188: Identity exposed

Gu Qinghan pushed the trolley, opening and closing each room one by one.

During this time, he also went downstairs to replenish the so-called food and water.

When Gu Qinghan opened the door to a room on the third floor, he suddenly saw all the 'nutrients' inside lying on the ground.

At first, Gu Qinghan thought these people were just asleep.

But upon closer inspection, none of their chests were rising and falling.

These people were all dead!

To avoid suspicion, Gu Qinghan immediately turned and went downstairs to call for help.

A short while later, Brother Wang came upstairs with a group of people.

After confirming that all the 'nutrients' in the room were dead, Brother Wang’s face showed no sign of displeasure.

On the contrary, Gu Qinghan saw an emotion called joy on his face.

“You all guard this place; I’m going up,” Brother Wang instructed, then immediately took the elevator upstairs.

It was several minutes before he returned.

At the same time, Gu Qinghan saw a familiar figure behind him.

Zhu Wenfu.

Zhu Wenfu’s steps were somewhat hurried as he rushed to the front of the room.

When he confirmed that those people were dead, his expression also clearly brightened.

Then, he quickly opened the door to the adjacent room.

Gu Qinghan knew that the two adjoining rooms housed the 'nutrients' and the people they supplied, respectively.

However, when the door opened, there was no movement inside.

Gu Qinghan glanced in; it was a man lying motionless on the bed.

He was dead too?

Zhu Wenfu rushed into the room without hesitation, then fumbled around on the man’s body on the bed.

He then seemed to discover something, immediately took something from the man’s body, and turned back into the hallway.

His expression was extremely excited at this moment; he patted Brother Wang’s shoulder and said:

“You did well. There might be more similar situations coming up.

From now on, increase the frequency of daily room checks. Don’t delay important matters.”

Brother Wang nodded repeatedly, then suddenly pointed at Gu Qinghan and said:

“Leader, actually, I had diarrhea today, and he helped me fill in and discovered this.

This kid is quite sharp. If the upper floors also get occupied later, why not…”

“Good, not bad. We will indeed need to deploy more manpower later.”

Zhu Wenfu nodded in satisfaction, looked at Gu Qinghan, and asked:

“What’s your name? You need to work even harder from now on, understand?”

Gu Qinghan’s mood was very complex at this moment; he knew that if he spoke, he would definitely be exposed.

Brother Wang didn’t know Gu Qinghan before, so he could use a hoarse voice as an excuse.

But Zhu Wenfu had genuinely communicated with Gu Qinghan face-to-face several times.

Gu Qinghan believed that such a cautious and suspicious person would never forget his voice.

Seeing that Gu Qinghan hadn’t spoken, Brother Wang next to him also grew a little anxious.

He glared at Gu Qinghan, then said with a fawning smile to Zhu Wenfu:

“Leader, please don’t mind him. This kid is probably scared silly by so many dead people.

His surname is Hou; we all call him Skinny Monkey.

Skinny Monkey, quickly apologize to the Leader!”

As Brother Wang spoke, Gu Qinghan had already made up his mind.

If he suddenly attacked now, he would most likely be able to kill the unprepared Zhu Wenfu.

However, his main purpose in coming here was to complete his mission and find the Contractors.

The number of Contractors in such a Gathering Place would definitely not be small, and letting them continue would only result in more victims.

He couldn’t kill the opponent now, but he could put some pressure on him.

With this plan, Gu Qinghan revealed a strange smile, looked at Zhu Wenfu, and said:

“Leader, long time no see, huh?”

Zhu Wenfu’s expression suddenly became somewhat puzzled, but the next second, he suddenly realized something.

But just then, Gu Qinghan suddenly lunged to snatch the item in his hand, while simultaneously conjuring a Bone Spear to attack him.

Zhu Wenfu’s body contorted into an extremely strange posture, narrowly dodging the attack while holding onto the item in his hand.

But the moment he regained his footing, he found himself surrounded by white skeletons.

These skeletons, varied in form, furiously charged into every room.

Gu Qinghan missed his attack but didn’t linger, only quickly ran into the distance.

Under the attack of the giant axes, the doors shattered like paper, instantly turning into fragments.

The people inside screamed, releasing Little Demons to fight, but were quickly overwhelmed by even more skeletons.

Almost instantly, the place became a sea of skeletons.

Zhu Wenfu was almost insane; he roared at the people around him:

“Stop him, quick!”

However, no one dared to move.

Their professions were the most ordinary; in fact, because they had been serving Zhu Wenfu here, their levels were below average.

Any one of these terrifying skeletons could take their lives!

Zhu Wenfu’s face turned ashen; his body transformed into a different appearance in the blink of an eye.

His originally corpulent body slowly elongated, and tentacles actually grew out of him.

Those tentacles violently plunged into the heads of everyone, including Brother Wang, then slowly faded until they disappeared.

Strangely, after experiencing this treatment, Brother Wang and his group slowly charged towards the skeletons.

Their bodies were somewhat stiff, but when they collided with the skeletons, they erupted with astonishing power.

Gu Qinghan didn’t leave anyone alive; even the 'nutrients' were all killed by him.

These people's fate was already sealed; continuing to live would only mean being treated like pigs and dogs.

In fact, they were already no different from the dead; they were simply puppets.

Gu Qinghan looked back at Brother Wang and the others, who had become like puppets; their current state was as if they were being controlled by a Puppeteer.

However, Gu Qinghan had learned before that a Puppeteer cannot target humans.

Moreover, the puppets controlled by a Puppeteer cannot transform from a weakling into such a powerful state.

“The demon this guy contracted seems a bit interesting.”

Gu Qinghan continuously released his skeletons, even covering the second and fourth floors entirely.

Zhu Wenfu, with bloodshot eyes, stared at Gu Qinghan and said word by word:

“I’m going to tear you to shreds and eat you bit by bit!”

“Eat shit,” Gu Qinghan replied with a smile, his grinning appearance almost driving Zhu Wenfu mad.

When Gu Qinghan felt that almost no Necromantic Energy was returning to his body, he directly smashed a room’s window with a Bone Spear.

A large black bird appeared by the window, caught Gu Qinghan’s body, and flew into the distance.

The Crow King flew directly towards Wu Hao’s residence, without the slightest deviation in direction.

After this battle, Gu Qinghan almost leveled up again.

And Zhu Wenfu looked outside with an enraged expression, letting out a roar that sounded inhuman:

“Gu Qinghan! You just wait for me!”