I Attacked Because I was Afraid of Death

IABIWAOD-CHAPTER 18.3

Arc I: Novice village

Chapter 18.3: A mutant emerges (3)

When they walked past the elevator, the group stopped. Even the sound of their breathing was suppressed and someone whispered: "Do you guys hear anything?"
The sound of fingernails scratching against metal resonated in the distance. Chi Xin froze and suddenly realized she had made a fatal mistake.
In the movie, the reason the second male lead had been injured was not because of the numerous zombies but because of...

The scratching sound became louder and a monster climbed out of the empty elevator. It looked like some kind of zombie, with all of its muscles peeling off and they could almost see the exposed organs and bones.
But it lay on the ground, with black and sharp claws on its hands and feet, like a giant and crawling spider. Obviously, the scratching noise had come from this thing.
After the creature creeped out, it raised its head and looked at the group with green eyes as it exhaled a terrible stench.

"That... what..."
A monster beyond imagination had appeared in front of them and one of the soldiers muttered in horror. Chi Xin stepped back slightly and with the cover of her body, she handed a gun to Yu Xiang. He grabbed it in a slip second, as nervous and scared as the others of the monster's appearance.
However, once Chi Xin took a good look at it, the tremor in her heart gradually settled down.
"Stay steady." In the movie, they had made it alive for only one reason, "It doesn't dare to move for now. I will hold it for a while, you run towards the stairs, and remember to be fast."
Although her voice was small, her whole aura was stable and the frightened soldiers calmed down when they saw her quiet profile.
"No!" Yu Xiang objected in a low voice, "We are all here, how can we leave you alone."
"You are out of ammo, seriously injured, and haven't eaten for two days. You're serving yourself on a silver platter." Chi Xin answered, "Go before it moves!"
The tallest of the soldiers suddenly raised his guns, and shouted with a hint of madness in his voice: "I don't believe this monster can be more powerful than a gun!"
"Wait!"

Chi Xin was a step too late. She watched as the bullets shot out and as the incredibly agile monster used all four legs and disappeared from his spot. The next second, its hideous face was in front of the man who had just fired.
At that moment, Chi Xin wasn't sure whether she had seen a sneer on its face. Amidst everyone's shout, the creature stretched out a sharp claw and plunged it deep into the man's arm.
"Ah!!!!"

Everyone started to shoot frantically at the monster; it dodged from left to right and let out roars when it was hit.
Chi Xin squeezed her army knife. Instead of attacking the monster with the others, she walked to the man who was howling on the ground. His arm, starting from the hole the claw had made, was quickly turning black and spreading to his entire arm. Where the darkness swept past, the muscles instantly atrophied. It had already reached his shoulder and Chi Xin was afraid that his whole body would become like his arm in seconds.
"To save you, I'm sorry." Chi Xin forced herself to look at his eyes and stabbed his arm. Her army knife could pierce a zombie's head as easily as a man's arm.

She didn't dare to look anymore at the agony on the man's face and turned around abruptly before walking towards the monster. Although not many bullets had accurately hit it, the occasional true aims had angered the creature. It was currently still in the hall, in a stand-off with the men, in a hunting pose.

Suddenly, its body stiffened. It seemed to feel a strong threat coming from behind and stopped paying attention to the persons in front of it. It turned back in a roar and its two front paws aimed at the threat.
Clang.
Chi Xin held the army knife in both hands in front of her and steadily blocked the fierce blow.
The monster was unable to strike and fell into a frenzy. It could feel the danger coming from the girl and ignored the other men to focus on her.