A well-known crew member nearby glanced around and said with some confidence, “Let’s go to the island, to the highest point, and try to call for help! Just staying here by the shore isn’t safe either. Who knows if they’ll swim over again? Those two water monsters clearly seem to be with them!”

This suggestion immediately gained the support of many tourists... At this point, as long as they could get farther from those monsters, any idea sounded good!

After the crew and others entered the forest, David Bolton suddenly followed after them.

Clenching his fists, the corners of his mouth twitching nervously, he muttered, “There must be more of those creatures following you. They’re bound to show up...”

The tourists soon ventured deep into the forest...

They also encountered quite a few corpses, and... some that were still alive.

But with so many people around, none of them noticed the living mutant, nor the female tourist he had just tackled to the ground.

When that female tourist stood up again, her expression had already changed...

“A sound, over there.” She suddenly pointed ahead and to the side.

“A sound? Should we go check it out?” The tourists were stunned for a moment, then began to discuss.

If it was a person, they definitely wouldn’t go.

But a sound... On this unknown island, where all they could see were corpses and black plants, they hoped to find something else.

“Should we go take a look?” a tourist suggested cautiously.

The crew member thought for a moment, then finally nodded. “Yeah, let’s go check it out, but be careful.”

“We’ll just take a look from a distance, it should be fine.”

“Yeah...”

But no one noticed that the female tourist now had a bite mark on her hand, and from within the wound, a lot of blood-colored gel was oozing out...

Chapter 012: Encounter

“Ah!!!”

Just as William Scott felt they were getting closer and closer to the “nest,” a sudden scream came from ahead.

“Help!”

It was those tourists! How did they end up here too?

William Scott quickly turned and waved to Grace Johnson and the others, then cautiously moved toward the direction of the sound.

In a mist-shrouded dense forest, the tourists who had just escaped death once again fell into despair. Many of them instinctively scattered and ran, but shadows would suddenly dart out from behind and tackle them to the ground.

William Scott hid behind a large tree, watching the situation in terror.

At that moment, a tourist fleeing in desperation suddenly ran toward the tree, but just a few meters away, a figure lunged from the side and knocked the tourist down.

“No, no!”

The tourist had just started to struggle up when the mutant grabbed his calf and, without seeming to use much force, twisted it.

Crack.

With a crisp sound, the tourist’s screams stopped instantly, and William Scott, who had been about to rush out, forcibly held himself back... What’s going on? Weren’t they supposed to absorb and transform?

After knocking the tourist out, the mutant grabbed his twisted, deformed leg and dragged him off in another direction into the dense forest.

The mutants’ combat power seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

That gaze, which looked almost exactly human but was completely devoid of humanity, immediately brought the word “monster” to mind.

“Let’s follow and take a look.” William Scott frowned, but couldn’t help thinking this.

He barely hesitated, then immediately turned to Grace Johnson and the others and said, “You guys hide nearby. I’ll go check out the situation.”

“I’ll go with you,” Grace Johnson blurted out.

William Scott was about to refuse, but seeing the determination in Grace Johnson’s eyes, he thought for a moment and nodded. “Alright. The rest of you, be careful, especially if anything unusual happens. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

“Su...” Emily Carter wanted to go too, but as soon as she stood up, she felt a burning pain in her hand.

“Ah...” She quickly clutched her hand, and when she looked up, William Scott and Grace Johnson were already far away.

Emily Carter slowly let go and glanced at her hand, only to see her finger bones seemed to twist on their own, as if they had a life of their own... Her eyes widened in shock. What’s happening?! But when she looked again, the change seemed to have disappeared...

“Isn’t that Captain Bolton? Why is he here too?” a male student’s surprised voice suddenly sounded.

Emily Carter quickly put down her hand and, together with Eric Harris and the others, turned to look.

Sure enough, in a patch of grass diagonally across from them, a familiar figure was crouching.

But David Bolton had his back to them the whole time and hadn’t noticed they were nearby. If that male student hadn’t had sharp eyes, they might not have spotted David Bolton either.

“Zhang...”

Chad Green was just about to call out, but Emily Carter said, “Didn’t you hear what Su said? We need to be extra careful if anything unusual happens...”