Was this the legendary idea of living off the mountains if you lived near mountains, and off the water if you lived near water?
As mentioned earlier, it was hard to imagine a town like this supporting many medical facilities.
Weighing the scalpel in his hand, Fu Qian figured there was a good chance it had come from that building with the red-tinged outer walls.
And if so, that also seemed to explain where the frozen corpses had come from.
It wasn't all that far away, and everywhere around here seemed to be full of similar abandoned buildings.
If they'd carried the bodies inside through this entrance, it didn't seem like they would have been very easy to spot.
There were also all those footprints on the ground, as if people had come and gone many times.
Besides, although Fu Qian knew he hadn't explored every inch of the maze-like underground passages, he hadn't seen any other corpses along the way.
If Ivan had really met his end at the hands of the two young people, and they'd made their "mistake" before panicking and losing their way back, eventually wandering here and leaving by this route lined with frozen corpses, then Head-Peeking Brother really wouldn't have seen anyone.
It seemed to fit the logic better and better. Even the chain of events was becoming clear—
One could imagine that after discovering a place like this underground and believing himself to have received some kind of great revelation, Ivan had first taken advantage of the area's resources and set his sights on the nearby hospital.
But his attempt to "pollinate" corpses hadn't gone too well, and he hadn't reaped any "fruits of power." Then, just as luck would have it, living people showed up on his doorstep...
Unfortunately, unlike in the