"Stay here for now, I'll go deeper to take a look."
The two children naturally dared not wander about and obediently nodded, watching Min Ning leave.
The passage was especially dark, with patches of green moss growing along the walls. Min Ning saw a small mouse scurrying across the ground and fished out a flint lighter from her bosom, igniting it for illumination.
As she proceeded deeper, there were more black stains on the ground and a faint stench lingering in the air — the unmistakable scent of blood.
Min Ning furrowed her brows lightly.
As she ventured further, her frown deepened.
The space ahead opened up, revealing a grisly scene. Blood was splattered everywhere, a massive blade lying nearby gleaming faintly crimson. The uneven contours deeper within, upon inspection, were piles of stark white bones, rodents scurrying through the hollow eye sockets of the skulls, and strands of shattered hair scattered across the ground.
