Screaming Chicken

Not quite...

Besides that, there was also a chick that looked rather naive.

Its body was very small, and it had been completely hidden by the small box until now. It was only when it stood up unsteadily that Cheng Shuili noticed it.

It looked like a completely ordinary chick, with soft yellow fluff on its head that wobbled with its movements, appearing quite cute.

"Is this... a gift of a chick, now that it knows we can raise them?"

Su Rui stared at the pale yellow chick and asked.

Cheng Shuili was not sure what was going on either. She watched it for a while, and honestly, it really was quite cute.

But just in case, Cheng Shuili used Insight on it.

【Insight Successful】

【Screaming Chicken】

【Description: A monster derived from a strange human product! In its past life, it emitted screams due to being trampled by humans; in this life, it stands tall once more, fueled by a desire for revenge! Once it successfully stands, it will open its mouth wide to let out a roar, summoning all monsters within a certain range, anywhere from ten to twenty. If you do not interrupt it before it screams, then... poor human, accept the revenge of the Screaming Chicken! Additionally, if you can resolve the trouble it brings, it can also become a hen that lays eggs.】

【Weaknesses: Afraid of fire, afraid of kitchen knives, afraid of being plucked in hot water, and afraid of everything that ordinary chicks fear.】

Cheng Shuili’s head snapped up the moment she saw the word 'monster', but it was already too late...

The Screaming Chicken had already steadied its wobbly body, its pale yellow fluff shivering in the breeze.

Its tiny claws gripped the edge of the wooden box tightly, and its eyes, like black beans, suddenly widened as its pupils contracted to the size of needle points.

In the next second, its beak snapped open. The beak, which should have been tender, twisted into an exaggerated arc, almost splitting to the corners of its mouth.

"Cluck... cluck-cluck—"

It sounded like a rooster crowing, but the final syllable suddenly pitched up into a harsh, metallic screeching sound.

At the same time, the chick’s wings began to flap frantically, kicking up a gust of fishy, foul wind. The rising dust forced both humans to raise their hands to cover their faces.

After the wind died down, the surroundings fell into an eerie silence.

Cheng Shuili frowned and was just about to restrain the chick when the ground began to shake violently.

On the highway in the distance, the asphalt road surface tore open as if by an invisible hand, and pitch-black fissures snaked their way forward. From deep within the cracks came a rustling, scratching sound, like countless sharp fingernails digging into the earth's crust.

With a loud "thud," a blue-gray giant claw slammed onto the edge of a fissure. The creature's knuckles were as thick as tree trunks, and its claws gleamed with a metallic, cold light. Immediately after, a deformed head slowly emerged. The thing had three asymmetrical eyes, and its bloodshot pupils spun wildly before locking onto Cheng Shuili and Su Rui.

"Hiss..."

A thick, sticky gasping sound squeezed out of its throat, and its rotting mouth split open, revealing uneven, jagged fangs. Fishy, foul saliva dripped down its chin, corroding scorched pits into the ground.

Before the two could recover from the shock, clouds of dust rose on both sides of the highway as more dark shadows slowly stood up.

Gaunt, humanoid creatures moved on all fours with their joints bent backward, crawling rapidly like spiders.

Huge lumps of flesh covered in pustules writhed; with every step, foul yellow pus oozed from their ulcerated surfaces.

Translucent ghosts floated in the air, their hollow eye sockets burning with ghostly green hellfire...

They swarmed from all directions, letting out a cacophony of hisses and roars.

And that pale yellow chick stood atop the small wooden box, flapping its little wings triumphantly, emitting happy "cheep-cheep" sounds as if admiring the terrifying army it had summoned.

Cheng Shuili’s pupils constricted, and her knuckles turned white from the force of gripping her long blade. She stared fixedly at the Screaming Chicken still flapping its wings, her mouth twitching repeatedly, wishing she could kill it on the spot.

But she hated the system even more. It wasn't that such monsters couldn't exist, but did they have to be designed to look so harmless?!

Cheng Shuili had really thought it was just an ordinary chick earlier; she had even started daydreaming about eating eggs in the future!

In the blink of an eye, this guy had summoned so many terrifying monsters.

Su Rui’s long spear was already held across her chest, the tip vibrating slightly.

She stared at the dozens of monsters charging toward them and swallowed silently: "Boss, now is not the time to think about how to deal with this chick..."

"I know." Cheng Shuili took a deep breath and suddenly revealed a ferocious smile, "But I'm going to eat roast chicken later."

Calling for backup, were they? She could call for backup too!

Cheng Shuili pulled a necklace from her pocket. Her fingers gripped the stark-white wolf fang tightly, her knuckles turning pale.

Regardless of how many she could call, any help was better than none, right?

A curve, bordering on ferocious, tugged at the corner of her mouth, and suppressed rage surged in her eyes.

Cheng Shuili held the wolf fang high. The sharp tip pierced her palm, and blood meandered down the ancient carvings. "Come forth... pack of wolves!"

The wolf fang suddenly erupted with a blinding, bloody light.

With Cheng Shuili at the center, a ring of dark red ripples exploded outward.

The group of monsters in the distance suddenly became agitated, and several of the pustule-covered monsters in the front row even began to stumble backward.

"Awooooo!"

When the first wolf howl came from the edge of the wilderness, it still carried a trembling tail, followed immediately by a second, a third...

The overlapping howls surged from all directions like a tidal wave, eventually converging into a deafening roar!

Cheng Shuili opened her eyes slightly, scanning her surroundings.

The virtual grass on both sides of the highway suddenly materialized. It shook violently as first a dozen pairs of ghostly green eyes appeared, followed by twenty, then thirty...

A dense pack of wolves emerged from the wilderness like a black tide.

They were not ordinary wolf-race beastmen; these appeared to be the elite of the tribe. They hunched their nearly three-meter-tall bodies, knotted muscles rippling beneath blue-gray fur, and saliva dripped constantly from between stark-white fangs.

More terrifyingly, all of them wore tattered tactical vests, and some were even carrying rusted rocket launchers.

The one-eyed werewolf leading the pack had half of a strange, broken forearm hanging from its shoulder, as if it had just finished a hard-fought battle.

At this very moment, there was nothing but respect in those terrifying vertical pupils. She knelt slowly before Cheng Shuili.

"King." The one-eyed werewolf’s voice was hoarse, as if she hadn't spoken in a long time. She pressed her head heavily against the ground and said respectfully, "The Third Patrol Team has responded to the call."

The Third Patrol Team?

She had actually summoned the regular army!

Cheng Shuili’s gaze fell upon the cowering monsters. They liked to bully the few with the many, did they? Well, she liked that too!