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Chapter 4 - Chapter 0004: Mutant Giant Rats

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"Ah! Rats, help me..."

The terrifying roar that shook the earth had just disappeared not long ago when, around the bend behind the mountain, a woman's ear-splitting scream echoed.

Initially, many people didn't pay much attention, because compared to the loud roar of that unknown beast, a rat was nothing.

However, when they saw a middle-aged woman suddenly fall on the forked path behind the mountain, a rat the size of a house cat bit her ankle, and with a single jerk, tore off a large piece of flesh and skin along with the bone. Amidst the woman's screams, the entire crowd was terrified.

"Run quickly!"

Suddenly, a strong aura of danger rapidly approached. Although it wasn't yet clear what it was, Yun Hai's scalp tingled, and he shouted loudly.

The shout woke many people up. Some still didn't understand what was happening. Some people picked up stones to throw at the giant rat that kept biting the woman's leg. The woman's husband was even more shocked and anxious, pulling his wife's hand and trying desperately to pull her back.

"There's danger, everyone run quickly!" The crowd jostled at the entrance to the mountain peak. Yun Hai couldn't get through either, only feeling that the terrifying aura of danger was already close to the mountain peak. He shouted sharply, pulling Datou, who still wanted to go in to hit the giant rat, and turned to run.

Before he finished speaking, a "rustling" sound came from the forest behind the mountain. A group of giant rats squeezed out of the narrow forked path, and the crowd instantly panicked.

The giant rats ran with astonishing speed. The middle-aged woman whose ankle had been bitten couldn't stand up, letting out a piercing, ear-splitting scream, kicking wildly and trying desperately to retreat.

A giant rat opened its mouth and pounced ferociously, its sharp teeth biting the middle-aged woman's nose. Its thick neck swung, and a gruesome bloody hole instantly appeared on her terrified face. She was submerged in the wave of rats amidst her screams.

Screams of terror echoed across the mountain peak, everyone fleeing in panic.

Some people ran down the mountain, either falling from the stairs because they were running too fast, or being directly bitten by the giant rats and dragged down, then covered by more giant rats.

Some people rushed to the nearest house, and as soon as they closed the door, a mutant giant rat climbed in through the window. Heart-wrenching screams were heard, and blood gushed out from the door crack.

The crowd couldn't avoid pushing and colliding with each other, plus some people who panicked tripped over corpses. Some of the people who fell didn't even have time to get up before being bitten by the rats. Amidst the miserable roars, more rats swarmed like crazy, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Not too close, not too far, fortunately the corpses scattered on the mountain peak diverted the attention of the rat pack, and many people managed to enter the door of the Xuri Hotel on the mountain peak.

"Wait..."

They seemed to be a couple. The woman was limping, probably because she had sprained her foot. The man anxiously carried her on his back, but fell behind. Seeing Liu Ming and Cui Hao about to close the door on the left and right, the young man was shocked and angry, using all his strength to run frantically.

Exchanging glances unconsciously, Liu Ming and Cui Hao unhesitatingly closed the thick glass door, and the latter immediately locked it.

"Thump!"

Still a dozen steps away from the glass door, the young man almost fell headfirst while carrying his girlfriend.

A bloody hole appeared in the calf of his right leg, revealing the terrifying white bone. The young man had just grabbed the giant rat that pounced on him when his right arm was bitten by another giant rat.

One bite tore off a piece of flesh. The couple struggled with all their might and screamed heart-wrenchingly. The giant rats' horrifying chewing sounds made everyone who had run into the hotel stare blankly through the glass door, cold sweat pouring down.

Not even the bones were spared, the teeth were sharp, the giant rats were like they had been starving for half their lives. The couple was bitten to death in a few breaths, and red blood flowed like a small stream.

The bloody and horrific scene made more people tremble, and some couldn't help but bend over and vomit.

A faint smell of urine filled the air. Extreme fear made some people unable to control their urethral sphincter muscles.

The corpses scattered on the mountain peak diverted a large number of giant rats, plus some of the giant rats chased after the people who hid in other houses, but there were still a dozen or so that ran to the front of the hotel door.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The sound of the door being hit continuously rang out.

