Chapter 7

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"Let's just rest here for a while. We'll wait until dawn to continue," Chu Nan said, looking around to see that there were no collapsed houses nearby, so there shouldn't be any monsters that had turned from being crushed.

There was a big tree by the roadside. Hearing Chu Nan's words, Dongzi and the other five, who had been barely holding on, collapsed to the ground. Although Tang Sanli still wanted to continue, seeing everyone's state, he could only shake his head helplessly.

Chu Nan leaned against the tree, about to sit down, when he suddenly stiffened, staring intently at the roadside, motionless.

"Chu Nan, what... hmm?" Tang Sanli was also taken aback, suddenly also frozen, staring at a field by the roadside.

On the edge of the field, a dark figure was slowly walking, its blood-red mouth slightly open, swaying faintly in the dim light, its white teeth terrifying.

"It's it!" Chu Nan took a deep breath, his hair standing on end.

Tang Sanli also felt a chill: "It's looking at us. That gaze is like it's staring at prey."

He then shouted loudly: "Everyone, be on guard."

"We have seven people. If it dares to come, we'll kill it and make a pot of dog meat hotpot."

The other five, who were almost exhausted, were startled by Tang Sanli's shout and hurriedly got up. Only then did they see a large village dog walking toward them from the edge of the field nearby.

This village dog was the one-eared yellow dog that Chu Nan and the others had encountered at the ruins of the detention center, the one that had bitten a fat woman's neck in two bites. It was no longer an ordinary village dog.

"Isn't this Old Zhao's Earless?" The middle-aged peasant woman holding a pole suddenly called out softly.

"Do you know it?" Chu Nan turned his head slightly and glanced at the middle-aged peasant woman.

The middle-aged peasant woman said nervously: "Yes, it's the dog raised by Old Zhao, who lives not far from my house. He's had it for two years. I heard that once he encountered a wolf in the mountains. Although he survived, he lost an ear. We all call him Earless. How did he end up here..."

Saying this, she raised her voice and called out "Earless" twice, but the yellow dog ignored her, just staring intently at the seven people, walking slowly, its eyes faintly glowing red, deep and eerie.

"Earless?" Chu Nan licked his lips, his whole body tensing, his hands gripping the rebar.

Tang Sanli also raised the police baton in his hand: "Don't call it. Everyone, be careful. Its gaze is wrong. This is no longer an ordinary dog. We saw it bite a person's neck in two bites, even biting off the head. There was another person... probably dead too."

Since the yellow dog Earless appeared here, the fate of the bald youth who had fled earlier was self-evident.

Hearing Tang Sanli's words, the other five finally became nervous.

Dongzi frowned: "So powerful?"

Just as he said this, the yellow dog Earless, which had been walking slowly, suddenly accelerated.

In an instant, it rushed within ten meters of the group, its body arching, and it leaped up suddenly.

"It's even faster!" Chu Nan's heart tightened. This running speed was much faster than theirs. Even if they wanted to run, they couldn't escape. They could only fight. Fortunately, they had seven people.

Tang Sanli swung the police baton in his hand, the middle-aged peasant woman screamed, raising the pole and sweeping it heavily, shouting: "Stupid dog, what are you crazy—"

With a "whoosh," Chu Nan felt the yellow dog was as fast as the wind, darting past him, avoiding the middle-aged peasant woman's random sweep, and pouncing up to bite her throat.

The middle-aged peasant woman's scream suddenly turned into a piercing cry as she was knocked down heavily.

The others watched, their scalps tingling. Tang Sanli shouted wildly: "Don't be afraid, everyone, attack—"

The six men rushed forward, both to save the woman and to kill the yellow dog.

Chu Nan's rebar, Tang Sanli's police baton, and the others' wooden sticks and sickles for harvesting rice all swung at the yellow dog.

The yellow dog Earless, which had bitten the middle-aged peasant woman's throat and knocked her down, suddenly spun and darted out, passing under Lu Tianming's crotch, breaking through the six people's encirclement, and then bit Lu Tianming's thigh.

Lu Tianming let out a scream, trying to turn around, but the yellow dog's strength was immense. With one tear, it ripped a piece of flesh, about two or three pounds, from Lu Tianming's thigh, along with his clothes.

Lu Tianming screamed in agony, a huge bloody hole appearing in his thigh, the bone exposed. He spun and fell heavily.

Chu Nan saw everything, his heart cold. The middle-aged peasant woman, lying on the ground, could no longer speak, blood gurgling from her mouth, close to death.

