Chapter 73: The Lucky Snake Group
“So this is their origin?” Xin Junmao let out a long sigh after reading that bizarre and strange story.
At this point, the truth carried by this story was no longer enough to scare him. He knew he was almost dead, and his only guarantee was the comb he carried with him, but he didn’t know how strong the power the comb could exert would be.
Xin Junmao glanced at the blood pool and morsels of meat in the carriage, noticing the luggage bag and diamond necklace buried under the flesh and blood. He seemed to understand something, swallowed his saliva, then let out a few laughs devoid of joy. “You really deserved it, you bunch of madmen.”
As he spoke, Xin Junmao stared at Zhang Xiaoxiao’s corpse for a long time without speaking. He secretly clenched his fist as if making a major decision. He put the things from Zhang Xiaoxiao’s backpack and the diamond necklace on the ground into that luggage bag, casually tossed the backpack to some place in the carriage, then carried Zhang Xiaoxiao’s corpse out of the train and placed it in a corner of the platform.
While tidying Zhang Xiaoxiao’s disheveled appearance, Xin Junmao said to the corpse: “If the legend you mentioned that day is true, then would you blame me for doing this?”
After wiping away the bloodstains, Zhang Xiaoxiao’s remains also became gentle. When Xin Junmao closed her eyes, her appearance looked just like she was asleep, quiet and peaceful.
Xin Junmao seemed to read agreement from the corpse’s expression. He grinned, a hint of inexplicable madness in his eyes, and said: “Good, as long as you agree.”
He glanced at the train, then at the platform exit, revealing an expression that seemed like excitement and anger. He muttered: “Gluttonous Daughter, won’t you come find me? No need, I’ll come see you myself.”
Climbing the steps, Xin Junmao walked toward the world above where blood-colored mist drifted.
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In the darkness, the flashlight’s light scattered chaotically. Amid the intense flickering lights, the Mystic Investigators holding gunfire and the weirdly strong blood people constantly changed positions.
Gunfire was incessant, the monster’s roar and human’s fierce shouts overlapping, sometimes exploding, sometimes whistling, sometimes low… It took a long time to subside, leaving only wails and heavy gasps.
“Captain, we… we should keep moving forward.” Li Yingqi’s voice actually lacked confidence and any desire to advance. Terror and fatigue were suppressing her desire to act.
“Mm.” He Jia’an made a sound of agreement from his nose, turned back and said, “No one died, right?”
“Still alive.” The other three Tiger Group members responded in unison. In the intense battle just now, they had consumed a lot of energy, but fortunately they brought emergency stamina potions. One syringe down, and they were immediately full of vigor and energy again.
However, note that after the sixteen hours the syringe takes effect, they would all suffer double the fatigue. The syringe carries some risk. Many Mystic Investigators in the Mysterious Group had withstood the mission’s dangers but couldn’t withstand the sudden fatigue afterward, instantly dropping dead.
After experiencing the encounter just now, the Tiger Group members were slowly starting to understand why the people who entered the hidden tunnel before had no return.
Facing that number of blood person monsters, if not battle-hardened with experience dealing with various kin of abnormal gods and anomalies, probably only a very few could fight them in the darkness just now—ones skilled in combat in the dark. Losing was just a matter of time.
Underfoot were the tracks. He Jia’an and the others walked very carefully along the edge, always watching the gaps in the tracks below while staying vigilant of the surroundings.
After advancing about a kilometer, everyone finally saw the first ray of light in the darkness.
“This is… subway?” Yu Lianyun looked at the rough outline of the object in the night vision goggles and identified it. “And a platform?”
“Looks like we’ve arrived.” He Jia’an speculated.
Then, He Jia’an and the others squeezed through the gap between the subway and the platform, finally climbing up onto the platform with effort.
They had just climbed up when they saw a female corpse with a hole in its chest. Everyone was stunned at the sight.
Yu Lianyun activated her forensic doctor instinct. She stepped forward to check the corpse and soon said: “Dead less than two hours, fatal wound in the chest. Judging the weapon was a huge conical object. The corpse has been handled by someone, clothes are dirty, face has been wiped clean.”
“Who is the deceased?” He Jia’an asked.
Bu Gaojun answered from the side: “Zhang Xiaoxiao, survivor of the female killer’s last train massacre case. Looks like she accidentally disrupted Evolution Paradise’s ritual of wishing and was targeted by those madmen.”
“Captain He… you’d better come take a look.” Li Yingqi’s voice was dry as she spoke. She stood in front of the carriage window where blood flowed from the door crack, looking at the miserable scene inside, frowning deeply.
Everyone gathered around. Bu Gaojun felt dizzy just glancing at it and immediately looked away, not daring to stare. He Jia’an and Yu Lianyun also frowned, enduring the nausea to finish viewing the scene.
“Looks like this is Zhang Xiaoxiao’s death scene. She encountered blood people and Evolution Paradise organization members in the carriage and fought them…” Yu Lianyun voiced her speculation, but as she spoke, she couldn’t help but close her mouth.
Because from the dead corpse fragments at the scene, the number of enemies Zhang Xiaoxiao faced before death was not small. There were even two blood person monster heads at the scene… If saying she had an intense battle with these guys in life, then in terms of the result, the monsters died without intact corpses, while she barely retained the dignity of being human. Calling Zhang Xiaoxiao a female war goddess didn’t seem excessive.
Creak…
At that moment, He Jia’an and the others heard the sound of an iron door opening at the other end of the platform. They immediately raised their guns to aim, preparing to shoot.
But when they saw the appearance of the people walking out from behind the door, He Jia’an and the others were stunned. The people opposite also paused in shock upon discovering He Jia’an and the others.
Tiger Group and Snake Group members completed their rendezvous. He Jia’an bit down hard on his cigarette holder, looking at the Snake Group members who were unscathed and showed no fatigue. He grinned through gritted teeth and said: “You’re really lucky. Safe journey all the way?”
“Uh… we did encounter a rat along the way, someone tripped over it by accident.” She Zi’an seemed to hear the envy and jealousy in He Jia’an’s words. He was amused inside but pretended to be modest on the surface.
“Hahaha, does your team have some lucky star? Lend us one for missions next time?” He Jia’an laughed in exasperation.
She Zi’an smiled shyly: “Our Snake Group members have always been quite lucky. Everyone is a little lucky star.”
“Alright, then I’ll borrow someone from you next time.”
“Sure, sure…”
Li Yingqi listened to the two captains’ conversation and secretly rolled her eyes. Then she asked She Zi’an and the others: “Did you encounter anyone else on your side?”
“Anyone else? No.” The Snake Group members looked at each other. Zhao Jing answered for everyone and shook her head.
Li Yingqi pointed to a pair of shoe prints still at the scene, extending from the door where the Snake Group members came out all the way here, then toward the platform exit road. She said: “There’s also a new pair of shoe prints here, probably from a male.”
“Could someone have entered before us? Hiss, or… did we just miss him?” She Zi’an scratched his head. Seeing the puzzled gazes from everyone, he dryly explained with a chuckle: “We actually should have arrived here earlier, but midway we took the wrong fork and circled halfway around before coming back.”
Preparing tomorrow’s explosive updates, uploaded a bit late. Begging for collections, votes, etc. Five chapters tomorrow.
