Fear of food

Chapter 29 The Pancake Has a Serious Illness

After struggling for a long time, and seeing that he was about to be caught by the parasite, Zhui Feng accelerated and rushed out of the urban village, all the way to the main road.

Instead of continuing along the road, he headed straight for the other side of the road.

The key point is that there is a railing in the middle of the road, separating the opposing lanes.

"Sit tight!"

Chasing the wind, he crashed directly into the railing. There happened to be a rock on the ground. He precisely controlled the tires to run over the rock, then suddenly leaned back, using the rock as a springboard. The front wheel of the electric scooter left the ground and flew up!

Chen Qi's heart also jumped.

boom!
The electric scooter cleared the railing and landed steadily with a loud thud.

Chen Qi felt his whole body shaken and loosened up. Before he could come to his senses, the electric scooter continued to rush forward at top speed without stopping.

"Watch out, he's about to activate his full form." Chasing Wind's voice came from ahead.

"Huh?" Chen Qi was stunned for a moment before he realized, "So he hasn't been using his full strength the whole time?"

Chen Qi looked back and saw that on the opposite lane, separated by the railing, the four-legged parasite was rapidly expanding in size!

Like a lump of fermenting dough, it expands rapidly, blurring the details of facial features.

In the blink of an eye, it grew into a giant monster over three meters tall!

Immediately afterwards, four more legs suddenly grew from his lower body, turning him into an eight-legged humanoid spider!

If four legs can run this fast, what would eight legs be like?

Sure enough, the parasite leaped over the railing with its eight legs and continued chasing after them.

Strangely, despite its enormous size, it made almost no noise when it landed.

His larger size didn't make him slower, but the extra legs definitely boosted his speed!

At that moment, Chen Qi's phone rang a few more times.

This time, all the messages were voice messages. When I opened them, a very magnetic female voice came from the phone.

Coffee: I've arrived.
Coffee: I see you!
Coffee: What a huge Spider-Man!
Coffee: You guys keep going, I'll run him over with my car.

A white Mercedes-Benz G-Class drove by and headed straight for Spider-Man.

However, just before the collision, the car suddenly braked sharply, slowing down drastically.

Otherwise, if the parasite were to crash into such a three-meter-high mountain of flesh at this speed, it's hard to say what would happen to it, but the driver would definitely be injured.

boom!
Despite slowing down, the white Mercedes still crashed solidly into the parasite.

Then, something illogical happened: the parasite, which was over three meters tall, was lightly knocked into the air and fell to the ground, while the car seemed to be only slightly damaged.

Then, something that defied medical common sense happened. The parasite was half-sticky on the ground like a puddle of paste, then suddenly got up, didn't even glance at the Mercedes, and continued to chase after Chen Qi and the others.

To onlookers, it probably just looked like a pedestrian crossing the road was knocked down, then immediately got up and ran away.

The collision with the coffee shop bought Chen Qi and his group valuable time, allowing the electric scooter to dart across the street into a side road.

"There's a police station over there!" Chen Qi quickly patted Zhui Feng on the back.

"I'm not going!" Zhui Feng's tone was unusually firm. "When I park the car later, you'll come down with me!"

"Where are we going?" Chen Qi asked.

"Only in crowded places can he have some restraint!"

"There's a farmers market up ahead, we'll get off there."

A moment later, the electric scooter braked suddenly and came to a steady stop on the side of the road at the entrance of the vegetable market.

Zhui Feng didn't even bother to take out the car keys before running towards the vegetable market.

Chen Qi jumped out of the car and followed closely behind.

He glanced back briefly and saw that the parasite had shrunk again, reverting to its four-legged form and running towards them. The two rushed into the small market; it was a little past ten o'clock, past the morning rush hour.

The market wasn't crowded, but there were still quite a few people there.

Seeing this, Zhui Feng breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Chen Qi into the crowd, saying as they walked, "He's too fast. You can't shake him off with just an electric scooter. Last time, I had to eat some derivative food to escape from him."

"We're waiting here for other group members to come and rescue us."

Chen Qi asked uncertainly, "Is this place really safe?"

Zhui Feng said, "Don't worry, although ordinary people can't see the abnormalities on the parasites, they will restrain themselves when there are many people around. Any extreme behavior will attract their attention."

"After all, if they cause too much damage or injure someone in public, others will still see it. They are very careful and are always trying their best to hide their presence."

At that moment, Chen Qi and Zhui Feng's phones rang simultaneously.

Swill: I've arrived. Are you inside the vegetable market?

Coffee: I'm here too.
Big Pancake: On my way, wait a few minutes.
Momo, who hadn't said anything until now, also sent a message.

momo: I'm contacting my pica friends in Jinghai City to see if any of them can get there.

Momo: Hang in there!

Chen Qi put away his phone, glanced behind him, and his pupils suddenly contracted: "He's coming towards us!"

The four-legged parasite slowly walked towards them, a cheerful smile on its face and a warm, sunny voice calling out, "Brother, I've been looking for you for so long!"

"Come home with me, your parents are waiting for you to come home for dinner."

As he spoke, he stretched out one of his legs, covered in sharp, hairy barbs, and landed less than two meters away from Chen Qi.

Others seemed completely oblivious to the leg's existence.

Chen Qi wondered, if the spikes on this leg pierced him through, wouldn't it look to those around him as if several transparent holes had appeared out of nowhere?

With this in mind, Chen Qi tried to keep his distance from the parasite and circled the stall to deal with it.

The parasite neither pressed forward nor retreated, always maintaining a certain distance from them.

People around them cast curious glances, but in their eyes, they thought it was some kind of melodramatic family drama.

The parasite crossed its arms and leisurely sized up Zhui Feng and Chen Qi, a hint of mockery hidden beneath its seemingly kind face.

Like a cat that has caught a mouse, not in a hurry to eat it, but just teasing it.

“We’re taking advantage of the fact that he won’t dare to make a move in front of others; he’s confident that we’ll get out sooner or later…”

Chen Qi and his group definitely can't outlast the parasites. They can't stay here forever. The number of people in the market will only decrease, and then the parasites will have no more worries about making a move.

Fortunately, their companions are also arriving soon.

Coffee: I've arrived.
The swill posted a video, which showed Chen Qi and his companion, as well as the parasite who looked no different from a normal person in the video.

Wang Wang!

Amidst a dog's bark, a young man dressed in sportswear and wearing a baseball cap, who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, walked into the market leading a golden retriever.

Wang!
The golden retriever barked in the direction of Zhui Feng and Chen Qi, helping the young man instantly locate them from the crowd.

He waved from afar and shouted, "Brothers, I'm here!"

This high-profile move attracted the attention of many people in the market, including the parasites.

"Is he Big Pancake?" Chen Qi asked in a low voice, thinking to himself that he was acting like he was seriously ill.

Just then, the customers and vendors in the market suddenly paused for a second.

The next moment, the expressions on their faces all vanished, turning blank.

Chen Qi's eyelids twitched, feeling that this scene was somewhat familiar. He seemed to have seen the same expression on the faces of those food protectors when he ate the jianbing guozi.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
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(End of this chapter)