And in Gu Xinghe's current search process, he found the same thing as Red Spider.
The entire city of Set is riddled with such a vast network of underground tunnels.
In other words, almost the entire underground space of Set City is connected by tunnels built by ghouls.
But he indeed couldn't find any ghouls in such a vast space.
The entire network of underground tunnels now appears to Gu Xinghe as an empty nest.
However, despite this, when exploring tunnels in other areas.
Gu Xinghe still found traces of some kind of creature living in many of the tunnels.
If that's the case, and the ghouls can't be found through such "indirect" means of perception and investigation...
Gu Xinghe decided to use a more direct method: to observe with the naked eye and touch it personally.
night.
When the people of Seth had finished their day's work and returned home to rest.
Gu Xinghe arrived at a secluded corner of the city, lifted a manhole cover leading to a sewer, and jumped in.
Nighttime is when ghouls are most active and often appear, and Gu Xinghe felt that he might have some success tonight.
He planned to personally walk through the city's underground tunnel network to search for any ghouls that might exist within it.
After that, they went to explore the empty area beneath the cemetery.
...
The city's sewer system connects and links the entire underground space of the city without people realizing it.
It is also the place where dirt and filth can easily hide.
At this moment, after Gu Xinghe replaced the manhole cover above his head, he was walking in such a sewer.
The sewers reeked of filth and decay, but Gu Xinghe walked through them without flinching.
A faint black mist, almost blending into the dark sewers, emanated from Gu Xinghe's body.
The black mist formed a protective barrier around him, while also shielding Gu Xinghe from the smells and harm from the sewers.
Although Gu Xinghe was able to completely ignore all discomfort and survive normally in the sewers.
But as a "normal person," he certainly wouldn't like the different environment here.
As monsters that live in the sewers, ghouls naturally love the environment and the smell here.
The stench emanating from the city's sewers and garbage, or from the putrid smells emanating from corpses in cemeteries.
Ghouls love them.
"Splash—"
At this moment, the water flowing underfoot in the sewer made a slight sound.
However, after walking a short distance through the sewers, Gu Xinghe realized—
Despite the slight sound of flowing water, the sewers still seemed a bit too quiet.
After observation, Gu Xinghe discovered that the sewer was currently in a certain location.
There were no animals like flies and rats that should be foraging in the city sewers.
During the day, while searching for this underground space on the surface using mental energy.
Gu Xinghe focused most of his attention on finding the existence and traces of ghouls.
Despite having vaguely sensed something amiss about this underground space, and the traces of ghouls having once lived there.
But upon closer inspection, he discovered even more bizarre details about the place.
Like the sewers in any ordinary city, the banks of this sewer in Seto City were also piled high with all kinds of garbage.
Large clumps of hair, leftover food from humans, and the carcasses of dead rats, etc.
However, the current "state" of this garbage also seems to give us pause for thought.
During the day, they discovered ghouls in the cemetery seemingly intentionally selecting food that was "at its best."
At that moment, Gu Xinghe quickly realized that the garbage still remaining in the sewers was in the same situation.
As you can see, the garbage in the sewer still looks very "fresh".
The cut apple, soaking in the sewer water, hadn't even rotted yet, and there were no insects "entering or leaving" it.
"Only" refers to an oxidative browning state that occurs due to prolonged storage.
But at the same time, even if the garbage in the sewer is "fresh" garbage that was just thrown down recently.
However, the smell of various dirty and smelly garbage had been "fermenting" here for a long time and had not dissipated.
Therefore, the sewers nowadays constantly emit a "rich" smell.
And under the influence of this strong smell.
These remaining "fresh" garbage also began to ferment rapidly in the stench of decay in the sewers.
As mentioned before, although ghouls love to eat rotting corpses, their food is not limited to just corpses.
Garbage and sewage in the sewers are also food sources for ghouls.
It's just like how humans pickle vegetables or ferment alcoholic beverages.
The perfectly fermented, rotten garbage was eaten by the ghouls.
So what Gu Xinghe can see now are all the "fresh" garbage that still needs some time to ferment.
In fact, this can be seen from the fact that ghouls dig out a complex and intricate network of underground tunnels in the underground space.
The term "humanoid creature" for ghouls is not solely due to their resemblance to humans in appearance.
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