Before everything goes out

"Who's inside?"

Li Fei instinctively looked at Zhang Cheng.

"Why don't you go in and take a look? Don't worry, they don't bite."

Zhang Cheng finally smiled again.

But that smile, though bleak, carried a hint of mockery.

but.

The next second, when he saw the knife tip growing larger and larger in front of him, his attitude instantly changed.

"They are people. We've been keeping the people we captured before."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Li Fei gave a shout and put on his gear.

"Niu San will stay here and guard the place. She Qingqing and I will go in and take a look."

Two men and a dog, carrying guns, walked into the villa.

...

It was a two-story villa, and inside, it was not much different from what they had imagined when they saw it from the outside.

The European-style decor, even in its current state of disrepair, still reveals its former splendor.

There was a faded screen at the entrance, and behind the screen against the wall were several weapons, probably laid out to ambush them when they entered.

"Luckily, I didn't go in easily back then."

Li Fei thought to himself.

Passing through the screen, you enter the living room.

Standing in the center of the living room, looking around and setting aside the traces of normal life, he quickly discovered the problem.

"lamp".

This living room is so big, yet there's only one light.

Let's compare them.

In Lin Wen's tiny living room, only three lights were on...

One lamp is on top, one is on the table, and one is on the wall.

In the dimly lit living room, it's alright during the day, but at night, the light from the oil lamp on the table is definitely insufficient, to the point that the bracelet would immediately sound an alarm.

"This is what the Rings are talking about. One of the characteristics of the corrupt is that the more corrupt they are, the less they are affected by the darkness. They are less afraid of the dark than the villagers of Shuanghe Village."

Li Fei silently noted this down and turned on his shoulder light.

Following the faint smell of blood, he walked through the living room and headed to the kitchen.

Although he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but furrow his brow the moment he turned the corner.

"Human head".

A perfectly round human head was placed in the center of the cutting board, facing him directly from the kitchen doorway.

Calm yourself down, meet the murky eyes of the dead man's head, and go inside.

Besides the human head on the cutting board, there were other human fragments hanging on the hooks on the wall.

Arms, thighs.

Unrecognizable parts including the hair.

In just a few seconds, the scene made Li Fei feel a tightness in his chest, and he quickly retreated from the kitchen.

"There's nothing to see."

He explained this to She Qingqing behind him.

However, She Qingqing was quite curious, firstly because of the smell of blood, and secondly because of Li Fei's unpleasant expression.

"What is it?"

After Li Fei came out, she peeked out and looked into the kitchen.

She vomited after just one glance.

She had already felt nauseous and short of breath just from hearing the word "human flesh" outside the door, let alone seeing it with her own eyes. Naturally, she vomited up her lunch completely.

"Those beasts..."

She Qingqing hunched over and it took her a long time to straighten up.

Wiping the stain from her lips, she looked around with a more serious expression.

Judging from Zhang Cheng's expression just now, there's probably something even more unacceptable going on here.

"This shouldn't be the 'person' you're talking about, right?"

Li Fei looked towards the kitchen doorway, where Er Tong was constantly licking his lips.

"Woof."

In response, Ertong barked and wagged its tail, leading the two further inside.

Walk through the kitchen, walk through the hallway.

In a room cluttered with miscellaneous items, it stopped in front of a wooden floorboard.

"A hidden door?"

Li Fei looked down.

In the center of the room, the wooden floorboards were noticeably discolored.

He knocked twice with his hand, and the hollow sound confirmed that the space below was very large, possibly an entire basement.

After hesitating for a moment, he beckoned She Qingqing to follow behind him and opened the hidden door.

Look down.

A corridor stretched on until it disappeared around the corner.

I'll go first.

Li Fei raised his gun and strode down.

Since he became certain that he wouldn't die, he became much bolder in his movements.

such as.

When he rescued Zhang Cheng and his group, if he didn't have this ability to live forever, regardless of their background, he would have chosen to resolve everything in that valley instead of risking going home with them to visit their families.

"It stinks."

