Leave the city and drive along the shortest route to the target town.
According to Wang Tao, the town is called Xiaoding. Because of its remote location, the total population of the town is less than 10,000. The mass deaths mainly occurred in the central area of the town, but even so, the death toll is roughly estimated to be as high as 6,000!
What an enormous number that is!
It's important to understand that a large-scale massacre would inevitably provoke resistance and panic, but what they found was that these people, apart from a hint of terror in their pupils and expressions, bore no other injuries. Furthermore, this was only discovered three days later, meaning that not a single person in the town escaped!
To be able to do this, one can only imagine how terrifying the methods of the mastermind behind it all are.
Upon entering Xiaoding Town, an invisible sense of oppression instantly enveloped them, especially as they drove further in. The entire street and alleyway was eerily quiet; not even the sound of a sparrow could be heard, let alone a person.
Dead silence.
This was during the day; if it were night, it's hard to imagine whether a person would break down in such an environment!
Arriving at a rest stop in the town, five soldiers settled in briefly. Upon seeing the vehicle's license plate, they stood straight at the intersection, waiting for the vehicle to arrive.
After the car stopped, Lan Yunsheng and Wang Tao also got out, and all five of them stood up straight and saluted respectfully.
Lan Yunsheng, with his hands behind his back, asked, "Has anything happened these past two days?"
The lead soldier said, "Reporting to the commander, there are no new discoveries at the moment."
Lan Yunsheng nodded slightly, then introduced Su Yang, saying, "This young friend Su Yang will be working with you on the investigation. If anything goes wrong, you must obey his orders unconditionally, understand?"
"clear!"
The five of them said in unison.
Lan Yunsheng nodded, then patted Su Yang on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving this to you. If you resolve things, I'll treat you to a big meal when we get back!"
Su Yang smiled faintly and said nothing.
After saying that, Lan Yunsheng and Wang Tao got into the car. They had more things to take care of and naturally wouldn't stay in such a place for long.
After Lan Yunsheng left, the five soldiers immediately looked at Su Yang with curiosity, and also glanced at the little white dog next to Su Yang.
Although they were soldiers, in the end, they were just a few men in their twenties who were dedicating their best years to the path of iron and blood.
At this moment, a man looked at Su Yang and smiled, "You're Su Yang? Hello, my name is Hu Huaiyu!"
Then Hu Huaiyu said, "Let me tell you, recently your reputation has been spreading like wildfire around our area. People say you're a god descended from heaven, and no demon or monster can last a single round against you. Is that true?"
Su Yang was a little embarrassed and said with an awkward smile, "It's all because everyone praised me. I only know some basic things."
Hu Huaiyu waved his hand and laughed, "I think you're being too modest. Even the commander treats you like this, you must have your own methods."
Knowing he couldn't get away with it, Su Yang coughed lightly and said, "By the way, are there any other bodies of those who suffered here? I'd like to take a look."
Hu Huaiyu frowned and said, "We don't have any. Most of the bodies have been buried. A small number were taken back for doctors to check the specific cause of death. We're not in this line of work, so of course we don't have any."
Su Yang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Are there any others who haven't been buried yet?"
The five people shook their heads.
Well, now we don't even have samples for testing. Although Lan Yunsheng and his team have obtained some information from the corpses, if it's information about disasters or abilities, he still needs to personally examine the corpses to find the answer.
Now, it's impossible to dig up the buried body again, right?
This kind of thing is ultimately not good.
Just as Su Yang was pondering what to do next, Hu Huaiyu hesitated for a moment and said, "If you want to investigate, there are actually some other corpses, but they are not human."
Su Yang frowned.
Not human?
At this point, Hu Huaiyu said, "Actually, when we were investigating this place, we found that not only people, but also the local people's livestock, guard dogs, and even sparrows had their blood drained from their bodies. The way they died was very strange. If you want to look for them, the livestock carcasses are still there."
Su Yang's eyes lit up: "Livestock will do too!"
After saying that, Su Yang took Ahei and followed Hu Huaiyu and the others to a nearby breeding farm.
The farm was not large, but it had a wide variety of animals. To ensure a thorough investigation, Su Yang went to the area where the pigs were kept.
The first thing you notice about these pig carcasses is the eeriness of the place!
The common impression of pigs is that they are fat and big-eared, especially meat pigs, which are even larger. But the pigs lying on the ground in front of us were so thin that they were almost just skeletons! Only their bellies were still swollen, while the rest of their bodies looked like they were wrapped in a layer of fleshy skin. Even their eyes were bulging out, which was extremely bizarre!
Su Yang wasn't particularly averse to the scene before him, after all, he had seen plenty of things.
Arriving at the corpses, Su Yang realized that Lan Yunsheng and the others were right. Even these pigs had no wounds on their bodies, and all the blood in their bodies had been drained.
This made Su Yang somewhat puzzled.
The ability to drain all the blood from humans and animals without leaving any trace of injury indicates that the opponent did not use forceful methods.
On the way there, I heard Wang Tao say that the faces of the dead all showed expressions of panic, which means that the dead must have seen something before they died, but they had no time to escape or resist.
This feeling...
It's like the blood sacrifice array set up by some evil sects in the Xuanzhen Continent.
"Could it be some kind of blood sacrifice ritual?" Su Yang murmured.
Hu Huaiyu, who was standing nearby, didn't hear clearly and asked, "Huh? What did you say?"
Su Yang waved his hand, stood up, and asked, "Has this happened in any nearby villages or towns?"
Hu Huaiyu shook his head: "No, it's strange, this situation only occurs here. We've been stationed here for two days and haven't seen anything unusual."
Su Yang nodded silently.
If it only happened once, it means that the blood of these people was absorbed, which must have met certain needs of the other party.
But what do the people behind this want this blood for?
Su Yang's brows were almost furrowed as he tried to recall his impressions of the evil sect, such as what they were trying to achieve by using the blood sacrifice formation.
strength!
Blood sacrifice is either for increasing strength, for reviving some powerful being, or for nourishing one's own wounds!
At that moment, Su Yang couldn't help but think of a name.
Blood God!
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