The last two steps of the elevator were already bathed in orange sunlight. The intense light was like an eraser that erased the darkness in the space, revealing the true colors of the objects. Lin Sanjiu squinted as the sunlight shone into her amber pupils. After living in the dark for 48 hours, she wasn't used to seeing light all of a sudden.
Not only the light, but the surrounding temperature also rose dramatically. Lin Sanjiu felt as if she was going to be swallowed alive by the heat wave. For a moment, she felt as if her blood was boiling. If it wasn't for the sudden development of the basic ability, [Overall Physical Enhancement], she wouldn't have survived the sunlight.
Perhaps it was because [Overall Physical Enhancement] was too rare. Marcie only said that it was very powerful, but neither she nor Lin Sanjiu could tell how powerful it was.
Lin Sanjiu blinked her eyes and tried her best to adapt to the high-definition vision provided by her third ability. Not far away, the ground was splattered with brown bloodstains, stains, pus, and minced flesh. Even the slightest details could be seen.
She frowned, but before she could even feel disgusted, she suddenly realized what was going on. Her eyes widened, and she exchanged glances with Luther, who was beside her. Both of them gasped at the same time.
They were here to clean up the corpses.
Since yesterday, the pile of corpses at the elevator entrance had started to give off a strange smell. The rotting corpses were basically piled up in front of their door. If they started spreading diseases like plague, the three of them wouldn't be spared even though they had strengthened their bodies.
Therefore, Lin Sanjiu decided to burn the pile of corpses while the sun was still shining brightly.
However, both of them were a little dumbfounded. The place where the pile of corpses used to be was now filled with filthy blood and minced flesh.
"Where … are the corpses?" Luther mumbled as he took a few steps forward. He didn't even notice that he had stepped into some filthy and smelly liquid. "Could it be that … Kong Yun absorbed all the corpses last night?"
Even though Kong Yun had said that a living being was better than a dead one, no one could say for sure that Kong Yun wouldn't absorb all the corpses if she wanted to.
Lin Sanjiu looked back and forth a few times. Her face grew paler and paler. She said in a low voice, "It's not her."
"Huh? How can you be so sure? "
"There are a few reasons. First, there are at least 20 to 30 corpses here. However, it has only been 10 hours since Kong Yun appeared … Lin Sanjiu didn't have the time. Second, she can absorb all the corpses, but where are the clothes? Where are the clothes on the corpses? "Lin Sanjiu tried her best to calm herself and not look at the street outside.
Through the tall glass doors of the shopping mall, Lin Sanjiu could see the traffic on the street. "The third reason is … Look outside.
Luther narrowed his eyes and used his [Eagle Vision] to look into the car. Almost instantly, he realized what Lin Sanjiu was referring to.
"When they passed by the traffic last night, they saw many people, knocking on cars". But now, these cars were empty. There was not a single person in them. Some of the car windows were broken, and some of the car doors were open. Luther saw a gray shirt and a pair of jeans lying on the road. One of the sleeves was up, and the other was down. It was as if the owner of the shirt had been frozen in time.
Luther had an impression of this set of clothes. Last night, it was worn by a young man with a fashionable hairstyle.
Indeed, they had overlooked this fact. The entire street was jammed with cars, and most of the cars had a living person in them. To Kong Yun, this was no different from a buffet! Luther shuddered. Even though he had seen countless corpses, he couldn't help feeling a chill run down his spine.
Lin Sanjiu cursed, which was rare for her. "I really didn't expect her to be such a b * stard … How could she kill a living person in an hour?"
"Let's go out and see if there are any survivors. We will see what we can do then … If we leave them outside, I'm worried that Kong Yun will come again, "Lin Sanjiu said irritably.
Luther sighed. He frowned and looked away. He tried his best not to think about how Kong Yun had tricked all the people into opening the car doors. He forced himself to focus on the strange situation in front of him.
"This is weird. If it's not Kong Yun, where are all the corpses? "
"I don't know," Lin Sanjiu said. Lin Sanjiu didn't look too good. She walked around the area a few times, but she couldn't find anything. "Who would spend so much effort just to move the corpses away?"
