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As Li Nan was lost in thought, the people crawling in front of him suddenly disappeared, which made him feel very strange. "What’s going on? Is this the Bermuda Triangle?"
Li Nan pulled the Wolf Eye Flashlight up from below the opening and shone it around himself, but there was still no one. He felt extremely puzzled; what had once been a very narrow ventilation duct now seemed vast and eerie to him.
"Officer Han!" Li Nan shouted, trying to make his voice more penetrating, but after a few seconds, aside from the faint echo in the duct, there was no other sound.
Li Nan immediately felt uneasy. This situation was reminiscent of a clichéd horror movie, placing a person in an unfamiliar environment. Even without any terrifying events occurring, it was enough to send chills down his spine.
Could it be that the people ahead had quickened their pace and left him behind? It must be that way, Li Nan thought to himself as he hurriedly increased his crawling speed.
Although Li Nan had voluntarily descended into this Underground Morgue, which could be extremely dangerous, he felt no fear at all. Perhaps it was because he was accompanied by the Wolf Fang Special Forces; he subconsciously believed that with these national elite forces around, even in perilous situations, they could turn danger into safety.
However, the current situation was quite different. Not to mention the three Wolf Fang Soldiers who had died, just being in this environment made him realize that if a Zombie were to suddenly emerge from somewhere, he would not be able to handle it. At such a moment, Li Nan's best option might just be to clean himself up and wait for the Zombie to come and eat him.
While Li Nan's mind raced with thoughts like these, his hands and feet did not stop moving. At this time, he could only silently pray for divine protection, hoping to turn misfortune into good fortune or for those people to quickly appear before him.
Li Nan held the Wolf Eye Flashlight in his mouth and looked around but still did not see any figures. As he crawled further along, he gradually noticed more and more black liquid accumulating in the Ventilation Duct.
He was familiar with this substance; during his confrontation with the Red-Eyed Man at Beiyuan Square, he had experienced its disgusting nature. Therefore, Li Nan was unwilling to touch it. However, given the limited space within the Ventilation Duct, there was no way to avoid it!
Moreover, as he crawled further back, Li Nan felt the temperature rising. The ventilation duct was very narrow, and coupled with the intensity of his movements, he couldn't tell if it was just psychological or an objective fact; either way, he felt increasingly hot.
At that moment, Li Nan suddenly had a realization: the electrical system and ventilation system likely followed similar pathways. He figured that the temperature in this Ventilation Duct must carry some heat from the Electric Machine's operation. Thus, those Zombies might have instinctively removed the cover outside the Ventilation Duct due to their attraction to heat and crawled inside. This meant that their actions were purely instinctual rather than intelligent behavior. With this thought in mind, Li Nan felt slightly reassured.
However, Li Nan still needed to keep crawling; otherwise, how could he catch up with Zhang Li and the others? He had already determined that the group ahead of him had crawled far away. Therefore, the most important thing now was to catch up with them.
Although the black viscous liquid in this ventilation duct was disgusting, Li Nan could not avoid it and could only frown as he crawled through.
Just as Li Nan continued on his way, he noticed something unusual.
The black liquid before him undoubtedly belonged to Zombies; traces of it remained on the surface of the duct without being disturbed. It seemed that after these Zombies left this substance behind, nothing else had passed through here—at least nothing humanoid had passed through. This raised a significant doubt for Li Nan; thus he boldly speculated: "Zhang Li and his group did not crawl ahead of me!"
This discovery did not ease Li Nan's mind; instead, it made him even more anxious. Could it be that those people who had been right in front of him had all vanished in an instant?
Faced with such bizarre phenomena, Li Nan's only explanation was that those people had been possessed by Southern School San Shu at some point and then vanished without a trace.
Li Nan forced a bitter smile, feeling like a mute eating bitter herbs, remaining silent while all the muscles in his face twisted together, creating a grotesque expression.
He felt trapped with no way out, which was his greatest sentiment at that moment. After all, he considered himself an Intern Doctor, a talent nurtured by a harmonious society. Was he really going to be scared to death by something? It would be better to have a Zombie appear and just bite him to death.
Just as Li Nan was lost in his thoughts, a muffled sound suddenly came from somewhere, echoing in the emptiness as if something was crawling.
Li Nan trembled in fear. "No way, could it be that what I think is happening is actually happening?"
