Zhu Qi's expression changed drastically, and she reached to her waist, pulling out a handgun.

Well-trained, she wasn't flustered by the surprise. She pulled the trigger the instant she drew her gun, but Zhang Ji reacted even faster, dodging the bullet with a jerk of his body.

But in the forest behind, shadows flickered, and a gun muzzle aimed at Zhang Ji's back.

"Captain, watch out!"

Wu Xiaobei cried out in alarm, rushing forward with a speed that even surprised Zhang Ji.

Clearly, her mutated horse was extraordinary, benefiting her human body and granting her incredible speed.

"Bang!"

The bullet pierced Wu Xiaobei's chest, spraying a cloud of blood. She fell backward, her coat slipping off.

"Wu Xiaobei!"

Zhang Ji roared in shock and fury, rushing to Zhu Qi and disarming her. As she stared in terror, his large, rough hand seized her head and neck, and he yanked violently.

"Poof!"

Her head was ripped clean off her neck, bones snapping, blood splattering. The horrifying force terrified the surrounding team members.

Just then.

The surrounding forest rustled, someone was approaching rapidly, and there were quite a few of them. At the same time, a strange smell filled the air in the mist.

It was poison gas.

Clearly, the enemy was well-prepared.

The team members behind him were about to flee, but they collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Zhang Ji was unaffected. His beast form was the king cobra, a Level Five ferocious beast, and his body's resistance to poison had greatly increased. He swayed and plunged into the mist.

Bang, bang, bang!

Bullets flew, but they couldn't hit Zhang Ji. He was like a beast unleashed from its cage, savage and violent. All that could be heard in the mist were screams of agony, and soon everything fell silent.

Only Zhang Ji emerged, covered in blood, a heavy aura of murderous intent clinging to him.

Gunshots rang out from other directions in the forest, indicating that the other four teams had also met with disaster.

Zhang Ji picked up Wu Xiaobei from the ground and moved to another place.

Wu Xiaobei's breathing was weak, and she was on the verge of death, but her face was full of a happy smile as she said weakly, "Cap... Captain, you're finally holding me. Your embrace... is really warm, really comfortable."

"I want to be held by you like this forever... held..."

Zhang Ji's eyes reddened as he listened. This silly girl had actually shielded him from a bullet. How long had they known each other? Less than a few hours.

"Wu Xiaobei, listen to me, you have to live!" Zhang Ji said loudly, glancing at his watch. It was almost five o'clock.

Based on his experience, if the time of beast transformation continued to advance, then tonight it would be five o'clock.

Wu Xiaobei would die from the gunshot wound, but if she beast transformed, she might survive.

"If you live, I'll be your boyfriend!"

"Really? Are you... are you lying to me?" Wu Xiaobei smiled weakly, blood gurgling from her chest. Zhang Ji couldn't stop it, and his hands were covered in blood.

Zhang Ji said loudly, "Really, I, Zhang Ji, never go back on my word. I won't lie to you, especially to such a lovely girl like you."

Wu Xiaobei smiled happily, but it was like a pear blossom withering, very weak. "I have an older brother named... named Wu Zhan. He lives in the Tonglin residential area. Help me tell him that I, Wu Xiaobei, have... have a boyfriend..."

With that, the light in her eyes dimmed instantly, and her breath faded.

At that very moment, the time reached five o'clock. The mist suddenly surged, chillingly cold, as if the gates of hell had opened.

The familiar sensation returned, and Zhang Ji felt a tingling all over his body. In an instant, he transformed into a twenty-meter-long titan python king cobra, its tail swaying.

And Wu Xiaobei, who was about to die, also instantly transformed into a horse, over three meters tall, with a pair of white wings on its back, fangs gleaming with cold light in its mouth, and metallic luster on its hooves.

"This is... a Pegasus?!"

Zhang Ji was shocked.

This girl Wu Xiaobei, whose zodiac sign was the horse, had actually mutated into a Pegasus, with wings! No wonder she was so fast when she was in human form.

The twelve zodiac signs mutated differently, beastifying randomly. He had seen a red horse in the Hua Tian Building, but today he saw a white Pegasus.

However, it only had wings and couldn't fly, so its level was obviously not high, but its running speed was extremely fast.

"Neigh!"

The white horse raised its head and neighed. A bloody hole in its chest quickly healed as the mist surged, and a bullet fell out.

Zhang Ji's eyes narrowed.

This was the first time he had seen the restoration of injuries after beast transformation. No wonder the beasts fought so fiercely at night, but during the day they didn't look injured at all.

It turned out that the strange mist healed their injuries.

"This strange mist is too mysterious..."

Zhang Ji was shocked.

The strange mist turned them into animals and ferocious beasts, devouring each other for evolution, cruel and merciless, but it also gave hope to those who were seriously ill, dying, or old, giving them a chance to live again.

