Live-in Son-in-law
Chapter 193 Earth Demon

Chapter 193: Chapter 193 Earth Demon

Qin Yi turned around and looked helplessly at Xia Yanbing.

Xia Yanbing chuckled softly, "Husband, don’t hold grudges against Linlin. She just has a sharp tongue and a bit of a temper, but deep down, she’s very kind-hearted."

Qin Yi rolled his eyes, "Kind-hearted, huh? I really couldn’t see it."

"Linlin is truly kind. Don’t be fooled by her haughty demeanor. She secretly feeds dozens of stray cats and visits the orphanage with gifts whenever she has time."

Qin Yi was slightly surprised. Lin Hongzhuang had this side to her? He really hadn’t noticed.

"Husband, just don’t hold it against Linlin."

Qin Yi laughed, "I’m not holding grudges. It’s just her mouth; she dares to say anything."

Xia Yanbing giggled lightly.

Qin Yi looked at Xia Yanbing’s beautiful face, his gaze suddenly becoming fiery, "Wife, is your relative really here?"

Xia Yanbing noticed the flames flickering in Qin Yi’s eyes, her cheeks blushing instantly. She nodded gently.

Qin Yi was at a loss for words, truly exasperated. This relative couldn’t just be sent away immediately.

Xia Yanbing leaned close to Qin Yi’s ear and whispered, "Husband, I’ll be yours sooner or later."

Qin Yi suddenly felt his blood rushing, almost unable to control himself.

...

In the middle of the night, Qin Yi was holding Xia Yanbing, sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, a rapid knocking on the door sounded.

"Big brother, big brother..."

Zhou Wenyun’s voice came from outside the door.

Not to mention Qin Yi, even Xia Yanbing was awakened by the noise.

Qin Yi had a dark expression, thinking the Zhou family must be crazy or something, knocking on someone else’s door in the dead of night.

"Go away!"

Xia Yanbing, having just woken up, spoke with a hint of drowsiness, "Husband, could you go take a look? Maybe there’s something urgent."

Qin Yi sighed, got up, and went to open the door.

"Big brother, something big has happened."

Qin Yi frowned, "What happened?"

"You’d better put on some clothes and come with me to see. You’ll understand once you see it!"

Qin Yi nodded helplessly, telling Xia Yanbing to go back to sleep, and that he’d be back soon.

After getting dressed, Qin Yi followed Zhou Wenyun to the Zhou Family’s living room.

On the ground were five stretchers, all covered with white cloth. From the outlines, there seemed to be people on the stretchers.

Zhou Tianwei was there too, his face grim. When he saw Qin Yi, he hurried over to him, "Mr. Qin, I’m really sorry to disturb you so late."

"What’s happened?"

Zhou Wenyun’s face was somber, "Another monster has appeared."

Qin Yi was slightly taken aback, "Monster, are you talking about the Blood Monkey?"

"Mr. Qin, you’ll understand once you take a look." Zhou Tianwei signaled someone to uncover the white cloth.

Sure enough, a corpse lay on the stretcher.

Qin Yi stepped forward, frowning slightly. This person had died a terrible death! An arm was severed, the neck almost cut through, connected by a bit of flesh, and three wounds on the body were deep enough to see the bone, almost like a disembowelment.

"These are claw marks, not made by a sharp weapon. But it could also have been some sort of claw-shaped weapon."

Zhou Tianwei nodded, "Mr. Qin, you have keen eyes! With your extensive knowledge, can you identify what kind of monster it is?"

Qin Yi said, "I can’t tell for now, but it’s definitely not the Blood Monkey. A Blood Monkey’s claws are limited in length, and their lethality isn’t this terrifying... Tell me the specifics."

Zhou Tianwei said solemnly, "These five people were sent to guard the Heavenly Pit. When the night shift personnel went to relieve them past midnight, they found them all lying in pools of blood, all dead."

Qin Yi said, "The blood hasn’t completely coagulated yet, so it seems they haven’t been dead for long."

Zhou Tianwei pulled out his phone, opened it, and handed it to Qin Yi, "Mr. Qin, take another look at this. These are photos taken at the scene."

Qin Yi took the phone and saw several messy claw prints, similar to bird claws with only three claw marks, but each claw mark was over twenty centimeters long.

"Mr. Qin, can you tell what it is?"

Qin Yi shook his head slightly, returning the phone to Zhou Tianwei, "I can’t tell."

At that moment, a Zhou Family disciple ran in, "Family Head, we found a section of surveillance video nearby."

Zhou Tianwei quickly took the phone from the disciple’s hand and opened it. The video played slowly, initially showing a row of cars parked by the roadside without anything else... But after a few seconds, a shadow suddenly appeared beside one of the cars.

Everyone squinted their eyes.

What on earth was this?

The creature caught in the video looked like a person but was over two meters tall, hunchbacked, with skin and no fur, covered in protruding muscles, and possessing disproportionately long arms and legs, looking distorted.

But when this unknown creature turned its head, Zhou Tianwei and others instinctively took a step back.

Because this wasn’t human at all but a monster they had never seen, with a sharp snout and sunken eyes like seams, no nose, no ears, but a disproportionately large mouth occupying half of its face.

The creature slowly opened its mouth, revealing interlocking fangs, and crucially, a scarlet tongue fell out, making it look disgusting and terrifying.

The creature accidentally bumped into a car behind it, the car’s lights flashing and the alarm blaring. The creature was startled, turned around, and struck with its claw, leaving three marks across the car door.

Everyone clearly saw this creature had only three fingers per claw, each about twenty centimeters long, resembling... like Wolverine’s claws in the movies.

It seemed that the five people killed by the Zhou family were all victims of such a creature. With its claws capable of tearing through car doors, human flesh would be like paper against them.

The creature tore through the car door with one swipe and then disappeared from the surveillance in a blink, moving unbelievably fast.

No one could come back to their senses for a long time.

After a while, Zhou Tianwei spoke with a serious expression, "What on earth is this thing?"

"Earth Demon." Qin Yi said solemnly.

Everyone instinctively looked at Qin Yi.

Zhou Tianwei looked at Qin Yi in shock, "Mr. Qin, do you recognize this monster?"

Qin Yi frowned inwardly. The Eye of Righteous and Evil provided him with a vast array of knowledge but only a simple introduction to these strange creatures.

He knew of Blood Ghost Vine, Blood Monkey, and now Earth Demon. But he only knew these things by name and general habits, nothing more, with no detailed memory.

Qin Yi said, "I once leafed through an ancient text that mentioned the Earth Demon, which resembles this monster. But I’m not certain if it’s an Earth Demon, as the text only briefly mentioned it without detailed description."

"I thought such creatures were just fictitious tales cooked up by scribblers to entertain. I never expected such a monster to truly exist."

Just then, a faint voice entered Qin Yi’s ear, "Master, this is indeed an Earth Demon, just a Low Rank one, equivalent to a human’s Foundation Establishment Stage adept."

Qin Yi was startled, and Ning Yin appeared, asking Blood Flood Dragon, "Do you recognize this thing?"

"Master, my inheritance contains records of this creature; three claws signify a Low Rank Earth Demon, four claws a Middle Rank, and five a High Rank... But these beings live in the Primordial, why would they appear here?"

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