Chapter 136: Today (12)
Even though Everly had already prepared herself for the possibility of seeing something horrifying, the sudden sight still made her jump.
Fortunately, the thing on the metal bed, though terrifying in appearance, was actually just a corpse.
It wouldn’t move on its own, and it certainly wouldn’t stand up to attack her.
From start to finish, it lay there like an ordinary corpse, emitting a strange odor—a mix of disinfectant and rotting flesh—completely motionless. Because it had been in the same position for so long, the parts of the body touching the table had become like waterlogged dough, soft and sticking to the surface.
Everly drew a deep breath, quickly glanced at the canine-tooth bracelet on her wrist and the other warning devices—everything remained silent, indicating that there was no supernatural threat in the room.
She exhaled slowly, then circled the room with her flashlight, moving around the corpse.
The room wasn’t large, and half of its space was taken up by a sunken pool in the interior.
The pool rose about a meter above the floor and was filled with a pungent, pale yellow liquid, the surface level almost even with the edge. The room’s awful stench came roughly half from the corpse on the bed, and half from the pool.
Shining her flashlight into the pool, Everly saw one red, humanoid figure after another submerged in the yellowish water. They had no skin, no hair—like skinned bullfrogs, or overcrowded bean sprouts, pressed tightly together. Many of the corpses were injured; most of their limbs were incomplete.