fantasy novels Chapter 26: Carrying an Umbrella but Not a Knife on a Rainy Night
Chapter 26: Carrying an Umbrella but Not a Knife on a Rainy Night
After seeing Yao Xiwei off, the sky outside the window became completely dark.
Su Changming stood by the window of the infirmary.
In the ward, students could be heard groaning from low-grade fever and nightmares.
At this moment, he could only watch helplessly.
After a while, Su Changming saw Old Chen walking over and quickly said:
"Dr. Chen, the conditions here are really limited. Why don't we contact the church hospital or public hospital in the concession and transfer the students there? Even if it's just for quarantine, the equipment there is much better than here."
Old Chen looked up at him and couldn't help but smile wryly:
"Professor Su, I've already thought of what you've thought of."
"I just made several phone calls, and several renowned doctors said they would come for a consultation as soon as possible, but they all advised against moving the patient before the source of infection and cause of the disease are identified."
Old Chen sighed and lowered his voice:
"The students' mental state is extremely unstable right now. If we relocate them rashly, what if they do something extreme on the way, or spread their illness to the concession? No one can bear that responsibility."
Having said all that, Su Changming couldn't say anything more.
After all, everyone has their own expertise, and when it comes to treating and saving lives, he must respect the judgment of professionals.
He nodded helplessly, turned around and walked into the ward, greeting a few familiar students who were still relatively conscious.
He then went to check on Lin Xiaoman, who was already fast asleep.
Su Changming didn't know what to say, so he left the infirmary in silence.
……
The rain outside is still falling, incessantly.
In the vast campus, the streetlights were dim and yellow, blurred into hazy halos by the rain and mist.
The surroundings were quiet, just as Yao Xiwei had said. The sounds of cats, dogs and other small animals that usually roamed around had disappeared, creating an eerie stillness.
Su Changming walked alone on the wet road, holding a long-handled black umbrella.
The leather shoes made a rhythmic "plop" sound as they stepped into the puddles.
He was thinking.
William's suspicion, David's cause of death, the missing animals mentioned by Yao Xiwei, and that strange flu... all the clues are like a tangled mess, intertwined, yet the thread to untangle the knot remains elusive.
Before he knew it, he had already left the teaching area.
Ahead lay a vast, undeveloped wasteland.
On both sides of the road were reeds taller than a person and murky streams.
The withered reeds swayed wildly in the night rain, making a rustling sound.
suddenly.
The rustling sound has changed.
It became denser and heavier, and also mixed with a kind of low, guttural sound.
Su Changming suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Woof—Woof!"
The reeds in front of him suddenly parted, and more than a dozen dark figures darted out, blocking his path.
Su Changming took a closer look.
Those are cats, and dogs.
But they are definitely not the lazy, adorable stray animals that bask in the sun in the corners of the campus on ordinary days.
Large patches of their fur fell off, revealing the ulcerated, pus-filled, dark red muscle beneath.
His eyes were also filled with an eerie blood red.
They bared their teeth, growling softly from their throats, and thick saliva dripped from the corners of their mouths.
Su Changming's gaze fell on one of the old yellow dogs.
The dog had a limp in one of its hind legs and was unsteady on its feet.
"A lame old yellow dog..."
Su Changming's heart sank.
This is the stray dog that Yao Xiwei mentioned she often fed.
It seems her guess was correct.
These missing cats and dogs have all been captured and used for experiments.
"Woo-hoo!!"
With a piercing roar, more than a dozen mutated beasts spread out in a fan shape, surrounding Su Changming and slowly approaching.
Su Changming stared expressionlessly at the group of monsters, slowly putting away the long-handled black umbrella in his hand.
It's inconvenient to bring out the remaining snow.
So he gripped the middle of the umbrella handle tightly with his right hand, treating the long-handled umbrella like a sword.
For the past month, he practiced in the Sword Shadow Stone every day. Although he couldn't forget the moves each time, he also consumed more of them.