A strong stench made Li Fei silently hold his breath.

It has a different odor than blood.

Descending the steps, stepping on the old wooden stairs, each step produced an unpleasant creaking sound, and the stench grew stronger with each step.

He couldn't quite describe the smell; he only felt that it was so foul it stung his eyes.

It resembles both a dry toilet and a sewer.

Li Fei soon discovered that it wasn't completely dark below.

Apart from an oil lamp at the top of the stairs, there was also a light coming from around the corner.

but.

The further Li Fei went, the stronger his unease became.

When he finally reached the ground, he looked around with the help of a shoulder lamp and couldn't help but swallow hard, his pupils trembling.

"people".

Here, he finally met the person Zhang Cheng and Ertong had mentioned.

The basement was not spacious, and the floor was yellowish-brown from years of accumulated grime, making it sticky to the touch. Several people were chained up against the wall closest to the fire.

Naked, emaciated, and filthy.

The faces were obscured by messy long hair, and the genders could only be barely discerned through the chest and lower body.

Four men and one woman, or possibly three men and two women...

Li Fei is uncertain.

But that's not important.

The important thing is that everyone here is missing some part of their body.

Arms, thighs, or other parts of the body.

One of the most severe cases had no limbs at all, only four bare fleshy lumps attached to the sides of its body, wriggling strangely on the ground, like a human pig.

"What the hell is all this...?"

The scene before him made Li Fei's face turn extremely pale.

Besides anger, there was also a lingering fear.

If he falls into Zhang Cheng's hands this time, this group of people might be his fate.

What's even stranger right now is...

His arrival, whether it was the light or the gun barrel, did not elicit any reaction from these people. They remained leaning against the wall, motionless like corpses.

"Get out here!"

She Qingqing's nervous voice came from beside my ear.

Following the gun light that had already been raised, Li Fei's gaze also left the group of people locked against the wall and looked towards a corner of the basement.

Amidst the small mountain of debris, a thin figure hid.

They were secretive and furtive.

Despite being scolded, the person still didn't come out, but instead shrank further into the corner.

"We've seen you. If you don't come out, I'm going to..."

boom!

Before She Qingqing could finish speaking, Li Fei had already pulled the trigger.

but.

He didn't shoot directly at the person, but instead fired at the area next to the pile of debris as a final warning.

The reason for doing this was that the two tubes reacted calmly, which probably proved that the thing hiding behind was not dangerous.

really.

Gunshots are more effective than human voices.

The shadow moved slightly and emerged from the clutter.

It's a little boy.

His body was hunched over, and he was as thin as a stick.

Judging from his height and age, he is in his early teens, a few years older than Bai Xiaowu, or possibly older, because he is obviously underdeveloped and may be older than he looks.

Compared to the people around him, the child was dirty, and his face was completely covered by his hair...

But at least his limbs were intact, and he was not chained.

Only after she had walked step by step to the light and confirmed that he had no weapons on him did She Qingqing slowly lower her gun.

"say."

The child did not respond.

Her hair looked like it hadn't been washed in a long time; it was tangled up and hung on her face like a curtain.

"Can you understand human speech?"

The child did not respond.

Can you hear me?

The child nodded.

Noticing something, Li Fei stepped forward and brushed the hair away from the other person's face.

As the curtain-like hair was parted, a youthful face was revealed, with round eyes and a slightly upturned nose; he wasn't bad-looking.

but.

Contrary to Li Fei's expectations, there was no blankness on that face, nor could one see the slightest trace of fear...

It's a smile.

A stereotypical smile hung on the little boy's dirty face.

The corners of his mouth were stiffly turned upwards, maintaining a smile.

"What's wrong with this kid...?"

She Qingqing took half a step back.

In such a repressive atmosphere, this scene was certainly eerie.

Open your mouth.

Li Fei's eyes trembled.

After hesitating for a moment, the little boy nodded and slowly opened his mouth.

The next second, the two of them saw clearly that there was no tongue in the mouth, only a red scar that had been cut off and healed.