Everyone was shocked by what they saw. Before Lu Qing could give him the life-saving medicine, he had already breathed his last.
Before they could react, Qian Kai's body began to tremble, and his abdomen swelled up rapidly, like an inflated balloon.
Within seconds, his clothes were stretched open, revealing his belly, which was stretched to the point of being almost transparent.
It felt like some gas was expanding inside my belly, about to burst out.
"Everyone, get out of the way!"
Everyone hurriedly retreated to avoid the danger, and Lu Qing erected a barrier around Qian Kai's corpse.
The moment the barrier was activated, the corpse exploded, blocking out the bright red blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
After the explosion, only a pool of blood and flesh remained on the spot.
Everyone was stunned by this scene, their eyes wide open, their pupils trembling slightly, unable to recover for a long time.
"Hiss~"
A cry of pain brought everyone back to their senses.
They all looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the hands of the two people who had just pulled Qian Kai were simultaneously festering, as if they had been corroded by sulfuric acid.
"My hand! My hand!"
The two screamed in agony.
Lu Qing hurriedly took out a bottle of medicinal powder from her bag and poured it on the two people's wounds.
The medicine worked, and the ulceration stopped, but before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, the ulceration began to spread again.
Lu Qing gave them the whole bottle of powder, but it was no use even after he poured it out.
"Too late! We'll have to chop off the hand!"
Upon hearing this, one of them immediately shouted:
"No! Don't cut off my hand!"
"Captain, aren't you supposed to be amazing? Please, save me! I don't want to lose my hand!"
Lu Qing's brows furrowed deeply.
The toxin was spreading too fast; her spells couldn't keep up with the rate of festering, and she would only be wasting her time.
"No time! Hands or life?"
The other man, however, was bolder. Upon hearing this, he reached out his hand and gritted his teeth, saying:
"Captain, let's do it!"
Without hesitation, Lu Qing raised his knife and severed his hand.
"ah!!!"
After a scream, the hand fell to the ground and quickly turned into a pool of blood.
The man was trembling all over from the pain, and he almost crushed one of his teeth.
Lu Qing quickly took out bandages to stop the bleeding and bandage him.
The other, less timid, now had ulcers that had spread to his forearm.
As the ulcers spread, he had no choice but to amputate his arm to save his life.
After a scream, blood splattered, and the man fainted from the pain.
Having witnessed the danger of the pool, everyone consciously stayed away from the dark green water.
Lu Qing used a syringe to draw up a little water and preserved it so that it could be used for research later.
Considering that two people were seriously injured, Lu Qing told everyone to retreat to the changing room to rest for a while and continue their journey after they woke up.
Behind the shower area was a door, and while the others rested, Lu Qing led Liao Yan to explore the way.
After passing through a dark tunnel, the smell of disinfectant became even stronger.
At the end of the corridor is a horizontal passageway that leads to many different rooms.
The room numbers are still there, from left to right: Laboratory 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
Almost all the doors were open. Lu Qing and Liao Yan went inside and saw that each laboratory was different, but the only thing they had in common was that they were all filled with blood.
Time has passed, and the smell of blood has faded, but the bloodstains on the ground and the skeletons tied to the research table are still there.
The wounds on these skeletons were almost all non-fatal.
Some hand bones turned to ashes, but the body remained intact; some leg bones were bluish-black; some were mummies; and one was even a pregnant woman whose child's remains were still inside her womb.
You don't need to experience it yourself; just by looking at the state of these remains, you can tell how many inhumane things happened here back then.
Liao Yan slammed his fist on the table angrily, his eyes red with rage.
"Those damned Japanese devils! They're worse than animals!"
Lu Qing took a deep breath, relieving the tightness in her chest.
She sensed that the innocent souls of those who had died tragically were nearby, and perhaps by asking them, she could find out what exactly they were researching here back then.
Lu Qing formed hand seals and silently recited the Soul-Guiding Incantation. Soon, the nearby spirits of the dead received her summons.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the wandering spirits appeared one after another.
Lu Qing leaned slightly forward and greeted them politely:
"Seniors, I want to know what exactly happened here. Could you please enlighten me?"
The spirits were silent for a moment, then all pointed to a room at the end.
"Thank you!" Lu Qing nodded slightly in thanks.
"Brother Liao, let's go!"
The two of them arrived at the end of the road. The signboard was gone, but there were many shelves inside, filled with boxes containing documents.
"This should be the archives!"
Lu Qing picked up a document at random. This one was in a box and was relatively well preserved; at least the words were still legible.
"Bacterial Research Experiment Report!"
Lu Qing frowned slightly and pulled out a few more blurry photos from inside.
Although the photo is very old, it is still faintly visible that the Japanese soldiers were conducting experiments on living people.
This was once a research institute where the Japanese conducted experiments, but it seems to have been destroyed midway through. Not only did they fail to achieve any results, but everyone here also lost their lives.
Liao Yan also pulled out a lot of useful materials from the shelf.
"These are all evidence of the numerous crimes committed by the Japanese devils on Chinese soil back then. We must take these out!"
As he spoke, Liao Yan began to organize the materials, putting all the key ones into an evidence bag, and taking pictures of the rest that he couldn't take with him.
And the skeletal remains left in the laboratory—they couldn't take them with them, so they could only photograph them.
"Seniors, we're sorry! We can't take your bodies away for now. Once the poisonous fog dissipates, we will definitely bring your remains home!"
Lu Qing solemnly bowed to the spirits of the dead.
As time passed, the spirits that had not yet turned into vengeful ghosts became somewhat sluggish in their reactions.
It took him a while to react, and he nodded to Lu Qing.
"Young ladies, don't worry about us. Take your things and leave quickly. Get out of here as soon as possible, or you won't be able to leave after dark!"
Hearing this, Lu Qing was puzzled:
"Sir, what do you mean by 'it's dark and we can't leave'?"
"It will appear when it gets dark. It doesn't like living people and will kill you!"
Lu Qing pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked:
"It... is the thing that destroyed this research institute and killed everyone, right?"
"Yes!" The undead nodded slightly.
"Who is it? Or should I ask, is it even human?" Lu Qing asked, frowning.
"I don't know! It is it! It's terrifying. It killed everyone, but no one has ever seen what it looked like."
Lu Qing's heart leaped into her throat. She had originally thought that the most difficult things to deal with here were the vengeful spirits and mutated beasts, but now it seemed that the greatest danger was this 'it'.
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