The sun slanted west, its fading rays piercing the room and illuminating the face of Wang Zixuan. This twenty-year-old youth rarely enjoyed such a moment of tranquility in the past three years.
Wang Junyi and Yu Hui, who had been arguing about finding someone to "treat" Wang Zixuan, exchanged knowing smiles upon seeing his sleeping posture.
They didn't consider it unusual. Wang Zixuan was prone to sleep during the day, and it was even rarer for him to sleep so soundly.
Therefore, they didn't disturb his slumber.
Yu Hui was preparing dinner in the kitchen, while Wang Junyi nervously awaited Wen Wen's arrival. He regretted not asking for Wen Wen's phone number. Wen Wen had said he would come in the afternoon, but it was already dusk.
Neither of them noticed that as the sunlight gradually weakened, Wang Zixuan's complexion began to turn peculiar.
A moment later, Wang Zixuan opened his eyes, a strange smile on his face. His eyes were devoid of whites or pupils, entirely black. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the blackness was due to countless tiny black insects covering them!
Wang Zixuan stood up with uncoordinated movements and, to Wang Junyi's astonishment, pulled the curtains shut one by one, plunging the room into darkness.
He then walked to the door, inserted a wire into the lock, and then twisted off the wire and the doorknob. This way, no one could leave in a short period.
"What are you doing?"
Wang Junyi glared at Wang Zixuan. Although his son had always been abnormal, his current behavior made Wang Junyi feel uneasy.
Wang Zixuan tilted his head, looking at Wang Junyi. His mouth stretched into an unnatural grin, and a large amount of saliva dripped down. "Dad... I've eaten bugs for three years. I'm tired of it and want to eat something else."
"Is there something else you want to eat? Tell Mom, and Mom will make it for you."
Yu Hui emerged from the kitchen, holding a plate, her face beaming. Hearing that Wang Zixuan no longer wanted to eat bugs, she thought her son's condition had improved.
"What I want to eat is you! Since you promised, give yourselves to me!"
Wang Zixuan's body contorted strangely. He leaned backward, his chest facing upwards and his back downwards, his head pointing forward. His limbs twisted like a beast's, supporting his body.
He crawled rapidly towards Yu Hui like a spider. Yu Hui froze in terror, the plate falling to the ground as she screamed loudly.
In the past three years, although Wang Zixuan had always been frightening, he had never attacked them. It was precisely for this reason that they felt at ease living with him.
As Wang Zixuan crawled halfway, a dagger plunged into the floor in front of him, momentarily halting his charge. This was the dagger Wang Junyi had thrown.
As one of Wen Wen's childhood idols, Wang Junyi was a renowned detective. Although he hadn't stepped into the world of superhumans, he was still stronger than ordinary people.
Wang Zixuan, blocked, didn't get angry. He turned his head to look at Wang Junyi and grinned.
"Toys like this are useless against me. But since you're so eager, I'll start with you. She can't run away anyway."
"To trap me, you specifically installed iron bars on the windows and replaced the door with a high-security one. But you don't know that even with these things, I could leave anytime I wanted, I just didn't want to.
"These things will ultimately serve only to trap you here, allowing you to savor the taste of despair."
Seeing his son, who seemed to have transformed into someone else, Wang Junyi broke out in a cold sweat. He drew the pistol he carried and aimed it at Wang Zixuan.
"Stop! If you don't stop, I'll shoot!"
Aiming his gun at his own son was an extremely difficult thing for Wang Junyi.
Even though Wang Zixuan had become more of a monster than a human, he had never thought of giving up on him. Instead, he had been planning to start a new life with his family after he was cured.
But now, with Wang Zixuan showing signs of harming others, he could no longer be soft-hearted. If Wang Zixuan went out and hurt someone else, it would be his sole responsibility.
As long as Wang Zixuan showed any tendency to attack, Wang Junyi would shoot without hesitation. At worst, he would commit suicide and be buried with him!
However, before Wang Junyi's internal struggle concluded, he felt his hand become slippery, as if something were wriggling.
Then, to his horror, he discovered a plump, green caterpillar clinging to his hand!
Upon noticing the caterpillar, his hand lost all sensation, and the gun fell uncontrollably to the ground.
Wang Zixuan picked up the gun and disassembled it into parts, saying, "The sound of gunfire is too loud. Even with the house's top-tier soundproofing, it can't completely block the gunshots. I don't want my existence to be known by too many people."
As he spoke, a centipede crawled out of his mouth and then re-entered through his ear, making Wang Junyi's scalp crawl.
To prevent the venom from spreading, Wang Junyi picked up a thin rope, preparing to tie it around his arm.
Wang Zixuan, drooling, said to Wang Junyi, "Don't worry. This poison will only cause you temporary paralysis. I won't poison you to death. It won't taste good if you're dead!"
Then, Wang Zixuan pounced on Wang Junyi, knocking him to the ground and pinning his limbs, rendering him immobile. Wang Junyi could only watch in despair as his son, with his mouth full of bugs and saliva, slowly approached him.
At this moment, Yu Hui summoned her courage and grabbed a cleaver, intending to strike Wang Zixuan.
While the previous Wang Zixuan was strange, and his condition could still be勉强 explained as a special illness, his current appearance was clearly no longer her son.
But as soon as she raised the cleaver, it fell to the ground, nearly hitting her foot.
This was because she saw a giant centipede emerge from Wang Zixuan's tailbone, stand upright, and stare at her coldly, making her lose the courage to pick up the cleaver.
"Mom, don't worry, there's a queue."
After saying these words, Wang Zixuan opened his mouth and aimed it at the immobilized Wang Junyi, preparing to bite down.
At that critical moment, a dull thud was heard. A bullet pierced Wang Zixuan's right arm, and foul-smelling blood flowed from the wound.
"Who is it!"
Wang Zixuan roared in the direction from which the bullet had come, but he saw no one. He only noticed a bullet hole in the door. The bullet had passed through the bulletproof door before hitting his arm!
The shooter did not respond but fired several more shots. With a series of bullets hitting his body, Wang Zixuan was forced to jump off Wang Junyi. The centipede that had been staring at Yu Hui was also shot through the head and collapsed on the ground.
Then, the expensive security door was kicked open with immense force. A man in a black cloak retracted his foot and calmly stepped into the room.
This person held a pistol with a pure white base and wolf patterns in his left hand, and a pale, blood-tinged cane in his right. It was Wen Wen.
"Mr. Wang, I've come to see your son!"