"You have no idea how thrilling it was; I almost lost my life."

Yang Fan sat in the back of the pickup truck, vividly recounting the poisonous ant attack in Yokoni City.

The family of four, including Big Beard Johnson, listened intently, each with a tense expression.

"I followed the hint from the phone app and fled to the nearest shelter.

"When I reached the entrance of the shelter, I suddenly had a very bad feeling.

"I had a feeling that if I entered the shelter, I would definitely die inside.

"I hesitated for a moment and stood outside the gate while many people rushed past me into the shelter.

"After a while, that bad feeling grew stronger, so I chose to leave the shelter and hid in a nearby apartment building.

"Many people in the apartment building left in a hurry, not even closing their doors. I randomly chose a room and hid in its utility room.

"About ten seconds later, I heard screams from the street outside. The sound was indescribably horrendous, and to this day, I still get chills thinking about it."

The family all turned pale.

The freckled-faced girl's complexion turned a bit white, yet she couldn't help wanting to hear more.

They weren't stupid, and naturally guessed that the source of the screams was probably an unlucky soul being eaten by a monster.

"I waited for a while longer. When the sounds outside disappeared, I dared to walk to the window, pull aside the curtain, and take a look outside."

At this point, Yang Fan deliberately left a suspenseful pause: "Can you guess what I saw?"

The boy was the first to shout, "A half-eaten corpse, with intestines dragging several meters on the ground!"

The girl shuddered and shouted, "Wilbur, shut up!"

Big Beard Johnson also reprimanded, "Don't talk nonsense."

The boy shrank his neck, not daring to say anything more.

Only then did Yang Fan reveal the answer: "I didn't see any bodies, but I saw the monsters.

"They charged at the shelter's gate, crashed into it, and disappeared the moment they touched the door."

The boy couldn't help but exclaim, "How is that possible?"

Yang Fan mimicked the Carminians, shrugging: "Monsters have superpowers too, don't they?"

The so-called "superpower" is how Carmenians refer to supernatural abilities in their folklore.

The boy nodded, "Okay?"

The girl brought the story back on track: "Mr. Jack, where did those monsters go?"

The "Jack" in her words was a name Yang Fan made up for himself.

Yang Fan revealed the mystery: "Later, I learned that these monsters have the ability to pass through walls.

"They went through the shelter's entrance and entered inside, slaughtering the people there."

The girl instinctively covered her mouth, her eyes filled with fear.

Big Beard's wife, Fenna, spoke for the first time: "That's terrible!"

It was easy to imagine that the shelter's door was tightly sealed, and the people inside had nowhere to retreat to, forced to watch as the monsters came at them.

Johnson gripped the steering wheel and nodded, "A very thrilling story."

It seemed that Big Beard didn't quite believe this story.

Fenna glared at her husband.

She felt her husband's words weren't very polite.

Yang Fan smiled slightly, not bothering to explain himself.

The tragedy at the shelter was a real event; he just dramatized it a bit and inserted himself into the story.

The boy was keenly interested: "Mr. Jack, what happened next?"

Yang Fan said, "Later, the Federation mobilized a large army to start encircling and annihilating the monsters. Occasionally, bombs would fall.

"On my way home, I saw at least six buildings demolished, with many people buried under the rubble.

"After I got home, I felt that staying in Yokoni City was too dangerous, so I left with my old friend."

The boy's tone carried admiration, "Mr. Jack, you are a very brave person, daring to run around outside when there are still monsters."

Yang Fan shrugged again, "I'm very afraid of death, so I wouldn't want to stay in the same place as monsters."

The girl asked again, "I remember the news said that the Federation Army wiped out most of the monsters, and the remaining few escaped. Why did you leave Yokoni City?"

Yang Fan countered, "Do you think there's any truth in the information released by the Federation official sources?"

The entire family shook their heads.

The boy spoke bluntly, "The Federation's official news is filled with all kinds of lies; the officials are all liars."

Yang Fan nodded, "That's indeed the case."

He knew some hidden truths about how corrupt the Federation's upper echelons had become.

Yang Fan pondered for a moment before revealing: "I heard a saying, it wasn't the Federation Army that wiped out the monsters.

"The monsters simply didn't want to fight anymore and hid. Yokoni City is still a dangerous place."

As the mastermind behind it, he was, of course, speaking the truth.

The leader of the Black Sand Poison Ants, Budabula, realized that over a quarter of its kin were dead or injured, and saw no benefit in continuing the fight, so it led its kind to hide in the city's sewers.

Johnson acknowledged this: "Buddy, I personally am more inclined to believe your words."

Fenna added a comment: "It seems our family's decision to move from Sax County was very wise."

The family could never have imagined that the young man they picked up on the road was actually the orchestrator of the monster attack.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.