The apocalyptic livestream attracted a lot of haters, alarming the government.

The voice that came from behind was hoarse and unpleasant, as if the words were being torn apart by a ripping throat, the sound carrying a strained, tearing quality.

The familiar tone and voice clearly belonged to the person who shouldn't be here—the skinny man!

Ye Xiao, who was walking upstairs while watching the live stream comments, suddenly froze on the spot because of the sound behind him.

He suddenly turned around, and Zhou Qirui on the stairs was so startled that he took several steps back, moving directly behind Ye Xiao.

Standing motionless at the entrance, Afi was tense all over.

The skinny man was standing right behind her, with one hand on Afi's shoulder and his head lowered, rubbing against Afi's ear intimately.

And the other hand—no, that right hand can no longer be considered a hand.

Thick, twisted, leech-like tentacles, tinged with an eerie bluish-black hue, squeezed out from the torn muscles.

The long tentacles twisted and intertwined, wriggling around Afi's waist and coiling around her.

His face had changed somewhat; orange-red growths bulged on his forehead and neck, and most of his hair had fallen out.

He lowered his head, grinned, and rubbed his face against Afi's in an ambiguous manner.

Something was swirling in his mouth, and then a long black tentacle slowly emerged from his mouth and gently swept across Afi's face.

"Baby, why did you run off with them? I miss you so much, do you miss me?"

Afi was completely stunned, her face pale and her whole body trembling, her hands shaking violently.

The live stream chat was flooded with comments; the sudden appearance of the skinny man took everyone by surprise.

[Three Foxes: Holy crap, what's going on? This guy's still alive?!]

[Blade Runner: This guy didn't even die?]

[Feng Momo: Has this guy mutated? Ugh, so disgusting!]

[makabaka: Oh no, this beauty is doomed!]

[Perseus: This is hardly a beauty; you're just really hungry!]

……

Ye Xiao and Zhou Qirui on the stairs dared not make a move at this moment.

They were all surprised that the skinny man hadn't died, but judging from his appearance, he had clearly mutated.

The skinny man grinned as he looked at the two people who were frozen on the stairs, but his eyes were full of resentment.

"I never thought I would be defeated by two people behind high walls. I thought you weren't two clueless idiots, but I underestimated you."

He lowered his head, raised his right arm, which was now covered in tentacles, and spoke with a ferocious expression:

"Now that I've been forced into this state, none of you will have an easy time either!"

He laughed shrilly, a laugh that sent chills down your spine.

Ye Xiao's mind raced, unsure of how to react.

At this moment, Afi was being held in the other party's hand, and if she wasn't careful, she might accidentally hurt the other party.

At this moment, black tentacles slowly climbed up Afi's legs and wrapped around her waist, while the skinny man uttered lewd words.

"Honey, how about we try this? Hahaha, you haven't tried it before, have you?"

At this moment, Afi was so frightened that she burst into tears, her face already a mess of tears.

She looked at Ye Xiao with pleading eyes, hoping that he would save her.

The black tentacles were tightly wrapped around Afi's waist, and she was completely unable to move.

Not to mention, that treacherous, skinny man was using her as a shield, so even if Ye Xiao pulled out her gun, she wouldn't be able to shoot him.

They might even beat Afi to death.

The situation remained deadlocked, and Ye Xiao gradually calmed down. After all, Afei wasn't very familiar with them, and her death posed no real threat to them.

Moreover, he had already put the gun back in his inventory, so in the other party's eyes, he probably posed no threat at all.

Perhaps, we can take advantage of the opponent's momentary lapse in vigilance and launch a surprise attack.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao's tension eased, and he crossed his arms and asked:

"What do you want?"

The skinny man chuckled sinisterly, "It's getting dark, things will get lively soon!"

Ye Xiao frowned, then suddenly turned around and shoved Zhou Qirui behind him, yelling, "Run!"

Immediately afterwards, the two of them rushed upstairs.

Ye Xiao's sudden action stunned the skinny man for a second. He cursed with a ferocious expression, and then suddenly flung the strange tentacles that were wrapped around Afei away.

Afi crashed directly into a corner on the first floor.

Immediately afterwards, the skinny man pushed off with his feet, his body leaping onto the wall like a wild beast. After a few scrambles on the wall, he charged into the living room on the second floor.

The skinny man's target wasn't this woman at all; it was Ye Xiao and Zhou Qirui. His goal was revenge.

Zhou Qirui, in a panic, was rushing towards the room inside, peeking his head back as he ran.

Seeing the figure rush into the living room like a wild beast, Zhou Qirui hurriedly ran to a room on the side.

However, immediately afterwards, several long black tentacles suddenly lashed out like needles.

The taut, elongated black tentacles pierced through and blocked the doorway. Zhou Qirui instinctively retreated and fell into the corner with a thud.

He hurriedly reached for the pistol on his waist, but by then, the black tentacles had already retracted, preparing to launch another attack.

Click!

The sound of a shotgun being cocked rang out behind the skinny man.

He turned his head sharply and saw that the door to the room was already half closed, and Ye Xiao was standing behind the door, holding the seed core gun that the short man had used, with the muzzle already pointed at him.

Before he could turn around and fling out his tentacles, bang!

Ye Xiao pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the flying metal fragments shot out like bullets, hurtling towards the mutated, skinny man.

The tentacled hand that instinctively rose was instantly blown to smithereens.

Ah!

A scream rang out, the twisted figure swayed unsteadily, and the gaunt man roared as the red tumors on his body suddenly began to burst.

Strange, fleshy-red tentacles began to sprout from the ruptured tumors on his forehead, neck, and shoulders...

boom!

Without giving the opponent any chance to retaliate, Ye Xiao pulled the trigger again without hesitation.

This shot blew open the opponent's chest, sending shards of flesh flying everywhere, even from a distance of two meters.

But the opponent's chest had been completely blown apart, revealing a huge, bloody crater.

Beside the red heart, an orange seed core clung tightly to one side, the blood vessels clinging to it loosened, and the orange seed core fell directly to the ground.

Then, the broken body collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Phew! Is he... dead?"

Zhou Qirui had already gotten up and walked over shakily.

Ye Xiao nodded. "Yes, the seed core has fallen out, so it should be completely dead."

As he spoke, he squatted down, picked up the seed core, and put it into his inventory.