Why is my anime art style so weird?

Xu Ming patted its little head with satisfaction.

Looking at the time, it was already around 1 p.m. Xu Ming's expression tightened. If the time spent scouting the location beforehand was taken into account, today's time was probably a bit tight.

Xu Ming immediately changed into his windbreaker and put on his backpack.

Upon entering the living room, Xu Ming, as usual, picked up three incense sticks, preparing to offer them to his sister.

Xu Ming thought about it again. He had just met his older sister last night, and now he had to offer incense to her. Xu Ming felt a little awkward.

However, Xu Ming still obediently offered incense, and then added Arita Haruyuki to his "Hyakki Yagyōshō" before leaving home.

Xu Ming took the subway and returned to Totsuki Tea House.

After having lunch at Polaris Dormitory and resting for a while, Xu Ming set off again.

After walking through the wide, desolate campus, Xu Ming appeared in front of a two-story building.

The building's facade is a blue, all-glass structure with a slightly concave top and upturned ends. However, the more Xu Ming looked at it, the more he felt that the building resembled a translucent coffin lying horizontally from a distance.

This place is located in the northwest corner of the Totsuki Tea House, and the glass building in front of him is just the entrance to the 'Animal Expo Park'.

After the entrance, you will find the main body of the animal park, which is surrounded by layers of wire mesh. It covers an area larger than fifty standard football fields and is completely open-air, mimicking the structure of nature.

The entire northwest corner of the Totsuki Tea House, nearly one-fifth of its area, is occupied by the Zoo.

Before the Totsuki Salon closed down, the animal park was open to visitors on a daily basis, and the animals inside the park were also one of the sources of food for the Totsuki Salon.

But now this place is completely abandoned.

The blue glass facade of the entrance building has been neglected for a long time, covered with various traces of wind and rain, and looks hazy.

Soft weeds stubbornly peeked out from between the paving stones, while the hard gray paving stones were mostly broken.

The road in front of the door was almost covered by ankle-high weeds, obscuring its original color.

Xu Ming stepped through the weeds and walked to the door.

The enormous glass door was only half intact; the other half was completely shattered into powder, which was scattered across the entrance.

On the other side, on the intact glass door, there was a dark brown bloody handprint, which was very long, stretching from the middle of the door all the way to the bottom.

Looking at the bloody handprint, Xu Ming even imagined a blood-soaked hand desperately pressing against the glass door, then slowly sliding down.

Stepping over the remaining seals, Xu Ming carefully entered the building.

A spacious hall appeared before Xu Ming.

A huge tourist map hangs on the wall, rows of benches are placed on the left side of the lobby, and the reception desk is on the right.

Chapter Seventy-Six: The Entrance

This hall appears to be a place for tourists to rest and wait.

After examining the traces, Xu Ming discovered that some terrible things had happened in this hall.

The ground was filthy and messy, with scraps of paper, packaging bags, clothes, plastic bottles and other trash scattered around. The surfaces were covered in mold, and small insects scurried around under the garbage.

Even more terrifying, numerous dark brown bloody handprints and footprints were imprinted on the ground, walls, and even on the large map.

Interspersed among them were numerous bloody footprints of various shapes, seemingly left by animals.

There were still large bloodstains on the ground from dragging the body.

Xu Ming even found more than a dozen bullet casings covered in green patina and two bullet holes on the ground.

It looked as if a bloody massacre had taken place here.

The victims of the massacre could very well be human!

At the far end of the hall is an iron gate, in front of which is a turnstile similar to those in a subway station. Behind the gate is lush greenery, seemingly leading into the park.

The iron gate had been forcibly broken off by something and was lying limply to the side, while the turnstile had been destroyed by something.

There is a door on each side of the hall, but it's unclear where they lead.

Xu Ming walked past rows of chairs to the door on the left. There was a sign on the door that read "Guard Room".

The wooden door also appeared to have been ravaged; the entire surface of the door was concave, with two huge creases running through it. The doorknob had fallen to the ground, and there was still a lot of blood on it.

The door was ajar. Xu Ming held his phone in one hand and pressed the other hand against the door, gently pushing it inward.

Squeak!

The old door hinges made a grating noise, then slowly opened.

Just then, a pale hand suddenly reached out from behind the door and grabbed Xu Ming's wrist!

Xu Ming was startled and instinctively tugged and swayed.

To his surprise, this subconscious action caused his hand to be pulled out from behind the door and flung away.

Xu Ming then saw clearly that the hand had been severed cleanly at the shoulder, with numerous bite marks at the cut.

