Deep within the cave, a violent tremor erupted, shaking the very ground.
Lin Chun and I exchanged glances, and without hesitation, we both charged towards the depths of the cave.
This time, we pushed our speed to the absolute limit. It didn't take long before we arrived at the grand hall we had visited before.
With our vision, we could naturally see the situation inside clearly.
To my surprise, the place was in utter disarray.
Previously, there were many glass jars, as well as some unknown equipment and machinery.
Now, all of these were completely destroyed. Glass lay shattered everywhere, and even the machinery made of metal was completely deformed.
Seeing this, both our expressions changed simultaneously.
We could imagine what had happened here before.
A terrifying entity had gone mad within this place, smashing everything in its path.
Everything that could be seen had essentially been destroyed.
Lin Chun and I quickly hurried towards the observation room.
Upon arrival, I was equally shocked!
The extremely sturdy glass wall now bore several menacing cracks.
In the glass wall, with something unknown, several huge fissures had been gouged out.
"How terrifying must the power have been..." Lin Chun subconsciously looked at me.
I slowly exhaled, "I'm not sure either, but this glass was specially modified. It should be able to withstand immense force..."
"But... what destroyed it? Could it be a monster?" Lin Chun asked.
I scanned the surroundings. Although everything here was destroyed, there were no clear fist or foot marks left behind, so I couldn't be sure what had destroyed this place...
If it were a monster, then its combat power would be exceptionally terrifying.
"What do we do now?" Lin Chun asked.
I remained silent, my mind racing.
We had killed a monster here before. Could this be the source of all this trouble?
Other monsters came here searching for their companion, found their companion killed, and then went completely berserk...
And then launched an assault on everything in this place.
If that were the case, the situation would be quite troublesome.
After all, we were the ones who killed that monster. If anyone were to seek revenge, it would definitely be Lin Chun and me!
Suddenly, I felt something was wrong. "Let's go!"
Without another word, I directly rushed towards the room where the large glass tank was located.
When we arrived, we found that this storage room had also been thoroughly destroyed.
The corpse of the monster we had killed earlier had been placed at the cave entrance to block the flames.
But now, the monster's corpse was nowhere to be found.
"How can this be..." Lin Chun frowned.
A chill ran down my spine. "It's over..."
"What's wrong?" Lin Chun clearly hadn't realized what had happened and looked at me with confusion.
I slowly exhaled, "When we dealt with that monster earlier, did we take any protective measures?"
Hearing this, Lin Chun frowned. "We were attacked by this monster at the beginning, and then there was a fight. I was beaten badly..."
"Then you took it down, but it wasn't quite dead and ran to the cave entrance..."
"Then we checked the monster's corpse and dragged it to block the entrance..." Lin Chun recalled, her face instantly paling.
We both realized that we hadn't taken any protective measures when we came into contact with the monster.
In other words, our scent, sweat, or blood, had been transferred to the monster's body in considerable amounts.
If those monsters possessed any primal instincts, they could use these scents to pinpoint our exact location.
If that were the case, we would be in serious trouble.
We had been completely targeted by the monsters!
"Brother Lu, what do we do now?" Lin Chun asked.
I sat down and thought carefully.
Although our initial plan was to return to the city.
But if those monsters were deliberately targeting us, they might use this opportunity to find the city's location directly.
We might still have fighting strength, but the city housed many people who hadn't cultivated.
Especially the wildlings; only a very small number could use firearms now.
If that were the case, facing the monsters' attack, those wildlings would have no chance to escape.
Moreover, these monsters' combat power was too immense. We could confirm that I could take down one monster, but we had no idea how many monsters there were exactly...
At that point, could Shen Zhi and the others withstand them? That remained an unknown.