Chapter 188 Disappearance

The prison cell had not been opened since Ding Ning's last slaughter, and naturally no one had entered. But now, when Ding Ning opened the cell, although it was still a mess with blood everywhere, all the corpses were gone, and there were no zombies.

Ding Ning remembered very clearly that when he left, most of the prisoners were still alive, as well as many survivors who had initially requested to stay with the prisoners.

If these people had died, they should have turned into zombies, or at least their corpses should have remained. But now, the cell only contained scattered garbage, scraps of paper, and dried, blackened bloodstains. Apart from that, there wasn't a single corpse or even a limb to be seen.

"This… Did you clean it up?"

Chen Xiao, who was following behind, also saw the scene inside the cell and was equally shocked. He turned to Ding Ning and asked.

"No! Since I left last time, this door has never been opened again!"

Ding Ning said:

"Moreover, that Qinglang (Azure Wolf) outside should have been in here as well!"

"..."

Hearing Ding Ning's words, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a chill all over his body. There were more than a thousand people here. Even if they were all dead, it would take a long time to clean up over a thousand corpses, especially… when it was done unnoticed.

"Have everyone come in immediately, then close the main door and arrange the personnel appropriately!"

Ding Ning turned to Chen Xiao and said:

"Also, remind everyone not to approach the windows. There's a sniper. Stay away from the windows and try to stay in the corridors. I'll see what's going on inside the cell first!"

"Understood!"

Chen Xiao immediately agreed and turned to leave to make arrangements. At this moment, Wu Cheng ran over with a few people:

"Leader, is there anything we can do?"

Ding Ning recognized Wu Cheng, after all, they had just met. He reached out and patted Wu Cheng's shoulder, saying:

"Not yet. Just wait at the door. I'll close the door in a moment. Have someone monitor the inside from the control room. If something happens to me inside, remember, this door must not be opened again."

"This…"

Hearing Ding Ning's words, Wu Cheng and the others were stunned. Was Ding Ning clearly going to scout ahead himself?

"Leader! You are the strongest person here, so let us go instead. If something happens to you, I don't think any of us will survive! At least let us go in first, so that even if there are any traps, you can be prepared!"

Wu Cheng said first.

"That's right! Leader! You can't always be at the front of everything. We can do it too!"

"Yes! We'll go first. Even if we die, at least the leader can see what killed us and be prepared. Otherwise, if something happens to you inside, even if we see something, we won't be able to solve it!"

"Yes! You are the pillar of this base. Let us go first!"

After Wu Cheng spoke, the others also chimed in. They were still young and their blood was still boiling. Even after seeing those who rushed up earlier die tragically, their blood had not yet cooled!

"No! If this place is as I imagine, then… even I might not be able to deal with it. So, after I go in, close the door. If you find that I'm dead, then all of you hide here and wait…"

Ding Ning shook his head and said, then instructed these people. As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced outside in the direction Li Chenzhou and the others had left. Looking in that direction, he said softly:

"Wait for the people who brought you out of the city before. If they can come back, you can be saved, otherwise… hah!"

Ding Ning didn't finish his words, but everyone knew what he meant.

Wu Cheng and the others still wanted to argue, but Ding Ning refused without hesitation. He said:

"Alright, time is limited. That Qinglang (Azure Wolf) might come back at any time. Close the door quickly. I need to find out why the corpses here disappeared as soon as possible!"

Seeing Ding Ning's determined expression, Wu Cheng and the others had no choice but to retreat. Then, Ding Ning took out the warden's set of keys, removed one from it, and threw the rest to Wu Cheng, saying:

"I've marked all the keys, and the armory key is also there. If I die and you can't hold on, then try to break through and get some guns from the armory!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Wu Cheng and the others to answer, and waved repeatedly, signaling them to close and lock the door!

The key that Ding Ning took off was the key to the cell, so that once the outside was locked, Wu Cheng and the others without the key would not be able to open the door of the cell again.

This was Ding Ning's precaution in case he died and they rushed in regardless. If he could survive, he would naturally find a way to send the key out! Then they could open the door—although the cell was heavily guarded, it was only to prevent prisoners from escaping, not to prevent keys from running out.

"Boom!"

The heavy door finally closed, and after Ding Ning heard the sound of the lock closing, he turned to look inside the cell. He first walked around the first floor, but found nothing, including the inside of the cells, which he had also looked at.

He even carefully checked all the possible hidden passages in the cell, such as behind the toilets, behind the radiators, and under the beds.

So many corpses could not have been eaten, they must have been transported out. Although he didn't know what the corpses were for, if they were transported out, there must be a passage leading to the outside.

And the location of this passage was most likely to be on the first floor. Above the second floor… was he digging a tunnel to escape downstairs? There was no need to bother, they could walk down by themselves during recreation time.

To save time, Ding Ning even used violent methods to search, smashing the toilets, removing the radiators, and directly overturning the beds, then directly knocking everywhere on the walls and the ground.

If there was a passage, it would definitely be an underground passage. Therefore, as long as he knocked on the location of the passage, he could hear the difference in sound.

In the process of searching for the tunnel, Ding Ning also remained vigilant, guarding against any humans or other creatures that might attack him!

However, after wandering around the prison for more than an hour, Ding Ning had searched all the corners of the first floor, but to no avail—he didn't find a tunnel, nor did he wait for other creatures to appear suddenly.

Not giving up, Ding Ning came to the place where the prisoners used to pile up corpses again, and stomped hard on the ground, the sound was still normal, which made Ding Ning very puzzled.

If there really was no passage, how were the corpses transported away?

He subconsciously began to look around, but as soon as he looked up, he found that the cover of a vent on the ceiling near the left side of the sixth floor walkway was missing, revealing a ventilation duct large enough for one person to crawl into...