Three days ago, three boys died outside the city of Ejin Horo Banner. Originally, this was nothing, because the branch city did not restrict citizens from leaving the city, and many ordinary people would search for supplies in the area cleared by the war cavalry outside the city.

Because they have no awakening abilities, the food shares allocated to them are extremely limited, so if they want to eat better, they can only go out of the city and look for food themselves.

It was impossible for Hachimu to control them from leaving the city, and the area within ten kilometers outside the city had been cleared. If a normal war cavalry found any hidden dangers during patrol, they would generally clear them up as soon as possible, so it should have been very safe. Those who died were indeed teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old, who were in the period of growing up and were howling with hunger. They could not bear it at all, so four or five of them got together and went out to find some edible plants that had not mutated, or some mutant beasts that were mutated from docile animals and were not even qualified to be the first level, such as some mutant hares that had not evolved any abilities, but were a little fatter and a little faster. There was no other danger. If they could catch one, it would be a real delicacy and could fill their stomachs better than dry food.

These teenagers who couldn't resist the temptation had families who had jobs in the branch city and had no time to look after them, but they also couldn't bear to see their children go hungry, so they had to let them go out on their own. However, they also strictly instructed them not to go beyond the ten-kilometer radius of the branch city. Nowadays, all the children know the dangers outside, and no one has ever stepped out of this safe area.

However, just three days ago, something went wrong within a safe range!

Several ordinary people ran to the captain of the city guard in a branch city and cried, saying that their children were missing. They had searched within a ten-kilometer radius but found nothing, and wanted to ask the city guard to help look for them.

Normally, the city guards would not care about such trivial matters, but since I really had nothing to do recently, I paid attention to them.

After careful questioning, it turned out that four or five people had disappeared at once, which meant that there was a high possibility that a mutant beast was approaching. Although this situation usually involved a lone mutant beast, the team leader guessed that those teenagers were unlucky enough to encounter a carnivorous mutant beast that had never been here before, and they were probably already eaten by the beast.

Of course, if they were eaten, their bodies would not be found. Those mutant beasts could not find anything.

Picky eater.

The team leader told the ordinary people who came to see him about this speculation, but they still did not give up.

In order to get people to take action, the parents of those ordinary people took out the few Yuan Crystals they had collected. The captain of the city guard took the money and had to do the job, so he mobilized half of the team's strength and began searching nearby.

Originally, he was just looking for it casually, but he didn't expect that he would actually find it.

It turned out that there was a first-level evolver with taming ability in his team, who was called on this time and followed up on the mission with the beagle he had previously raised. He was directly smelled at the junction of ten kilometers.

The hound followed the scent and dug a large pit, where five horrific corpses were found. The tragic scene even moved the city guards who were used to seeing dead bodies, and one of them even vomited on the spot.

Because it is so tragic.

The bodies of those young men were covered in blood and their faces could no longer be recognized. Their hearts were taken out alive, leaving huge holes in their chests.

But this is not the most horrifying thing. If only the heart was dug out, the city guards would not have reacted so strongly.

The most horrifying thing was that all of these teenagers had their entire spines pulled out alive, leaving only soft flesh that could not support their bodies and the remaining broken bones wrapped together.

The city guards did not tell the parents who were waiting in the city about this news. They just told them that they had not found the child, and then reported it because the situation was very serious. Those who could join the city guards were not idiots. This could not have been done by a mutant beast. If they thought about it more deeply, it would be very terrifying.

Uncle Peng received a report that Ha Chimu was absent, and he took it very seriously. So he blocked the news internally and sent the city guards to search for other clues, but to no avail.

When Ha Chimu just came back, he was already overwhelmed by the matter of Badal, and he had to rush to take the Red Flame Wolf Riders to rescue Zhang Mu and the others. When he heard Uncle Peng's report on this matter, he just kept it in mind and didn't pay much attention to it, letting Uncle Peng go and investigate.

However, five more young men died today. Their stomachs were cut open and their spines were taken out. There was no need to spread the news.

We can suppress it with one person, but if five more die, how can we suppress it?

After tonight, this matter will spread like wildfire in the branch city, and people will be in panic.

Zhang Mu understood the key points and recalled many memories of such cruel killings. However, the combination of the three elements of a young boy, heart disembowelment, and spine extraction meant that there was no suitable suspect.

There is no such cruelty as to require killing to advance the awakening ability, but if it is not because of the awakening ability, then what is it? Is it just to simply satisfy the perverted needs in the heart?

The person who committed this crime could not possibly be unaware of the consequences. If caught by Hachimu, he would pay with his life. Could he be so confident that he could do all this quietly without being discovered?

He slowly raised his head and looked at Hachimu who was talking to Uncle Peng, looking very confused.

"Uncle Peng, there is no other way. Let's issue an order tomorrow. No one is allowed to leave the city for the time being. Also, let all the evolvers who have raised mutant beasts sniff the clothes of the dead teenagers, block the city and search. If it was committed by a human, he will be found hiding in the city.

He dared to do this because he ignored the existence of the Yijinhuoluo Banner branch city. Naturally, he had his reasons. Tomorrow, I will let all the Red Flame Cavalry cooperate with the city guards to conduct a search operation.

You must pay full attention. Each search team must be equipped with two peak first-level evolvers. This way, if the opponent is a second-level evolver, you can buy some time after a fight and delay until the nearby second-level evolvers arrive.

You know that ordinary first-order evolvers can only be harvested without any resistance in front of second-order evolvers. If there are not enough first-order peak people in the city guards, you can deploy them from the Red Flame Wolf Riders."

Ha Chimu issued orders one after another in an orderly manner. Although he knew that the entire branch city would be in chaos once these orders were issued, Uncle Peng saw that Ha Chimu had made up his mind and said no more.

Ha Chimu has too many worries and now he really wants to find someone to fight with to vent his anger. Just then, someone who doesn't know how to live or die runs into him.

As long as he has the courage to hide in the branch city of Ejin Horo Banner, Hachimu will chop him down with an axe even if he has wings.

(End of this chapter)