"Huff~"

The white horse sensed Zhang Ji, and the ferocious aura of the titan python king cobra frightened it. Its ears twitched, fear appeared in its eyes, and with a shift of its body, it was already dozens of meters away.

Its wings couldn't carry it in flight, but they gave it unimaginable speed.

All that could be heard was the sound of hooves like thunder, and the white horse had already sped away like lightning in the mist between the trees.

A smile flashed in Zhang Ji's eyes, but it instantly turned cold, and his killing intent was sharp.

"My father told me, don't forget who you are, but someone wants my life. I, Zhang Ji, can only repay them in kind!"

Huff~

A gust of fishy wind stirred up fallen leaves, and the huge snake body swam through the forest, disappearing into the mist.

~

The mist shrouded the forest, damp and dim.

Dozens of monsters were fighting, covered in blood. A wild boar with a bristly mane was the most ferocious, and it was wearing a half-torn white coat.

Around it, there were other monsters, seemingly under its command, besieging the twenty monsters and ferocious beasts in the middle.

One yellow-haired monkey was the most ferocious.

It was a rare long-armed ape, six meters tall, as tall as two stories, with eyes like copper bells and fangs in its bloody mouth. Its swift figure moved between the trees and branches.

"Shred~"

A rabbit that pounced on it had half its head torn off and swallowed in one gulp.

"Roar~"

The bristly-maned boar personally pounced, extremely ferocious, with scarlet eyes and bristles like steel needles, and an aura of majesty. It had obviously evolved many times.

The long-armed ape bared its teeth, as if facing a formidable enemy.

But at that moment, a fishy wind came from the depths of the forest. The bristly-maned boar screamed and was swallowed by a bloody mouth, leaving not a single hair behind.

A twenty-meter-long titan python slowly emerged from the mist.

Zhang Ji had arrived. The front of his body was raised, his oval head held high, and his scarlet lantern-like eyes scanned the monsters slaughtering each other in the forest.

On the treetop, the long-armed ape screamed in fright, baring its fangs and claws, as if warning Zhang Ji not to mess around, that it was not to be trifled with.

Zhang Ji glanced at it, uncertain whether it was Zhao Zigang.

Zhao Zigang's zodiac sign was the monkey!

Ignoring the monkey, Zhang Ji pounced on the other monsters, his bloody mouth descending from the sky, his huge body moving through the mist.

Like a high-speed train speeding through an ancient forest, its momentum was terrifying, stirring up a fishy wind and scattering fallen leaves.

The monsters that were biting each other fled in terror, but only a few that were good at speed disappeared into the mist, the rest were all swallowed by Zhang Ji.

"Chih~"

Blood surged in his mouth, and the last python was swallowed by Zhang Ji.

"Evolution points +300, cumulative evolution points 9080/100000"

There were still quite a few evolution points missing before the next evolution.

Zhang Ji raised his head and looked in the direction of Xichuan Town, and darted out.

The night was vast, and the white mist was boundless.

In Xichuan Town, a monster paradise, countless monsters were hunting and evolving in the streets and alleys, in houses, hotels, and parks.

A giant python quietly arrived, the front of its body raised high, its tongue flicking, like a king inspecting his territory. Wherever it passed, it was unstoppable, devouring all living things.

The huge snake body crushed gardens, and the bus stop signs along the road toppled over. The cars in front were crushed into a mass of scrap metal.

It came from the bushes, leaving thick and frightening traces.

Zhang Ji turned back and stared, watching the monsters fleeing in panic in the mist. He sighed with emotion.

On the third day of the Xichuan Town disaster, he had become the top predator.

Although he didn't know what was happening in the eastern, northern, southern, and central high-tech districts of Xichuan Town, in the western district, he, Zhang Ji in human form, and the titan python king cobra in beast form, seemed to be invincible!

Clang~

On the third floor, a tiger and an ox were pouncing on each other, smashing the windows. They might have been a couple, loving during the day, but killing each other at night.

Zhang Ji turned his head, and the snake's head suddenly smashed the glass and plunged in, swallowing them in one gulp.

Blood dripped between his fangs. He raised his oval head, and a hint of majesty appeared in his scarlet eyes as he looked at the Xichuan Town government building in the western district, his expression turning cold.

The western district government building was the location of the Xichuan Town agencies and units.

It was usually solemn, but now only the shadows of monsters moved in the corridors, balconies, and rooftops.

Zhang Ji swam over, and the two large stone lions at the entrance were brushed by the snake's body and crashed to the ground.

It rushed into the western district government building.

It swallowed the monsters and ferocious beasts it saw. As a Level Five ferocious beast, it was invincible.

But at that moment.

Zhang Ji felt a chill all over his body. On the roof of a three-story building in the distance, a huge shadow in the mist was staring at him.

Zhang Ji felt a sense of crisis, surprised that there were still monsters here that could make him feel threatened. Could someone have also evolved to the Level Five ferocious beast level?