CHAPTER 644: POST-WAR SHOCK

Jing Shu also felt very innocent, helpless, and speechless. She never expected that while she was happily collecting bones, Li Yuetian and his group would arrive so quickly.

Of all the rotten luck, they had to show up with a high-beam flashlight, Jing Shu thought as Li Yuetian and his followers, looking as if they’d seen a ghost, stumbled upon the scene. After an encounter like that, who wouldn’t be scared out of their wits and seek refuge in any room with a door? Who would still be out and about collecting things?

Wait, where did this pile of white bones come from? There are so many! And they look so familiar... Aren’t these the bones of the monsters that just died?

The soldiers who came to their senses gasped in shock. Just how many white bones were there on this floor, piled up everywhere?

Speaking of which, the battle upstairs was fierce but didn’t yield that many. Just how many monsters were on the first floor? No wonder there was no noise from downstairs; everything had been dealt with so quietly...

So, luckily, all these Dark Creatures didn’t make it upstairs, or we would likely have been wiped out today.

Li Yuetian felt a bit awkward too. He wanted to ask but didn’t know how to start. He couldn’t just say, "Have you eaten?" He could only awkwardly point to the creature that had just fallen from the upper floor and said, "What about those Dark Creatures from before?"

After asking, he realized how odd the question was. With bones scattered all over the ground, the creatures were either dead or had fled. Was there even a need to ask?

Jing Shu shrugged innocently. "I don’t know, I haven’t seen them."

AHEM! Li Yuetian stared at the ground for a good while. Although he had no idea how these creatures died, it seemed highly improbable, let alone that someone had slain them. Hundreds of their well-trained soldiers couldn’t achieve this, to say nothing of the first floor, where there was practically no one.

He took another deep look at Jing Shu. It was a good thing the monsters had all congregated on the first floor; otherwise...

Then there must be a special method involved, and it was undoubtedly this unassuming Jing Shu before him. Li Yuetian was also quite wary of Jing Shu. The mere fact that she had returned from the United States with Yang Yang, bringing back so much stuff, was enough to indicate this girl was no ordinary person.

Therefore, it wasn’t suitable to inquire now, not with so many prying ears around.

So, after holding back for a while, Li Yuetian could only say, "How about I have Li Chenglong get some people to help you gather these bones? It looks like hard work collecting them. By the way, there are quite a few upstairs too. We can gather them all together for you."

No one’s going to fight over these bones, anyway. They can’t be eaten or used for anything. And look how tightly she’s guarding them.

Jing Shu nodded happily. "Then I’ll trouble Li Chenglong."

So, everyone acted as if nothing had happened. Li Yuetian didn’t ask where all the bones had come from nor inquire about the situation. He just had his nephew find a dozen people to help Jing Shu gather all the unwanted scraps of bones.

Jing Shu, as if afraid others would steal the bones, even moved them into a villa, prompting a group of onlookers to give her strange looks. Was it really necessary? Did they look like that kind of people?

But now, no one seemed to care about the bones anymore. Li Yuetian led his team to start inspecting the New World Building, feeling that this invasion by the Dark Creatures was very peculiar.

Thankfully, there was still a small medical team.

"Everyone, everyone, please come to the hall immediately! We’re beginning a headcount, providing free bandaging for the injured, and distributing food per person at no cost! I repeat..."

Upon hearing food was being given out, not just the injured, but even those close to death would struggle to get up and hurry to be counted.

It wasn’t that the injured were not cared for, but there were surprisingly few this time. Either they had minor injuries, or they were bitten to pieces and entirely swallowed by the Dark Creatures, leaving no survivors. The disparity in strength between the Dark Creatures and humans was overwhelming, akin to a cat playing with a mouse.

The scene was reminiscent of ten cats entering a den of thousands of mice, each grabbing one to eat at leisure, never going for another until fully satiated. This granted the remaining mice the chance to escape.

Because of this behavior, the food-satiated rotten mermaids didn’t move, which also meant that the casualties were lighter than expected. After all, it took them about fifteen minutes to consume one person. These rotten mermaids were terrifying, eating flesh without spitting out the bones, practically chewing and swallowing the bones as well.

Now there was no need for body collection, since not even bone fragments were left. Of course, this also meant that no one knew exactly who was missing.

This time even Jun Jia rushed over, quickly organizing people to start post-battle reassurance and headcounting. By the time everyone hobbled to the ground floor hall, Li Chenglong and other soldiers had already cleaned the place spotlessly, even sweeping away the accumulated layer of water and mud.

As logistics officer, Wang Miao quickly contacted Boss Lu’s people. They cooked some dark, unappetizing food overnight, breaking precedent by adding some rice and flour to console everyone.

"Our painstakingly filtered water is gone..."

Receiving this information, Wang Miao was speechless. Are these monsters stealing water to drink now? Wang Miao then said, "Forget it. Get it sorted again tomorrow. For now, distribute the porridge to everyone."

Having arranged this, Wang Miao then deployed over a hundred logistics personnel to tidy up each floor, collect the white bones, clean up the scene, and take stock of damaged goods and count everything else.

There were still more tasks to handle. During the chaos of battle, everyone was panicked. But after the battle, the dishevelment induced even more fear. Indeed, it might seem unbelievable, but the sense of surviving a disaster was coupled with a lingering, visceral dread.

The private rooms were filled with crying.

Mostly from fright, as the scenes they witnessed were unforgettable.

"I was sound asleep when suddenly I heard chewing near my ear. I thought it was Zhu Liang snoring again, so I slapped him, only to hurt my hand badly. When I opened my eyes, I was shocked—I wet myself! A huge, huffing beast reeking of decay was devouring Zhu Liang... I... I was truly scared to death. Zhu Liang suffered such a horrible fate!"

"The hall on the fourth floor had over a dozen shops, all without doors. Suddenly, seven or eight Dark Creatures surged in. It was a massacre."

"Fortunately for us girls, we had a separate room. Though it was a bit cramped, at least those creatures didn’t break in. Hiding in the room, we were terrified by the screams outside."

Liu also arrived, still shaken. Upon learning that her boss was safe, she finally relaxed. From the bag she carried, she shook out some cloth and blankets, setting them up just right for Jing Shu, and then lit the stove to boil water for tea. As the stove warmed up and the fire glowed, the bewildered faces of Jing Shu’s classmates were illuminated.

There were noticeably fewer people in the private rooms.

Many had blood on their faces and hands—whether their own or someone else’s. Some were injured, now lying on the ground moaning.

Gold Dominator appeared, clutching his toy bear. His face was pale and weak. He gripped the toy bear tightly, clearly having forgotten that he was in a public setting.