But the thought of that half-bodied Soul-Seizing monster behind us made us abandon the idea of ​​running away. We could only grit our teeth and move forward.

The glowing red line extending from behind the lamppost into the depths of darkness was no longer enough to illuminate the way ahead. Fatty lit two phosphorus sticks and led the way, the light just enough to illuminate the distance of two or three meters in front and behind us.

As the light dimmed, our pace slowed down, and at the same time, the speed of the howling woman behind us also slowed down, as if "she" was also a little afraid of the things in the depths of darkness.

Fatty held up the phosphorus fire and led us forward for dozens of meters. Looking back towards the lamppost, we could hardly see the outline of the lamppost anymore.

The red line guided us all the way forward. Before long, we finally arrived at the exit of the passage, and the red line extended straight out of the exit.

Outside the passage, there was a faint, eerie green light, giving off an indescribable sense of horror.

Fatty was not afraid, nor did he hesitate or waver. He took the lead and walked out.

We followed closely behind.

Outside the passage was an open square, boundless and without end. The red line extended to the middle of the square and directly connected to a water tower-like object suspended in the center of the square.

The water tower was a bit far away from us. I couldn't see the specific structure clearly, I could only see a general outline.

As we stepped into the square, the air was filled with a stench that made you want to vomit.

The entire square was shrouded in a strange green light emitted by the faint blue lamps around it, eerie and terrifying, making people shudder.

No wonder that half-bodied woman was scared; everything here was truly chilling.

Below the huge suspended water tower, many oval objects with a diameter of about half a meter were clustered together. I was certain that these oval objects were emitting the extremely disgusting rotten smell.

Fatty and I approached one of the oval objects and walked around it, looking at it as we went. Its surface was wrinkled, like a piece of meat that had been dehydrated and dried for a long time. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that this oval object resembled some kind of biological organ tissue.

Fatty leaned in for a sniff and immediately felt nauseous, almost vomiting.

"Damn it, this is more disgusting than a dead rat!"

After saying that, Fatty swung his knife and cut open the oval object.

"Whoosh—"

A stream of green juice poured out from the cut in the oval object, and a stench rushed to my face. This smell was mixed with the smell of dead rats, stinky tofu, and feces. It was unbearably foul. All the foul smells I could think of were not enough to describe the disgusting smell in front of me.

After the juice had drained, Fatty and I pinched our noses and used the phosphorus fire to shine into the cut.

Hiss... There seemed to be something hidden inside the oval object.

Fatty didn't have so many scruples. He raised his knife and made another cut on the opening.

When the opening was cut to the bottom, something wrapped in green mucus fell out of the oval object. The thing was curled up, like the corpse of a primate.

Fatty then used his hunting knife to poke at the corpse. The mucus was a little slippery, and the hunting knife couldn't easily find a point of leverage. Before long, Fatty turned the corpse over.

When it was halfway over, the corpse suddenly faced upwards, scaring Fatty. Fatty quickly stopped and retreated.

This was actually a human corpse, and the person was an adult in size. Not tall, it looked to be about 1.6 to 1.7 meters tall when fully stretched out. Because his legs were curled up and his hands were curled inside his body, the overall volume was not large, just enough to fit into the oval object.

This person had been dead for a long time. His facial features were all blurred and unrecognizable.

Looking at the corpse in front of him, Fatty suddenly pointed to the dissected oval object and murmured, "Young Master, don't you think this meatball looks like a uterus?"

I took a closer look at the "uterus" in Fatty's mouth and found that the "uterus" was connected to a fleshy tube above it, like a shriveled large intestine, directly connected to the "water tower" above.

I scanned the other "uteruses" and found that they were all a combination of "meatball" and "meat tube" structures, and the other end of the meat tube was also connected to the water tower.

But, according to Fatty, if these oval objects were "uteruses," then the "fetuses" nurtured in the "uteruses" would be too big.

Therefore, I was thinking, could this actually be something that sustains life, rather than an organ for nurturing life?

Just as I was about to say my guess, Fatty used his hunting knife to pick up something from the curled-up person's stomach. At first glance, I thought it was a belt, but after another look, I realized it was an umbilical cord.

That wasn't all. Fatty showed me the end of the umbilical cord. As expected, the end of the umbilical cord was a complete placenta. I was completely dumbfounded. This square was actually an incubator. It could actually cultivate embryos outside the body until they grew to adulthood.

If I guessed correctly, that water tower should be the vessel that continuously supplies nutrients to the "uterus," but the source of these nutrients is unknown.