Give Me Your Blood

The port, cargo containers.

With Xu Wan leading him with clear purpose, Yu Xing finally stopped in front of a dark green cargo container.

The steel container was also encased in ice. Through the ice, he could see its layered ridges and dull metallic sheen.

It stood more than half a body taller than Yu Xing and was a little larger than the camper van. Its sharp corners had been carefully covered with soft rubber padding.

At a glance, it looked no different from the other containers around it.

Only if he moved closer and listened carefully could he hear the muffled sound of machinery running beyond the ice and steel.

"This is the place." Xu Wan curled her lips. Her expression now looked much more like Snake Woman's as she pressed her hand against the ice, which looked as if it would peel off a layer of skin if touched carelessly.

The solid ice began to melt outward from her palm.

Almost the instant the ice melted, Yu Xing's head buzzed. He sensed an utterly terrifying, evil force coming from the container.

So it wasn't ordinary after all. The ice had been blocking the unusual aura inside!

He only wavered for a moment before coming to his senses. Staying in character, he staggered back two steps as though he couldn't bear it, clutching his head and letting out a muffled groan.

A twisted force was burrowing into his mind.

It was like...

A concentrated burst of cognitive distortion?

His tongue was going numb. The invisible tentacles stirred excitedly, poised to move.

Xu Wan pushed open the container doors. Beside him, he heard a woman's bewitching voice, gentle and irresistibly persuasive, whispering in his ear, "It's right inside."

"The truth you want to see is in there. So is the