Gu Mo didn't know if he felt fear now, or disgust, or if he was terrified of that disgust.
After all, it's really hard to distinguish—
Is it an intuitive feeling of fear, or just being scared because of disgust...
Of course, he didn't want to discuss this meaningless question. Anyway, he absolutely did not want to be touched by those things, even though he knew that all of this was his own spirit's hallucinations and delusions. But just thinking about those disgusting chrysanthemum-like mouthparts, all the sticky, slimy mucus...
Damn it! Even if it's fake, being so disgusted, he definitely wouldn't be able to eat for several days!
Today was already bad enough, he didn't find that restaurant, didn't even know if it was his problem, and later he would probably have to eat those ordinary, unappetizing foods... If he can't eat for several days, it would kill him...
"I finally understand why most mental patients' conditions only get worse..."
Gu Mo gritted his teeth and sprinted forward. The monstrous creatures behind were ferocious and relentless, their roaring and shouting sounds were intimidating, surrounded by black mist and a palpable oppressive presence radiated forward, catching up to Gu Mo from behind, making his hairs stand on end.
Relatively speaking, he could still understand that this was actually a hallucinatory delusion, but still felt such immense pressure... So, one could only imagine those deeply ill individuals who completely accepted their brain's fabrications as reality, fully accepting a distorted worldview, facing what kind of terrifying nightmare.
For them, it was probably like living in a completely broken and twisted world, where everywhere was real danger.
And since everything stemmed from their own heart and imagination, escape was impossible, avoidance was futile, naturally driving themselves mad under increasingly severe psychological stress.
—Could it be that he would end up like this too?
"Roar!!"
The low growl from behind was almost within reach, and the slightly diverging thoughts of Gu Mo subconsciously made him glance back, just in time to see a large bloody maw about to engulf him, the chrysanthemum-like mouthparts wriggling, filled with dense sharp teeth and churning slime...
Fuck!
His face turned slightly green, so nauseated that his entire scalp tingled, and his speed, which was already at its limit, miraculously increased a bit more, with his feet seemingly leaving a brief afterimage, pulling him one body length ahead.
—Just in time for the abyssal maw behind him to bite nothing but air!
In front was a railing, Gu Mo didn't look back, without reducing his speed, accelerated, launched himself forward, grabbed the top of the railing with both hands, exerted force and flipped over. Inside was the school, but there wasn't much time for him to think too much, since out here, with no cover, a race on open roads was inevitable.
His feet landed steadily, and with a slight bend of knees, he fully absorbed the impact. He took a deep breath and charged forward again! Fortunately, he found that his energy seemed still abundant, not feeling particularly tired, as if he could continue running for a while.
Perhaps it was the effect of adrenaline secretion, he thought, just like playing a VR sensory game, when the information received is very realistic, it could deceive the brain to some extent, causing a reflexive response.
Behind him, the sound of angry and urgent growls continued, the monstrous creatures followed closely, and although he had just widened the gap, they were quickly closing in again—
The scent of a living person made them greedy and violent, unable to remain calm, urgently wanting to devour everything they could catch...
"Roar—!!"
From ahead came several sudden fierce roars, Gu Mo was still running while keeping a part of his attention on his rear. Upon noticing the commotion, he subconsciously looked forward and was immediately shocked to his core.
A black and a white ferocious dog, where they came flying from wasn't clear, their bodies weren't particularly large, but their fur seemed to shimmer with an energy-reflecting glow, with an astonishing aura. They were not at all inferior to those ferocious monstrous creatures, if not surpassing them.
However, they didn't seem to belong to the same faction as those ferocious monsters, but instead were positioned in opposition. The two large dogs, like a black and white lightning, rushed past Gu Mo, towards his rear, clear in their aim as they dove directly into the group of monsters behind him!
As quick as lightning, they moved almost too fast to see, beyond what ordinary human visual nerves could capture.
Gu Mo couldn't really see what was happening either, just heard consecutive tearing sounds echoing out, followed by black blood splattering everywhere!
The group of deformed grotesques were flesh and limbs flying, bodies torn apart, and limbs shredded...
Holy crap, where did these dogs come from?!
"Come over here!"
A low shout rang ahead, a stunned Gu Mo turned his head to see on the road ahead a high school student-looking boy, donning a deep blue high-collared coat and deep blue wide-leg pants, with spiky short hair. His expression was cold yet with a sense of urgency, beckoning Gu Mo repeatedly.