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Wind rustled past the crumbling walls. The smell of earth and dead leaves, mingled with blood and gunpowder, slowly seeped into the ruined side room.

Xia Lun studied the trapdoor for a moment, then grabbed its copper ring, braced himself, and pulled upward.

Whether it hid treasure or a Darkroom, there might be clues to supernatural powers inside. He couldn't just ignore it.

Creeeak—

As the rusty hinges groaned, the stench of rotting meat surged through the opening. It was as though the air had filled with fine steel needles that prickled his skin.

Xia Lun knew the feeling was an instinctive warning, but he didn't care.

Standing at the edge of the opening, he picked up his flashlight, bent down, and shone it inside.

The beam pierced the darkness. Halos of light spread outward, illuminating the vast space beneath the trapdoor—

Corpses! The space below was full of corpses!

Countless mutilated bodies lay strewn across the hall, nearly forming three small hills.

Most wore ordinary civilian clothes. Human bite marks covered their torn, bloody bodies, and in the light, tiny transparent fly eggs were plainly visible in the wounds.

Xia Lun frowned slightly and swept the flashlight farther in.

Among the bodies, he spotted several skinless Skinned Corpses. They, too, had been gnawed on, and looked to have suffered especially badly.

Even Xia Lun, with his iron will, felt a subtle unease.

This place is seriously creepy. The thought eased his tension a little, and then he jumped straight down.

Thud!

His boots landed on a stiff corpse, splashing thick fluid mixed with blood and flesh across the floor.

Xia Lun looked around. The underground chamber was enormous, and he stood in only its main hall. A passage on the north side led deeper in, where there appeared to