Rags of clothes were scattered on the ground. At a glance, the total amount was quite a lot. It should be a whole set of clothes, including underwear.
The edges of the rags were flat and should have been cut by some kind of sharp weapon.
However, there was only rags on the ground, not even a trace of blood.
Shell Rotter and Jerome maintained a high level of vigilance. Even when they saw the rags on the ground, they didn't approach the scene immediately. Instead, they first eliminated any potential threats in the surrounding environment.
After a while, the two of them confirmed the surrounding situation and slowly approached the rags scattered on the ground.
"It's only been a minute since Matthew sent out the signal to us." Jerome squatted in front of the rags with a dignified expression.
"To be precise, it's 58 seconds."
Shell Rotter's eyes kept moving up and down, constantly paying attention to the surrounding situation.
"58 seconds …" Jerome picked up a piece of rags and suddenly asked, "Shell Rotter, what do you think of Matthew's strength?"
"Stronger than me." Shell Rotter answered straightforwardly.
Jerome was speechless, thinking that more than half of the people in the team were stronger than you.
He sighed in his heart, and then continued, "But the other party only took 58 seconds to finish Matthew, or even less. This shows that the other party is very strong, and …"
"And what?"
"Shell Rotter, your ears are good, but your nose doesn't seem to be very good."
"Jerome, what do you mean by that?"
"Haven't you noticed yet? There are almost no traces of battle left on the scene, and there's no smell of blood. "Jerome got up, let go of the rags in his hand, and then stared at the slowly falling rags.
After Jerome's reminder, Shell Rotter's expression changed slightly. His moving eyes suddenly stopped and fixed on the rags on the ground.
Even the underwear was cut into rags, but there was no trace of blood, which was very strange in itself.
"In other words …" Shell Rotter thought of something and his expression became solemn.
"Yes, maybe …" Jerome said with a serious face.
"Matthew's enemy is abnormal?!"
Jerome didn't finish his words and was almost choked to death by Shell Rotter's words.
"You …"
Jerome opened his mouth, but in the end, he swallowed the expletives that had reached his throat. He helplessly said, "We can't rule out that Matthew is still alive, but the possibility is very low. The most important question now is, who is Matthew's enemy?"
At this point, Jerome's expression changed subconsciously.
He had actually thought of many possibilities. Among them, the most terrifying possibility was that there was a fourth person in the underground ruins.
"Apart from the people of the association, there are only Bronze Gear Monsters here. Could it be …" Shell Rotter suddenly froze and looked at Jerome with a slightly horrified expression.
He also thought of this possibility.
"Yes, there might be something else here."
Jerome looked at the darkness beyond the light. He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Anyway, it's impossible that the rags on the ground were made by the Gear Monsters. If Matthew met the people from the association, then it's very likely that he was captured alive. This also explains why there's no blood at the scene, but …"
At this point, Jerome looked at the rags on the ground again and pondered. "Based on the information we have, there is no suitable suspect. Moreover, aren't you too slow?"
Shell Rotter was puzzled. "What's wrong with me?"
Jerome raised his hand, pointed to his ear, and said, "Isn't your hearing very good? Apart from the signal sent by Matthew, are there any other sounds that came from Matthew? "
Shell Rotter fell into deep thought when he heard that. His hearing was indeed very good, but he had no way of filtering out other sounds. Therefore, when the number and types of sound sources increased, as long as he didn't concentrate, he wouldn't be able to 'capture' one of the sounds.
Thinking about it carefully, on the way to support Matthew, he really didn't hear any other sounds about Matthew.
Even if it was just a scream, he could still "capture" the faintest value.
"If …" Jerome was still staring at the darkness beyond the light, and said in an extremely solemn tone, "The enemy Matthew met was not from the association, then this enemy who suddenly appeared is definitely a very terrifying guy."
"At the very least, Matthew couldn't resist in front of him."
Shell Rotter also realized the seriousness of the matter. His lips squirmed a few times, and said, "I remember that Matthew's ability is … to release clones?"
"Yes, he can use his Telekinesis to create three layers of clones outside his body." Jerome frowned and said, "I don't know how strong his attack is, but in terms of defense, it's definitely at the level of a turtle shell."
Shell Rotter subconsciously looked at the rags all over the ground, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
Damn, I just felt strange at first, but now I'm paranoid because of Jerome's self-satisfied speculation.
"Let's go back to the safe zone first. We have to tell Captain and the others about this." Shell Rotter's tone was a little impatient.
"Okay."
Jerome nodded.
Before the two of them left, they took all the clothes and rags left behind by Matthew.
They didn't have to worry about whether there were any traps or dangers hidden in the rags, because when they came to the scene, they immediately used Ning to check the surrounding environment, and naturally, they also checked the rags.
.....
Underground Ruins, Basement 1.
It has been more than an hour since Law and his team entered the ruins.
The identification results of the vines, crystals, and copper have come out.
Vines are non-toxic plants with high food consumption.
Copper gears are ordinary and there is nothing special about them.
Crystals, on the other hand, are a kind of crystal that can provide energy. They have an effect similar to electricity, but they are not electricity in essence.
That kind of energy is the source of driving the copper mechanical life.
Black Cat tried to swallow a few energy crystals, but there was no reaction at all.
This shows that this crystal, which contains rich energy, can't be used to transform into Telekinesis.
After all, even the most adaptable Black Cat can't do it, let alone humans.
After grasping the necessary information, Law and his team quickly wandered in the ruins. They encountered a lot of copper mechanical life on the way, all of which were destroyed by them, and the energy crystals that fell were collected.
Unfortunately, these crystals can't be used as power banks.
They wandered in the ruins for about an hour, and then stopped in front of a wall.
On the wall, the vines that grew well were missing several holes.
Although the traces left were covered by the vines that grew back, something could still be seen from it.
This vine had been plucked by someone before.
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