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Chapter 118 Large-scale Mysterious Shopping Mall (22)

The group continued to follow the woman forward.

The corridor grew increasingly cramped, and in the dim light, the air was thick with the stench of blood and decay. Mottled bloodstains remained on the walls, and there were drag marks on the floor, as if a corpse had been dragged along.

The woman walked very lightly, pausing almost every step, her expression tense, as if afraid of making the slightest sound. Her eyes constantly darted around warily, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

Finally, after reaching a corner, her breathing suddenly quickened, and she said in a trembling voice, "We're here. Be careful."

The voice was soft, yet filled with fear.

The group looked in the direction she was pointing.

It was a pitch-black space, like an underground plaza.

The entrance was pitch black, like a bottomless abyss. A cold wind blew out from inside, carrying a stench of fish and a nauseating smell of decay that assaulted the nostrils.

An Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, about to step forward to check, but was stopped by You Long.

"Don't move," You Long said in a deep voice. "You Xin and I will go in and take a look first."

An Jing pursed her lips, offering no rebuttal. The wound on her back still burned with pain, and blood soaked through her clothes. Even though the physician had temporarily suppressed the toxins, her health was far from good.

Youlong walked on the left, and Youxin on the right, the two of them side by side towards the darkness. The flickering firelight cast their shadows long.

The sound of footsteps seemed particularly abrupt in the deathly silent space.

The stench grew stronger, as if hundreds or thousands of corpses had piled up and rotted there, a sweet and foul smell mixed with an almost suffocating stench. Youlong frowned, and the flame in his hand suddenly blazed brighter, dispelling the darkness ahead.

His expression was cold and stern, his gaze sharp as knives, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

They walked one after the other for a full two minutes.

Finally, the sound of footsteps came again.

The two walked out.

Youlong's face was gloomy, his eyes sharp, as if he was forcibly suppressing his anger. Youxin's face was cold, his lips tightly pressed together, and there was a hint of suppressed shock in his eyes.

After a brief silence, Xin spoke first: "There's nothing strange inside..."

Several people were stunned.

You Xin paused, then continued, "There were only a few people sitting inside, in extremely poor mental condition. There were also quite a few corpses, mutilated, clearly killed..." She didn't finish her sentence, the words stuck in her throat.

Youlong's eyes darkened, and his voice was low: "The unfinished corpse."

These words were like a boulder crashing down, freezing the air instantly.

Upon hearing these words, the woman's face turned deathly pale, her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

An Jing frowned, her heart sinking slightly.

She raised her hand to her forehead, took a deep breath, and then closed her eyes.

Then, he mobilized his mental energy, which spread rapidly like an invisible wave, scanning the entire area.

The moment her consciousness spread outwards, she felt a violent jolt in her body. The wound on her back was burning hot, as if the toxins had been activated, and a stinging pain spread to her limbs. Yet she gritted her teeth and persevered, continuously projecting her mental energy outwards to cover a wider area.

But the next second, her eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Gone."

The voice was weak, yet clear and cold.

The group of people were taken aback and turned to her in unison.

"What's missing?" Youlong frowned.

An Jing slowly opened her eyes, her lips pale: "The mystery of the entire B area... is gone."

That one short sentence sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"How...how is this possible?" Dongqing couldn't help but exclaim. Yunji was equally incredulous: "Where did they go? They just vanished like that?"

An Jing did not answer, her expression was solemn. She had clearly probed the entire area with her spiritual power, but she could not sense even a trace of the strange aura.

It was as if they had never existed.

A strange and uneasy feeling welled up in the hearts of all of them.

"Let's go in and take a look," An Jing said in a low voice.

So the five men, along with the woman, entered that dark space.

The firelight illuminated the way ahead.

The scene unfolds before your eyes.

Only a few dozen people remained, scattered on the ground, their eyes vacant, their mental state chaotic, as if they had lost their self-awareness. Some simply stared blankly into the air, some muttered to themselves, and some swayed, dried blood still clinging to the corners of their mouths.

The air was filled with despair.

Around them, mutilated corpses were scattered everywhere. Limbs, internal organs, and heads were carelessly discarded in corners, the blood long since congealed, emitting a pungent stench.

Upon seeing this, the faces of the group all darkened.

Youlong clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white. You Xin took a deep breath and ordered in a low voice, "Save them first."

Holly immediately summoned metal tools and began to help settle the survivors. Cloud Gathering used air currents to lift the unconscious people and gather them together.

An Jing slowly leaned against the wall and sat down.

The mental probe she had just undergone had severely depleted her body. The toxins in her back seemed to have been reactivated by the use of her special ability; the burning pain mixed with numbness felt like cold needles crawling through her veins.

Cold sweat trickled down her temples, and her lips grew even paler.

Why do you have to use your superpowers?!

The system in his mind immediately started yelling incessantly, its voice both impatient and helpless, "Can't we let someone else in to investigate? Look at your current state, the toxins are almost out of control!"

An Jing slowly exhaled, her voice hoarse but firm: "How can that be? What if there's an ambush inside? They'll just be throwing their lives away if they go in."

The system was momentarily speechless, its teeth itching with anger, yet it couldn't utter a rebuttal.

【You!】 After holding it in for a long time, it finally became so angry that it simply shut up and stopped making a sound.

An Jing closed her eyes, enduring the discomfort in her body, and forced herself to calm down.

Meanwhile, You Xin frowned as he looked at her weak appearance.

As Youlong approached, she lowered her voice and said, "An Jing's condition is not good right now; the wound on her back is getting worse. After we rescue these survivors, we should send her to Sector D as soon as possible so she can rest and recuperate."

Youlong remained silent for a moment, then his gaze fell on An Jing.

She sat in the corner, pale and breathing rapidly, yet she still managed to observe the situation with a cold gaze, not allowing herself to show the slightest weakness.

Youlong's lips moved, and he finally nodded, his voice low: "Okay."

You Xin let out a soft sigh of relief, but her heart felt even heavier.

The group tacitly avoided making things clear on the spot, instead speeding up the rescue efforts and transferring the survivors to a safe area one by one.

The air was still thick with a stench and oppression, but they all knew in their hearts that this deathly silence was not true safety.

Because such a mysterious disappearance is far too unusual.

An Jing had previously said that there were many mysteries here.

After the black cat mysteriously ran away, the mysterious creatures disappeared en masse.

It can only be said that the black cat came to gather information and inform others.

(End of this chapter)