Yun Hai, who was closest to the door, including Cui Hao, who was always calm, their faces turned pale, and they took a step back together, but they all saw the deep-seated fear in each other's faces.

"Who has a spare key, quickly close all the windows." Yun Hai's voice trembled slightly.

The hotel manager, Qi Xiangyu, just realized and immediately ran to the front desk to get the keys. Some tourists and college students also went to help.

Besides the sound of heavy breathing and hurried footsteps in the hallway, the hall was deathly silent.

Not long after, Qi Xiangyu and the others ran back. The former wiped the sweat on his forehead and said breathlessly, "All the windows on the first and second floors are closed tightly. Fortunately, they are still eating the corpses outside, and not a single giant rat has climbed in through the window."

"Manager Qi, is this glass door strong?"

Si Yan's face turned green. Although he had retreated to the hallway and couldn't see the scene outside, the loud "splattering" sound of a large number of rats eating outside couldn't be stopped even if he covered his ears.

"Don't look at just two floors, our boss spent a lot of effort to build this hotel. Afraid that the birds, which are quite numerous on the mountain, would hit the glass and cause an accident, the windows are all made of tempered glass." Qi Xiangyu was sweating cold, the fat on his face trembling.

"By the way, are there any rats in your hotel?" Cui Hao asked quickly.

Shaking his head, Qi Xiangyu said, "Absolutely not, I dare to guarantee this."

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

The sound of the impact grew more intense. Seeing them hitting the door frantically like crazy, and soon their heads were bleeding, most of the people in the hall couldn't stand it anymore. They rushed into the hallway, found unlocked guest rooms and ran in, followed by a series of doors closing.

"What's the use of running into the rooms." Qi Xiangyu said tremblingly, as if he was a little abnormal from being stimulated. He laughed nervously, "If they can open the tempered glass door, how can the wooden doors of the guest rooms stop them."

"Their body size is the same as house cats, and there are so many of them. If they keep hitting like this, I guess the tempered glass door won't be able to hold it."

Ignoring Qi Xiangyu, who was talking to himself in a daze, Cui Hao's face was pale, and he said softly.

Retreating to the front of the hallway with everyone, Yun Hai didn't say a word, slamming the wooden chair next to him until it broke, picking up a piece of the chair leg and weighing it.

Heavy, the force to hit with it will definitely not be small. The broken part of the chair leg can also be stabbed directly. For a while, he couldn't find a suitable weapon, Yun Hai could only use this.

Cui Hao and some male college students did the same, and each made a piece of chair leg to defend themselves.

Infected by them, some of the men in the field who hadn't run away started to act, looking for suitable and useful weapons around.

After all, no one wants to surrender to death, courage is contagious, at least before the disaster completely befalls them.

However, they all stayed far away, and opened the doors of the guest rooms, holding weapons and stepping half their bodies into the rooms. Clearly, not many people believed that the glass door could stop the giant rats. People like Si Yan and Liu Ming had even disappeared.

Datou didn't leave, trembling all over, carrying a police baton and walking to Yun Hai's side, and asked tremblingly, "Do you have any ideas?"

Opening the door of the guest room behind him, Yun Hai then said, "What ideas can I have. Let's see again, if the glass door can't hold it anymore, retreat. Guarding the narrow door of a guest room is better than facing enemies from all sides in the hall."

"Okay!" Datou nodded, holding the police baton tightly in his right hand, and nervously looking at the door in the distance.

The sound of the impact gradually slowed down. I don't know if it was because of mutation and going crazy, or because of being stimulated by the smell of blood. After trying for a while, the mutant giant rats began to give up on the meaningless actions.

Everyone's heart calmed down a little. The round-faced female college student earlier had a pale face, and asked in a trembling voice, "Are the rats in your mountains this big?"

"Those are bamboo rats."

Yun Hai looked at the group of rats feasting in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "There is a vast bamboo forest behind the mountain. These bamboo rats should have run from there, but they weren't this big before, they must have mutated."

While speaking, Yun Hai felt grateful in his heart.

If these bamboo rats had mutated earlier, or mutated successfully earlier, if he had fainted behind the mountain last night, let alone bones, not even half a strand of hair would have been left.

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