Chapter 295: 291 Abandoned Mine

After the vehicle stopped at the entrance of an abandoned mine, Fang Mu got out with the others, and they indeed found peculiar footprints near the mine.

The footprints generally had human characteristics, but the peculiar part was that they were huge, twice the size of an average adult male's footprint, and the toe area presented a triangular shape different from humans, which meant their toes had sharp claws; at the same time, the forefoot of the footprint was deeper, meaning the owner of the footprint walked on tiptoes.

About three to four meters away from the first footprint they discovered, they found the footprint of the other foot of the same creature.

This discovery was deeply unsettling, because it meant the creature's physical ability far exceeded people's imagination; its speed while sprinting through the mountain forest allowed it to span three to four meters in a single step, which was no different from a wild beast.

And one must know that this thing had intelligence and could walk upright; they would only be more terrifying and dangerous than the wild beasts in people's impressions.

Suspecting that the Abnormal creature that had been abducting children and teenagers recently might be of the Corpse Disciple Witch type, the Xuanmi Group squad led by An Fang had already been temporarily and specially dispatched with their files.

According to the footprint images provided in the files, after comparing them with the footprints at the scene, it could be almost completely confirmed that the monster that left these footprints was a Corpse Disciple.

Fang Mu looked at those footprints and suddenly felt a bit dazed; in the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery switched to night, and a hairless humanoid monster with thin, long limbs and a hunched figure was scaling walls and vaulting over roofs in the mountain forest, topped with a pair of inhuman green beast eyes; if it weren't for his special eyes, he probably would have had a hard time keeping up with the other's movements.

Returning to his senses, Fang Mu stood there stunned for a few seconds, breaking out in a cold sweat.

An Fang's gaze almost never left Fang Mu for too long; she had always kept an eye on the changes in Fang Mu's expression, and through three years of being together, she also had some understanding of Fang Mu's special abilities.

For instance, Fang Mu would have "visions" or "auditory hallucinations" from time to time, but those were not entirely hallucinations; his eyes could simply see scenes that happened at a certain point in the past or future in a place at any time, and furthermore, his eyesight was astonishing; if it weren't for the fact that Fang Mu could not carry a gun, he would have been able to become a terrifying sharpshooter; the same logic applied to his auditory hallucinations.

Fang Mu's relatively stable mental state and these extrasensory abilities were the important reasons he was allowed to remain in the Xuanmi Group squad; in this day and age, the technological investigative means in the Shenzhou Region were still too few, and it was very difficult to solve and investigate some Abnormal incidents; Fang Mu was a very useful tool.

After instructing everyone to be ready to enter the mine at any time, An Fang also took the opportunity to come to Fang Mu's side and asked in a low voice, "What did you see again?"

"A hairless humanoid monster running in the woods, hunting a human who passed through their feeding territory at night; the person didn't die, but had their limbs broken; the monster was gnawing on their arm while dragging the desperate, powerless human into the depths of the mine." As Fang Mu spoke, he led An Fang past the place where the Corpse Disciple's footprints had appeared, then pushed aside a bush and found a severed human finger inside, covered in carrion-eating insects crawling and gnawing on it.

An Fang frowned deeply, "Corpse Disciples have the habit of storing food, and it's almost winter now; they don't like the cold, nor do they like high heat; they probably didn't kill the prey immediately for this reason."

Fang Mu shook his head, looked at An Fang, and said calmly, "It might not just be that; I saw that beast's expression; it was enjoying itself, it was relishing the desperate screams emitted by the prey when facing a dead end."

Hearing this, An Fang clenched her fists; she did not doubt what Fang Mu said at all, and gritted her teeth, "Those damn beasts, I'm going to slaughter them!"

Fang Mu was silent for a moment and asked, "In a while, how do you plan to arrange me?"

"Same as usual, just stay by my side, don't leave my sight easily." An Fang glanced at him, then handed a telescopic baton to Fang Mu, "This is for you to defend yourself."

"You're talking just like a domineering CEO." Fang Mu rarely teased her, while taking the baton and swinging it at the air; the whistling sound the baton made as it swept through the air was somewhat intimidating, and it would definitely cause excruciating pain if it hit a human body; he muttered, "Having a weapon is better than having none."

"Don't think about using this thing to fight the Corpse Disciples to the death; they fear the cold, but freezing cannot kill them, it can only slow their movements; fire is the only sharp weapon to kill them." An Fang took out the pistol she kept in her holster and exposed the magazine to let Fang Mu see those special bullets marked with red circles.

Simply put, Corpse Disciples fear strong light and high heat.

These bullets were Explosive Flame Bullets developed specifically to deal with Abnormal creatures that fear light and heat; it would be too wasteful to use them against humans, after all, for such fragile creatures as humans, ordinary bullets were enough.

"Didn't you think about giving me one?" Fang Mu joked, taking advantage of the time while others were still preparing to pack up to chat and joke with An Fang.

An Fang, however, did not seem to take this sentence as a joke; she shook her head and answered seriously, "I would like to give you one, but the application wouldn't be approved; I really don't know when you might lose control."

The corners of Fang Mu's mouth curled up, the flippancy in his smile slightly restrained, and he said as seriously as she did, "Then I can only point out the direction of attack for you when you can't see; are you willing to trust me?"

"I trust you." An Fang nodded affirmatively.

Everyone was fully equipped, and the ten-person team walked into the abandoned mine in two rows.

The profession of a Mysterious Agent belonged to a high-risk occupation and could not be short of money; everyone was heavily armed and also wore a Night Vision Device, with their entire bodies outfitted with the top-tier technology currently available in the Shenzhou Region.

Except for having no weapons, Fang Mu's protective gear was no different from the other Mysterious Investigators; of course, his special eyes meant he didn't need to wear a Night Vision Device; he moved in the dark mine with his naked eyes, and he saw things even more clearly than those who wore night vision equipment.

"Stop for a second!" Fang Mu was walking in the front row, and after turning through several mine tunnels, he called for everyone to stop.

"What's wrong?" A Mysterious Investigator asked in confusion as he stepped forward, but he was stopped by Fang Mu before he could even reach his shoulder.

Fang Mu saw the dissatisfied look on the face of this young Mysterious Investigator who had been transferred from the local Xuanmi Group branch and said calmly, "There is an abyss ahead; you would have fallen to your death if you had taken one more step forward."

Hearing this, the Mysterious Investigator felt a chill in his heart and hurriedly took off his Night Vision Device, lit a flare, and threw it forward; in an instant, the red light of the flare illuminated the scenery ahead.

The path was suddenly broken here, and there was only another tunnel entrance five meters ahead, while between these five meters was a bottomless abyss; the red light of the flare kept falling, and they didn't hear any echo of it hitting the ground even until the red light went out.