Chapter 5: The Monster Retreats

The horror had not ended. In the next moment, Chu Yunsheng's scalp tingled even more as the three soldiers' submachine guns continuously fired at the monster. Through his eight-power optical telescope, Chu Yunsheng could barely see the faint red light on the monster's body neutralizing the rapidly flying bullets. Only a few bullets hit the monster's thigh, seemingly causing it pain and anger. It let out a shrill, unpleasant scream and charged towards the soldiers, moving at a speed that could be described as "a flash before the eyes"!

Only after it moved did Chu Yunsheng notice that under the monster's claws was a corpse, already disfigured and broken into three pieces, with red and white internal organs oozing out of a white Audi coupe. Chu Yunsheng felt a spasm in his stomach and was about to vomit!

However, an even more gruesome scene made him swallow the food that had risen to his throat. The monster used its two large pincers to grab the soldiers who had not managed to escape. With a "pfft," it sliced the two living men into two pieces, which fell to the ground.

One of the soldiers, still not dead, supported himself on the ground, dragging his severed half-body and intestines, and desperately crawled towards the military vehicle. The monster pierced the soldier's back with its sharp leg, pinning him to the ground, seemingly toying with its prey!

The monster raised its head and let out a triumphant cry!

Madness, madness, is this the world of humans or hell? Is this what the ancient books describe as "the world in turmoil"? This is too brutal, it's like a living hell!

What made Chu Yunsheng even more terrified was that after the monster killed the two soldiers, it did not chase the other soldier who was almost on the military vehicle. Instead, it mockingly stared at the building below!

"Damn, why are you staring at my building?" Chu Yunsheng thought. "Isn't there a soldier who fired at you over there?"

Chu Yunsheng quickly looked downstairs and saw a woman in a white down jacket desperately climbing up through the windows. In a life-or-death situation, human potential is indeed enormous. The windows on the lower floors, which had been sealed with steel bars like Chu Yunsheng's, now helped the woman climb to the second floor under the pressure of her potential.

Chu Yunsheng's room was on the 6th floor. Although the distance was considerable, he had no doubt that the woman was determined to climb to the 12th floor rooftop!

Chu Yunsheng panicked. He realized that the monster had already targeted this woman as its prey. Having watched Uncle Zhao's animal world shows, he understood that animals, when in a position of absolute advantage, would never let go of their prey!

If this monster followed the woman up the building and managed to break into the 6th floor, he dared not even imagine what would happen. Although the building had 12 floors, the monster, with its abnormal corrosive ability, could easily enter his room from any floor.

As Chu Yunsheng's brain cells raced, the monster slowly and steadily approached the building and began to climb. Its method was simple: it used its sharp limbs to pierce the wall and then steadily climbed upwards.

Chu Yunsheng estimated that everyone in the building was terrified, including the expert upstairs.

The world seemed to suddenly become quiet. The woman stubbornly climbed upwards, no longer shouting for help. The monster was just a meter below her. Chu Yunsheng believed that if the monster exerted itself, it could easily grab the woman with its pincers! She might be doomed, Chu Yunsheng thought.

The monster indeed opened its pincers, showing that its patience had run out, and it wanted to end this boring hunt quickly. However, at that moment, the ancient book, which had been silent, suddenly emitted a dazzling seven-color light. Chu Yunsheng, who had already connected with the fourth-dimensional consciousness, instantly felt a vast power surging through the space, making the entire area tremble!

The monster, with its pincers open, also seemed to sense this vast power and let out a cry that was completely different from its previous triumphant one, a cry of despair, even fear!

Then, to Chu Yunsheng's amazement, the monster rapidly retreated down the building, moving even faster than when it had attacked the soldiers, and quickly disappeared into the darkness!

Chu Yunsheng, still in shock, picked up the ancient book, which had returned to normal. His heart was in turmoil. The heirloom left by his ancestors was indeed a treasure, and it was ironic that it had been used as a bed leg support for generations in his family.

The woman was saved, but when she reached the third floor, she could no longer move after the threat was suddenly removed. Although she did not know why the monster had suddenly panicked and fled, her brain had no room to consider this. With the help of a kind neighbor on the third floor, the woman, who had narrowly escaped death, finally entered the room, where she burst into tears.

Chu Yunsheng closed the small steel plate and found that his back was drenched in sweat. The situation had been extremely dangerous. If the ancient book had not emitted light in time, not only would the woman have been killed by the monster's pincers, but the entire building, including himself, would have been in great danger. So, he quickly put the ancient book in his pocket and resolved to never let it go, even when using the bathroom.

According to the expert upstairs, some people in the building had been so scared that they wet their pants, but of course, it was not him. The woman was reportedly the daughter of a wealthy businessman from the opposite building. She and her boyfriend had obtained a permit from the military to go out for a breath of fresh air. On their return, they were suddenly attacked by the monster, resulting in the man's death and the woman nearly being driven to insanity.

After this incident, the neighborhood and the street became much quieter. Many experts came to collect the destroyed white Audi coupe and the monster's secretions. A tank and an armored vehicle were added to patrol the street, which made Chu Yunsheng marvel at the power of the wealthy district opposite.

In the following days, contrary to Chu Yunsheng's fears, no large number of monsters appeared from all directions. It was like a nightmare that had ended. However, according to the expert upstairs, monsters had been found in other places, and the military had to use heavy machine guns and sacrifice over a dozen lives to eliminate them.

Chu Yunsheng felt a sense of helplessness and panic. If it weren't for the ancient book supporting his belief, he might have gone mad.

Cultivation! Frenzied cultivation! He must create the Wu Na Yuan Fu (Storage Talisman) and then the Liu Jia Yuan Fu (Metal Control Talisman)...

Chu Yunsheng practiced day and night, and now, without the sun, it was always night. It took him eight days to restore his energy reserves. With everything ready, he finally successfully created the first level-two Wu Na Yuan Fu. When the symbol representing storage on the talisman shot out a golden, radiant character and then suddenly retracted, the floating talisman glowed brilliantly. Chu Yunsheng was so excited that he almost wanted to shout. It had taken him nearly 30 days to create this talisman successfully.

The process of using the talisman to store items was quite magical. Chu Yunsheng manipulated the incantation, pointing his fingers like a sword to control the talisman. The talisman emitted a yellow light, scanning the items in the room. Anything that was not fixed in place floated up and, according to Chu Yunsheng's control, gradually shrank and flew towards the talisman, eventually being absorbed into the talisman's body, transforming into strange symbols on the talisman.

After all the items to be stored were absorbed, Chu Yunsheng changed the incantation, and the floating talisman shot a beam of light towards his forearm, sealing itself there. The entire process was complete.

Through the fourth-dimensional consciousness, he could naturally feel the talisman's activity through his arm and easily sense all the stored items. This new and wonderful feeling made Chu Yunsheng excited for a long time.

Unfortunately, this excitement did not last long. A few days later, the dense gunfire on the street made him tense again!

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