I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

Chapter 172: Chapter 158: Su Ze, Join My Body

Before long, Liou Wenxin suddenly received a message from the Public Security Department. They had located a person suspected of being the culprit. Several Butterfly Stage masters were surrounding the scene, and General Li Fayi was on his way.

A few minutes later, another message arrived: the culprit had broken through the encirclement, and their whereabouts were unknown.

Analysis of photos from the scene confirmed that the culprit was indeed Huo Yuanzheng, who had been feminized after being parasitized.

But now, the teacher in his fifties was clad in a long red dress with a slit that ran all the way up to the top of his thigh. The look was fiery and bold. He was sexy and tall, with an hourglass figure. Only a faint trace of his former self could be seen in his facial features.

Huo Yuanzheng was, in fact, still alive. However, having been parasitized, he could no longer control his own actions and had become a puppet for the parasite.

Still, one could only wonder what he would think if he ever broke free from the parasite and saw what he had become.

What made Su Ze slightly uneasy was that the place where Huo Yuanzheng had appeared wasn’t too far from Dongli University. He was afraid the man might flee in their direction.

Just then, an announcement blared over the speakers at Dongli University, reminding all students to remain in their dormitories and not to go outside.

All combat department teachers currently on campus at Dongli University gathered in one place, ready on standby.

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「Half an hour later.」

Mr. Ya suddenly received a phone call from a student. The student had seen a suspicious woman in a red dress fleeing toward the artificial lake and had found bloodstains where she had passed.

Su Ze and Mr. Ya set off at once, heading for the campus’s artificial lake. Liou Wenxin was responsible for notifying the other departments and the teachers at Dongli University, telling them to hurry over as reinforcements.

Using an Escape Technique to travel, Su Ze and Mr. Ya were the first to arrive near the artificial lake. The two of them surveyed the area around the lake. It was calm and tranquil, with not a soul in sight.

Su Ze activated his Super Olfaction and caught a faint scent of blood. Following the smell, he quickly located several bloodstains near the lake.

The stains didn’t form a continuous trail, making it impossible to track by sight. However, Huo Yuanzheng was injured, which meant he could be tracked by the scent of blood wafting from his body.

Su Ze sniffed the air, following the trail to the edge of the artificial lake. ”The smell of blood disappears here,” he whispered. ”The culprit probably went into the lake.”

As a Marine Beast, it was normal for the Crab Fiend to gravitate toward water.

He immediately pulled Mr. Ya back, moving quickly away from the lake.

The culprit was parasitizing Huo Yuanzheng, a Butterfly Stage master. Su Ze knew that he and Mr. Ya were no match for their opponent, and they also had to be wary of the parasite inside him.

Mr. Ya, being at the Butterfly Stage, was slightly better off. Unless it was a Saint-rank parasitic beast, it would be difficult to parasitize him instantly. But Su Ze was only at the Cocoon Stage. If he encountered a Tier 3 parasitic beast, it could very well invade his body in an instant.

Their job was to keep an eye on this spot, prevent the culprit from escaping, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The artificial lake at Dongli University was deep and vast. Luckily, there were no lotus leaves or flowers at this time of year, or else it would have been difficult to notice any movement within it.

Su Ze followed Mr. Ya as they first circled the lake to confirm the culprit hadn’t escaped from another direction. Then, the two of them stood a few dozen meters from the shore, quietly watching the placid surface of the water.

But just then, the unexpected happened. A male and a female student, who appeared to be a couple, started walking toward the artificial lake.

’These brainless teenage couples, risking their lives for a little romance?’ Su Ze cursed inwardly.

The school broadcast had repeatedly warned everyone to stay in their dorms, yet this pair was heading straight for the artificial lake where the culprit was hiding.

Cursing was one thing, but Su Ze and Mr. Ya still ran toward the young couple to warn them to stay away from the lake.

But before they could reach the shore, a figure in red shot out of the lake, appearing before the young couple like a phantom.

She looked just like the water spirits in red from folklore, who drown and then rise from the depths to find a replacement.

”AHH!”

