Chapter 184: Afterglow (1/2)

Chapter 184: Afterglow

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From start to finish the whole battle had taken less than thirty seconds, yet Luo Yuan was sweating profusely as if he had just come out of a sauna.

It might have looked like he had killed the giant effortlessly, but he had just taken advantage of its weak points. Frankly speaking, the giant had been terrifying.

The mysterious camouflaging power and the attacking power of its eyes were significantly different from that of ordinary mutated beasts'. It was like the giant had been able to evolve, and its ability to hide had managed to cheat Luo Yuan’s Sensory Perception. Luo Yuan had never faced a similar situation before.

After all, the theories behind Sensory Perception and the naked eye were very different. Hiding in the dark uses an optical illusion to cheat the eyes, but it could never do so against Sensory Perception. Nevertheless, he had not been able to see nor find the giant, even though it had been standing right next to him. If Luo Yuan's oppressive aura had not forced it into giving itself away, the battle would have ended before it had even started.

As for its mysterious attacking power, although Luo Yuan had not come into direct contact with it, the feeling of impending death he had felt still made him feel lingering fear as he recalled it. It had been so dangerous, that he felt like he had just come back from the threshold of death.

As soon as the battle ended, everybody rushed over.

“Are you alright?” Huang Jiahui asked worriedly. When she saw Luo Yuan nod, she looked relieved. “I was so scared. How on earth could such a creature even exist?”

Looking both curious and afraid, Huang Jiahui sized up the giant’s corpse. “Is it a mutated human? It's just so... so big.”

The giant's body lay on the floor, covering an area of about seven meters, its limbs looking big and strong. It was still exuding a horrific aura, even though it was dead. Its whole body was hairy, but the hair on its head was rather thin. There was also a short, thick, dark green horn on its head, but what attracted people's attention was the polished stone necklace hanging in front of its chest.

It was an obvious sign of intelligence. Other than a mutated human, no other mutated beast would have been able to design such a thing.

“Why do I feel that it’s somehow different?” Luo Yuan had hesitated for a short moment before adding, “Now matter how mutated a person is, they should still maintain some human characteristics, just like Cheng Xianfeng does. This creature is too different from a man. It has to be a mutated beast.”

“You're probably right.” Cao Lin dared not go near it, so she merely pointed at the giant's limbs as she said, “Look, it only has four fingers. Its toes are the same too.”

Everyone soon found more proof. The giant had six breasts, a short tail that has yet to decompose and two nostrils without any indication of a nose on its face.

The atmosphere was chilling. Nobody said a single word, and everyone looked shocked and afraid.

“Would you go check on Zhao Yali?” Wang Xiaguang asked Luo Yuan, breaking the silence.

Luo Yuan sighed and nodded as he sprinted towards her.

Zhao Yali was squatting beside the corpse of Lao Huang, sobbing. She was touching its body, which was gradually getting colder, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

Luo Yuan walked to her side and squatted down. “Are… are you alright?” he asked softly after hesitating for a moment. He knew that Lao Huang had always been by her side since the beginning of the apocalypse. It was because of its loyalty and protection that she had safely survived to that day. She considered that beast her dearest relative.

Zhao Yali finally broke down. She hugged Luo Yuan and bawled, making everyone sad.

The few women around were all moved, their eyes turning red as tears slid down their faces.

Luo Yuan touched Lao Huang, who was already stiff. He felt uneasy as he sighed. “Let’s look at it for the last time. We’ll bury it later.”

Zhou Yicheng seemed as if he wanted to say something, but he kept his mouth shut when he noticed everyone's condition.

Naturally, the giant lizard took care of digging a hole at the slope of the nearby hill. This time, it did not try to escape as it had before. In fact, it took the initiative to dig the large hole on the hillside, as if the death of Lao Huang had affected its emotions too. It got extraordinary quiet and did not show a single sign of impatience.

After throwing Lao Huang into the hole and covering it with gravel, the giant lizard lowered its head and smelled the grave before it looked up and howled loudly as if it was sending Lao Huang off.

Zhao Yali was still bawling. Lao Huang's death had hurt her deeply.

The gravestone was a piece stone about three meters tall. After getting Zhao Yali's permission, Luo Yuan wrote, “The Grave of the Loyal Lao Huang.”

When it was over, the giant lizard did something that shocked everyone. It ran towards the side of the dead giant and tore open its stomach, its inner organs dropping out on the ground before the lizard gorged on them.