Chapter 64: Red Fog
Urduja’s pupils continuously trembled while staring toward the fallen school ID in her hand.
Meanwhile, the memories inside her mind continuously resurfaced afterward.
The Corrode Family.
That terrifying family from her previous life.
One of the strongest ruling bloodline factions during the later stages of the apocalypse.
The more Urduja remembered them...
The colder her body became continuously.
Because unlike ordinary survivors...
She knew exactly how terrifying the Corrode Family truly became in the future.
Back then, throughout countless survivor cities and territories, the Corrode Family stood at the very top.
Powerful.
Cruel.
Untouchable.
Their bloodline abilities alone already made countless awakened humans despair completely.
Meanwhile, countless powerful parahumans eventually submitted beneath their control.
Several military factions cooperated with them.
Even large survivor sanctuaries feared provoking them.
And yet...
Despite all the information Urduja gathered throughout her previous life...
There had always been one missing piece regarding the Corrode Family.
One strange hidden rumor.
One abandoned existence.
At first, Urduja only thought it was some meaningless story spread secretly among upper circles.
But now...
Everything suddenly connected together.
Immediately afterward, countless fragmented memories regarding her old research surfaced inside her mind continuously.
Back then, during her previous life, Urduja continuously investigated powerful bloodline families secretly.
Especially the Corrode Family.
Because eventually...
They became one of the greatest calamities during the apocalypse.
Meanwhile, during her investigations...
She discovered something strange.
The Corrode Family patriarch and his wife both possessed terrifying bloodline abilities.
The father carried an extremely violent destructive bloodline capable of overwhelming biological evolution itself.
Meanwhile, the mother possessed an ancient psychic lineage connected toward mutation resonance and spiritual adaptation.
Together...
Their child should have been monstrous.
Perfect.
A genius among geniuses.
At least...
That was what everyone expected.
Yet according to hidden rumors...
Their biological child ended up becoming a failure instead.
A weak bloodline.
No.
Not merely weak.
Completely opposite toward the bloodline nature of both parents.
A mutation rejection.
An anomaly.
A child that carried neither side properly.
Meanwhile, because the Corrode Family worshipped strength and bloodline purity above everything else...
The child immediately became treated like shame itself.
A stain.
A disgrace.
An unwanted existence.
Several hidden records even mentioned the child becoming abandoned entirely afterward.
And eventually...
That child disappeared completely.
Meanwhile, later throughout the apocalypse...
No one ever heard about that abandoned child again.
Some believed he died.
Some believed the Corrode Family secretly killed him.
Others believed he escaped.
But regardless...
The missing child eventually became nothing more than forgotten rumor.
Until now.
Meanwhile, Urduja slowly lowered her gaze toward the ID card again afterward.
Clayne Corrode.
Immediately afterward...
Her expression became complicated continuously.
Because suddenly...
Everything made sense now.
The isolation.
The strange personality.
The loneliness.
The fact that he worked part time despite coming from a powerful background.
The way he avoided others.
The eyes he carried.
And most importantly...
The absence of arrogance.
Because unlike the other members of the Corrode Family she encountered in her previous life...
Clayne genuinely felt different.
Meanwhile, the more Urduja thought about him...
The more conflicted her emotions became continuously.
Especially after remembering what happened between them earlier.
Suddenly...
Urduja knitted her brows tightly afterward.
Because for a brief moment...
She actually considered returning toward the school.
Returning toward Clayne.
Saving him.
But immediately afterward...
Urduja’s expression became cold again.
Because regardless of everything...
The surname Corrode still terrified her deeply.
The massacres she witnessed in her previous life remained too vivid.
Entire survivor cities swallowed beneath undead tides orchestrated indirectly by the Corrode Family.
Resource monopolies causing thousands starving to death.
Experimental facilities using humans like livestock.
Power struggles drowning entire sanctuaries beneath bloodshed.
Everywhere the Corrode Family appeared...
Disaster followed afterward.
Meanwhile, just as Urduja remained conflicted silently...
Suddenly...
Her expression changed completely.
Because she sensed something wrong.
Immediately afterward...
The sky itself started changing.
