Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 889 - 364: Gnawing Bones in the Night (Part 4)
His focus was entirely on the Medical College, so naturally he didn’t notice someone behind him... But even if he did, he would be unable to perceive Zhou Xuan, who was blended into Heaven and Earth, just like Lv Mingkun and Li Changxun.
"Lao Pan."
Zhou Xuan had already stealthily approached Pan Mountain Eagle from behind, and suddenly slapped his shoulder.
Pan Mountain Eagle immediately jumped three feet high with a fright, and it wasn’t until he reached the highest point that he remembered to vocalize: "Who the hell is it?"
"It’s me," Zhou Xuan responded.
"Oh dear, sir," Pan Mountain Eagle, still shaken, said as he patted his chest. "Scaring people can scare them to death... I almost fell off the Bell Tower."
Zhou Xuan then asked, "How’s the situation at the Medical College?"
"There’s yellow-skinned creatures everywhere, one nest after another. My Divine Eagle is circling like crazy; no one with ill intentions dares to make a move."
Pan Mountain Eagle patted his chest and said, "Ever since you contacted the Huang Family to serve as my assistant, my sense has disappeared. I haven’t felt any disaster victims going missing anymore." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Between the lines of his words, Pan Mountain Eagle enunciated the word "assistant" particularly clearly. He was merely vying to claim credit, emphasizing to Zhou Xuan that — the yellow-skinned creatures were just helping, he was the main force.
Zhou Xuan saw through this but didn’t expose it, only discussing the progress of things, saying: "That’s a good thing."
"However, there have been other strange occurrences."
Pan Mountain Eagle added.
"What strange occurrences?"
"I feel that the people at Hui Feng Medical College seem overly affectionate."
"Tell me, how are they affectionate?"
Zhou Xuan asked.
"I’ve been patrolling Mingjiang Prefecture for two or three days, and these disaster victims mostly hang out with familiar people, whether eating, sleeping, always in groups. These small groups were essentially neighbors or relatives before the disaster, but today it’s different. Some small groups are going to find other groups to hang out with, engaging in unusually frequent exchanges."
"That truly is an issue."
After feeling a sense of concern, Zhou Xuan suddenly turned around and said to Pan Mountain Eagle, "Lao Pan, I’ve discovered you’re quite the talent. How observant you are?"
"When we used to kidnap people and bring them back to the mountain stronghold, we had to torment them, bind them, and force them to write to their families asking for ransom... When they were being tormented, as soon as their eyes showed something unusual, I knew they were ready, we could grab them to write the letters."
"That criminal gang really helped you gain skills?"
"Those were all things of the past."
Pan Mountain Eagle laughed and quickly stopped talking about how he honed his skills.
"Then tell me, in which areas do these extra communications occur?"
Zhou Xuan asked.
"Over there... and over there..."
Pan Mountain Eagle pointed towards the basketball court, swimming pool inside Hui Feng Medical College...
"I got it, keep watching."
After understanding the general location, Zhou Xuan then departed during the day trip.
...
The swimming pool at Hui Feng Medical College was open-air, and from Zhou Xuan’s perspective, the facilities were crude, but in Jing Country, it was already quite an upscale venue.
During this disaster period, the pool water had been drained, and numerous tents stood in the wide pool.
Zhou Xuan, using the Turtle Breath Method, concealed his breath and planned to use the remaining Dun Jia techniques at the edge of the pool, to make certain predictions.
But the Turtle Breath Method, aside from hiding his breath, also enhanced his auditory and visual senses. He didn’t get a chance to use subdued sounds to resonate and detect the river of fate of nearby people before he heard a series of bone chewing, meat tearing sounds.
Technically speaking, bone chewing wasn’t quite bone chewing, it was more like bone grinding. The sound resembled biting into a hard biscuit in the mouth until it softened, then slowly grinding and gnawing.
The sound of meat tearing involved gently ripping the flesh off of the bone membrane.
It was already deep into the night, and such noises were distinctly strange to Zhou Xuan — It’s fine if one or two little gluttons sneak a bite at night,
but the bone grinding, meat tearing sounds were numerous — How could there be so many people sneaking around for a snack?
Zhou Xuan followed the noise and walked forward.
He was in a Turtle Breath state, fully unafraid of being noticed. When he arrived in front of a gray-green tent, he felt like he stepped on something, so he looked down.
Under his shoe was half of a human hand, reaching out from the gap of the tent.
Gently gripping the hand, it felt slightly cold. Using force, he tugged and pulled the hand out from the tent.
— It was a severed hand, at the joint, the teeth marks were staggered, clearly it wasn’t cut off by any sharp tool, but forcibly torn off.
Aside from that, the blood at the severed part of the hand hadn’t dried yet; it had only been severed not too long ago...
