The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

"Ooh~ Ah~"

Sergeant Su suddenly coughed up a mouthful of black blood, writhing in excruciating pain.

He reached out in vain, trying to grasp something—

But the lives of those colleagues who perished in the now-dark Happiness Apartments can only slip through our fingers like cold air.

At that moment, he nearly went mad. Ignoring Ji Chen's warning, he threw his dusty police cap on the ground, pulled out a pistol, let out an incomprehensible roar, and rushed towards Ji Chen's direction.

His old comrade-in-arms was also frightened by the sacrifice just now and couldn't stop him for a moment.

"Old Su! No..."

Pfft!

The old police chief had barely opened his mouth when he saw Chief Su, who hadn't even run a few steps, suddenly fall flat on his face, bleeding profusely, and lose consciousness on the ground.

The old police chief, unsure whether to be happy or sad, staggered a few steps and carried Police Chief Su back.

At this moment, the captains of the other detachments also gathered around, silently waiting for the old police chief's orders.

The old sheriff surveyed the scene. The Happiness Building in the darkness resembled a demon's lair, ready to devour anyone who might try to harm it. Yet, the resilient security guards trembled on the lower floors, awaiting his orders.

Back in front of him, the few remaining branch captains looked at him and Lao Su with red eyes.

He opened his mouth, but the anger that surged from the heavy losses suffered by his subordinates was swallowed up by a kind of fear before it could reach his lips, and he stammered out his words.

Issuing the order to attack was simple, but with over a hundred of the police's best officers already lost today, how could the remaining officers possibly harm the monster inside the building?

The living are greater than the dead!

He recalled the man's behavior inside the building today, and the residential buildings outside the hundred-meter cordon, where thousands of lights were already on.

With tears streaming down his face, he closed his eyes and choked out:

"Retreat! Retreat!"

After saying that, he collapsed to the ground in despair.

Whether it was relief or disappointment, the detachment leaders pulled out their walkie-talkies and dryly transmitted orders:

"retreat."

The sirens stopped, the lights went out, and the police station evacuated at lightning speed.

Only a few stubborn security guards remained, symbolically continuing to keep an eye on Ji Chen.

. . . . . .

Ji Chen walked to the top floor and stood silently in the cold wind, watching the police station officers leave.

There was neither excitement nor disappointment.

The Public Security Bureau is not the military after all; there are huge differences in weaponry, personnel training, and professional expertise.

He can go toe-to-toe with the police and force them to compromise, but what if the opponent is the military...?

Ji Chen shook his head. The reason he could hold his own against the police was because this was a residential area. Otherwise, if a powerful bomb had been thrown at him, he would have been in deep trouble today.

He packed up his supplies, carried the heavy firearms weighing over a hundred pounds, and went to a building at the very edge of the blockade. He chose a large, single-level apartment and moved in temporarily.

Pulling out his phone with its dented screen, Ji Chen began gathering information.

Is there a war going on in the North District of D City? It's been blaring all day today, it's terrifying!

[I've seen it from a distance using a drone; it looks just like a war zone.]

[I heard it's related to Chu Junhui from this morning, but I don't know exactly what happened?]

On a certain forum, Ji Chen also saw information related to himself.

He didn't pay much attention to it. If it weren't for wanting to see his influence and assess the difficulty of obtaining his interference level, he wouldn't have clicked to look.

[I am Chu Junhui. Today I blew up the police station. Add me to your VIP list for 1000 followers, and I'll carry you through the post-apocalyptic world.]

After leaving a casual message, Ji Chen began searching for forums related to biology.

My cat Mimi's acting strange today; she keeps hissing at me. Any suggestions, fellow netizens? (Attached image.jpg)

[We recommend ordering Dass directly]

[Ha Ren, he's already in Rattlesnake form, and something's wrong with his eyes... why are they glowing green?]

[Lighting Issues]

[Are you out of your mind? Whose mansion cat has its eyes glowing green in broad daylight?]

Ji Chen's attention was drawn, and he clicked on the post to take a look.

The cat-like creature with its fur standing on end had bright yellow-green spots of light bursting from its eyes. Its mouth had an eerie curve, and sticky saliva dripped onto the ground, forming a small puddle. The traces of corrosion on the floor were faintly visible.

"This thing mutated that fast?"

Ji Chen couldn't help but be surprised, considering that he had merged with that mysterious virus in the early hours of this morning.

But even after almost a day, the mutation had no effect other than significantly improving the body's martial arts aptitude and physical potential.

If Ji Chen hadn't made such a smooth progress in cultivating his Qi and Blood Martial Arts, and hadn't discovered that the bacterial community, which was also integrated with the mysterious virus, was undergoing drastic changes, he would have treated the mysterious virus as a useless NPC.

However, the changes in other animals at this time still corroborated the potential of the mysterious virus to cause a massive upheaval.

Ji Chen kept scrolling, continuing to search for other posts.

I found a cockroach today; I can't kill it by stepping on it, it's impossible to kill!

[Truly immortal!]

Even though the cockroach in the picture was stomped on until all the juices were flowing out, its thorax and abdomen were crushed by the poster, and half of its head was missing, it was still wriggling there.

According to the poster, this situation continued for two hours, and Xiaoqiang was still struggling on the ground.

There are countless similar posts. It can be said that beneath the seemingly peaceful and prosperous modern society, there are already turbulent undercurrents that may one day completely erupt and overturn the entire world.

A new look.

Switching to a different app, Ji Chen began to observe the changes in human society from the perspective of short videos.

Ten minutes later, a video from a nearby location caught his attention.

My roommate has been sleeping since midnight. Is he sick? He finally stirred a little earlier, saying he was hungry, but when I brought him food and tried to feed him, he suddenly bit me. I was terrified and called an ambulance, but the hospital said they were short-staffed...

It received thousands of likes, but only two or three comments.

Ji Chen knew perfectly well that the platform had deleted the comments.

"It seems that other upper classes in human society have also noticed the anomaly, not just the technological aristocracy."

Ji Chen continued scrolling.

These short video platforms often rely solely on IP addresses to control the spread of content within specific areas, but it's still possible to see the video in the same region.

Soon, Ji Chen saw similar videos: an elderly family member suddenly falling asleep and not waking up, an infant suddenly stopping breathing, or someone becoming emaciated after a minor illness...

The unusual videos also show that there are so many similar cases that the platform can no longer cover them up.

Even from the few scattered comments, one can see that a certain panic is spreading.

Many people have begun to debate whether or not to hoard food.

Some say this is a sign of the end times, and stockpiling food is very necessary.

Some mocked that this was due to reading too many novels and getting it into their heads, but they also acknowledged that a virus might be starting to spread, so stockpiling food probably wouldn't hurt.

Ji Chen smiled when he saw this.

He never even considered stockpiling food.

As the saying goes, "If my neighbor hoards grain, I hoard guns; my neighbor is my granary."

Not to mention that Ji Chen also possesses martial arts skills; no one else can starve to death, but he won't.

Suddenly, Ji Chen, who was scrolling through short videos, twitched his ears, stood up abruptly, and looked towards the city center.

He heard something different.