The weather was bitterly cold, and clean water was scarce.That was why the predator had gutted the corpse, stripping out the organs, and then discarded the rest. In this city, humans were easy prey. With tools, humans dominated the world, but unarmed, there were countless beasts that could kill with ease."Could it be a Siberian tiger from the zoo that got loose?" Ray murmured to himself.Or maybe a pack of Siberian wolves?Why such guesses? Other predators—lions, leopards—could certainly kill and devour humans too, but they thrived in tropical climates. They would have frozen to death in this extreme cold. Snow leopards might be plausible, but did the zoo even have one? No.The most likely culprits were the Northeast tiger or a polar bear.But the zoo was more than ten kilometers away. How had such a massive predator crossed that distance, braving the poisonous hailstorm? Ray found it almost unbelievable.The alternative—that someone nearby kept a huge predator—was even le

Huskies are known as one of the "three dumb breeds of the snow." Originally bred in Siberia to pull sleds, they're exceptionally cold‑resistant. Surviving in temperatures like these was nothing surprising.But, how the hell could a husky grow this big?Did it mutate?Could this catastrophic weather event trigger animal mutations?Ray frowned. Based on everything he'd seen so far, that husky's size had increased severalfold. Its weight had gone from a few dozen pounds to several hundred. Along with that came an explosive increase in strength.And the damn thing could even dodge bullets.That meant its speed was terrifying. Its agility was off the charts.Worse still, its hide was unbelievably tough—on par with body armor.How could anyone say it hadn't mutated?"It took a hit from me. It definitely wants me dead now. Funny enough, I'm petty too—and I hate leaving future trouble behind. So since we're enemies now, I'm killing you."Ray drew in a deep breath and strode out of th

With a single push, Ray opened the security door. For safety's sake, he opened the spatial portal in front of him.One could never be too careful."Don't open it!" a human voice shouted from inside.Huh? What—?Ray froze. He'd opened the spatial portal purely out of caution, never expecting there to be people behind the door."Who's in there?" He swept his flashlight inside.Five people stepped forward, every one of them pale with fear. Counting them, there were three women and two men. All of them wore thick military coats—no doubt the only reason they had survived such extreme cold.Each of them was armed. Guns, all of them.This was the armory. It wasn't strange that they had weapons."You've doomed us!" one of the armed men snapped. "There's a dog in this place that's turned into a monster—about the size of a lion. It slaughtered everyone in the station. We barely escaped in here and sealed that demon dog out with this door. And you just broke it open! Now we're all going

"I'm just telling you this—my family lacks nothing. As long as you can escort me home, you can take whatever you want. Anything at all. Even female celebrities," Daniel said.That wasn't a lie. The Finley family often invited low-tier actresses, even third-rate celebrities, to private gatherings at their home. As for what those gatherings involved—well, anyone who understood, understood.Of course, whether it was deception or not was beside the point. If Ray really went to the Finley estate, forget about leaving with a beautiful woman—whether he could even leave alive would be a very big question mark.Would Ray fall for it? Of course, not!With the amount of supplies he now had, did he really need someone else to give him women? Honey and Lola were already top-tier, thank you very much.The only drawback was that they weren't virgins. But the Finley family didn't seem likely to have any "clean" women to offer.Ray looked at Daniel coolly and said, "Sorry. My car only carries bad

This was the opportunity.Ray didn't care about humanity or moral high ground. As long as he could kill that husky, nothing else mattered.Put another way—if the husky escaped, how many humans could it slaughter with its abilities?If sacrificing these four people meant taking down that husky, then it could even be said they were contributing to all of humanity.See? It wasn't like he couldn't stand on the moral high ground if he wanted to.The police station was still too small, and the equipment was limited.There was only one sniper rifle, with just a single box of ammunition to go with it.All he could do was gamble."Let's go. Outside," Ray said.Daniel's eyes lit up. "You're agreeing to take me home?"Cassandra and the other two women also showed looks of hope."Heh. We're going out together. What happens after that—everyone fends for themselves." Ray had no intention of agreeing, and he couldn't even be bothered to lie.If that were the case, would they refuse to go