Li Xian immediately turned to check whether anyone was nearby. Fortunately, the noise just now had not drawn any agitated residents over. As soon as he entered the Livestock Farm, he rounded a corner and hid himself from view.
Once he confirmed that they were safe for the moment, he began carefully examining the conditions inside the Livestock Farm.
In fact, as they approached the Livestock Farm, both Li Xian and Lin Shiming had noticed something strange. The difference was so obvious that it was impossible to ignore-
All the animals here had disappeared.
Yet none of the fences around the enclosures showed any signs of damage or having been opened. Half-eaten food remained in the troughs, and on their way here, they had seen neither traces of any animals nor their bodies.
So, like Ji Xie and the corpses piled up in the Garbage Dump, these animals had vanished into thin air.
Li Xian opened his mouth, intending to say something to Lin Shiming, only to see his expression suddenly turn serious. Lin Shiming gestured for silence, then slowly walked behind him.
Li Xian immediately swallowed his words. Carefully turning to follow Lin Shiming's gaze, he discovered that he was staring at a curtain behind him.
The gray curtain hung crookedly from a pole, seemingly screening off some makeshift area of unknown purpose.
The curtain was a little too short to reach the ground, leaving a gap of about a centimeter.
Li Xian bent down slightly and peered through the gap-he could just make out a pair of... shoes.
His heart lurched.
Someone was in there?!
Seeing that Li Xian had noticed something wrong too, Lin Shiming patted his shoulder, pointed at the curtain in front of them, and held up three fingers.
Li Xian immediately nodded, then silently