Inside Grandpa Caldwell's unit, everyone wore tense expressions as they discussed the recent attack by the unknown beast lurking nearby.
"Massacring the residents? That's way too much," Grandma Ford said with a deep frown, reacting to the anxious chatter spreading among the residents back at the shop.
People shared different versions of what happened, but they all arrived at the same chilling conclusion—an unknown beast had slaughtered everyone inside one of the buildings in the Golden Tower.
"I don't think it attacked just for food," Uncle Anthony said grimly.
"The bodies were destroyed—some crushed into paste, others with clean holes through their chests. If it was just hungry, why waste the bodies like that? It didn't even try to eat them. It's like... it was looking for something—or more likely, someone."
They felt uneasy about the unknown creature.
They wanted to understand their enemy—at least enough to prepare—but for now, all they could do was stay alert.
