But Li Xian had no intention of leaving just yet. Instead, he walked farther inside.
There had to be some clue here.
By now, the fishy smell lingering around his nose barely registered. Li Xian even felt as though the cold had dulled his sense of smell. Shivering slightly, he scanned the containers full of frozen fish one by one, then suddenly spotted a small patch of purplish red among the silvery scales.
It immediately caught Li Xian's eye. The dark purple patch was only about the size of a fingertip, and he couldn't make out what it was from a distance, so he hurried toward the nearby container.
Once he got close enough, Li Xian discovered that the object was actually... a finger buried in the pile of frozen fish.
Li Xian shivered even harder. After taking two seconds to steel himself, he reached out and pushed aside the top layer of fish.
An entire hand, frozen purplish red, came into view.
Li Xian frowned and kept digging, but soon realized that this wasn't very efficient-the body seemed to be buried deep, and clearing away the frozen fish piled on top of it little by little would waste too much time.
So he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and grabbed the icy hand. Before he had time to register the unsettling feel of the corpse, he yanked it out!
Thud.
A whole corpse fell to the floor along with several frozen fish.
Li Xian quickly let go and looked down. A second later, he covered his mouth with the hand that hadn't touched the body.
Although he had braced himself, the gruesome sight before him was far worse than he had expected.
It was a man's corpse, lying motionless on his back. His upper body had been stripped