Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 593 - 295 Master of Deduction_1

Chapter 593: Chapter 295 Master of Deduction_1

The snowstorm intensified, the salt-grain sized snowflakes striking against bodies and falling to the ground, making a rustling sound as if insects were gnawing at the world.

In the border-lying solitary village, no birds, no insects, the warm smoke from cooking stoves had dissipated long ago.

If there were any human voices, it would be the deranged specters wandering, whispering, or weeping.

"I think I heard something too!"

Kim Myungjin listened intently.

Kim Jinsoo wanted to speak, but Quan Sangin raised a finger to his lips, signaling her to be quiet.

"Haunted?"

Zhao Decheng, scared, huddled closer to Lin Baici.

Clang!

The sound of chains clanking arose, faint, but this time, several people heard it.

"Over there!"

Quan Sangin pointed west and immediately ran over.

He couldn’t always be outdone by that Nine States man; this time, he had to show off his ability and prove himself. Otherwise, it was hard even to lead the team.

Lin Baici was not in a hurry. The village was definitely not safe. If someone was willing to take the lead, he was happy to let them.

Creak! Creak!

Footsteps crunched the ground, leaving prints in the snow, like scars on a beauty’s face.

"It’s here!"

Quan Sangin arrived at the center of the village, standing in front of a large adobe house.

The roof was covered with thick straw that hung down more than half a meter from the eaves. Quan Sangin tried to peer through a window, but it was also blocked by straw.

The adobe house had a wooden door, secured with an iron lock.

"There are people in this village!"

Gu Qingqiu quickly warned.

If it were an uninhabited house, the lock would be covered in dust within a few months, but this one clearly wasn’t. Moreover, the doorframe showed signs of frequent use.

"Lee Taehyun, take a look at the window!"

Lin Baici commanded.

"We have so many people, what’s there to fear?"

Pei Douwen, sick with a fever and irritable, had no patience to wait for Lin Baici’s cautious exploration. The worst thing in the adobe house would be a group of zombies.

For them, that shouldn’t be a threat. So, he stepped forward, chopping the chain with his knife.

Dang!

Sparks flew as the chain broke. Pei Douwen quickly tore off the chains and with a kick forced open the wooden door, then swiftly retreated back.

He was not foolish; he did not enter the house.

A pungent mixture of the smell of blood, decay, and the stench of years without a bath assailed their nostrils.

Ugh! Ugh!

Everyone started retching immediately.

The smell was truly disgusting.

Ordinary people’s dull sense of smell was overwhelmed, and Lin Baici’s, enhanced by Divine Grace, suffered even more.

Truly a wave of stench, nearly carrying Lin Baici off.

If he were to open A Sip of A Hundred Flavors and smell this odor, Lin Baici would be sure never to eat meat again.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Low growls emanated from the house, followed by the sound of chains being pulled.

Since all the windows of the house were firmly sealed with straw and the heavy snow blocked any light from entering, the inside was very dark.

Whoosh!

Lee Taehyun ignited a torch and threw it inside.

The orange flame, like a fish escaping a net, scattered in every direction, filling the adobe house.

"Hiss, zombies!"

Zhao Decheng craned his neck to glance inside the door and almost wet himself in fright.

Inside was a large group of zombies, gnashing their teeth and clawing in an attempt to get out and feed, but they were all bound by chains.

Lin Baici went inside.

On the ground were the skeletons of animals; they looked like they could be deer.

"Why are these zombies so skinny?"

Zhao Decheng, initially tense, saw the emaciated zombies, which resembled the starving beggars of Shangqingfu City, and he was no longer afraid.

He felt he could fight ten such skinny zombies.

"Because they are being fed by someone!"

Gu Qingqiu explained.

"Fed?"

Zhao Decheng exclaimed, "Who would do such a thing, going against all reason?"

"Could it be Li God Doctor?"

Lee Taehyun’s face turned grave. Could the death of every person in his village have something to do with the Big Doctor?

"These five deer skeletons on the ground indicate that someone has been hunting to feed them. Judging by the dust on the lock and the nutrition of these zombies, the person feeds them at least once a month!"

Gu Qingqiu deduced.

"It’s been too long; otherwise, we could have just waited here to catch them!"

Pei Douwen expressed regret, "Is there any quick way to find that person?"

"Why would that person keep these zombies captive? To conduct experiments?"

Choi Sunsil speculated, "If that’s the case, then the mastermind must be the Big Doctor."

"Is Li God Doctor Korean?"

Gu Qingqiu looked to Dae Jang Geum, waiting for an answer.

"Yes!"

Dae Jang Geum nodded.

"Then it can’t be Li God Doctor. The killer behind the scenes is a Jurchen, one of the people from this village, a clansperson of these zombies!"

Gu Qingqiu studied the zombies with great interest.

"Why do you say that?"

Kim Jinsoo didn’t understand.

"Good question!"

Quan Sangin praised inwardly, for he too wanted to know the reason. But as the team leader, he couldn’t ask as it might make him look unintelligent and lose face in front of his teammates.

"Team leader, why don’t you explain?"

Gu Qingqiu had no intention of answering such a trash question.

"Because these zombies have no scars on them."

Lin Baici glanced at Gu Qingqiu, suspecting that this mad woman was testing him. "If I were Li God Doctor and keeping these zombies, it would definitely be for experimentation, and I would have left some marks on their bodies. Moreover, with so many rooms in the village, I would have kept them separate for easy experimentation."