This strange flesh had extraordinary self-healing abilities.

So if they wanted to dig out passages or exits here, it absolutely wouldn’t work.

Shen Mo stabbed several more places with his knife and roughly determined the direction of the main artery, leading everyone forward.

The more troublesome issue was those skinned little monsters. From time to time they’d encounter a small group that would not only attack people but also gnaw the flesh into festering wounds, bleeding and oozing pus, blocking blood vessels and thus affecting Shen Mo’s judgment of the main artery’s direction.

After finally dealing with one wave, they turned a corner at an intersection and discovered a new wave.

—By the roadside bus stop, at least thirty-plus skinned monsters crowded together, bright red, clinging to the stop sign, benches, and advertising boards that had turned to flesh, burying their heads in enthusiastic gnawing!

Tan Xiao’s palms grew damp as he gripped his baseball bat, preparing to strike again.

Teacher Cheng’s forehead faintly seeped fine sweat, his cane held horizontally before him.

Shen Mo stood at the front, glancing sideways at his companions beside him…

Continuing to fight like this—when would it end?

His gaze returned to the monsters—flesh-red color like raw meat, huge slippery heads, fragile thin limbs, densely packed teeth…

They weren’t without weaknesses. These monsters looked frightening but their heads burst with one hit, their limbs shattered with one step—they had hardly any attack power. The problem was their numbers kept increasing.

In an environment without food or water, their stamina couldn’t be wasted meaninglessly.

Shen Mo retreated one step.

The people behind him also retreated around the corner.

He instructed in a low voice: “These monsters have no eyes or ears. They might determine our location through slight vibrations on the flesh membrane’s surface. In a moment we can try to see if we can lure them away…”

Everyone thought this made sense and were nodding when suddenly trembling transmitted from beneath their feet!

Very subtle trembling.

Like some large creature crawling across the ground.

Their hearts tightened, then they turned to look behind them—only to see a huge “snake” appear at the end of the street! Rapidly crawling toward them!

Everyone’s expressions changed!

Calling it a “snake” didn’t seem right—it looked more like a giant maggot! No eyes, no ears, its head ringed with densely packed teeth, its fat body nearly occupying the entire street!

Shen Mo had no time to think further and scooped up Bai Youwei, taking shelter in a roadside shop.

The others also hurriedly ran inside.

Within seconds, that giant maggot-worm passed by the storefront, crushing Bai Youwei’s wheelchair left by the roadside, continuing to crawl forward!

Shen Mo’s brow furrowed as he suddenly set Bai Youwei down and swiftly chased after it!

In an instant, Bai Youwei felt herself suddenly sitting in a pile of flesh. She couldn’t help but shudder violently, her entire face immediately turning pale!

And Shen Mo had already disappeared.

He chased after that fat maggot and personally witnessed the giant maggot-worm swallow the skinned monsters near the stop sign one by one. Its body wriggled as it crawled, agile and fast, quickly disappearing around a corner in the street ahead.

Shen Mo stood in place for a while.

The trembling sensation from underfoot grew smaller as the flesh-maggot left, smaller and smaller… finally disappearing.

He frowned, turned back, picked up the roadside wheelchair, and walked into the shop where they’d hidden.

When Bai Youwei saw him return, she almost wanted to cry, her eyes brimming with tears as she called out in a suppressed voice: “Give me back the wheelchair quickly!!!”

Shen Mo froze slightly, walked over and lifted her back into the wheelchair, asking: “What’s wrong?”

Why so suddenly fragile?

Bai Youwei dropped two tears.

Feeling the solid texture beneath her lower body, she finally slowly regained her composure, though her complexion remained poor.

She closed her eyes and slowly exhaled: “Too disgusting, too disgusting…”

These words filled her entire mind.

She’d already been disgusted beyond the ability to think of anything else.