He took out his Wolf Eye Flashlight and shone it around him but saw nothing. Li Nan was instantly dumbfounded. "Could it be that the air here is so thin that I'm experiencing auditory hallucinations?"
Immediately, Li Nan moved his right hand to feel the carotid artery on his neck and carefully counted his heartbeat. Although fear had caused his heart rate to increase, it still fell within normal limits, indicating he wasn't experiencing hallucinations due to oxygen deprivation.
After calming down for a moment, the sound came again, and this time Li Nan truly lost his composure.
In this long ventilation duct, there wasn't enough space for Li Nan to maneuver. The series of strange events had indeed tested his small heart. However, he quickly realized that sitting back and waiting for death was not the best approach. Even if a Zombie or several Zombies were coming at him, he had to find a way to survive.
With this thought in mind, Li Nan managed to calm down somewhat and listened carefully in the direction from which the sound came, trying to determine where the Zombie might appear.
Li Nan perked up his ears, focusing intently on the muffled sounds. He felt that the noise was neither coming from in front of him nor from behind; perhaps the ventilation ducts were so interconnected that they hadn't circled back yet!
As he thought this, a chill ran down his spine because he clearly sensed that the sound was coming from directly above him. Based on the amplitude and intensity of the noise, it was unmistakably right above his head.
First, there was the inexplicable disappearance of Zhang Li and eleven others, and now there were strange sounds coming from above; these two unexplainable events piled up before Li Nan, making him less afraid.
When someone reaches a state of being scared silly, they become somewhat indifferent to fear. Li Nan found himself in this situation; with so much information bombarding him at once, he felt somewhat numb. Therefore, he did not display panic but instead calmly faced whatever was about to come—be it a Zombie or something else—he could accept it all.
The sounds grew louder, and Li Nan began to wonder what could be above him. Logically speaking, there should be a thick layer of concrete outside this ventilation duct; could something really move through concrete?
The answer was clearly no. However, after calming down, Li Nan thought of another question: since Zhang Li and the others hadn't walked ahead of him, how could they have disappeared? The ventilation duct went straight through; those people couldn't have gone backward either. So Li Nan felt he should retreat first; at least he should return to the exposed Ventilation Duct at Door 2 and see if there were any discoveries to be made.
Having made up his mind, Li Nan attempted to turn around and walk back. However, due to the narrowness of the ventilation duct, he couldn't turn around at all; thus he could only move backward while maintaining a forward-facing posture.
With both hands pushing back, he slowly maneuvered his body backward, finding it even more exhausting than moving forward. This was when Li Nan truly understood the meaning of the saying: a good horse does not eat the grass it has walked past, and a true hero does not walk the road behind him.
After shifting a few steps, he had not retreated even a meter, but the noise above him was gradually fading away, as if what was above was moving in the opposite direction of Li Nan's path.
This made Li Nan feel somewhat relieved; it seemed that whatever was up there was not there to bring him misfortune, but was merely a chance encounter.
After moving another dozen steps, Li Nan suddenly looked up and noticed something unusual in the ventilation duct.
Typically, underground ventilation ducts serve two main purposes: to provide fresh air and to expel smoke in case of a fire. Due to these functions, these ducts are usually made from iron sheets with a diameter of forty centimeters. While not particularly sturdy, they are certainly adequate for their intended use. Throughout his retreat, Li Nan had kept his head tilted upward and now realized that a section of the duct had actually developed a huge crack.
Since there are no strict quality requirements for the iron sheets used in ventilation ducts, it is not surprising to find several cracks. However, what surprised Li Nan was that there was also a fissure in the concrete layer outside the iron sheet, extending backward into darkness.
Li Nan was astonished. Could it be that the noise he heard earlier came from here? It dawned on him why Zhang Li and the other ten people had disappeared so suddenly; they must have crawled in here. Unable to contain his anger, Li Nan cursed loudly, "Damn it! You all left me here while you ran off so quickly!"
Without further thought, Li Nan clamped his Wolf Eye Flashlight in his mouth and freed his hands just in time to get up and crawl into the concrete gap.
"Damn! This really hurts!" Using both hands and feet, he managed to squeeze inside but found himself in complete darkness. The ground beneath him was littered with rubble and concrete shards, causing him to wince in pain. At that moment, he recalled something: a year ago, Jiangbei City experienced a minor earthquake. The epicenter was unclear, but it caused quite a stir. Could this gap have been created by that earthquake from a year ago?
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