Chapter 1008: The Real Answer
As Tang Hao spoke, he suddenly let out a loud “wah” and spat out a mouthful of blood, his body convulsing violently. “Will… definitely will… regret… too… too late…”
His words were fragmented, interspersed with various retching sounds. Ling Mo, who was holding him with Tentacles, could clearly feel that something was wrong with Tang Hao’s body. It was like a malfunctioning washing machine-still running but full of noise and wild shaking. Tang Hao’s current state was almost exactly like that.
He was still alive and had some combat capability, but his body was riddled with flaws. What kind of finished product was this? It was like a product with so many quality issues that it couldn’t even be contained.
“Tang Hao?” Ling Mo’s eye twitched, and he quickly pulled out a flashlight.
Apart from the little girl, there probably weren’t any other Monsters around for the time being. So even if a light source appeared, nothing would be attracted in the short term. But… they had to be quick…
“Hoh…” Under the strong light, Tang Hao stared fixedly at Ling Mo, his mouth wide open, continuously spewing blood. Along with the blood, many remnants from his stomach were also being expelled. Ling Mo frowned as he glanced over, but in the next moment, he felt a chill run down his spine, and he froze in place.
“This is…”
Noticing Ling Mo’s reaction, Shuhan and Yuwen Xuan quickly looked over as well. Both of them pinched their noses in disgust, but once they saw what it was, their expressions froze, and their fingers involuntarily loosened.
“Oh my…” Yuwen Xuan muttered, dumbfounded.
Among the vomit was a piece of fabric, still looking quite fresh. It was a fragment from the suit jacket that had been stripped from Yuwen Xuan. But the problem was, wasn’t that jacket on the Transformed Monster? And that Transformed Monster… it should have been eaten by the Monster in the open area, along with the jacket…
“You can’t be…” Ling Mo looked at the piece of fabric, then at Tang Hao, who was still vomiting, feeling a chill down his spine. This scene… it didn’t need an explanation to understand what had happened. No wonder Tang Hao was reacting this way… his transformation was too thorough. But his consciousness was incompatible with this body!
“No… I was forced…” Tang Hao shook his head. But this admission only confirmed Ling Mo’s suspicions. As soon as he said it, Ling Mo’s expression darkened further, while Shuhan quickly covered her mouth and rushed to the wall a few meters away.
“My body… it’s beyond my control,” Tang Hao said with a look of terror in his eyes. “I don’t even know what’s happening to me… I feel like I’m trapped inside here, unable to do anything. Whether you believe me or not, I was already like this before I found you. Later, I realized I was right behind you, but you took paths I couldn’t use, so I was slower. Honestly, I didn’t do any of those things… Can you imagine what it’s like? Suddenly losing control of your body, watching helplessly as you crouch before a monster and devour another monster’s corpse… That desperate feeling of wanting to stop but being utterly powerless, it’s quite similar to what you made me feel before… Haha, you don’t have to look at me like that. If you stay here, sooner or later…”
Before he could finish, Tang Hao’s expression suddenly froze. He was frantically reaching the crux of his speech, but within a fraction of a second, something unexpected happened…
Tang Hao, who had been talking non-stop, suddenly began to shake violently, and a crackling sound seemed to emanate from within him… As he trembled, a mass of flesh fell from his arm, sinking into the silt…
This scene was like a fuse, and as the three of them stared in shock at the fallen flesh, Tang Hao’s entire body began to shed wildly. The scene turned bloody and bizarre… What was this? Melting flesh?
At that moment, Tang Hao resembled a wax figure placed on a fire rack… But he wasn’t just shedding and melting… In some places, even as bones were exposed, fresh flesh slowly squirmed and grew anew, and throughout this process, Tang Hao wore an expression of utter agony…
“This is the second time… Every time I shed, my body… my body…” Tang Hao’s voice became indistinct, and as he looked at Ling Mo, his eyes turned even more blood-red, “It gets hungrier… and…”
“Not good!”
Ling Mo shouted just as Tang Hao let out a roar and suddenly broke free from the tentacle, springing up from the ground. Fortunately, Shuhan and Xu Shuhan reacted swiftly, retreating almost simultaneously as Tang Hao’s condition worsened.
Tang Hao stood there, covered in blood, not rushing forward immediately. His face was completely ruined, with a small part rapidly regenerating. At first glance, one eye seemed to be dangling from his face, while the other continued to squirm visibly…
“And…” Tang Hao’s limbs twisted and moved again, more flesh falling off with his movements, quickly forming a bloody mess at his feet, “I will…”
“Ling Mo.” Before Tang Hao could continue, Xu Shuhan suddenly grabbed Ling Mo’s sleeve and whispered, “He… the scent coming from him… it’s overwhelming…”
Ling Mo quickly turned to look at her, and beneath the mask, Xu Shuhan’s eyes seemed to glow with a faint red hue…
He understood immediately… No wonder the little girl felt safe leaving Tang Hao behind; he was merely a decoy… Just as the little girl had hinted, the real show was yet to come…
“Yes… all the Monsters will come to feast on the flesh falling from my body… and those that haven’t fallen off, they’ll help tear away… haha…” Tang Hao’s eyes revealed deep-seated fear, and his laughter trembled incessantly. Watching oneself being devoured, over and over again, was indeed a chilling thought…
But for Ling Mo and the others, the most troubling aspect was the hidden implication in his words-soon, this place would be surrounded by a swarm of Monsters… ɌÀ𐌽Ố𝐁ΕŚ
“By the way…” Ling Mo suddenly asked, “You said you’re not in control of yourself. When did this start? If I recall correctly, you began showing signs after your transformation, right?”
“Yes…” Tang Hao’s response grew sluggish, yet he nodded. He couldn’t fathom why Ling Mo would ask such a question at a time like this…
“And what about the others? The rest of your Team?” Ling Mo pressed on.
“They… seem… to be…” Tang Hao replied.
Upon receiving the answer, Ling Mo appeared to be lost in thought… But in less than a second, he abruptly lifted his head and asked, “That little girl, who is she? Is she part of your Survivor Team? And the game she mentioned, it’s not just this, is it?”
“Haha…” Tang Hao continued to laugh and cry simultaneously, “I don’t know… I don’t know… Even if you kill me now, it’s too late… Do you know where this place is? Do you know why we’ve managed to survive here for so long? Think carefully, you should be able to figure it out, right? If you can guess the answer, then you’ll understand why all of this is happening today… This world…”
He suddenly paused, opened his mouth wide, and screamed while spewing blood: “It’s changing! Haha, it’s changing…”
“Rustle…”
At that moment, a dense rustling sound approached from both front and back…
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