Chapter 154

Chapter 154

The time rewound to a few dozen minutes earlier.

At this moment, the three men were still searching for Yi Tiantian in the vast underground city.

However, since it was their first visit and the underground city was quite intricate, finding a person here was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The progress of the three men searching for Yi Tiantian was extremely slow.

It had nearly come to a standstill.

But fortunately, Xie Yi was dressed in staff attire at this time, so they had not attracted the attention of others for the moment.

However, when they reached a main road, a scene appeared before them that shocked the three men greatly.

What appeared before everyone was a crowd!

The crowd itself wasn’t surprising, but what was shocking was that among the surging crowd, there were numerous strange individuals.

Compared to these people, the old man they encountered earlier was nothing!

These people were limbless, and a large portion of them were barely clothed, walking in very strange postures. Without careful observation, you might mistake them for zombies!

Fei Cheng’s throat tightened as he watched the scene before him.

A group of people dressed as animals passed the three men.

Some were dressed as chickens and ducks, some as swans with broken necks, and others as big-nosed wild boars that had been eviscerated.

Their intestines and other internal organs were spilling out!

The appearance of these people alone was disturbing, but Fei Cheng took a closer look at those wearing animal costumes, and what he saw sent a chill down his spine.

Those wearing the animal costumes had uniformly bulging eyes, like creatures from legends about aliens.

Fei Cheng felt as if they had been starved for centuries, or perhaps they weren’t even human, but beings from another world!

Xie Yi and Gang Fengxing gasped in shock as well, for they too saw the strange humanoid beings hidden beneath the animal masks.

As they passed the group, the lead staff member glanced at the three men, as they stood out as normal on this street full of freaks.

But upon seeing Xie Yi, who was also dressed in staff attire, the staff member looked away reluctantly and continued leading the group of animal-clothed individuals forward.

Then Fei Cheng and the others encountered another group.

These people were even more horrifying than the strange animal-people before. This group was completely naked.

Their walking posture was very strange, twisting as if their spines were deformed, their eyes and mouths crooked, constantly drooling, like zombies or puppets under someone’s control.

There were men and women, old and young, but without exception, they were all naked.

Seeing this, the three men instinctively averted their eyes, because even though these people were mentally unstable and their bodies lacked any sense of beauty, they still didn’t want to see their nudity.

“What on earth are these things... The more I look, the stranger they seem...”

Gang Fengxing was the first to crack, whispering in a strained voice to the others beside him.

“The secrets hidden in this underground city seem far more terrifying than we imagined.”

Xie Yi also furrowed his brow deeply, taking a heavy breath in, his eyes revealing a faint worry.

Because now Yi Tiantian is in this terrifying underground city within an underground city, and I wonder if he is safe right now.

"Stop talking, someone is watching us over there."

Fei Cheng's peripheral vision caught the group of people walking past them, and he unexpectedly discovered that many of them were looking at them.

Their gazes were direct and unblinking, as if they were looking at aliens.

Noticing this, Gang Fengxing and Xie Yi quickly composed themselves and fell silent.

After watching the group of people walk past them, Fei Cheng suddenly felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, soon after, a group of people suddenly appeared and, with lightning speed, scattered the three of them.

And this group was even stranger and more terrifying!

Although their clothing appeared normal, each of them wore gas masks, as if there was something in the air that could be fatal.

But soon, Fei Cheng realized that it wasn't something in the air that could kill them, but...

These people were the source of infection!

Because the gas masks were transparent, Fei Cheng could see that their facial skin was ulcerating to varying degrees.

Their faces were riddled with ulcers and swollen blisters, and some even had maggots wriggling on their faces, which was extremely disgusting to look at.

Even men as tough as these three were starting to falter after seeing the state of these people.

Their appearance was so nauseating!

A few staff members were in front of this group, constantly maintaining order and ensuring compliance, making sure the masked people didn’t fall behind.

