He Dong lowered his head, his voice somewhat hoarse.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Quan's expression froze instantly.
"How...how could he...be gone?"
Jiang Quan could hardly believe his ears. How could so many people just disappear like that?
Upon hearing this, Ling lowered his head and remained silent.
Jiang Quan continued to ask:
"Are you sure? So many people... how could they just disappear?"
"Yes...it's true, now...now I'm the only one left."
He Dong said in a low voice:
"The rest are gone."
"What...what exactly is going on?..."
Upon hearing He Dong's words, Jiang Quan fell silent. After a short while, he suddenly asked:
"What happened to your injury? Were you beaten by that Wang Meng guy, or... what happened after you got here? By the way, how did you end up in this abandoned warehouse?"
Jiang Quan threw out a series of questions, leaving He Dong speechless for a moment.
"We...we had nowhere else to run, so we thought that hiding here might help us escape this calamity...but who knew..."
He Dong stammered and spoke haltingly.
"But who knew that after entering, it was like escaping from one wolf's den only to fall into another? There are monsters here!! Man-eating monsters!"
"monster?!"
Jiang Quan was taken aback.
"Hmm... When we first came in, we found this place very strange, but we had no other choice but to come in. What's even stranger is that the guy named Wang Meng, after seeing us enter the abandoned warehouse, didn't chase us anymore and just left..."
"We had just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had let us go, but who knew... it was because there was something inside that even he dared not provoke..."
At this point, He Dong couldn't help but shudder.
"So... there's something extraordinary inside here?"
Upon hearing He Dong's description, Jiang Quan's expression turned serious.
"That's right... When we first went in, we were suppressed by a powerful pressure. No matter how much spiritual energy we used, we couldn't resist it. Just when I was about to give up and faint, I suddenly felt a warm current flowing through my mind. Then... then I fainted. When I woke up, I found that I was covered in injuries, but the others were gone!"
He Dong's tone revealed boundless grievance, along with a hint of panic, and tears streamed down his cheeks.
"What kind of monster is that? Did you see it? Or... how can you be sure it's a monster?"
Jiang Quan asked. Hearing this, He Dong quickly replied:
"I...I...I was unconscious at the time, I didn't see it with my own eyes, I deduced it. Look here—"
As he spoke, He Dong slowly walked to a wall on the left side of the warehouse and touched it with his hand.
"Let's go take a look too..."
Jiang Quan said, and then he and Ling walked towards the left wall. When they reached the wall, He Dong gently knocked on it.
"Knock knock knock"
Three sounds rang out, followed by a rumbling sound from the wall. The wall slowly moved, revealing a staircase leading down to the ground.
Jiang Quan was immediately shocked upon seeing this.
"There are even traps here..."
He Dong nodded and said softly:
“Look, there’s blood everywhere, here and there.”
As he spoke, he pointed his finger towards the stairwell.
Jiang Quan looked in the direction He Dong was pointing and, upon closer inspection, indeed found many bloodstains at the bottom of the stairs. Although they had dried, the bloodstains still clearly showed traces of blood.
The bloodstains all ran downwards, clearly indicating that the person had been dragged.
In the corner next to the bloodstains, there were some broken, fleshy things, which were quite gruesome.
"I see……"
Looking at the bloodstains, Jiang Quan's eyes flickered, and his expression gradually became serious.
"Lord Jiang, look at these... these are clearly torn off by teeth. I think they must have been left by that monster!"
As He Dong spoke, his eyes were filled with fear.
"The others...the others must have been taken away..."
Jiang Quan frowned, exchanged a glance with Ling, and said in a deep voice:
"To find out what's going on, we have to go down and investigate..."
Zero nodded as well.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Quan turned to He Dong and said:
"Find a place to rest first, and we'll go down and take a look."
He Dong shook his head and said:
"I'm fine, these are just superficial injuries, but they look horrible. Lord Jiang, please allow me to go with you..."
Seeing that He Dong insisted on his opinion, Jiang Quan stopped trying to stop him.
So the three of them slowly went down the stairs, but were immediately stunned by what they saw inside.
The entire lower level of the corridor was covered in bright red blood, tattered clothes, and many severed limbs and remains, as well as several wounded corpses. Judging from the wounds, a battle had clearly taken place here.
Upon seeing all this, He Dong's heart clenched violently, his body began to tremble, and his face turned ashen.
"Lord Jiang, this...this..."
He wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a single word.
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