complete idiot!
'Caw—caw—'
The two severely injured Mantis Giants shrieked miserably, their crippled bodies attempting to flee. However, their injuries prevented them from running quickly, and they were directly stomped into a mosaic by the descending iron hooves of justice.
The Son of the Goat was like a Brachiosaurus from the Jurassic Period; it never had any intention of actively killing, but if you were unlucky enough to get stepped on, you could only blame yourself!
Fortunately, due to its massive size, its movements were somewhat slow. As long as you paid attention, you could generally avoid its incoming justice.
But this was easier said than done, after all, the Son of the Goat had six legs.
Who knew which leg it would lift next!
Li Qingyuan felt like he had become a mole in a whack-a-mole game, with a giant hammer potentially falling from the sky at any moment, ready to smash him into a meat paste.
That little girl, Shali, was nowhere to be seen. He hadn't noticed whether she had run away or been trampled to death.
It was no use. Under the Son of the Goat's rampaging, just holding onto his life was hard enough. He really didn't have the energy, nor the ability, to care about the lives of others.
It was obvious that the System, that bastard, had modified the difficulty. Otherwise, why would the Son of the Goat be fixated on chasing him?
He ran a W-shaped course for a full two kilometers, but the monster behind him still followed relentlessly.
Along the way, he didn't know how many demons and monsters he encountered, but under the Son of the Goat's intimidation, all the monsters scattered and fled. Even seeing him as prey didn't give them the heart to hunt.
Of course, there were also a few stubborn fools who dared to stay put, as if guarding their newly occupied homes. And then...
They became a pile of pixels, completely merged with the ground.
The Son of the Goat was at least seventy meters tall, weighing tens of thousands of tons. Even if it was thrown into the Ultraman series or the Godzilla world, it could be considered an elite monster. In a newbie map like the Mist, it was truly difficult to find anyone with the strength to fight it.
"System, I #@...#!"
Running and cursing, Li Qingyuan knew that the System must have been involved in the Son of the Goat's appearance.
Fortunately, he had put all his points into agility; otherwise, he would have been joining those pixelated figures by now!
Against a monster of the Son of the Goat's level, defense was useless. He had initially planned to dive down a manhole cover, but after seeing it stomp on the entire sewer system, he immediately abandoned that suicidal idea.
At least on the ground, he could run. If he was buried underground, he would be finished!
He was running for his life, and Li Qingyuan didn't even know what time it was. He wanted to take out his phone to check, but the terrifying sounds behind him left him no time.
'I'm buying a watch when I get back!' Only in a situation like this did he understand why the main characters in movies always wore watches. Checking the time with a watch was definitely more convenient than pulling out a phone in a situation like this.
"Roar!"
"Whoosh!"
"Growl!"
At that moment, several monster roars suddenly echoed from ahead.
Although these calls couldn't compare to the Son of the Goat's stomping in terms of momentum, they made up for it in sheer numbers. Judging by the variety of roars alone, there were at least a dozen different types!
"Got it!"
Hearing the roars of the strange beasts from the front, Li Qingyuan, who was somewhat tired from the long run, immediately brightened up and charged forward, accelerating.
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