Luther walked a few steps behind Lin Sanjiu. Just when he was about to call Marcie over to take a look, he suddenly lost his balance. Flustered, he tried to regain his balance, but his feet were too slippery. With a loud thud, he fell into a pool of dirty blood. He cried out in disgust.
The culprit who was stepped on slid far away. When Lin Sanjiu looked at it, she immediately felt nauseous.
It was a person's eyeball, half of which had been stomped on by Luther.
Luther saw it too. He quickly stood up from the putrid blood. He coughed and stomped his feet. It seemed that he was disgusted.
"Alright, alright. Stop it. Let's go down and see if there are any wet wipes for you …" Lin Sanjiu said as she walked away from Luther.
When they reached the elevator, Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw that Luther was still shaking his head like a wet dog. She couldn't help scolding him, "What's the point of shaking your head like that? Let's go back … Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu abruptly stopped mid-sentence. His body remained motionless as if he had frozen in place.
Luther, who was soaking in the liquid, couldn't help noticing Lin Sanjiu's strange behavior. "What's wrong? What are you doing? "
Lin Sanjiu didn't say anything. She raised her hand and pointed into the distance. Her fingertip was pointing upward.
Luther looked at where Lin Sanjiu was pointing. For a moment, he didn't know what was wrong.
The golden sunlight was like melted gold, shining through the glass on the top floor. The floor tiles of the shopping center, the dark green leaves of the plants, and the metal door handles of the shops all reflected the white light, as if they were responding to the sunlight. Some of the plastic products had already melted during the day and solidified at night, resulting in a strange appearance. At first glance, it looked like an exhibition of modern art.
If it weren't for the murderous temperature, this scene would be quite interesting. But what was wrong?
He took another look and suddenly let out an "Ah!" before he realized what was going on. His face was filled with astonishment. "Why is it still fine?"
By "it", he was referring to the tropical forest in the center of the shopping center. It was five stories high.
No matter how tropical it was, there was no plant in the world that could withstand the heat that could even melt plastic. However, the small tropical forest in front of them was still lush and full of life, as if the hyperthermal hell was nothing but an illusion.
In stark contrast, there were trees on the sidewalk, separated by a glass wall.
Every tree's trunk was as black and shriveled as charcoal. Their leaves had already fallen off. When they fell to the ground, they were just small, black, and shriveled blobs. It was almost impossible to tell what they were. Some of the thinner tree trunks were so dry and brittle that they were broken at the side of the road.
Lin Sanjiu even felt that the tropical plants in the shopping mall seemed to be growing better than before.
Two strange things had happened in a row. Lin Sanjiu couldn't figure out what was going on. She thought for a moment and whispered to Luther, "These plants are really strange … Oh right, let's go down and get Marcie to come up and take a look. Three cobblers with their own heads can surpass Zhuge Liang. "
"Sure! Ahem, I don't think there's anything strange about them, "Luther didn't seem to care about the plants at all." Maybe the glass has mutated and is blocking the UVA or something. "
"Even so, we can't act rashly."
"Okay, okay, but let me change my clothes first, okay? It's so uncomfortable. "Obviously, Luther's mind was still on his stinky body.
It was very easy to change his clothes. There was no lack of branded stores in the shopping center. Luther looked around for a while and smiled at Lin Sanjiu. "Do you think I should go to Armani or Hollister?"
Lin Sanjiu rolled her eyes. "I hope you can still run as fast as you did when you wore Armani's small suit."
"Okay, okay, I got it …" Luther said helplessly as he walked up the stairs.
Lin Sanjiu didn't want to stay alone at the place where the corpses had mysteriously disappeared. She quickly followed after him. "Wait for me!"
Luther stopped at the top of the stairs and turned around with a smile. "Why? Do you want to search for some clothes? I've been wanting to say this for a long time. You're a pretty girl, so why are you dressed like you're going to practice Taiji? "
"Don't you understand? This is —"
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