Chapter 17: Crisis
The white fog was very thick like milk, and even Ling Hao, who had an iris system, could only see a range of more than ten meters clearly, and there was a hazy shadow in the distance.
"Oh!! It's scary, hahaha, it's really scary. Norman, the clerk, turned to David behind him with a scared look and tried to taunt.
At this moment, Ling Hao saw several black shadows writhing in the fog outside.
When these black shadows entered Ling Hao's line of sight for more than ten meters, he clearly saw what these things were.
Five or six stout octopus tentacles were quickly stretching out towards them, and Ling Hao didn't see the whole picture of the octopus, because its body was far away in the mist more than ten meters away, which showed how huge this monster was!
"Be careful!! When the tentacles entered the shutter, David also found out, and it was too late for him to alert Norman.
The tentacles quickly entangled Norman, and David's step forward to grab the other's hand did not alleviate the situation.
"Ah!! Help me!!! Norman shouted for help.
At this time, more and more tentacles entered the door, Jim and Myron stood by in a daze, and the store manager Ollie smashed the glass outside the fire axe and took out the axe.
Ling Hao knew that Ollie was no match for the Octopus, so he grabbed the fire axe and stepped forward to slash at the tentacles.
Far beyond the physical fitness and strength of ordinary people, coupled with the ability to analyze the attack route of the tentacles, Ling Hao quickly cut off 3 tentacles, but this did not cause much damage to the octopus.
However, the pain still made the other party give up and continue the attack, grabbed two packets of dog food, threw Norman and left.
Several severed tentacles struggled on the ground, and Ling Hao tried to put one of them into the space, but the main god space reminded him that he couldn't put the living creature in.
"Sure enough, even if the tentacles of these monsters are cut off, they are still full of vitality." Looking at these tentacles, Ling Hao shook his head.
The rescued Norman was torn all over his body by the sharp teeth on his tentacles, and he couldn't last long when he saw that he had more breath and less air.
If Ling Hao tried his best to save Norman, he would definitely be able to save him alive, but he didn't do it, because if someone was dying, why should he stop him? Besides, he also needs a bait to seduce monsters.
Although the samples obtained as a result could not be used, Ling Hao had at least been in close contact for the first time, and according to the analysis, these monsters could survive even if they were out of the fog, and even the stump and severed arm were still full of aggression.
"Okay, we need to make sure we see the reality now, and these monsters are roaming around us." Throwing down the fire axe, Ling Hao proposed that everyone try to save themselves as much as possible.
David wasn't blaming himself yet, because a young life was disappearing before his eyes, and if he had tried harder to convince the other party, maybe there wouldn't have been a tragedy.
Ling Hao didn't comfort David's self-blame, you must know that this is just the beginning, the global army is about to be paralyzed, the people in the supermarket will never be able to wait for rescue, most of the building materials are fragile glass, Ling Hao doesn't think he can stay here for long.
Manager Ollie nodded, although he was sad that he had lost a capable young man under his hands, but now was not the time to remember.
"Hey! Everyone, lean on me, there's a very urgent matter! Ollie shouted with a megaphone.
Everyone in the supermarket was immediately attracted to it, and even little Billy was woken up, and everyone didn't know what was going on in the warehouse, only to see that Ollie's body was covered in blood.
"Oh God, what's going on!"
"What's wrong?"
Everyone began to riot at the sight of this scene, and Ollie motioned for everyone to listen to him quietly.
"We're in a dangerous situation right now, a few of us have just had something terrible in the warehouse, and given the old people and children here, I want you to send a few representatives to go in with me and have a look." Ollie was wise to respond, knowing that it would be difficult to convince everyone if they didn't see it with their own eyes.
"Me!"
"I'm going!"
"And me, I'm going to see what happened!"
One after another, more than a dozen people came forward, some of them voluntarily and some of them were elected.
"Alright guys, come with me now." Pushing the warehouse door open, Ollie led the group inside.
The originally foul-smelling air of the warehouse was now filled with the smell of blood and decay, and two or three people began to gag when they smelled the smell directly.
"OMG!! It's Norman! At this point, a man recognized the body on the ground.
Ollie recounted the events to everyone, including the monster in the mist.
Ling Hao also showed the three severed tentacles to everyone, and one of them poked them with a broom, causing the tentacles to leak out of the clothes and turn into a pool of thick water after a few struggles.
After seeing the evidence, everyone knew that something was wrong, and when everyone had laid down Norman's body, they left the warehouse.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are in trouble!" An elderly man who had been elected as a representative came out and told everyone about his current situation.
When they learned that there were monsters outside the supermarket, some people cried, some prayed, and some cursed, in short, they were all very desperate at the moment.
"Now everyone is under our command, the man will take out everything that can be used as filler and pile it on the edge of the glass, so that the monster can't break the glass and rush in!!" Ollie's biggest concern was the fragile glass.
Soon the panicked crowd began to divide up the work to strengthen the supermarket, the dog food and flour in the warehouse were used as sandbags, and the ladies cleaned the crooked shelves after the earthquake, dividing the areas where different items were placed.
But at this time, Norton, a black lawyer, seemed to have a twitch in his brain, because he was convinced that there were no monsters outside, and he called on several people to go to the police station to find help.
"Norton! If you go out now, you're looking for death!! David rushed up and grabbed Norton, who was about to open the door and go out.
"Hey! David, I know you guys like to joke around with me as an out-of-towner, don't stop me I'm going to get out of this weird supermarket!! Norton didn't listen to persuasion.
No matter what David said, Norton smiled and didn't speak, and there were three or four people with him, all of whom didn't believe that there were monsters, because the tentacles in the warehouse had turned to pus, and everyone else who had seen them except for one or twenty of them just believed what these people said.
"Alright then, tie this rope to your legs if you insist, and at least let us know that you're 300 feet (about 91 meters) out of it." David couldn't dissuade him, he just wanted them to give back some useful information.
"Let me do it!" Seeing Norton's delay in picking up the rope, a big man stood up.
"You're going to join them too?" David saw the man coming out of the crowd and thought he was planning to join Norton's team temporarily.
"I'm not that stupid, I just saw a shotgun in the old man's car, and I think we need it now, red car, am I right, old man?" The big man said to an elderly man in the crowd.
"You're such a bold man, yes, it's less than 300 feet straight out the door." Handing the car keys to the big man, the old man patted him on the shoulder.
"Maybe you need this." Ollie handed over a knife at this time and wanted to let the big man defend himself, but he didn't expect the other party to pull out a larger saber from his arms, and Ollie shrugged his shoulders and withdrew the knife after seeing the other party's guy.