The small building still looks like it was inhabited just now. There are still several teacups placed on several tables in the hall, and even the cup lids are lying quietly next to the cups.
"Huh? Brother Mu, there is..."
Lin Qingzhu frowned, as if she sensed something unusual, and quickly raised her head to look at Li Mu in front of her.
"Yes, I smelled it too. It was the smell of blood. Although it was very faint and the smell was a bit far away, it was definitely the smell of blood."
As soon as Li Mu stepped into this small building, he felt the faint smell of blood in the air, which meant that he guessed correctly. There must be clues to this series of strange things in this small building.
However, it also means that perhaps those missing villagers and passing travelers have really encountered something terrible.
Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu carefully explored the first and second floors of the small building and found many traces of monks staying overnight. They even obtained two high-quality fairy swords, but they did not find the source of the bloody smell. .
"Brother Mu, come and see, what is this?"
Lin Qingzhu's shout came from the kitchen of the small building. Li Mu ducked from the hall and came to the girl's side. After lifting a wooden board next to the stove, a secret door appeared in front of the two of them. before.
"The smell of blood is so strong, it should be here. Judging from the location, it is a cellar used to store food and wine."
As soon as Li Mu approached the downward secret door, he clearly felt that the smell of blood had become very strong, and the source was obviously in this cellar. As he got closer to the truth, Li Mu felt an inexplicable sense of crisis in his heart. It's becoming more and more obvious.
"Qingzhu, you are here to help me. I will open this secret door right now. If there is any danger, I will take action with all my strength."
Worried that the zombie dog situation would happen again, Li Mu also asked Lin Qingzhu on the side to be ready to attack at any time. After all, the smell of blood at this time was so strong that the secret door could not be covered, and he did not know whether it was It was not an illusion, Li Mu always felt that there were some strange sounds in the cellar.
The wooden secret door was not heavy, but the humid environment in the kitchen made its surface feel sticky. It took Li Mu several attempts to finally open the secret door.
Below the door was a dark passage, with simple steps made of stones winding all the way down. The disgusting smell of corruption mixed with the smell of blood hit his face, making Li Mu feel nauseated.
"This cellar is so deep, Brother Mu. You can't see anything. Why don't you throw a firecracker down first?"
Lin Qingzhu tried hard to see clearly what was going on in the passage, but the light in the kitchen was extremely poor, let alone the cellar, which was completely dark.
"No, food is stored in this cellar all year round, and it is easy to produce ammonia gas. Well... it is a gas that will explode when it encounters Mars. There should be clues in this cellar that can tell us the truth, so we can only take risks. Let’s go down there.”
Li Mu looked at the entrance to the cellar in front of him, struggling in his heart. The unknown risk was second to none, but the disgusting smell made Li Mu feel his stomach churn.
"Li Mu, Li Mu, you can't let girls go down to explore the cellar. Just bear with it. If you breathe through your mouth, you won't be able to smell it."
After doing enough psychological preparation for himself, Li Mu stepped on the downward stone steps, turned around and gave Lin Qingzhu, who looked nervous, a reassuring look, and walked step by step deeper into the cellar.
After walking about ten steps, Li Mu found that the stone steps had reached the end. At this time, the surrounding area was already invisible. Li Mu waved his hand and took out a luminous pearl from the warehouse system. The soft white light instantly illuminated it. into the cellar where he was.
"hiss……"
It would have been okay if he didn't take the photo, but with this photo, Li Mu was so frightened that his legs weakened.
The cellar was huge, with neatly arranged wooden shelves filled with meats and vegetables. But when his eyes crossed the three or five rows of wooden shelves, Li Mu shuddered when he saw horrifying corpses on the ground. .
"Why are there so many corpses? Are all the villagers and monks passing by dead here?"
The piles of corpses in front of him made Li Mu also feel a chill. He couldn't help but wonder if this terrifying cellar might be the burial ground for missing villagers from these villages.
"Ta, ta, ta ta ta..."
Just as Li Mu knelt down to examine the corpses carefully, the sound of increasingly rapid footsteps came from the north of the cellar.
Li Mu was startled, and looked up in the direction where the footsteps came from. There was also a row of wooden racks, with slaughtered pigs hanging on the racks, completely blocking the light of the night pearl.
The footsteps became denser and denser, from one or two at the beginning to a large number later, not urgent but numerous.
Li Mu didn't dare to neglect. No matter who made the sudden and strange footsteps, he believed that it was definitely not a good thing.
The Jueying Sword was unsheathed, and he took five steps back. Li Mu returned to the stone steps. At this time, Lin Qingzhu also heard the footsteps, and ducked down to Li Mu's side. Footsteps getting closer in the darkness.
The temperature in the cellar was extremely low, but at this time, there were beads of sweat on Li Mu's forehead. The night pearl in his hand was thrown directly in front of him, rolling on the ground several times and stopping ten steps away from the two of them.
The next second, at the junction of light and darkness, a foot stepped out.
The scene that followed made both Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu take a breath of air.
I saw a man dressed as a butcher staggering out. His eyes were blood-red, his arms were broken outwards, and his nose and ears were covered with dried blood. It was extremely terrifying.
And soon, one after another, the same terrifying-looking figures followed the butcher out. They were all scarred, as if they had been bitten by something, and their bodies and limbs were all mangled.
But they were already lifeless, with frightening red blood in their eyes, and they were approaching Li Mu step by step.
"Brother Mu, them?"
Lin Qingzhu, who was used to seeing wind and waves, was a little frightened by the terrifying sight in front of him. More and more people entered their sight at this time, and the footsteps in the darkness were still increasing.
"Evacuate! Let's get out first, otherwise we might be in danger if we are surrounded in this cellar."
Li Mu kept forcing himself to calm down. The cellar was too small and the light was insufficient. It was obviously not a wise choice to fight these dead people here.
Turning around and pulling Lin Qingzhu to exit the cellar, Li Mu felt that the hands of the girl beside him were already cold.
The girl who works in the City Lord's Mansion has participated in many bandit suppression missions. It's not that she has never seen blood. She was equally decisive when she was attacked by the bearded man at Shuanglin Bridge. But the scene before her now made her, who has been on the battlefield for a long time,... Also fearful in my heart.
The two of them exerted force with their feet and jumped out of the cellar along the passage. Li Mu's shadow sword landed in the kitchen and swept away all the furnishings next to the cellar entrance.
Then the two of them took up their positions and stared at the dark cellar entrance, ready to fight the "zombie" that would emerge from it at any time.