Even after the severed arm was thrown to the ground, it seemed unwilling to give up. Its fingers danced like it was playing the piano as it quickly crawled toward Xu Ming.

Xu Ming's expression instantly turned cold, and he stepped directly on the back of its hand.

The severed arm immediately began to struggle wildly at his feet, its five fingers twisting erratically like five small snakes.

Xu Ming raised his phone expressionlessly.

Click!

With a soft click of the shutter, the world instantly became quiet.

Xu Ming picked up his phone with a serious expression and checked the time.

It's 3 PM now, just past noon, and there are already some 'strange' things moving around in the zoo. What will happen at night...?

Xu Ming subconsciously looked up at the gate leading into the park.

Through the gaps in the iron fence, one can see that the park is lush and green, with leaves swaying in the wind—a verdant world full of natural beauty.

Xu Ming always felt that behind those clumps of bushes, pairs of hungry eyes were staring intently at him, as if they were staring at a piece of food that was about to be put into his mouth.

The park is a hunting ground fraught with danger.

After much hesitation, Xu Ming abandoned his idea of ​​entering the Expo Park ahead of schedule.

After exploring the entrance, he planned to walk around the barbed wire fence of the Expo Park to see if he could make any new discoveries.

Just to be on the safe side, Xu Ming summoned Haruyuki Arita.

The little piglet had just run out of the 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' and was immediately terrified by the various terrifying marks in the hall. It jumped onto Xu Ming's head and clung to him tightly, refusing to let go.

Then it realized that the sun was shining brightly, and it immediately wilted.

Xu Ming's head immediately showed a few black lines.

When eating snacks, he looks so invincible, but now he's already wilted before he's even started. He's so useless!

Xu Ming simply let it stay on his shoulder and then walked with it to the right side of the hall.

Upon opening the large door on the right side of the hall, Xu Ming discovered the staircase leading to the second floor.

The stairs were also covered with messy, bloody footprints.

Xu Ming was able to identify the footprints of one or two pairs of standard leather boots, while the rest were animal footprints, especially those of canines.

Xu Ming immediately thought of the information that Kato Megumi had given him.

Intelligence indicates that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department dispatched SATs to suppress the rampaging animals, but the operation was a major failure, with two anti-terrorism special police officers killed in action.

According to survivors, they were attacked by a pack of mutated wolves inside the Expo Park.

Compared to ordinary wolves, these mutated wolf packs are more fearless and resilient, often remaining mobile even after being shot multiple times.

Left with no other option, the commander chose to evacuate.

As a result, they were unexpectedly attacked by the 'monster' during the retreat, and the retreat turned into a rout. Most of the team members returned, but two people were separated from the main force.

From the footprints on the ground, Xu Ming could fully imagine what had happened.

The two SAT team members helped each other and finally reached the entrance, only to find that it had been blocked by a pack of mutated wolves. Helpless, they fled to the second floor.

The wolf pack followed closely, and eventually, the two team members ran out of ammunition and food, and were surrounded and killed by the wolves...

Xu Ming went down the stairs to the second floor, and the traces he found along the way seemed to corroborate his speculation.

Bloodstained footprints, scattered bullet casings, charred bullet holes, and the remains of a canine animal long since turned to skeletal bones...

The stairs lead all the way to the innermost room on the second floor.

Xu Ming pushed open the door, and an extremely messy room appeared before him.

Judging from the furniture displayed in the room, this should be an employee bedroom.

However, all the signs indicate that a fierce battle once took place here.

The bed frame and wardrobe were used as makeshift cover by blocking the doorway, and they were covered with bullet holes, scratches, and a lot of blood.

The room was filled with broken furniture and the remains of various animals.

Blood splattered on the wall, slowly forming a strange, abstract black painting.

Inside the room, against the wall, the mutilated skeletons of more than a dozen wolves formed a semi-circle, seemingly the last traces left by the two SAT team members…

The room contained only animal skeletons, not human remains, which were likely taken away by the SAT later.

Xu Ming searched the room carefully but found nothing unusual, so he left the room and headed for the stairs.

Tap! Tap tap!

Just then, Xu Ming suddenly sensed a footstep in the hallway.

The sound of his footsteps overlapped with his, only heavier.

Xu Ming immediately turned around.

There was nothing behind him.

Something's not right! Something's not right!

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Legs

Xu Ming frowned as he observed the corridor behind him.

The corridor was quiet and seemed to be normal, but Xu Ming felt a strong sense of unease.