Nightmare Light

Chapter 239 Mysteries of the Wild Wolf Gang

While they were talking, Lin Wang and the three of them walked into the Wild Wolf Gang's encampment.

A thin mist still lingered in the air, even at 10 a.m.

As the four broke through the fog and entered the Wild Wolf Gang, Lin Wang realized something was wrong: "Is this Wild Wolf Gang unguarded again?"

"Again?" Bai Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "Is the Wild Wolf Gang always like this?"

"Not always..." Lin Wang recalled the events that occurred when he last visited the Wild Wolf Gang.

He shook his head, no longer thinking about it: "Let's go in and take a look."

After they entered the Wild Wolf Regiment's base, they passed through the equipment yard and then through the training square. Throughout the entire process, it was as if all the members of the Wild Wolf Regiment had vanished without a trace.

Strangely, when they passed by the Wild Wolf Regiment's canteen, they found that the stove was still warm, and there was still half a pot of rice porridge in one of the pots—judging from the temperature, someone had used the kitchen a few hours earlier.

"Brother, Uncle, there's no one here...it's a bit creepy."

Lin Wang glanced at May with disdain, thinking to himself that you were much more creepy than this when you were in the fog.

Stepping out of the kitchen, Lin Wang pondered, "I think we should go check out the Wild Wolf Gang's office; perhaps some of their documents and records will contain some information."

Everyone agreed and walked together toward the Wild Wolf Regiment's office—a two-story building at the very back of the camp, simple in style, not much better than the temporary buildings used to direct construction on a construction site.

Part of the building serves as the dormitory for the Wild Wolves, while the other part houses offices, meeting rooms, and a medical clinic.

It can only be said that, given the Wolf Pack's financial resources, the fact that they could achieve this level of sophistication is already the result of Dog Brother's utmost efforts.

At this moment, the Wolf Pack's encampment was deserted and deathly silent. Coupled with the fog in the air, everyone felt a little uneasy and proceeded with utmost caution towards an office at the end of the corridor.

Halfway down the stairs, a loud bang suddenly echoed through the hallway, shattering the silence with a jarring sound.

Bai Xiaoxiao swiftly took out the pottery jar and held it in her hand, while Lao Bai pulled out two small flags from who-knows-where.

Lin Wang thought for a moment and decided there was no need to reveal his strength here. So he waved his hand, signaling the Bai family grandfather and grandson to follow him and stay a little further away in May.

The group moved silently toward the source of the sound.

Boom!
Another muffled thud, followed by several footsteps.

The four of them stood at the corner of the stairwell, craning their necks to look outside.

I saw a figure holding a basin-shaped object, perhaps some kind of mundane item.

The figure hurried out of one room and headed towards another.

This person definitely knows something!
Without further hesitation, Lin Wang gestured to the Bai family grandfather and grandson, and the three of them rushed out and pounced on the figure.

The man was taken aback when he saw three people suddenly rush out, but he reacted quickly, dropping the object in his hand and turning to run.

Then he was pinned to the ground by three people, one pressing his head down, the other pressing his hands and feet down.

"Ah... I give up! I give up! I surrender!"

Lin Wang let go of his hand and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Gou?"

The burly, bearded man, pinned to the ground by the three men and utterly disheveled, cried out in a pitiful voice, "Boss... what are you guys doing...?"

Lin Wang was a little embarrassed, so he made a gesture, and Bai Xiaoxiao and Lao Bai also let go of his hands. The leader of the Wild Wolf Gang got up from the ground with a wronged expression.

Lin Wang then clearly saw Dog Brother's condition.

The bearded man looked much thinner than before, with sunken cheekbones and a messy beard.

He wasn't wearing his usual combat uniform, but rather a simple blue work uniform, like a cleaner's. What he'd tossed aside wasn't some ordinary basin; it was a metal washbasin containing five or six wrung-out towels, scattered on the ground.

"Brother Dog, what's going on?" Lin Wang frowned as he smelled the scent on the towel.

"Hey, come with me... you'll see when you get there."

After saying that, he picked up the basin, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and went into the next room.

The metal sign next to the room door reads "Medical Room".

Lin Wang and the others exchanged glances and then followed him into the room.

Upon entering the room, everyone, including Lin Wang, was taken aback.

The room was filled with unconscious people on every hospital bed.

Lin Wang recognized the faces of several of them—they were clearly members of the Wild Wolf Gang he had met before.

At this moment, all the mercenaries, regardless of age or gender, were fast asleep in bed with their eyes closed.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still breathing, he would look almost exactly like a dead person.

Dog walked up to a middle-aged mercenary, patted him on the face twice, and smiled at him: "Old Joe, you really stink."

Then, skillfully turning the other person over, wiping their body, and then moving their limbs... and then the next person.

It seems that this is how he has been spending his days.

"They...aren't they better yet?" Lin Wang frowned, recalling what Dog Brother had said before about the group members getting sick. "Where are the temple and the doctor?"

"We've invited them all, and they've sent people over... They've even sent high-ranking priests and a team of priests to handle anomalies from behind the temple, but it's all been to no avail."

Dog sighed, then helped another female mercenary wipe herself down, muttering, "Sister Zhao, I'm doing this to take care of you. Don't expect me to repay you with my body when you wake up..."

Her voice trailed off as she said, "I don't know if you'll wake up."

"What about their families?"

“Those who have families have been taken back home by their families. Those who are left here are those who have no families… No, I am their family.”

Dog Brother didn't even look up. Gone was the humble, cautious, and timid smile he used to give Lin Wang. Instead, he lowered his head in silence, focusing on wiping his teammates' bodies.

"Even the temple can't do anything..."

Bai Xiaoxiao frowned. She remembered how the temple had forced her and her grandfather to stay in Tangsheng City, and she didn't have a good impression of the temple. She spoke bluntly: "Could it be that the temple was just fobbing you off? Did they not handle it properly?"

Dog frowned and shook his head.

Before I could even speak, a familiar young woman's voice, gentle and calm, rang out from outside the medical room.

"Just as a mother loves every person equally, the temple will naturally treat everyone equally as well."

While they were talking, a small girl with a mark on her forehead and empty eyes, followed by two priests, pushed open the door and walked into the infirmary.

"Moreover, evil spirits are also a key target of the temple's crackdown, and there will never be any perfunctory or negligent work... This young lady seems to harbor a deep resentment towards the temple?"

It was an old acquaintance, the temple's saintess, Sen.

Sen walked into the infirmary, nodded to everyone as a greeting, and then lingered on Lin Wang's face for a few seconds.

Then, she lost her balance and fell face-first forward.

(End of this chapter)