CHAPTER 1235: CHAPTER 1235 MEMORY RESTORED (1)

"What... what is that sound...?" Ah Mi stared around in terror, her eyes wide with fear, her scalp tingling.

What kind of sound was that? It was like the sound of an animal gnawing on bones, as if a rat was incessantly chewing on human bones with scraps of flesh still attached using its sharp teeth. That grating sound sent shivers down one’s spine, making teeth ache and hearts tremble.

An Yiqing’s small face darkened, her expression grim. Her hearing was sharper than everyone else’s. Beyond the sound of gnawing, she could detect other noises.

...It was the sound of the walls being worn down...

Sure enough, in the next moment, a corner of the stone room produced a "clak" of sound, followed by the mechanical grinding of gears—

One of the walls of the stone room split open, revealing a massive iron cage before everyone’s horrified eyes.

A collective gasp was drawn in disbelief as all stared at the contents of the cage!

It was packed full of rats! Oversized, ferocious, razor-toothed gray rats!

They were clumped together, their bloated bodies and disheveled gray fur rubbing against each other incessantly. Their glinting black eyes shone with a sharp, eerie light, their mouths ceaselessly chewing on something.

An Zhifeng and the others, well-versed in dangers, could swear with their lives that these were no ordinary rats!

They were undoubtedly mutated!

Each of them was five times the size of a regular rat, with the largest one even rivaling Xiao Hei in size!

What kind of rats were these? These were clearly man-eating rats!

Through Gu Yelin’s calm and precise description, An Yiqing realized what they were about to face.

Sure enough, the very next moment, another sound of gears clicking filled the air, and the iron cage swung open instantly.

"Damn! The Situ Family is downright psychotic!" Tan Yulin yelled out, raising his assault rifle and opening fire.

As the cage door released, countless gray man-eating rats surged out as though seeing the light for the first time, scrambling over each other to escape.

To them, the humans before them were nothing less than the ultimate prey. These creatures had been breeding here for centuries, evolving from ordinary little rats steeped in toxic gases and corpses, and transforming completely into bloodthirsty, flesh-eating monsters! They had no thoughts! They only knew these living beings before them could fill their ravenous stomachs!

Like a floodgate burst open, countless rats hurled themselves toward An Yiqing and the others. Gu Yelin scanned the area quickly, unhooking the eagle claw iron chain from his waist and hurling it fiercely into a hole on the upper section of the wall. The eagle claw latched onto the spot instantly.

Without hesitation, Gu Yelin pulled an enormous, sturdy net from his pack, wrapping An Yiqing, Yin Xilin, and Ah Mi into its folds. With a light push off his toes, he leapt quickly up the stone wall in a few nimble steps, hanging the net containing the three on the iron chain.

"Ah Lin, what are you doing?! Put me down! Let me down now!" An Yiqing cried out in alarm, struggling frantically.

"Stay up there and behave! Listen to me! I’ll be back soon!"

Without heed for An Yiqing’s pleas, Gu Yelin turned around and charged into the swarm of man-eating rats.

By then, An Zhifeng, An Zhiying, and Cao Xiaosha were already drenched in blood, their bodies smeared with the flesh and innards of the rats. Cao Xiaosha and Tan Yulin wielded assault rifles, their tightly pursed lips revealing cold fury as they relentlessly gunned down the swarm. An Zhiying and An Zhifeng, armed with tri-edge military spikes, tore through the masses like two honed blades. The powerful spikes, infused with robust inner breath, left devastation in their wake—piles of bodies wherever they struck!

Compared to An Zhifeng and the others, Dashan, lacking professional training, appeared to struggle somewhat. However, relying on his brute strength, he still managed to annihilate the rats surrounding him, leaving entrails and intestines flying everywhere.