Chen Jing and his men turned over some maggot-infested corpses, and the scene was horrifying:

Some of the maggots at the bottom of this room still retained human hands and feet, suggesting that they were in the "initial stage" of the changes that Li Si had guessed.

Chen Jing also noticed a dried bloodstain in the corner:

"This is a deception!"

Everyone looked at each other, and He Lili spoke up: "What deception? Becoming a winged person is just deception?"

"Are most of the people here people who were tricked into coming here...?" Dao Nan clenched his fist.

Li Si said, "Let's continue exploring first. We can think about these things later. Don't forget, we need to find a way out of here first, or find relevant information about this place."

So everyone turned around, left the third room on the left, and walked straight to the room opposite.

This hall with the "angel" has three doors on each side, and another door at the entrance. Chen Jing and the others are currently heading towards the third door on the right.

Will-o'-the-wisps floated around the group. He Lili said, "No malice intended." She nodded to Li Aidan, and Li Aidan and Dao Nan went up to open the door, one on each side.

Behind that door was a long, dark passageway, its destination unknown.

"Shall we go in?" Dao Nan asked Li Si.

"No, let's continue exploring other places first, and not go any deeper for now." Li Si looked up at the area above the door frame that was obscured by white silk threads.

He Lili said, "Hopefully this is an emergency exit. Generally speaking, underground buildings don't have just one way in and out; that would be too dangerous."

“You know that’s the general rule,” Li Si said. “If there are strict confidentiality requirements or other special circumstances, it’s normal to only have one way.”

Of the remaining two doors, when He Lili reached the second door on the right, she said, "I felt malice; there were two malices inside."

Two signs of malice? Chen Jing became alert: "Can you judge the opponent's strength based on the intensity of their malice? Can you distinguish between a sense of vigilance and malicious intent?"

He Lili shook her head and said, "I can't judge strength. Malice is malice. Even if it's the malice of an ordinary person, from my current cultivation level, it's no different from the malice of a cultivator. I can only sense active, proactive aggression. I won't take a defensive mindset as malice."

“Casting and maintaining this spell requires a lot of spiritual energy,” He Lili said. “If it takes too long…”

“Two acts of malice.” Li Si looked at the others: “Are you all alright?”

"Hit the one closest first!" Li Ai shouted, throwing a punch with high spirits.

"Let's deal with them first before looking at the passage; leaving hidden dangers is too risky." Dao Nan agreed.

After exchanging opinions, the reconnaissance team took their positions in front of the door, and this time Li Si was in charge of the coordination.

The door was wide enough for two people to enter at the same time, so Li Si and Dao Nan, who were wearing heavy armor, stood at the front of the door, with Li Aidan and Chen Jing behind them, ready to provide support at any time, while He Lili and Zhang Taoying were at the rear.

Behind the door, two cocooned beings were sucking blood from below, facing each other. Meanwhile, the nascent forms of wings were already breaking through their backs!

They are wings breaking free of their cocoons, just like a cicada pupa transforming into a butterfly!

Their heads were completely different from the previous faceless cocoons, and they had evolved from monsters into human forms. The one on the left had red hair, pale skin, brown eyes, a gentle face, and delicate, attractive features; the one on the right had long black hair draped over the corpse, bright red eyes, and a sharply defined face.

If you only look at their faces, they are all very beautiful, a beauty that transcends gender.

The two cocoon-like figures glanced at Chen Jing and the others out of the corner of their eyes.

Chen Jing also looked at them.

"Not only have the wings emerged from their cocoons, but the lower body too..."

Chen Jing saw that the soles and calves of the feet, which belonged to humans, had also broken through the cocoon.

"Don't tell me this is an angel..." He Lili's murmured voice came from behind.

This must be an angel… Chen Jing thought to himself.

However, the previous rooms all had a single cocoon person... Why are there two here? Is there some hidden secret?

The two cocoon-like figures turned their heads indifferently and stared at Chen Jing and his group at the same time.

Zhang Taoying hesitated before asking, "Are you two a couple?"

Indeed, they are quite a good match, but no matter how you look at it, it's not... Chen Jing thought to himself.

It was impossible to tell the gender; the neck and chest were inside the cocoon, with no gender characteristics... The angel from before didn't seem to have any gender characteristics either, not even that thing... Chen Jing thought.

“It doesn’t seem possible no matter how you look at it…” He Lili whispered, “There seems to be a huge animosity between them, it seems like they are fighting in some area, but…”

"But just because we've arrived, we're stopping to unite against a common enemy?" Chen Jing quipped.

"Hey!" Zhang Taoying suddenly shouted, "Aren't you two uncomfortable crammed into such a small room?"

"You're really good at holding back. If I were one of you, I would definitely want to take the other one out first."

Chen Jing pressed his hand on his sword, not optimistic about Zhang Taoying's attempt to sow discord. From what Chen Jing knew, witchcraft energy wasn't particularly adept at instigation; speech energy was. However, the only speech cultivator, Li Ai, clearly lacked or couldn't use that ability.

At this moment, Chen Jing noticed another place.

Having repeatedly used the Assassin's Eye to discover that the weakness was the thin white tube, Chen Jing observed the thin white tube even more carefully.

He discovered that the red liquid inside the white tube was becoming increasingly lighter in color!

Their wings also seemed to be about to emerge from their cocoons.

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