Destiny Rekindled

Chapter 64: The Devoured Rat Corpse
Qin Chuan's sincere words suddenly made the lively chat in the car quiet down.

Fortunately, after chatting for so long, the destination of the assessment is almost here.

A few minutes later, the bus stopped at the Jinshi Road sign. Tang Qiuyi walked out first and waved to the five people on the bus, "Follow me."

Under his leadership, the five people soon appeared in a blocked section of the road.

There are obstacles and armed police officers blocking both sides of the road, and there are personnel on standby around each drainage outlet.

"What you see is just the tip of the iceberg." Looking at the five people who were curiously looking around, Tang Qiuyi began to explain, "The sewer system is a very complex underground system, just like the roads on the ground, which are interconnected. The demon rats appeared in the sewers, so it is very troublesome to completely wipe them out."

"If there are any fish that slip through the net, it won't be long before a larger group of demon rats appears." At this point, Tang Qiuyi's face became a little serious. "You are only responsible for a part of the sewer area. Other areas will be handled by other extraordinary people."

“The detailed zoning is already marked in the brochure.”

As he spoke, he had already led the five people to a half-open sewer entrance.

Kicking the manhole cover to the side, Tang Qiuyi took five safety helmets from the special affairs team personnel who came up and handed them to the five people, "Put them on. There are headlights on them for lighting, and there are hidden cameras on them as an important record of your performance."

Hearing this, Qin Chuan and the other four quickly took it and put it on.

You can’t do without results!

After making sure that the five people had put on their helmets, Tang Qiuyi pointed to the wellhead and said, "Okay, let's go down now."

"From now on, unless there is a threat to your life, I will remain silent and will not take any action."

"I'll go down first!"

Xiaopang bravely took the initiative to assume the responsibility of being a pioneer.

He took off his loose coat and handed it to Qin Chuan, revealing the close-fitting clothes underneath.

His chubby belly looked a little funny, but at the moment his expression was extremely serious.

A yellowish-brown halo surged, and soon a small dent appeared on the ground where Xiaopang was standing, while his body was quietly covered with a layer of rock, leaving only his eyes, mouth and nose exposed.

Although his body was covered with rocks, Xiaopang's movements were strangely not affected.

Making a "come on" gesture to his four companions, Xiaopang grabbed the handrail at the wellhead and climbed down into the sewer.

Two minutes later, a muffled sound was heard from the well.

"It's safe down there, you can come in!"

"I'll be the second one." Qin Chuan took the initiative to speak.

He originally planned to be the first one to go down and check for danger, but unexpectedly Xiaopang got there first.

Thinking that this might be a plus, he simply gave up the opportunity.

Changxing City's underground drainage system is mainly composed of tunnel sewers, and the section under Jinshi Road is no exception.

As I entered the sewer neatly, a foul odor immediately hit me in the face.

Qin Chuan covered his mouth and nose, turned on the headlamp, and quickly landed on his feet.

The fat boy at the side covered his mouth and waved at him, obviously also being irritated by the smell.

The third person to come down was Zhang Yumeng.

The moment she walked to Qin Chuan and Xiaopang, the air around them suddenly became fresh.

"I'm suffocating." Xiaopang took a deep breath and recovered. "I've seen sewer construction before, but it didn't smell this bad."

"This should be related to the demon rat." Zhang Yumeng still looked timid, but at this moment he was surprisingly reliable, "I can sense some toxins in the air nearby."

"If you inhale it for a long time, there will definitely be problems." Qi Fei and Sun He came down one after another and just happened to hear Zhang Yumeng say this.

"Fortunately we have Mengmeng." Sun He held Zhang Yumeng's hand and spoke with a smile.

Friendship between girls seems to be particularly easy to form. The two girls who were still strangers to each other before getting on the bus are now almost close friends.

"I'll investigate." Qi Fei nodded to Qin Chuan and the other three, then extended a hand.

He glanced at the dirty floor and placed his hand on the side wall of the passage.

"Om-"

As the ochre-colored halo surged, a slight sound like the buzz of a mosquito echoed in the quiet sewer.

After a moment, Qi Fei withdrew his hand and pointed in a certain direction, "There's something going on over there."

"Let's go!" Xiaopang took the lead, walking in front with a ruthless pace. He was protected by rocks all around, and his short and fat figure could bring a lot of sense of security at this moment.

Behind him followed Sun He.

As one of the team's output carriers, Sun He has already drawn some domestic sewage from the sewer, purified it, and formed it into a water ball in his palm, ready to take action at any time.

When necessary, water-related extraordinary people can filter out other impurities in the water and purify the water.

Zhang Yumeng followed behind Sun He. This position not only allowed her to better purify the air for her teammates, but was also relatively safer.

Further behind were Qi Fei and Qin Chuan, who was in charge of the rear guard.

Tang Qiuyi also entered the sewer. At this moment, he was wearing a gas mask and following far behind the five members of the team. There was not even any sound of footsteps and no sense of existence at all.

"It's here." Soon, Qi Fei took the initiative to speak, indicating that the place where he found the abnormality was nearby.

Several people used headlights to scan the scene in the dark sewer, and soon Sun He let out a low cry, "Here!"

Several people gathered together and soon saw a demon rat with a twisted body and pus-filled body.

This demon rat was already dead, and even its body was incomplete, with only its two eyes almost popping out, which made people feel sick.

"What? He's actually dead." Xiaopang muttered in dissatisfaction, "What bad luck!"

He was about to kick the corpse of the demon rat away, but Qin Chuan, who didn't say anything, stopped him, "Wait!"

"Look at the wounds on its body." He quickly approached the demon rat, observed it carefully, and then slowly spoke, "Do these wounds match the shape of its teeth?"

"Really." Xiao Pang squatted down, observed carefully and nodded in agreement, then showed a look of sudden realization, "So it bit itself to death?"

Qin Chuan: “…”

He glanced at Xiaopang in silence. Qi Fei behind him couldn't stand it anymore and quickly explained, "Some rats have the habit of eating the corpses of their own kind. The demon rats should be similar. This kind of wound must have been left by other demon rats."

"How could they have the guts to eat such a thing?" Sun He couldn't help but gasp.

Zhang Yumeng on the side had already turned her head away.

"The body of this demon rat hasn't completely hardened yet, so it must have been dead not long ago." Qi Fei found a small stick and poked the demon rat, "But I didn't find any traces of other demon rats nearby."

Qin Chuan glanced at the darkness ahead and frowned slightly.

He always felt that there was a hint of danger lurking in it.

"Just keep looking forward."
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The settings in the previous article have been slightly modified, and the ice element has been removed from the material properties. There is no need to go back and look, there are basically no changes, just know that.

(End of this chapter)