Three hundred corpses were crammed into such a small space. The strong smell of blood and corpses even gave Ke Lan the illusion that even the air had become very sticky and difficult to flow. Every time he took a breath, he had to suppress the urge to vomit.

The Security Bureau agents performed relatively well in this situation, but the sergeants of the garrison who came in with Major Ashkani were all pale, and some with more serious reactions were already covering their mouths and retching continuously.

…

Ten minutes later.

"Reporting to the commander, no infection was found...but, but..."

"But what?" Victoria asked, glancing at him coldly.

"When we were conducting a random autopsy... we found that the inside of the skull was hollow..." said the agent.

"Empty... Do you mean the brain tissue of the corpse disappeared?" Ke Lan asked hurriedly. He knew that there was a kind of indigenous creature called "brain-eating worm" that particularly liked to feed on the brain tissue of living things. Of course, this "brain-eating worm" had nothing to do with the amoeba named "Naegleria fowleri" on Earth. It was a giant worm over five meters long and bloated. They would release a gas that put their prey into a hallucinogenic state, and then use a needle-like sharp mouthpart to pierce the prey's skull and suck out the brain marrow...

However, the brain-eating worms can almost be considered a rare species on Alpha Planet. Not to mention on the Ark...it is hard to find them even outside.

"Are there any signs of damage to the skull?" Victoria asked.

"No." The agent shook his head. "But after the autopsy, we found a puncture wound on the roof of the nasal cavity. The brain tissue should have been extracted from the nasal cavity."

Puncturing the nasal cavity to extract brain tissue... Isn't this the method used by the ancient Egyptians to make mummies in the old era? In addition, the posture of the arms of these corpses... Could it be that this heretical sect, in addition to inheriting the religion of the Alpha civilization, also absorbed some of the ancient Egyptian culture that has been passed down?

But...what's the point of doing this?

"Has all the brain tissue been removed from the bodies?" Victoria continued.

"All sixteen bodies sampled were like this," the agent replied.

“……”Victoria fell into silence, which was rare, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became more solemn.

"Have you found these missing brain tissues?" Ke Lan asked the agent.

"No..." He shook his head and held up a transparent ziplock bag. "We only found the severed fingers of the victims."

There were more than a dozen bloody fingers in the bag, and the cut surfaces were not smooth... Obviously, the killers first killed all the civilians gathered here, and then used the samurai swords with blunt blades to cut off their fingers one by one...

"This group of thugs..." Major Ashkani gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Their crimes are enough to send them to the electric chair a dozen times!"

There are currently three main methods of execution in the Ark: injection, shooting and electric chair. The electric chair is the most painful method and will cause the body of the prisoner to be severely burned, making his or her death appearance extremely undignified... Generally speaking, only prisoners who have committed extremely serious crimes will be sentenced to death by electric chair.

Of course, ever since Ke Lan learned how the Security Bureau's flesh-eating worms were bred, in his eyes, the electric chair was no longer the most cruel punishment.

"The electric chair is still too cheap for these guys. I think it would be more appropriate to send it to a breeding farm for flesh-eating worms...at least they can be recycled." Ke Lan took a look at the things in the bag and said softly.

"...Group two, stay here and count the number of victims and their identities. Everyone else, follow me." After Victoria finished speaking, she actually took the lead and walked up to the third floor.

The agent holding the shield tried to get in front of her, but she simply pushed him away.

"Based on my experience of following the commander for so many years, she should be very angry right now." The talkative agent whispered to Ke Lan and Ashkani, "I suggest you don't provoke her at this time."

Ke Lan nodded in agreement. During this period of time, his opinion of this group of security agents had changed a lot... At least, they were not as bad as the rumors outside said.

There is an attic on the third floor of the building, which is used as a warehouse by the restaurant and izakaya operators. Apart from half a processed tuna and a dozen boxes of Japanese sake found in the freezer, the things piled up here are basically worthless miscellaneous items. As for things like corpses, not a single one was found.

The slaughter and sacrifice seemed to have been completed in the restaurant on the second floor. During this process, no one ran up to the attic.

After reaching this conclusion, the reconnaissance team withdrew from the building, but just as they were about to continue moving along the street, the voice that had disappeared for a while suddenly appeared again!

"I... I heard it clearly!" Major Ashkani shouted incoherently, "It was a scream! An extremely sharp scream! There seemed to be the sound of a blade piercing the flesh... and... wailing, crying, roaring..."

He squatted down with his head covered, his lips trembling constantly.

"This sound... these sounds... are like the scene of more than 300 people being killed replaying in my ears..." Ashkani murmured, he pulled off his military cap and buried his fingers deeply in his hair.

"You are too nervous... breathe, take a deep breath..." Ke Lan grabbed the major's arm and helped him up from the ground.

"The massacre... the massacre is still going on!" Ashkani opened his eyes wide, grabbed Ke Lan's wrist tightly and shook it hard.

"The massacre is over." Ke Lan patted the other person's back gently. He naturally heard the voice, but it was completely different from what Major Ashkani heard. It seemed to be a long and heavy prayer, and the person praying uttered each syllable from his lips and teeth with an extremely pious tone - Ke Lan could be sure that it was definitely not the language of the Alpha civilization, but it was also not any of the old era languages ​​used by the humans on the Ark.

Even he, the "successor", could not understand the content of this prayer at all.

It wasn't just Ashkani. Several people in the reconnaissance team also had splitting headaches... They all heard similar sounds. The roars and screams of the victims seemed to ring in their ears, and even the sound of flesh being pierced by sharp weapons was so real.

"Did you hear it too?" Ke Lan raised her head and looked at Victoria.