The two did not encounter any danger along the way.
Suddenly, Wang Zheng, who was walking ahead, stopped.
Dang Liantao quickly asked, "What did you find? Why did you stop?"
Wang Zheng frowned.
"Brother Dang, can you smell it? There's a faint smell of blood."
Dang Liantao's senses weren't as sharp as Wang Zheng's. Reminded by Wang Zheng, he took a careful sniff and then frowned.
"Where is this smell coming from?"
Wang Zheng shook his head: "I don't know, but I'm sure it's just ahead."
"Let's walk a little further."
The two continued forward, and the space inside the sewer became increasingly open, seemingly approaching the center of the confluence.
After walking for a while, they found an iron gate on the inner wall of the sewer, but the gate had been sealed with huge stones, leaving only a crack on the outside.
Wang Zheng found many pieces of meat on the ground at the entrance, as well as a rotten wooden board stained with bright red blood.
Dang Liantao picked up the piece of meat with his bare hands and examined it carefully.
“I can’t tell what kind of animal it is, but there is still a trace of spiritual energy in the meat, and judging from the size of the meat, it definitely isn’t one of those rats from before.”
Wang Zheng looked at the large rock in front of him and said, "Why don't we go in and take a look? Brother Dang, move aside a bit."
He then took out his large hammer from his spatial ring and swung it around, smashing it hard against the stone blocking the iron gate.
"boom--"
"squeak----"
A deafening crash echoed through the empty sewer as the large rock was instantly smashed to pieces, sending dust billowing everywhere. Then, the hammer struck the iron door with a piercing noise, completely smashing the door and sending it flying inside.
Even the concrete walls on both sides collapsed quite a bit.
The enormous roar made their eardrums ring, but fortunately, they were both awakened beings with strong physiques, so they slowly recovered.
Wang Zheng picked at his ear and gave an awkward laugh.
"I used too much force. I'll be more careful next time. Let's go inside and take a look."
Dang Liantao nodded, and then the two quickly walked behind the iron gate.
Behind the door was a long, dark passage leading to a lower level, with traces of blood on the ground.
Wang Zheng and Dang Liantao walked down together, one after the other.
After walking for a short while, we saw a huge pit on the ground, which should be the place where sewage from all directions gathered.
But inside were bright red blood and piles of white bones, along with some scattered pieces of meat. At first glance, judging from the bones, they should be some low-grade exotic beasts.
At least Wang Zheng saw the facial bones of the Fang Wolf and the Earth Armored Boar inside, which were all worthless parts.
It must have been abandoned somewhere and then just dumped there carelessly.
Beside the countless piles of bones, many young rats were devouring chunks of flesh and blood.
Each one had a fierce glint in its eyes, and apart from being different in size from the previous swarm of rats, they were no different from the others.
Looking at the scene beneath his feet, Wang Zheng was somewhat shocked, even with his audacity.
This matter is getting more and more complicated. It is obvious that the rats went berserk because they ate the flesh and blood of these unprocessed beasts. As for why they ran so far to attack Wang Zheng and the others, that is beyond his ability to figure out.
Dang Liantao looked up at his surroundings and saw an upward passage not far away. He quickly transformed into a flame and carefully slipped out.
A short while later, the manhole cover was pulled open from above.
The blinding sunlight shone down instantly, causing Wang Zheng, who had been groping in the dark for a long time, to squint. Then, Dang Liantao's voice came down.
"Wang Zheng, come up first. I need to report to the military region first, as this may be related to another case."
When Wang Zheng climbed up, he found himself on an old street. Apart from the plane trees standing quietly on both sides of the street, there was no one else on the entire street.
He looked around carefully and realized that he had arrived at the development zone on the outskirts of Jiangbei City. Although it was called a development zone, it was actually just a concentrated area of factories.
Beyond these factories lies the planting area south of Beijing, which is the experimental field base that was previously damaged.
Wang Zheng was squinting at a meat processing plant across the street.
Based on the flow of sewage in the sewer pit, the waste from those strange beasts underground should have come from this processing plant.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the ground, directly seeing the blood still flowing out of the sewage pipe and the severed limbs of the strange beast. When Wang Zheng raised his head slightly, he saw the huge signboard at the entrance of the factory.
A row of scarlet characters is carved on the yellowish-brown stone surface: Zhang's Meat Processing Co., Ltd.
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