"This..."
Standing at the entrance of the ruined temple and gazing down the corridor ahead, Luo Zhen's expression changed completely.
In the corridor that reeked of blood and resembled a monster's innards, there were objects like cocoons embedded in the surrounding walls.
Each cocoon was just large enough to contain a person. Its surface was somewhat transparent, allowing Luo Zhen to see faint glimpses of what lay inside.
However, all that could be seen within the cocoons was something resembling shadows.
Those shadows seemed to be struggling, howling, sobbing, and moaning in anguish. They swayed constantly, changing shape again and again.
Through the ghost-seeing ability of Insightful Eye, Luo Zhen could see that the Spiritual Energy radiating from those shadows was both familiar and strange.
That made Luo Zhen understand at once.
He understood what those things were.
He understood why, when they had just descended into this Singularity and entered the city, they had seen countless traces of blood and vicious magical beasts, yet not a single mutilated corpse left behind by the humans who had fallen victim to them—not even a fragment of bone.
It was because those victims had not been eaten. They had been taken away.
They had been brought here.
"Senpai..."
Mashu's trembling voice reached Luo Zhen's ears.
"Those... those shadows... could they be...?"
Mashu seemed to have realized something as well, and she looked utterly disbelieving.
Even the people in Chaldea spoke in trembling voices.
"You're kidding..."
"All of these are...?"
"...This has to be a joke, right?"
Olga Marie, Da Vinci, and Roman scanned the biological reactions of the creatures inside the cocoons and realized what they all were.
"I see." Attila's voice rang out as well. As cold as ever, it now carried a murderous edge. "This temple isn't merely the residence