Chapter 381: Chapter 379: The Cage Office Building 4

Injected with hormones and viruses?

Jiang Yan held her breath briefly.

This does sound quite like the cruel tactics of Flame Base.

However, she quickly dismissed her own guess.

Flame Base and Yaoben Base had long been at odds, and the remnants of their bases would unlikely travel all the way to Yaoben Base’s territory in the extreme cold weather.

Especially since, after the apocalypse, the concept of territory no longer existed.

Moreover, these packaged “two-legged sheep” were clearly the food supply chain of the base, most likely not intended for Flame Base.

As she was thinking this, she heard a slightly overweight man say:

“You guys think, those survivors picked up from Xiangcheng, if not disintegrated, could they turn into zombies in the future?”

“You No. 4, you’re hilarious! You’ve watched too many apocalypse movies, haven’t you? Why don’t you crack open your head and check if there is a Crystal Core inside your forehead and brain?” Another man said, tossing a blood-covered head directly in front of him.

He threw it casually, as if the object tossed was not a head, but a ball painted in red.

“Yeah, check for a Crystal Core. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the first person to gain a superpower in the apocalypse!” another person mockingly interjected.

As soon as No. 4 reached to catch it, he snapped, throwing the head back, “Check for what! If these heads were severely damaged, do you think we would still have good food to eat?”

The other man, upon hearing this, just shrugged his shoulders.

It was only because Hua Bao felt the scene was too ghastly and bloody, afraid that it might upset Jiang Yan, that he stood behind one of the men while sneaking back to listen.

Thus, Jiang Yan did not see the outrageous scene that just occurred.

However, the conversation between the two was quietly startling for her: Xiangcheng?

In her memory, all flora and fauna in Xiangcheng should have been obliterated in that incredible nuclear explosion, right?

There were still survivors?

Jiang Yan recalled seeing those corpses earlier, and she understood some things, but not very clearly.

From a scientific perspective, those exposed to nuclear radiation would lose all their hair.

Their skin and bodies would ulcerate, until they bled to death…

“Shush–” A man standing at the elevator suddenly turned his head and gestured to the others.

The people chatting casually immediately shut their mouths.

Their bodies also straightened up visibly, and the knives in their hands skinned and cut the meat much faster.

“Creak creak,” sounds emerged as a short man with an oxygen bottle strapped on appeared at the dimly lit elevator door.

The short man, carrying an oxygen bottle, looked quite odd in appearance.

Jiang Yan recognized him at a glance as the man who was outside blowing the whistle and driving away those giants.

Clearly, this man was not ordinary.

That oxygen bottle also weighed at least fifty or sixty kilograms.

Being able to carry it effortlessly while still standing so straight indicated he was no ordinary person.

Also, it showed that his vigilance was quite strong.

“Hua Bao, follow this man later.” Jiang Yan felt that perhaps she could get some information out of him.

“Okay, mom!” The transparent Hua Bao hopped in three or two jumps to the short man and sprang onto his shoulder in a flash.

“Little Boss!”

“Little Boss”

“…”

Several people spoke in a respectful tone in unison.

“There are new requirements from above, all goods here must be cleared and packaged within three days.” The short man stood still, scanning the people around him.

Although he was short and his facial expressions were unclear because of the gas mask, everyone still felt an oppressive aura and a chilling coldness emanating from him.

A man cautiously asked, “Little Boss, does finishing everything within three days include the new merchandise upstairs as well?”

“Of course.”

“But those who haven’t completed the screening to enter cultivation yet…” The person who previously threw the head, now completely lacking his former liveliness, said in a low voice.

“I’m talking about those people upstairs.” The short one glanced at him, “The focus for these people is on organ preservation. Tomorrow, special storage boxes will be delivered, and a doctor will specifically come to guide you. When you disassemble them, you must ensure that the organs’ shape and function are intact.”

“Ensure the function is intact, does that mean we can only harvest while they’re fresh?” The implication was taking directly from a living body.

“That’s what I mean.” The short one nodded slightly, “As for the rest, just follow the current classification.”

A man tentatively asked, “Little Boss, are we also moving in three days?”

“Yes, the situation has changed, we can’t stay here any longer.” The short one finished speaking, his gaze paused on the actions of several people’s hands, and he said with displeasure, “You guys are too slow, you need to speed up!”

“Okay, okay, Little Boss!” Everyone nodded and bowed, then the knives in their hands danced like swords, quickly disassembling a body.

The short man stood there for a while, then returned to the platform at the elevator entrance, holding onto a chain, following the transport platform down floor by floor.

Jiang Yan also saw every floor’s scene through Hua Bao’s vision.

All partitions on each floor had been completely removed and then some fences had been reinstalled.

In front of the fence, keeping a radius of less than three meters from the elevator shaft.

Every ten meters or so, there was an armed person standing guard.

Every five meters or so, there was an oil drum emitting a strange smell.

Ensure the internal lighting and temperature.

The air inside the building was not only murky, but the oxygen was also very thin.

Upon seeing inside the fences clearly, Jiang Yan’s pupils suddenly shrank.

Inside were all people, densely packed.

All very fat.

About two or three hundred pounds each.

Not sure if it was because of being too fat or because of some physical condition, all these people were either sitting or lying on the ground in a slump.

Due to their increased body size, the clothes on their bodies were missing except for a few sleeves on some people.

The snoring was as loud as thunder.

The stench was extreme.

The lower the floor, the higher the degree of obesity, and the fewer the people in the fences.

This place looked very much like some kind of human feeding facility.

Some people had hair, others didn’t.

On those bald people, Jiang Yan even saw some large, dark mollusks.

Hua Bao lengthened a vine and moved closer, sending chills down Jiang Yan’s back.

The soft-bodied creatures clinging to the bald men were Mutated Leeches!

This was the first time she had seen such things since leaving Anming,

Whether leeches themselves can withstand low temperatures, she didn’t know, but they seemed to tolerate it for at least now.

The previous bloody scene, coupled with the current eerie scene, made Jiang Yan’s stomach churn with acid.

However, she still forced herself to bear it and directed Hua Bao’s head to rotate 360 degrees with her mind, carefully observing the environment on each floor.

From the outside, only about a dozen floors were exposed above the snow.

But from the inside, it was not so.

After a while, the “creak” noise stopped, and the transport platform stopped after descending about 20 floors or so.

The short man jumped off the steel plate and walked towards a corner where something like a sleeping bag was placed.

There were no fences here, but it was filled with densely packed items.

Jiang Yan even saw many small-sized sleds and plenty of pulleys and such.

“Mom, the scent of Gold is here!” Hua Bao, having shrunk its body and laying on the short man, whirled its eyes excitedly looking towards a corner.

“Never mind the Gold for now.” Jiang Yan pinched the bridge of her nose, quickly pondering in her mind,

“First, take control of this person and sneak him out.”