Three people entered the warehouse again, the buzzing sound of the freezer sending chills down their spines, specifically referring to the three of them because they knew what was inside.

As they stood before the freezer, Yang Hao handed each person a cigarette and said, “Let’s have a smoke first, brothers, and then we can face our fate.”

The three lit their cigarettes, and Li Zu suddenly remembered something. Holding his cigarette, he bowed before the freezer and said, “Brothers and sisters, it was never my intention to put you in there, and I bear you no disrespect. You know I had no choice; after all, you were packed away. If you could manifest and tell me what to do, that would be great. If not, please don’t scare us. We’ll give you a grand burial once we’re done, and in your next life, may you be reborn into a good family. With the housing prices in Beijing so high, there’s no need to linger on this.”

“Where did you learn all this?” Su Wan asked.

“From an old friend of a friend.”

The three of them took a few puffs from their cigarettes, but the pressure was too overwhelming, and they couldn’t smoke anymore. So they stubbed them out, rolled up their sleeves, and prepared to act.

As they walked up to the freezer, Su Wan said, “If you’re going to manifest, now’s the time. If you don’t show yourself now, there won’t be another chance.”

Just as he finished speaking, the freezer suddenly clanged, and the entire unit shook.

The three immediately froze in place, exchanging glances, and Su Wan exclaimed, “Damn, it really manifested!”

Yang Hao raised his hand and slapped Su Wan lightly, “Shut your crow’s mouth.” Su Wan pointed at Li Zu, “He said it first!”

Before he could finish his words, the freezer suddenly tipped over with a loud crash, and the lid flew open, spilling out the body parts. Along with them came a large mass of thick, black objects—snakes, just like the ones they had seen before.

As they hit the ground, they scattered and slid towards the three of them. Instinctively, they stepped back, but the snakes immediately lunged at them with great aggression.

“Oh shit, oh shit!!” Su Wan cursed as he fell to the ground, while the other two pulled him back several meters. The snakes moved slightly slower than the one Li Zu had encountered earlier, likely due to the extremely low temperature inside the freezer, but they still crawled toward them at an alarming speed. The wet, black hair on the ground looked as if it had come to life.

The three of them ran back until they hit the wall. Turning around, they saw the snakes all around their feet. Yang Hao kicked a few of the snakes up to the beams while shouting to Su Wan, “There’s a shovel behind you, grab it!”

Su Wan nodded and turned to pick up the shovel leaning against the wall, tossing it to him.

Yang Hao clearly intended for Su Wan to take the lead so he could catch his breath, but unexpectedly, Su Wan threw the shovel back, hitting him on the head and knocking him into the pile of snakes. Yang Hao, well-versed in street smarts, quickly pushed himself up with one hand, shook off the snakes, and began to swing the shovel, smashing the ones that had surrounded him. He then glared angrily at Su Wan.

“Protect the prince! Protect the prince!” Su Wan yelled as he kicked the snakes away, while Yang Hao swung the shovel and knocked Su Wan against the wall, then came over to help him fend off the snakes.

Li Cu was relatively calm, having faced this situation once before. He had already grabbed a nearby wicker chair to use as a shield, blocking the snakes in front of him. After Yang Hao rescued Su Wan, he came over to help Li Cu, quickly killing the snakes with a few strikes.

The snakes were undeterred by death; one by one, they were swatted down without attempting to escape, continuing to surge forward. As the freezing effect weakened, their speed increased.

“Fire extinguisher! Fire extinguisher!” Su Wan shouted from behind. The two turned to see two fire extinguishers about ten meters away against the wall. The three of them moved together, slowly retreating, and Su Wan picked one up and sprayed it at the snakes.

This proved effective; the snakes began to retreat. Su Wan swung his arms to push them back. As soon as the snakes slowed down, Yang Hao rushed in to deliver a fatal blow. If the snakes retaliated, the two would quickly retreat behind Li Cu, who used the shield to block.

After six or seven minutes, all the visible snakes were dead.

The group gradually relaxed, gathering together to look around. Su Wan remarked, “We’re practically a Spartan phalanx—balanced in offense and defense, unbreakable.”

Yang Hao raised his shovel to hit him, but Li Cu stopped him. Li Cu was drenched in cold sweat as he glanced at the overturned freezer across from them and asked, “No one got bitten, right?”

The three checked their bodies and shook their heads. Su Wan said, “These snakes don’t seem to bite. Several crawled on me, and when I pulled them off, they didn’t bite.”

“Me too,” Yang Hao replied. Before he could finish, he suddenly saw a scaly face emerge from behind Su Wan’s neck.

It was an incredibly hideous face, covered in black fur, which suddenly opened its mouth and bit Su Wan’s neck. Yang Hao shouted in alarm and struck with his shovel, knocking both Su Wan and the face to the ground.

The black-furred snake climbed onto Su Wan’s body, rearing up, its neck opening like a cobra, revealing a strange human face inside.

Even covered in scales, Li Cu recognized it—it was the face of that child, Shen Qiong. Coupled with the black fur of the snake, it looked like a snake with a human head.

“Monstrous!” Yang Hao spat. Su Wan had already lost consciousness, with urine spreading from his pants. “What do we do? I’ll go hit it; you drag Su Wan back.”

“When did you become so brave?” Li Cu asked in surprise.

“I’m only afraid of fresh corpses; I’ll destroy anything alive I see!” Yang Hao shouted, charging in to strike the head.

Unexpectedly, the creature was quite agile, quickly retreating and dodging. Yang Hao swung again, hitting Su Wan instead.

Su Wan’s body arched up, and he spat out water. The snake took the opportunity to coil onto the shovel and swiftly climbed up.

Yang Hao cursed, tossing the shovel aside. The snake quickly reached his hand, leaping up and surprisingly gliding through the air, twisting mid-flight before landing on Yang Hao’s shoulder.

In the blink of an eye, Li Cu, seeing this, grabbed the fire extinguisher and urged Yang Hao to spray it, bringing the snake down. Then he used the bottom of the extinguisher to hit the snake’s head twice.

The snake was evidently much more agile than the others; sparks flew as he struck, but he didn’t hit it at all. After two strikes, it suddenly sprang up.

Li Cu rolled on the spot, and halfway through, he exerted force at his waist to change direction. Sure enough, the snake soared into the air and opened its neck, able to change direction mid-flight. Unexpectedly, Li Cu also changed direction midway, missing the snake and landing on the ground. Yang Hao cursed and, with the power of a long-range shot during a soccer game, kicked the snake right on its neck.

The entire snake was kicked away like a cannonball, crashing into another freezer on the opposite side, rolling to the ground, and twitching a few times, yet it could still move. Yang Hao was indeed a forward, rushing over at high speed and kicking the freezer over, pinning the snake underneath. Then he jumped on top and stomped down furiously.

Whether it was a snake or a dragon, such stomping would surely turn it into minced meat.

Li Cu let out a sigh of relief and stepped forward, only to see the freezer door pushed open by Yang Hao, and a large mass of black hair rolled out from inside, all of it being that kind of snake. They were tangled together, just like the first freezer, scattered all over the ground.