At first...
It merely looked like faint light spreading throughout the distant horizon.
But then...
The entire sky suddenly erupted with massive rays of colored light.
Red.
Purple.
Dark crimson.
Deep green.
Several unnatural colors continuously spread throughout the heavens afterward.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere itself immediately became heavy.
The surrounding wind suddenly stopped.
The undead tide below also gradually slowed afterward.
Then suddenly...
The sky slowly turned red.
Not ordinary red.
No.
It resembled blood itself staining the heavens completely.
Meanwhile, countless strange sounds immediately started echoing throughout the surroundings.
Buzzing.
Clicking.
Scratching.
At first...
The sounds remained faint.
But soon afterward...
They multiplied endlessly.
Then suddenly...
Urduja’s pupils contracted violently.
Because bugs started appearing throughout the sky.
Not merely hundreds.
Thousands.
No.
Millions.
Countless black insects continuously emerged from the reddened heavens like living clouds swallowing the sky completely.
Some resembled giant mosquitoes.
Others looked like flying beetles larger than human heads.
Meanwhile, several creatures possessed transparent wings while giant stingers continuously dripped dark liquid below.
The sky itself gradually became covered entirely by the endless swarm.
And then...
The undead tide below stopped moving completely.
Every undead throughout the streets slowly raised their heads upward simultaneously.
The sight immediately made several survivors behind Urduja scream in fear.
Meanwhile, Urduja’s face immediately became serious afterward.
Because unlike the others...
She expected this.
Immediately afterward, Urduja spoke coldly.
"Prepare yourselves."
"Hurry."
Meanwhile, the survivors immediately panicked afterward.
Several hurriedly grabbed dark blankets and black clothing.
Others covered exposed skin desperately.
Meanwhile, several survivors did not understand what was happening.
But the moment they saw the sky fully covered by endless insects afterward...
Their faces immediately turned pale.
Then suddenly...
The swarm descended.
Bang!
Several giant insects crashed directly against nearby buildings instantly.
Windows shattered.
Walls cracked.
Meanwhile, the giant bugs immediately started attacking everything nearby violently.
At the same time...
The ground itself suddenly trembled afterward.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Cracks continuously spread throughout roads and buildings.
Then suddenly...
Massive centipedes burst from underground violently.
Several stretched longer than buses.
Their bodies continuously twisted while countless sharp legs scraped throughout concrete roads.
Meanwhile, giant insects continuously emerged from sewers and underground tunnels nonstop.
Massive black ants.
Mutated spiders.
Winged worms.
Monstrous beetles.
The city instantly descended into complete chaos afterward.
And then...
Even larger creatures appeared.
Giant dogs.
No.
Not ordinary dogs anymore.
These creatures stood larger than cars already.
Their mouths split unnaturally open while rows of sharp teeth continuously dripped saliva.
Several possessed exposed muscles.
Others had multiple eyes.
Meanwhile, their bodies moved unbelievably fast.
Immediately afterward...
The monsters started attacking the undead tide violently.
Boom!
One giant dog instantly smashed through an entire undead group afterward.
Meanwhile, giant insects continuously tore undead apart throughout the streets.
The city instantly transformed into a battlefield between monsters and undead.
Blood exploded everywhere.
Buildings collapsed.
Endless growls echoed nonstop.
The giant centipedes continuously devoured both undead and smaller creatures alike.
Meanwhile, the flying swarm above descended like living rain.
The apocalypse itself suddenly looked even worse than before.
Meanwhile...
Back at the school...
Clayne stood near the hallway window while staring outside completely stunned.
Because the city outside had transformed again.
The endless undead tide earlier had completely descended into chaos.
Giant insects flooded throughout streets.
Flying creatures covered the skies.
Massive beasts rampaged throughout buildings violently.
Meanwhile, the undead continuously fought back throughout the city nonstop.
Explosions echoed everywhere.
Buildings collapsed continuously.
The entire city looked like hell itself.
Meanwhile, the more Clayne watched...
The heavier his chest became continuously.
Because for some unknown reason...
He suddenly felt an extremely bad premonition regarding what was happening outside.
