Soon, Dang Liantao and Shan Changxu, who had been waiting downstairs, ran up.

After hearing Yu Shaoting recount what had happened, he looked at the scene before him with some disappointment.

Before they arrived, they were fairly certain that Tao Shen's mind had been influenced by the Heavenly Demon, but they were surprised that they hadn't found any trace of the Heavenly Demon.

Even so, this person still needs to be taken back to the base for a thorough interrogation.

Dang Liantao said directly, "Forget it, let's take him back first. Tell the brothers to continue searching in this area and see if we can find any other clues. Let's go back first and find out what happened when Tao Shen wakes up."

The others could only nod helplessly, while Yu Shaoting began to notify the other team members who were lying in wait.

Shan Changxu scooped up the sleeping Tao Shen, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and then went downstairs first.

As the four of them were about to leave the dark alley in the light rain, Wang Zheng suddenly stopped in his tracks, his brows furrowed tightly. He felt as if he had missed some important clue.

Seeing that Wang Zheng had stopped, the other three also cast questioning glances at him.

"What's wrong? Did Wang Zheng discover something?"

Looking at the guesthouse in the distance, Wang Zheng had a vague idea in his mind, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

The light rain that had been falling was now pouring down, and Wang Zheng felt a little embarrassed seeing the three of them waiting for him in the rain.

He wiped the rain off his face and prepared to go back as well.

"It's nothing, it just happened suddenly..."

'No! It's raining, rainwater, a raincoat!'

The image of the delivery guy who had just delivered the food immediately flashed into his mind. He was trembling unnaturally in front of him, leaving in a panic in the rain without even taking his raincoat.

Wang Zheng immediately realized what was going on and said, "There might be something wrong with the delivery guy. He touched my hand when I picked up the food earlier."

He then said it was because of the cold weather and shivered. Now that I think about it, he probably sensed the residual holy light on my hands.

I need to go back and check his raincoat to see if any of his scent has escaped.

As Wang Zheng spoke, he ran back.

After hearing Wang Zheng's description, Dang Liantao also recalled the previous scene, although he did not feel that the food delivery person was anything unusual.

However, seeing that Wang Zheng had already gone back, he could only instruct Shan Changxu to send Tao Shen back to the car first, and then he took Yu Shaoting and went back again.

When the two of them reached the entrance of the guesthouse, they saw Wang Zheng holding the cartoon raincoat in his hand, closing his eyes and concentrating on feeling it carefully.

After a while, Wang Zheng opened his eyes in disappointment and handed over the raincoat.

Subsequently, Dang Liantao and Yu Shaoting also sensed it, and even took out a detector of the Heavenly Demon aura to test it, but found nothing.

Seeing Wang Zheng's furrowed brows, Yu Shaoting asked, "Could it be that you're being too sensitive? Maybe he's just simply forgotten. If there's something wrong with this delivery guy, then what's the point of him coming back to get close to Tao Shen?"

After thinking for a moment, Dang Liantao also spoke up: "I've already given the orders. Find the other party first, and then follow up later."

Wang Zheng had no choice but to agree.

"Rustle...rustle..."

Just then, Wang Zheng's ears twitched slightly. He seemed to hear countless tiny friction sounds coming from under the floor of the dilapidated guesthouse, but they were mixed with the sound of rain outside and didn't sound very clear.

Wang Zheng immediately became alert.

"Something's up, listen up!"

"Rustle...rustle..."

"Rustle...rustle..."

The sound grew louder and louder, and now Dang Liantao and Yu Shaoting could hear it clearly without Wang Zheng needing to remind them.

"boom--"

The door to room 101, which was closest to the guesthouse entrance, was suddenly kicked open, and countless rats the size of house cats rushed out of the room, overlapping each other like a huge wave.

Then look at these rats, their eyes bloodshot and drool dripping from their mouths, as they charge straight at the three people at the door.

Immediately afterwards, the entire guesthouse seemed to shake, and countless room doors on the first floor were smashed open and chewed up by the frenzied rats, who poured out all at once.

The narrow corridor was teeming with rats, making it look particularly eerie.

"Squeak...squeak...squeak..."

Countless sharp cries rose and fell, echoing wildly in the small front hall.

Looking at the overwhelming swarm of rats, Wang Zheng felt a chill run down his spine.

He wasn't afraid, but rather disgusted.

Moreover, because of his superior physique, his five senses are much stronger than those of ordinary people. These rats clearly carried the rotten stench of the sewer, and with so many of them piled together, the stench was so strong that it was almost impossible for people to open their eyes.

Dang Liantao made a decisive move, waving his hand and countless fireballs flew out from behind him. Wang Zheng even had time to take a look, and these fireballs were much stronger than Yan Feng's in the previous exchange match.

The color was a pale golden yellow. When it hit the rats, it splattered everywhere. Even though the rats' fur was soaked with rainwater, they were immediately burned and rolled on the ground, turning into charred pieces in an instant.

Wang Zheng suddenly had a brilliant idea and immediately released his imagined object, unleashing its ferocious power.

However, the ferocious beasts that had always had absolute dominance over other beasts seemed to lack deterrent power against these crazed rats and had no effect whatsoever.

Unfortunately, there were simply too many rats, and Yu Shaoting and Wang Zheng were not good at dealing with such strange beasts. Wang Zheng also lacked wide-range offensive skills, so the three of them had no choice but to retreat temporarily to the alley outside the door.

Wang Zheng also consciously threw a holy light into the rat swarm. Although the rats enveloped in it immediately fainted belly up, no black mist appeared.

Wang Zheng's heart stirred slightly: 'Could it really be that it has nothing to do with the Heavenly Demon?'

No, that's not right. Wang Zheng suddenly remembered the news he heard when he was eating in the school cafeteria: farmland was being destroyed by small rodents. Wasn't that experimental field in Jiangbei?

Moreover, the timing coincides with the time when Tao Shen's incident occurred.