The young couple screamed in terror.

The red-clad figure reached for the male student, effortlessly grabbing him.

Then, fissures burst open all over the red-clad figure’s skin as something began to emerge from within her body.

In the process, the red-clad figure rapidly shriveled.

A flat, fleshy mass tore itself free from the red-clad figure’s body. The mass was yellowish-white and connected to countless tiny, root-like tentacles. The tentacles writhed, pushing the yellowish-white ball of flesh toward the male student.

It was clear now that the perpetrator was indeed a Crab Fiend beast, not a human Evolver.

The Crab Fiend beast was clearly abandoning its injured host to find a new one.

”Not good!” Mr. Ya exclaimed, signaling for Su Ze to stay put as he rushed forward to save the student.

Su Ze’s evolution level was low, and moving forward would risk being parasitized, so he stayed where he was and didn’t get any closer.

However, the Crab Fiend beast was incredibly fast. It tore a wound in the boy’s chest, burrowed inside, and began the process of parasitizing him.

Mr. Ya stopped in his tracks. The boy was already being parasitized by the Crab Fiend; there was little he could do even if he rushed in. He could only shout at the petrified girl beside him, ”Run!”

With the Crab Fiend already parasitizing the male student, the girl was actually in less danger, as the beast clearly preferred male hosts.

Mr. Ya, on the other hand, was not only male but also of a higher evolution level than the student. If he got closer, there was a high chance he would become the Crab Fiend’s next target.

But to both Su Ze and Mr. Ya’s surprise, the female student heard Mr. Ya’s loud warning but showed no intention of fleeing. She just stood there foolishly.

’Were her legs so weak from fright that she couldn’t move?’

The next second, a smile suddenly appeared on the girl’s face. It was a bright, sunny smile, but in this situation, Su Ze found it utterly bizarre.

BAM!

Suddenly, the female student moved. But instead of running, she slammed a vicious punch into the boy beside her, producing a dull thud.

The boy’s body exploded as if hit by a cannonball!

Chunks of flesh flew everywhere.

Su Ze and Mr. Ya were both dumbfounded.

’What is happening?’

’What the hell kind of plot twist is this?’

However, an even bigger shock was yet to come.

After the boy’s body exploded, the girl precisely plucked a flat, fleshy ball covered in fine tentacles from his remains. It was the Crab Fiend beast!

The Crab Fiend beast struggled relentlessly in the girl’s hand, but it couldn’t break free.

”Look, the chunks of meat...” Mr. Ya pointed at the scattered pieces on the ground, backing away in shock and moving closer to Su Ze.

Su Ze had also noticed something was wrong. After the boy’s body was blown apart by that punch, there was no blood!

Not a single drop of blood!

The fragmented pieces were all just tender, fatty chunks of pale meat, without a hint of blood color.

Not only was there no blood, but it seemed his body had no internal organs either!

’What was that guy?’

’Was he even human?’

’What *was* that thing?’

’Even the Crab Fiend beast must have been dumbfounded. What the hell did it just try to parasitize?!’

’How was it supposed to parasitize a pile of meat?’

The bizarre scene was beyond Su Ze and Mr. Ya’s comprehension. They scrambled backward. Go save someone?

’To hell with that!’

’Was that even a person they were supposed to save?’

Just then, the chunks of meat scattered on the ground suddenly began to move, wriggling in unison toward the girl.

The pieces reached the girl’s feet, crawled up her legs and onto her body, and finally merged with her.

As the chunks of meat continued to integrate, the girl’s body plumped up at a visible rate, like an inflating balloon.

In the blink of an eye, she had become fat.

”You must be Su Ze,” the girl said, holding the Crab Fiend beast in one hand. She looked at Su Ze with a sweet smile that sent a chill straight to the top of his head.

”I’m not. You’ve got the wrong person.” Su Ze turned and ran.

”Why run so fast? I admire you. I want to invite you to join my body.”

The moment she finished speaking, a distinctive-looking chunk of meat on the ground began to wriggle rapidly, chasing after Su Ze at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.