With one bite, the peasant woman's neck was almost severed, a large chunk of flesh torn out, her trachea cut, blood bubbles constantly emerging with each breath.

The middle-aged peasant woman was suffering an extremely painful death, convulsing with each breath.

Taking advantage of the moment when the yellow dog Earless tore a large piece of flesh from Lu Tianming, Tang Sanli's police baton finally hit it.

However, Tang Sanli was too nervous and forgot to turn on the electric baton, so there was no electric current. This hit was just like a regular stick, failing to injure the yellow dog Earless.

Earless darted out, knocking down the middle-aged villager.

The villager screamed in terror, desperately trying to push the yellow dog away with his hands. Suddenly, his voice stopped as his throat was bitten.

At almost the same moment, Chu Nan's rebar, with a piece of concrete attached, hit the yellow dog Earless's back and abdomen heavily.

Earless let out a low growl, releasing its bite, and fell to the side. However, the villager's throat was still torn open, blood and flesh mangled. He clutched his throat, writhing on the ground, his face contorted, but still not dead.

Chu Nan's hit was solid, tearing a large wound in Earless's back and abdomen, blood gushing out. Tang Sanli, Dongzi, and another villager in his thirties rushed forward, trying to deliver a fatal blow to Earless.

Earless rolled on the ground, its movements clearly slower, and was hit again by Dongzi's wooden stick. It opened its blood-red mouth, seemingly extremely angry, making a low growl, rolled again, and got up, suddenly darting diagonally, avoiding the charging Dongzi, Tang Sanli, and the villager in his thirties, and instead rushing toward Chu Nan.

Its blood-red mouth open, blood and saliva flying, Earless pounced fiercely, clearly hating Chu Nan.

Chu Nan saw clearly that this yellow dog called Earless had a mouth that opened almost to its ears, much larger than an ordinary village dog. More terrifyingly, its teeth seemed to have evolved, not like ordinary dog teeth, but more like fangs.

That's why its bites were so terrifying, one bite could be fatal, almost severing a person's neck.

In that moment, a strange thought flashed through Chu Nan's mind: this dog called Earless was evolving.

In just a short time, it had become much stronger than when they first encountered it at the ruins of the detention center.

Facing this ferocious beast, Chu Nan found himself unusually calm. Perhaps the events of the night, including killing several zombie-like monsters, had hardened him. Instead of panicking and swinging the rebar wildly, he retreated, moving back to Tang Sanli and Dongzi, and then swung the rebar at the charging Earless.

Earless's figure flickered, and the rebar missed. Earless pounced up, aiming for Chu Nan's throat.

"Ah—" Chu Nan shouted, sensing instinctively that the rebar might miss, so he lifted his leg and kicked out.

Earless pounced at his throat, and this kick hit its belly.

Earless's pounce was powerful, and Chu Nan's kick sent it flying. Chu Nan also fell backward due to the momentum, his leg feeling as if it had broken.

The flying Earless hit the ground hard, letting out a low, pained growl.

Tang Sanli, Dongzi, and the others rushed forward.

Earless struggled, tucking its tail, and with a few jumps, retreated several meters away, its body swaying, clearly having taken a hit.

Tang Sanli, Dongzi, and the villager in his thirties did not dare to chase, retreating to Chu Nan's side, weapons in hand, facing off.

Chu Nan, gripping the rebar, struggled to get up, and saw Earless's cold eyes staring intently at him. Their gazes met, and Chu Nan suddenly shivered.

He could see the deep resentment in Earless's eyes, as if it were human.

Then, Earless swayed, tucking its tail, and slowly left.

Tang Sanli, Dongzi, and the others watched it leave, but did not dare to chase.

This yellow dog was too terrifying, faster than them. If it really wanted to leave, chasing it would be futile and could result in being bitten to death.

They watched the yellow dog called Earless leave, disappearing into the night, before they finally relaxed, lowering their weapons, feeling exhausted.

The ground was covered in blood. The middle-aged peasant woman and the villager in his forties, with their throats bitten open, were gradually growing cold, their convulsions weakening, clearly dying.

Lu Tianming, though less severely injured, had a large piece of flesh torn from his thigh. The others tore their clothes to block the wound, but Lu Tianming, having lost a lot of blood, was extremely weak and no longer felt pain.

"Quick, call 120 for emergency help, or he'll die too," Tang Sanli shouted anxiously.

Chu Nan saw that the road ahead was broken, and even if they called 120, the ambulance wouldn't be able to get through. However, he didn't say anything and still took out the phone he had found in the car, calling 120, doing his best.

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