"I don't think so."
Wild Wolf thought about it seriously for a while before he shook his head. "Is this tattoo very important?"
"No, it's up to you."
Meng Chao waved his hand. "Forget about it. Let's go!"
He turned around and crawled into the manhole.
He climbed down a ladder that was more than ten meters long and stepped into a puddle that reached his knees.
The puddle was sticky and smelly, like rotten ink.
The further they went, the narrower the tunnel became. There were many places where they had to crouch down and have their noses almost touch the water before they could squeeze through.
Fortunately, A 'Ji and Su Mulian were used to staying in a heavily polluted environment, so they were practically immune to poison.
As a Heaven Realm superhuman, Meng Chao would not easily faint from the smog.
They quietly moved forward for more than ten meters and could clearly sense water dripping down from above them. They should have reached the bottom of the river of trash.
If they listened carefully, the gunshots on both sides of the river of trash became weak and muffled.
Suddenly, a metal fence appeared in front of them. A 'Ji stretched out his hand and shook it. It seemed to be really sturdy.
Meng Chao had A 'Ji curl up to the side while he went forward. He grabbed the two bars and started vibrating them at high frequencies.
Kacha, kacha, kacha!
There was a hole that was half a meter wide on the metal fence, but it had rusted because it had not been used for a long time.
Meng Chao swung his arms and immediately removed the metal fence he had cut.
He lifted A 'Ji and Su Mulian and crawled through the hole. Then, he crawled through like an agile panther.
They moved forward dozens of meters in a zigzag manner. The ground gradually rose, and the tunnel became dry.
They swept away the dense spider webs and finally reached the end of the tunnel. A vertical well appeared above them, and it was sealed by another manhole cover.
The ladder leading to the manhole cover was covered in rust. Meng Chao was not certain whether it was sturdy enough to support everyone's weight, so he was the first to climb up to test how sturdy the ladder was and to see what was happening outside the manhole cover.
Not far away, the two sides of the river were filled with fighting. The attention of the armed gangs was attracted, so they did not pay attention to the alleyway where the manhole was located.
To completely lock down Leprosy Village, the lair buildings around Leprosy Village were requisitioned. All the citizens were evacuated to other places. Before the place was filled with weapons and ammunition, there were quite a number of empty rooms. There were no breathing, heartbeats, or normal human temperatures.
Meng Chao quietly opened the manhole cover.
He pulled A 'Ji and Su Mulian up.
Before the armed gang patrols arrived, he gently closed the manhole cover and swept a pile of trash from the side to cover up the traces of the trio crawling out. Then, with the other two in tow, he tiptoed into an empty building not too far away.
"There is no one on the second floor. Let's go up and take a look."
Meng Chao jumped up lightly and stuck to the ceiling of the first floor like a gecko. He pressed his ear against the ceiling and listened carefully for a while.
They found a window in a room on the second floor that looked out on the riverbank.
Meng Chao opened the window slightly and narrowed his eyes. Circles of colorful light appeared around his pupils, and he observed the situation like a high-powered telescope.
From there, they could clearly see that in just half a day, the armed gangs had already dug a large number of trenches and secret tunnels along the river of trash. They used quick-drying concrete to build barricades and bunkers. They also relied on the buildings around them to set up a 3D firing net that was arranged in an orderly fashion.
They also brought over a large number of rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft cannons, motorized armor, spider-shaped thinking fighting vehicles with monster brains, and all sorts of killing weapons.
The well-trained armed gangs might seem murderous at first glance, but if Meng Chao observed them closely, he would notice that they were highly nervous and might break down at any moment.
'Even if there are really monsters in Leprosy Village, aren't these people's reactions … a little too extreme?'
Meng Chao watched the armed gangs move a large number of mortars and artillery shells to the frontlines, and he could not help but gasp in amazement.
Honestly speaking, if he did not have the memories from his previous life, he would have immediately known that this was the Vortex's scheme.
When he saw the scene in front of him, it was hard for him not to have the same suspicion as Wild Wolf and the villagers. They were certain that the outside world wanted to completely destroy the monsters lurking in Leprosy Village at all costs.
And Leprosy Village was the "price"!
"Are they really going to kill Leprosy Village?"
A 'Ji popped up beside Meng Chao. His face was stark pale, and he was terrified. "Big Brother Chao, what should we do? Are we going to search for Saber Jin Wanhao just like this? But judging by the situation, Jin Wanhao doesn't seem like he'll listen to our explanations so easily! "
"Thank you for the reminder. Of course we can't go to him just like this."
Meng Chao cast A 'Ji a deep glance and thought about it. "By the looks of it, the abnormal beasts have already done something to the gangs before us. That's only natural. By sowing discord, both sides have to attack together. That's the only way they can force us to kill each other and die together.
"So, the urgent matter at hand is to figure out just what the abnormal beasts have done to the gangs, or what they have said. Why are the gangs panicking and acting as if they're facing a great enemy?"