Although he is not yet as good as Rin, he can definitely be considered a master swordsman.
"call……"
Su Changming exhaled a long breath of white air.
This was the first time he had faced real combat after more than a month of arduous training.
Strangely, he did not feel the slightest tension or fear.
On the contrary, I felt a strange sense of excitement.
"Let's fight!"
Su Changming shouted and charged straight at the group of mutated cats and dogs.
Immediately afterwards, the beasts also started to move!
The lame old yellow dog was the first to rush over, its mouth wide open, about to bite Su Changming's throat.
Su Changming made no attempt to dodge; the long umbrella in his hand transformed into a black lightning bolt, striking the old yellow dog hard in the waist and abdomen!
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
The old yellow dog let out a mournful howl and flew backward, crashing heavily into the muddy water.
Immediately afterwards, two mutated wildcats, using the reeds as cover, attacked simultaneously from the left and right sides, their sharp claws flashing in the air.
Su Changming's figure flickered like a ghost, his long umbrella sweeping across the room.
This strike was wide-ranging and powerful!
"Slap! Slap!"
Two stray cats were swept away, and the sound of their bones cracking could be clearly heard.
The umbrella in Su Changming's hand transformed into a long sword, which he swung continuously, each strike precise and ruthless.
None of those seemingly ferocious mutated beasts could get within three feet of them.
A group of mutated cats and dogs were beaten and howled.
Just as Su Changming was getting more and more into the game.
suddenly.
A large, mutated black cat, taking advantage of the moment when his old strength had just been depleted and his new strength had not yet been generated, silently leaped up from the reeds behind him.
Its speed was astonishing, and its claws were as sharp as knives as it viciously grabbed at Su Changming's left arm!
"Rip—"
All that could be heard was the sound of cloth tearing.
The sleeve of Su Changming's suit was instantly torn open with a long tear.
The cat's sharp claws dug hard into his skin.
However, there was no bloody scene.
A crisp sound, like metal clashing, rang out!
The mutated cat felt as if its paws were gripping a steel plate.
A tremendous recoil force was transmitted.
Its two sharp claws actually broke off!
Su Changming looked down at his arm, which only had a few white marks left on it, and then at the bewildered big cat.
He grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and chuckled.
"Sorry, I have a bit too much skin."
next second.
He turned around and delivered a simple, unadorned punch.
"boom!"
This punch, imbued with the power of a ninth-rank martial artist's blood and qi, slammed solidly into the big cat's head.
Before the big cat could even let out a scream, its head exploded like a watermelon, and its body flew more than ten meters away.
The remaining mutated cats and dogs, seeing this, were driven by either some command or instinctive fear, it was unclear.
They whimpered, tucked their tails between their legs, turned and disappeared into the reeds, scattering in all directions.
A person, an umbrella, on a rainy night.
Su Changming stood proudly in the middle of the muddy ground.
He quickly shook the blood off the umbrella and looked at his tattered sleeve with some heartache.
"What a pity, this suit was custom-made, it cost thirty silver dollars..."
Then, just as he was about to open his umbrella again and leave.
Ling's cold voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Northwest, 45 degrees, on the treetops."
Su Changming was stunned.
Immediately, I realized what was happening.
He reached into his robes with his right hand, and a Colt revolver appeared in his hand.
Then he turned around, raised his arm, and aimed.
The movements were completed in one smooth motion.
"Bang--!!!"
Gunshots rang out, and a burst of fire erupted from the muzzle.
On the treetops, hundreds of meters away.
A black bat was hanging upside down, just about to flap its wings and fly away.
next moment.
Its wings burst into a spray of blood, its body swayed, and it let out an extremely sharp scream.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Su Changming fired several more shots, but unfortunately the thing reacted quickly, flying directly upwards and disappearing into the night.
Su Changming then somewhat dissatisfied as he put the gun away.
This could be considered a partial victory in the first battle?