Among them, it was evident that some could no longer endure the pain, and in the next second, a young woman, whose face was almost completely ulcerated, fainted and fell to the ground.

When she hit the ground, a dull thud echoed, and a cloud of dust even rose into the air.

But strangely, no one on the main road paused. Only a few nearby people wearing gas masks stepped back, moving away from the fallen woman.

Fei Cheng finally understood why he had always felt this road was peculiar.

It wasn’t just because everyone on this road seemed abnormal, but also because, despite it being the main road and the large number of people passing by, not a single sound was heard.

Not a single person.

There were only occasional commands from the staff guiding the crowd. The strange group being directed neither resisted nor found the scene unusual. As if this was just their mundane daily life.

Especially when the woman fell, those around her only stepped back without a single scream of panic.

It was all too bizarre.

Since he didn’t know what kind of virus these people carried, Fei Cheng decided it was best to leave.

Behind him, another group of people wrapped in white cloths was about to rush up, and the white cloths were faintly stained with blood, instilling a sense of unease.

Because the masked people had suddenly emerged from behind and scattered the three, Fei Cheng, Gang Fengxing, and Xie Yi were now separated on different parts of the main road.

Just as Fei Cheng was about to look up and search for Xie Yi and the others, his eyes met those of a staff member in black work clothes.

The staff member's eyes were deep, and his gaze toward Fei Cheng was ice-cold, devoid of any warmth.

Fei Cheng noticed that the staff member in front of him had very little white showing in his eyes, and the black part almost occupied his entire eye, which was quite chilling.

"Who are you?"

The staff member's tone was also extremely intimidating, as his voice was as cold as a corpse in a morgue.

But Fei Cheng, after all, was a film emperor, and his acting skills were impeccable.

He made a slight expression of surprise, perfectly conveying the panic of encountering the staff member.

"I, I just got separated from the crowd..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Fei Cheng furrowed his brow and clutched his head tightly, as if in severe pain.

"I was just with them a moment ago..."

The staff member was clearly impressed by Fei Cheng's superb acting, his previously cold demeanor softening slightly.

"What’s your identification number?"

Number?!

Fei Cheng had no idea such numbers existed, so naturally, he couldn't answer!

Pretending to have a headache came in handy, and Fei Cheng began to fake being in so much pain that he couldn't even speak, crouching on the ground.

Initially, the staff member regarded him with a bit of patience, asking, "If you don't know, then let me see your sleeve, there's a number on everyone's, and knowing your number will allow us to send you back."

Hearing this, Fei Cheng acted as if his headache had worsened, crying and groaning loudly while crouched on the ground.

To draw Xie Yi's attention to the situation, Fei Cheng deliberately raised his voice.

And because he had increased his volume, it aroused the suspicion of the staff member.

After all, no one on the main road would cause a commotion, and this man was causing such a scene—there must be something wrong!

"Who are you exactly!"

The staff member reached out and grabbed Fei Cheng's arm, trying to check the number on his sleeve.

Although Fei Cheng appeared to be in pain on the surface, he was actually ready to resist.

At this moment, every muscle in his body was taut, as if he was about to strike at any moment.

But just then, Xie Yi walked in from the crowded group of people.

He strode forward, not panicking at all, his voice steady and composed.

"This is my man, we got separated earlier, number #2354, a newcomer."

The staff member with the cold eyes straightened up to look at Xie Yi.

"2354? Indeed, should be a newcomer."

Xie Yi remained calm and pulled Fei Cheng up from the ground, whispering, "Stay close! If you fall behind again, you'll be in trouble!"

Fei Cheng nodded, got up from the ground, and followed behind Xie Yi with a tense expression.

The staff member with the cold demeanor once again scrutinized the two for a long time before half-heartedly preparing to turn away.

And just as Gang Fengxing saw Xie Yi and Fei Cheng reuniting, he also strode over towards them.

Just as everyone was starting to relax, the cold staff member who hadn't completely left yet turned back again.

"Wait, the number you just mentioned doesn't seem right, does it?"