A 'Ji scratched his head. "But how are we supposed to figure out the abnormal beasts' scheme?"
"It's simple. We just need to look for a random person."
Meng Chao brought out all sorts of materials from his military-grade backpack and spread them all over the ground.
Under A 'Ji and Ms. Mulian's puzzled gazes, he started working.
First, he crushed a can of earthworm meat and used natural glue to stick it to a piece of Demonic Halberd Pig skin.
Then, he smeared monster blood mixed with glue to create a sticky and foul-smelling texture.
Then, he used a harvesting blade to carve it carefully to make the flesh even more indistinct.
Then, he tore open his cloak and stuck the bloody pig skin to the left side of his abdomen.
At first glance, a terrifying wound immediately appeared on his left abdomen. As he breathed, it shuddered, as if his organs were about to be exposed.
Then, he used a harvesting blade, a file, and reinforced concrete he got from the ground. Without hesitation, he cut a few wounds on his face and hands.
Even though it was just a superficial wound, it still looked frightening.
In the end, he took out fifty grams of black luster powder and twenty-five grams of Purple Star Beetle shell powder. Then, he dismantled a bullet and poured the gunpowder inside. He mixed the three types of powder in his palm, opened his mouth, and swallowed them in one go.
A 'Ji felt his skin crawl. He whispered, "Big Brother Chao, can you eat this?"
"Of course not."
Meng Chao bared his teeth. "This is poisonous. If you eat it, your face will turn pale, your nerves will become numb, your heartbeat will become chaotic, and your spirit energy magnetic field will become erratic!"
As he spoke, he was drenched in sweat. His hands and feet trembled, and even his lips were so dry that not a single hint of blood could be seen. It was as if he was seriously injured and had lost a lot of blood, so his life was in danger.
It was only then that A 'Ji and Ms. Mulian realized that this was how Meng Chao had tricked Bai Shan into saying that he was on the verge of death.
"Wait for me here. Don't make a sound. A 'Ji, try to recall the terrain around here. Find a high vantage point and a safe path to retreat through the underground tunnel."
Meng Chao's nose twitched. He carefully distinguished the indistinct smell of urine in the air.
He was a Heaven Realm superhuman who had been training hard in the wild for a long time. When he sent spirit energy into his nostrils and nasal mucosa, his sharp sense of smell allowed him to locate the smell of more than ten Nightmarish Beasts' excrement.
Like a huge chameleon, he slipped out of the window without a sound.
Following the faint smell of urine in the air, he soon found an open-air toilet that had been set up temporarily.
Just as he expected, the armed gang members were busy digging trenches and building barricades. They did not have time to set up proper toilets, nor did they have time to run to the toilets in the buildings. They just randomly marked out an area so that it would be convenient for the armed men to clean up the toilets.
Meng Chao lurked in the dark and waited patiently.
Even though Wild Wolf had only given him twelve hours, patience was a hunter's best friend.
However, patience was a hunter's best friend. He would not take any unnecessary risks just to race against time.
He let go of the first two armed gang members who came to clean up the toilets.
After all, these two people were clearly nobodies who did not know anything.
He let go of the second group of people because there were seven of them.
Even though he was confident that he could kill them in one second, if seven people disappeared at the same time, it would cause too much of a ruckus.
After waiting for a total of ten minutes, the most suitable person appeared.
He was alone.
By his waist was a saber with a high-grade crystal embedded in it. It looked like it was worth a lot.
Based on his steady footsteps and breathing, as well as the faint spirit energy surrounding him, he was at least a superhuman in Spirit Tattoo Realm.
In a place like the lair, Spirit Tattoo Realm superhumans could be considered to be sub-leaders in gangs.
Besides, no one else had come to the toilet over this period of time. The nearest armed gang member was dozens of meters away, and his line of sight was blocked by the buildings.
Hence, when the sub-leader whistled and peed, a sharp blade that was as thin as a cicada's wing was placed against his throat.
The sub-leader's pupils shrank swiftly.
The pitter-patter between his legs stopped abruptly.
"D-Don't be nervous. Relax. C-Cough, continue."
Meng Chao appeared behind him like a ghost and whispered into the sub-leader's ear.
The sub-leader's eyes quivered. He seemed to be thinking about whether he should fight back or scream.
But the sharp blade against his neck was trembling nonstop. Not only had it cut his skin, the killing intent that was as cold as ice had also seeped into his nerves and bones. He could be beheaded at any moment.
"I-I'm sorry, bro. I — cough — cough — don't want to hurt anyone," Meng Chao said.
"But I'm heavily injured. I can't hold the saber, and I can't control my strength. If I accidentally cut your throat, don't blame me, okay?"
The leader really wanted to swallow his saliva with great difficulty.
But his Adam's apple had been frozen by Meng Chao's killing intent, and his cold saliva was as hard as steel.
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