"Quick … Come here!"
Terrified footsteps echoed in the air, but they soon stopped.
Because they had arrived at a safe place … At least for now, it seemed like they were safe.
This was a room inside the warehouse. The light was very dim. Because they were afraid of attracting skeletons or containers, after they arrived here, the team members did not turn on the lights and immediately closed the door.
"Ah … Where are we?"
Relying on the dim light, the team members could barely see the environment around them. It looked like none of them had enhanced their eyesight, and they did not bring any night vision equipment.
"This should be the middle of the warehouse," one of the team members said. "I don't know what this room is for …"
"Yes … Earlier, we were chased by a large group of skeletons and containers … I suddenly found a door on the wall and came in. I don't know what this place is for."
Moreover, there were only five members left. The others were either besieged by skeletons or eaten by containers … The remaining few looked tired and frightened.
However, one of them looked at the spy with a hint of anger.
"Hey, you …" It said to the spy, "When we were fighting earlier, I noticed that you did not participate in the battle. And those skeletons did not attack you …"
"Is that so?"
In fact, it was right. The spy was not attacked by the skeletons. This was not a coincidence. The spy had examined the internal structure of the skeletons and found the reason why they attacked … mainly because of breath.
It was the air that Ershi Min exhaled when it breathed. This kind of air had a special smell when it passed through the lungs. The skeletons reacted to this smell.
"Do you have a way to stop them from attacking you? Why didn't you tell us? "
It looked like this team member did not suspect that the spy was in cahoots with the skeletons … So, the spy told it, "You just need not breathe."
"Ah? Breathe? What did you say … "
"It's right. The skeletons might be tracking the breath that we exhale." One of the team members said, "Thinking about the situation earlier, I realized that is indeed the case … If we breathe, we will be more likely to be attacked."
"Is that so … Well, since it was you, Red, who said it, then it can't be wrong. But …" It then looked at the spy. "… But you noticed it already, right? Why didn't you tell us? "
The spy said, "Because you will die if you don't breathe."
"… You … You won't die if you don't breathe?"
"Yes."
"…" It seemed to have fallen into a state of speechlessness.
Lin remembered that this team member was called 'March'. Like the other team members, he was a little dissatisfied with the addition of the spy, but he was the only one who expressed it more strongly.
"Captain, they might be here." The spy suddenly pointed at the dark room and said, "Turn on the lights."
"Here?" March doubtfully turned on the illumination on his weapon. The moment he turned it on, he and the other members … were all stunned …
Because, in the light of the lamp, it could be seen that the whole room was filled with … Ershi people. They looked like statues, not moving at all.
"Is this … a statue?"
Puzzled, March walked up and touched the nearest Ershi Min. Its touch told it that it was not a statue … because it felt as soft as if it was rubbed on its skin.
However, the other party did not move at all. He was no different from a statue.
"Could these be … residents of this place?"
Looking at this situation, another team member speculated. This caused everyone to be even more surprised.
"But, what happened to them?" No one could guess … only Lin knew the general situation.
The team member was right … these 'statues' were all Ershi Min that were originally here.
The skeletons and the containers might be the creatures that invaded this place.
This warehouse originally housed some Ershi Min. They should not be members of any wasteland gangs, but ordinary residents of the wasteland.
However, these residents had now become extraordinary … this was a very interesting situation.
When they entered this room, Lin had already noticed them. These residents were now in a … frozen state.
The reason for this should be the containers. In fact, they were not containers. Rather, they were … some kind of creature disguised as those containers.
As for what kind of creature they were, Lin had no idea. However, they had the ability to allow the Ershi Min to enter …
Or rather, the ability to return to a frozen state.
The Ershi Min that were originally here, whether it was the students of the academy or the wasteland residents that entered this place …
There was a layer of 'protection' on their bodies. This layer of protection prevented them from being frozen and allowed them to move around freely.
After examining the data here recently, Lin had adjusted some of the spy's organs to be able to sense this protection on the creatures.
Once the protection was removed, they would be frozen. Therefore, whether it was the cells or the limbs, they would all be frozen.
Now, all of them had entered a frozen state because the original protection was … gone.
When the container swallowed the team leader and the others, the spy detected that the team leader's body was not harmed. However, his frozen protection had been stripped away.
Therefore, the team leader had also entered a frozen state … the same went for the team member who was eaten earlier.
After completely stripping away the frozen protection, the container would open a hole behind it and transport the frozen creatures away.
As for the ones responsible for the transport, it should be the skeletons. However, at that time, it was not clear. Therefore, after the team leader went to blow up the container, it did not see the other team members.
Then, it was swallowed. The team members who were stripped of their frozen protection were all placed here … as for why the container did that, it was unknown.
However, these creatures might be some very special creatures. They were not creatures from the Doomsday Space or any other space. Instead, they were creatures that were originally here.
Creatures that originally belonged to this frozen space. Moreover, they had learned the Ershi Min's … way of life.
For example, they knew that they were interested in children's cries. They knew their skeletal appearance and imitated this appearance to approach the Ershi Min. Then, they captured them, stripped them of their frozen protection and placed them in this room.
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