Chapter 035: The Emergence of the Bloodline!
North America.
Nighttime streets.
A white-haired teenager strolled down the street, gazing at the unfamiliar roads and people. He hummed a tune, smiling and waving to passersby.
"My mother slaughtered me, my father ate me, oh, my sister, she gathered up my bones, she buried me beneath the tree, I turned into a bird, and I flew into the sky~"
"Lalala~"
As the white-haired teenager spoke to himself, people on the street found him peculiar.
"Chinese?"
"Hey, stop right there!"
A black man suddenly stepped in front of the teenager, "Do you know where you are, kid?"
008 looked up, unable to understand what the black man was saying.
"Just now, when I got off the plane, they stopped me. I clearly said I couldn't understand, why, why don't they understand?"
"Obviously, you don't understand either."
"Since nobody understands, I'll have to find a way that everyone can understand."
The teenager raised his hand, and his wrist split open instantly, countless blood gushing out to form a long sword in his hand!
Swoosh!
In an instant, the sword made of blood pierced into the black man's chest!
Its blood edge was as sharp as a knife. With a swift pull, the black man fell to his knees, and numerous onlookers began screaming!
Watching the fleeing pedestrians, 008 turned around.
"Understood now?"
"I've come to rule over you."
"Doggies, it's hunting time!"
As the teenager spoke, the black man from before suddenly twisted and crawled up!
His spine bent, limbs on the ground, eyes bloodshot, he pounced out like a hunting dog!
Seeing this, the teenager twisted his neck, and his body stretched, transforming into an adult male in an instant.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please hurry your steps. Run faster, for the night hunt has begun!"
With that, a pair of huge black bat-like wings opened behind 008, and he flew straight into the sky!
Those transformed by 008 can be classified into two types: bloodline-bearing entities with self-awareness, and bloodhounds.
Bloodhounds act on instinct, attacking any lifeform with blood. They can sense nearby lifeforms through blood and turn their victims into bloodhounds like themselves with just one bite.
It doesn't take much; just one bite is enough.
The appearance of a single bloodhound sparked a biochemical crisis in the area within half an hour, with their numbers swelling to hundreds!
When the police arrived, the bloodhounds had already overwhelmed the entire police force like an unstoppable zombie army!
Even the military appeared later on. It wasn't until dawn the next day that the unrest gradually subsided.
Upon seeing sunlight for the first time, all bloodhounds lost their mobility and even burned to ashes.
They publicly declared this incident as a large-scale rabies outbreak, warning the public to be cautious but did not impose a curfew.
The reason was simple; they couldn't stop it because their people were free.
In the following days, similar incidents occurred across North America.
But only at night; come daylight, all anomalies would mysteriously vanish like ashes after a fire.
Inside a firearms store, 008 spun around a shotgun in the form of a woman.
The M1887 shotgun.
Some players familiar with FPS games might recognize this gun because it has a loud nickname.
"The Purging Flame."
008 aimed the gun at the blood-red-eyed woman on the ground and pulled the trigger. The gunshot rang out, and the bullet struck the woman's chest!
But the woman seemed unaffected and casually dug out the bullet.
"Ah~ Not enough, I need more~ Give me more~"
008 chuckled and patted the woman's head, "As a doggie, you shouldn't be too greedy. Who's next?"
As 008 spoke, countless pairs of blood-red eyes suddenly flickered in the shadows.
...
The reason why 008 went to North America involved a complex dispute.
A conflict arose between 008 and 002, Li Yuan, and this conflict quickly escalated into a situation where it was either you die or I die.
Unable to tolerate their constant bickering in North Ridge City, Chen Ye booked a plane ticket for 008 and sent him overseas.
As for why these two came into conflict, Chen Ye didn't know and didn't care.
In Li Yuan's eyes, he brought 008 to Chen Ye, leading to this evolution, so he believed 008 should be grateful to him.
But 008 didn't seem to think so. In his three personalities, they all harbored extreme hatred towards 002.
Because it was 002 who chased and killed their family of three.
To the mother, 002 killed her husband and son.
To the father, 002 killed his wife and son.
To the son, 002 killed his parents, and himself.
This was an irreconcilable enmity, but it wasn't just 008 who wanted to kill 002.
Chen Ye's creations could only get along peacefully in his presence; in secret, they were in constant conflict, like oil and water.
001 Raven was hunting down 005 the Wall-Facer.
004 the Queen Bee harbored enmity towards 002 Li Yuan and 007 the Siren, who were also fish-like.
008 was solely focused on killing 002, nothing else mattered to him.
The only one not involved in this dispute was 003 the Invisible Man.
"Oh, I almost forgot about 003."
Chen Ye snapped his fingers, suddenly remembering the existence of the Invisible Man on his side.
Because he was so inconspicuous, Chen Ye had momentarily overlooked his presence.
But relatively speaking, if even Chen Ye overlooked him, then others wouldn't notice him either.
Safe, very safe.
Of course, this was ultimately thanks to 003's honest and straightforward nature.
"Reliable, very reliable."
"Decision made, I'll just let 003 roam free from now on."
With that thought in mind, Chen Ye saw a crow suddenly fly into the room!
"Osiris, something's wrong with 003..."
Smack!
Chen Ye grabbed the crow's beak and tossed it out.
"Shut up. As long as you don't speak, the readers won't know what happened!"
What a harbinger of bad news, back with trouble as soon as it returns.
Hadn't it been peaceful for just a few days?
As Chen Ye disappeared, 001 transformed back into a girl and found the room empty, with only a note left behind.
Picking up the note, 001 saw five concise words written on it.
"Handle it yourself."
Seeing this note, 001's eyes suddenly became sharp. It seemed that the master couldn't intervene directly.
"I understand."
The Raven immediately contacted everyone except 006, 007, 008, and 009.
"The master has commanded. Everyone, drop what you're doing and hunt down the traitor!"
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