"squeak--"
The friction between the tires and the ground produced a very loud noise, and Shan Changxu slammed on the brakes, bringing the big guy to an instant stop.
Without hesitation, Lao Dan turned around and drove back.
Seeing Dang Liantao's questioning look, Wang Zheng quickly explained:
"We've searched the entire area, but haven't found anything unusual."
The old town here basically has no underground buildings. As we walked around, the only place nearby that was underground was the bar we just saw, which matched what the waking mutants had said about the downward passage.
Moreover, I had been there before, and I smelled a peculiar stench in the bar's kitchen back then, but at the time I just assumed it was because the food in the bar wasn't fresh and didn't think much of it.
But now, considering the aura emanating from those mutants, it's very likely that it's the meat of the strange beasts that circulated back then.
Under Dang Liantao's approving gaze, the jeep came to a steady stop in front of the underground bar.
They weren't trying to hide, since they had already been wandering around here for quite some time. If there was anything unusual, the other party would have noticed it long ago, so there was no need to be secretive now.
As soon as the car stopped, the three of them got out.
Dan Changxu originally wanted to go in immediately, but Wang Zheng grabbed him.
He glanced at the two elementalists behind him and sighed silently.
"My mouth is too fast. I just blurted out my speculation and let Brother Dang and the others arrange for someone else to come. I got too excited and made Lao Dan turn back. Now I'm putting myself in danger again."
However, when Wang Zheng thought of his temporary comrades on the transport plane in Jingxiang, and after looking at the fact that Dang and Shan's intelligence attributes were both over fifty, he finally pulled Lao Shan behind him.
"call--"
At this moment, Wang Zheng didn't hesitate. After exhaling a breath of stale air, he carefully became vigilant, then took the lead without hesitation and kicked open the bar door.
The heavy iron gate was deformed by Wang Zheng's kick, followed by a screeching scraping sound and a loud rumbling noise that sounded like it was pounding on one's heart, making people involuntarily tense.
Without lingering, Wang Zheng and his two companions walked straight into the dark passage.
As soon as the door opened, a pungent smell of alcohol hit him, causing Wang Zheng to frown and his body to instinctively prepare for defense.
However, no danger occurred, and the underground bar was completely abandoned.
The dimly lit corridor was like a gaping maw ready to devour anyone. All the lights were off, except for the faint green glow of the emergency exit sign on the wall.
As Wang Zheng and his companions slowly descended, they saw broken wine bottles and tables and chairs scattered all over the ground.
Even the DJ booth where Wang Zheng had previously thrown a hammer was smashed to pieces, and the bar shelves were also smashed to pieces. These broken glass shards turned the bar into a mess.
All the sofa booths were scratched to pieces, with the cotton wadding scattered all over the floor, and even the walls had cracks made by sharp claws.
Meanwhile, countless shards of glass and trash were scattered in the center of the bar's lobby, along with large chunks of blood and bits of skin and flesh with hair, resembling a scene from hell.
The air was thick with a pungent, acrid smell of blood, as if several Paramecia-type Awakened Ones had just fought a fierce battle here.
Wang Zheng carefully sniffed the lingering scent in the air, even casting a few beams of holy light at the bloodstains and pieces of flesh on the ground to test them, before nodding to Dang Liantao.
"These aren't ordinary people. All the marks here were made by mutants. There must have been a battle here, which is why these marks were left."
With a flash of electricity, Shan Changxu, who had gone to investigate, returned.
"The entire bar is completely without power. I found the control box, but all the wires inside are broken, and there's a charred corpse lying next to it. It doesn't look like it was vandalized..."
Upon hearing Shan Changxu's answer, Dang Liantao nodded silently. Then, several fireballs appeared around him and flew to various corners of the hall under his control, serving as lighting.
Seeing that there was nothing else to discover in the open hall in front of him, Wang Zheng did not hesitate at all and kicked open the door to the bar's kitchen.
As soon as the kitchen door was opened, a stench immediately hit the nose.
Wang Zheng's senses were quite sharp. He had been carefully sensing the demonic aura in the hall, but now he was hit in the face by the stench and was quite nauseated. He then forced himself to endure the nausea and made out the scene inside.
At this moment, in the middle of the kitchen, there is a huge transparent glass water tank, inside which a lot of dark red blood water is bubbling and gurgling.
Among them, one can vaguely see the remains of many strange beasts, broken limbs, bones, and chunks of flesh...
Moreover, several of the shattered corpses had heads that appeared to be human-shaped, but perhaps because they had been submerged for too long, they were now completely decomposed and not clearly visible.
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