Chapter 156 South City Camp Again
Chapter 156 South City Camp Again
Zhao Yimin was not fearful, but he carried a strong sense of discomfort, even after so many apocalyptic battles.
This time, he still felt uncomfortable, a feeling of extreme eeriness.
"Take me there."
The bodies were found within the residential complex, not on the first floor, but between the complex's rooftop and the first basement level of the parking garage.
Zhao Yimin, following routine, entered to clean up the complex's resources and search for survivors.
Everything seemed normal in the first complex, with scattered monsters in the hallways and rooms, which they dealt with one by one.
The usable resources were all cleared out, and survivors hiding in the rooms were found and temporarily detained for questioning.
But as they got to the second complex, they quickly realized something was wrong. Although there were still monsters, there were no signs of human activity.
As they inspected building by building, they discovered a significant problem.
The three of them walked along the streets of the complex, reaching the entrance to the underground parking garage, where guard personnel had already been positioned.
"It's inside, the smell is quite strong."
Inside the parking garage, the Ancient Tree Crystals had been arranged, so it wasn't particularly dark.
As they walked in, their footsteps echoed in the silent garage. Cars parked on both sides were covered with a thin layer of dust.
As they reached the depths of the garage, a dark, twisted object shockingly came into view, accompanied by the pungent smell of charred flesh and gasoline. A strong sense of shock and nausea surged.
It was a twisted giant 'sculpture' of corpses, with four or five human-shaped charred bodies serving as the base, arms chopped off, faces turned outward, bodies pierced and held together by thick wires through the shoulder blades and spine.
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Their compact bodies were gathered together like a pillar, supporting the entire eerie ensemble.
Above were similarly compactly arranged, stacked mummies without limbs, resembling human swine.
There were three layers in total, the top having just one mummy, while the chopped arms were haphazardly stuck on top of the corpse column, twisted and flaring, as if begging for something.
Disgust, coldness, oppression
This sinister pillar of corpses gave people an overwhelmingly twisted, disgusting feeling.
It definitely wasn't the work of monsters.
That was everyone's first impression. Despite the sculpture's distorted shape, the ceremonious horror, and the strange symbols drawn in blood on the floor, now turned pitch black, all suggested it was man-made.
"Damn it, who the freak did this?"
Zhu Xiong cursed fiercely, his brows furrowed deeper than ever, such actions having crossed the line of humanity.
"Is the rooftop situation similar?"
Su Han seemed slightly calmer, but his expression was also unsightly.
Zhao Yimin nodded, "Yes... but that one was a woman."
"Search for them. I want to see if this group is still around. If they are, they're getting sent off."
After about half an hour, the tree pouches finally swelled significantly, and then with a crackling sound, they split open.
"Roar"
The roaring sound erupted as a blood-red tiger burst out from within the tree pouches, flapping its wings and diving from a height of several tens of meters, before swiftly climbing and circling in the air.
In total, twenty membrane-winged Blood Tigers circled for a while before immediately landing on the ground.
Su Han focused his gaze and immediately showed a satisfied expression.
The Blood-winged Tigers, shoulder height taller than a man, were nearly four meters in length, completely blood-red interwoven with black patterns, somber and cold; their eyes green and emitting a chilling light, vines extended from the base of their wings down their backs, gently swaying, signifying their Tree-born identity.
At his mental command, the Blood-winged Tigers immediately dashed toward the pile of metal cubes nearby.
As they dived, the vines on their backs quickly spread out, binding several of the cubes.
With wings flapping, they ascended, dragging three cubes up into the sky.
Though the action was slightly sluggish, the three cubes together weighed 1.5 tons. Although not as much as the load of the Vine Giant Rat, as aerial units, this load was already impressive.
In the area of the ring belt, those on patrol and guard duty quickly spotted the crimson creatures and hurried over, shocked to see more than ten identical beasts in front of Su Han.
Some wanted to lend a hand but were stopped by an elder of the camp.
"Team leader, shouldn't we, shouldn't we help the leader?"
"Help with what? Those are the offspring of the leader's Angel Envoy."
The man addressed as team leader slapped the head of the young man beside him, then said, "We might be in good fortune soon."
His eyes conveyed respect— the more powerful Su Han became, the safer the camp would be. As long as they closely followed the leader's steps, everyone would grow stronger.
"Whir"
In flight, suddenly a giant Bat Wing Beast rapidly approached, and Su Han's eyes narrowed as he saw Ye Kailing behind it.
The Bat Wing Beast swiftly landed, and Ye Kailing dismounted, her eyes catching sight of the Blood-winged Tiger and showing a look of astonishment.
"Kailing, what's the matter?"
Ye Kailing snapped back to reality and immediately said, "People from the South City camp have arrived, and they've been temporarily arranged to rest in the Summer Garden Mall. Do you want to meet them?"
Su Han showed a look of surprise; they had actually braved such a dense fog to come here.
It had been quite some time since the last incident at the Bei Qing Grain Warehouse, and Su Han was also curious about recent events at the South City camp.
After thinking, he asked, "How many people came?"
Ye Kailing responded, "More than twenty, led by Zhao Yaqian and Cheng Zhenyong. Cheng Zhenyong is already Second Order, not weak in strength."
"Not bad."
Su Han smiled and then said, "In that case, tell Meiyu to arrange it, directly host a banquet at the Summer Garden Mall to welcome them and also to see what their purpose is this time."
They were all old acquaintances, and the two camps had established cooperative relations; hosting was indeed in line with common sense.
Ye Kailing nodded and said, "Then I will go contact Meiyu right away."
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