Chapter 273 - Cruelty is the Greatest Goodness (2/2)

Lin Luoran is curious about what pet the crazy Taoist has brought back from the secret land. However, the crazy Taoist’s expressions change quickly and he grumbles, “It ran away— ”

His pet ran away? This is not a good topic to talk about. As Lin Luoran tries to ease the embarra.s.sment, the cultivators find something at the other side of the yard.

“Master Lin, we may have a clue of the whereabouts of the pregnant women!”

They’ve found the missing women? Lin Luoran and Liu Zheng both lose the interest in asking about the crazy Taoist’s pet. They run together to the crowd.

Pieces of tiles and bricks are all over the ground with broken steel bars mixed inside.

Xiao Xiaomu says excitedly, “Officer Lin, tell Master what you’ve found.”

Xiao refers Lin Qingxue to Officer Lin. Lin Qingxue’s skin is tanned and she is more composed right now. She steps back and pulls the weed growing under a tree. There is a dense wire mesh under the ground.

A bas.e.m.e.nt!

“You’re observant. How did you find it?” Everybody was searching in the ruins and no one paid attention to the weed in the yard. This military woman is quite impressive.

Lin Qingxue explains calmly, “Madam, it’s late autumn and the weed is too green.”

In fact, before Lin Qingxue says anything, some of the cultivators had noticed the abnormality. However, Lin Qingxue was the one who found the spot. The cultivators were too proud to take the “credit” of a girl.

Lin Luoran takes a closer look at the weed. They are not dark green, but the other gra.s.s in the yard had already turned yellow. The withered gra.s.s was all broken when the tentacles monster was out making a mess, yet this lump of gra.s.s is ok. Somebody must have put this gra.s.s on the wire mesh later. Of course, the gra.s.s is quite green.

Lin Luoran says thank you to Lin Qingxue. Xiao Xiaomu goes forward and takes the wire mesh out. There is a layer of rock wool and a softwood board under the wire mesh. This door is designed to be soundproof. No wonder the cultivators couldn’t find anything without the help of their spiritual minds.

Light comes out from the bas.e.m.e.nt. As the cultivator with the highest level of cultivation, Lin Luoran takes the lead and goes into the bas.e.m.e.nt.

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Liu Mei has the feeling that somebody has come and saved them.

It’s past lunchtime and their lunch delivery is not here. The pregnant women are getting anxious. They think that they’re going to die because these foreigners are done doing experiments. Later, they hear the noise from the ventilation opening. Liu Mei focuses on the noise and she hears screams and people talking in Huaxia language. She can’t help becoming happy. It turns out that they are going to be saved. Has the government discovered this place and sent the police to save them?

Liu Mei tells her guess to the other women and she does her best to comfort those in terror. Hearing that the police may have come, many of them cuddle and cry out of happiness.

In the meantime, the European girl with long hair, who is the devil in the eyes of the pregnant women, runs into the bas.e.m.e.nt. The girl threats that whoever cries will be killed immediately.

Liu Mei sheds no tears. She believes that these foreigners are just angry because things aren’t going as they expected.

The foreign girl leaves after making the threats and she never comes back.

Time pa.s.ses. Liu Mei keeps guessing which side will win. Then the tentacles monster rises from the ground and the bas.e.m.e.nt is going to collapse. A few pregnant women fall and hurt themselves. Fortunately, the monster doesn’t come after them. Liu Mei is relieved. She does everything she can to encourage the other women whose emotions are unstable.

The sound of thunder comes and the ground shakes. Buildings collapse and the women are hopeless.

Liu Mei is hopeless. The collapse of the buildings blocks the only ventilation opening in the bas.e.m.e.nt. All of them will die from suffocation if they don’t get out soon.

Liu Mei and a few other women use their last strength to punch at the door and scream, hoping someone can hear them. However, the door is too solid and it is soundproof.

All the drastic actions and emotions quickly consume oxygen in the bas.e.m.e.nt. The women are hungry and tired and they’re short of oxygen. Liu Mei feels sleepy.

Will she ever wake up if she falls asleep now?

Her eyelids are getting heavier and she has a hard time breathing.

In a daze, Liu Mei sees that the door of the bas.e.m.e.nt is pushed open. Sun s.h.i.+nes inside. A woman walks in against the light. Liu Mei feels that the woman looks so much like her old colleague. Is it her? Liu Mei thinks that she is having a dream.

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The pregnant women are carried up to the outside one by one. The crazy Taoist notices something and he walks to them.

He checks on these women with his Wakan and says seriously to Lin Luoran, “Lin, these women’s babies are no longer human…”

Not human? Everybody is stunned. They can’t help thinking about the monster baby with a human head and bat body. They remember that the baby seemed to be shy and cute, yet it was actually bloodthirsty.

Lin Luoran looks at Liu Mei. It has been years since they met the last time. Liu Mei is going to be a mother. Will she want her baby to born as a monster, or will she refuse to give birth to a monster at all?

The crazy Taoist checks on Liu Mei and asks Lin Luoran, “do you know her?”

Lin Luoran nods. The crazy Taoist stands up and says, “Her baby is normal, so are the babies of a few others. The bat monster didn’t have the time to infect them all.”

The good news can’t wash the sadness in Lin’s heart. There are over 100 pregnant women here and less than 10 normal babies.

The crazy Taoist sighs, “Sometimes cruelty is the greatest goodness. You have to make a choice. Think bigger, Lin.”