Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

Rushing to Director Tang's home, Zhang Jingtian's first sight was of his sister-in-law squatting on the ground, weeping with her head in her hands.

Her eyes were red and swollen, and Tang Ju's daughter, Tang Xiaoxiao, was lying on the bed at this moment.

"Sister, is Xiaoxiao alright?"

The woman, seeing it was Zhang Jingtian, finally managed to force out a smile that could hardly be called a smile.

"I don't know, I don't know anything right now."

Zhang Jingtian could understand; if it were him, he definitely wouldn't be able to stay calm in this situation.

He sighed and then asked:

"What about the rats?"

The woman shook her head, seemingly unwilling to speak.

Zhang Jingtian frowned; what was there that couldn't be said?

The woman took a deep breath and then pointed to the kitchen.

Zhang Jingtian looked strange; he didn't know what his sister-in-law was afraid of.

Honestly, even if people ate those things, they wouldn't be aggressive, let alone rats.

Zhang Jingtian pushed open the kitchen door and then was completely stunned by the scene before him.

The room was filled with a fragrance, a flavor that was even better than any of the internet-famous foods he had ever eaten.

However, seeing the situation in the kitchen, Zhang Jingtian felt that anyone who could still eat was truly a god.

Because the rats were actually actively crashing into the kitchen walls, the floor, and even the edges of knives.

Some rats even jumped into the juicer, leaving behind half a tail that hadn't been completely juiced.

They really were coming to die.

These rats weren't here to bite people at all, but to die and then have people eat them!

Zhang Jingtian closed the door.

To be honest, if these rats didn't look so ferocious and disgusting, he might have really been attracted by the fragrance and couldn't help but take a bite of a dead rat.

This should be the underlying logic of the Black Tai Sui.

People who ate it weren't affected like zombies, actively biting people.

From beginning to end, it was all about getting itself eaten by more people or species, and then splitting and proliferating.

This was even more terrifying than turning people into zombies to bite others.

You would actively avoid seeing zombies, but you couldn't control your appetite and taste buds.

Not to mention it smelled so good.

At this time, Zhang Jingtian walked to his sister-in-law's side, patted her on the shoulder, and then said softly:

"Sister, you can rest assured, Xiaoxiao should be fine."

"Really?" His sister-in-law opened her eyes wide and asked very eagerly.

However, her complexion finally improved a bit.

"As long as you haven't eaten the rats, it's fine. Only by eating it can you be contaminated, no, it should be said, parasitized."

Zhang Jingtian patiently explained to his sister-in-law.

Hearing Zhang Jingtian's words, his sister-in-law finally showed a pale smile.

"Okay, then I'm relieved. Fortunately, there's still some food at home; those shouldn't be affected, right?"

"Well, but you still have to observe, because this is just my guess. As long as Xiaoxiao doesn't suddenly want to eat something after she wakes up, or wants you... to eat her, it should be fine."

Hearing Zhang Jingtian's words, his sister-in-law suddenly covered her mouth.

Although she knew that Zhang Jingtian was just making a reasonable analysis.

However, eating her daughter was simply unbelievable.

She would never do such a thing.

Zhang Jingtian didn't leave either; he still wanted to see if Xiaoxiao would be alright.

At this time, Zhang Jingtian also sent his guess to Tang You'ai.

...

"Director Tang?"

Tang You'ai stood in the crowd, still somewhat dazed.

His mind was still on his daughter's matter.

"What's wrong?" He immediately asked, "Did the leader arrange a mission?"

The person next to him sighed: "No, the people from the district are still on the way, saying they encountered an accident while passing through an area, and now they have to wait until the accident is dealt with before they can come over.

So they hope we can control the situation first."

Tang You'ai frowned upon hearing this:

"How could there be an accident? This must be the Heavenly Calamity Legion causing trouble!"

The person next to him sighed: "It should be. We can only say it's fortunate that the cult was cleared out by us in advance. Otherwise, if they emerged at this time, we would be even more passive."

However, after Tang You'ai received the message from Zhang Jingtian and learned that his daughter was fine, he relaxed a bit.

And Tang You'ai also tended to believe Zhang Jingtian's guess.

After all, the people he encountered who were contaminated all wanted others to eat them without exception.

So as long as you control your mouth, it seems like you can solve these crises.

However, the fact is that it's too difficult to truly control your mouth.

Especially since it's accompanied by a strange fragrance that even card creators find hard to resist.

"Director Tang, what do you think is the purpose of this thing, just to have us eat it?"

Several subordinates asked in confusion after listening to Zhang Jingtian's theory.

Director Tang rolled his eyes: "What fools! It's just parasitizing in your body! It will definitely become stronger and stronger. When everyone in the city has it in their bodies, you don't even have to think about how terrifying this thing will be!"

"By the way, has that old woman been found out yet?"

Finally, they received some good news.

That old woman was really found.

The other party was from Lanruo City, an unremarkable ordinary person who usually mainly collected garbage on the street.

However, she wasn't the kind of impoverished person; she seemed to collect garbage just as a hobby.

Moreover, yesterday, someone saw that old woman.

"She's still alive?"

Tang You'ai was shocked; according to Zhang Jingtian's theory, this old woman should have already divided herself into pieces and sent them to others to eat.

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

"By the way, let the Card Creator Association assist in this matter as well; they won't refuse."

...

Zhang Jingtian finally waited for Tang Xiaoxiao to wake up.

The first thing the girl did after waking up was to call for her father.

Her sister-in-law cried as she hugged her daughter: "Dad is outside! He'll be back tonight, baby. Are you hungry?"

Tang Xiaoxiao shook her head: "I'm not hungry, Mom. My feet hurt so much."

Zhang Jingtian glanced at her, confirming that she had been infected.

"Is there any medicine at home?"

His sister-in-law nodded: "Yes, let me go find it."

Zhang Jingtian silently summoned the Painted Skin, but had the Painted Skin use its disguise ability.

So the Painted Skin turned into one of her father's colleagues, and Tang Xiaoxiao really didn't recognize it.

And the Painted Skin also confirmed that Tang Xiaoxiao hadn't been affected; she was still a normal person.