Chapter 492: The Hidden Three Meters

Chapter 492: The So-Called Basement (Update 5)

A team of expert building surveyors was summoned.

After measuring the exterior walls, they finally reached a conclusion.

On the 9th and 10th floors, the external measurement came to a total height of 8.5 meters.

But an internal measurement revealed each floor was only 2.5 meters tall.

The missing three meters… have truly vanished!

Anyone with half a brain knows a building can’t simply lose three meters out of thin air!

This isn’t a ghost story, nor is it mysticism.

It’s that… someone deliberately hid those three meters!

On the landing between the 9th and 10th floors, Xiao Yu squinted as he scrutinized every detail.

He eventually confirmed that the missing three meters were concealed within the floor slabs between the two levels.

A three-meter-high… mezzanine!

“City folk sure know how to have fun!” Wang Dong sneered coldly.

“They really do,” came the retort.

Xiao Yu snorted bitterly, “What do you figure they used that three-meter space for?”

“Obviously!”

Wang Dong rolled his eyes and enunciated carefully, “Prison!”

At last, they had found the answer!

…

At the far end of the 10th floor.

It was the bloodstained room Xiao Yu had just searched.

Two team leaders were fixated on the large bed.

The Special Forces pried open a floorboard; inside was a hollow space leading to the area beneath bed 27.

They also discovered an… iron cover!

Just as one of them reached to open it,

“Don’t move!” Xiao Yu commanded, halting him.

Puzzled looks spread across the group.

“It’s dangerous,” Xiao Yu said coldly.

And indeed, it was.

He picked up a human scent seeping from the crack of that cover.

The Python’s Sense skill alerted him to infrared fluctuations beneath the iron cover.

He recalled victim Shi Yanwan’s account.

The criminals were armed.

A pistol, a submachine gun, three hand grenades…

“Clear the area!”

Xiao Yu motioned to several Special Forces members.

Once the area was cleared, he stood before the bed and fixed his icy gaze on the iron cover.

Bear Force, Rhino’s Defense, Cheetah Speed, Spirit of the Raccoon Cat… one system skill after another swirled to life.

He drew in a deep breath, and in an instant, Xiao Yu sprang upward.

His hands slapped against the ceiling as he mustered all his strength.

Then, with a powerful thrust, his thighs stomped hard onto the iron cover below.

A tremendous crash echoed through the room.

The iron cover was smashed into the floor by his sheer force.

Not only that—the impact sent Xiao Yu crashing down with it!

“You… you’re kidding, right?”

Onlookers stared dumbfounded, their skin prickling with shock.

Suddenly,

Boom, boom!

Two gunshots rang out from below.

“Support!”

Wang Dong, quick on the uptake, roared in anger.

One Special Forces member didn’t hesitate and leaped into the dark hole below.

But… the battle beneath had already ended.

The moment he landed and stood up,

he caught a glimpse of a pair of eyes briefly glancing his way.

Those eyes—what kind were they?—sent a shiver down his spine.

At first glance, they looked no different from ordinary eyes.

But the gaze held an inexplicable coldness, almost devoid of emotion.

The instant those eyes locked onto him, it was as if he had plunged into a bottomless icebox, trembling uncontrollably.

Soon, the cold intensity in those eyes softened.

“It’s taken care of,”

Xiao Yu’s voice resonated in the dim light.

It halted the special forces member’s attempt to draw his gun.

“Whew!”

He exhaled sharply, realizing his forehead and back were drenched in cold sweat.

Damn… he nearly got scared to death by Xiao Yu!

Wang Dong and the others quickly jumped down.

In the dim glow, they noticed the figure lying beside Xiao Yu.

A young man lay there, limbs grotesquely twisted and unconscious.

The brutality of the injuries was apparent as Wang Dong grimaced, crouching to examine the fallen youth.

His shattered limbs and the knocked-out state, along with a homemade pistol and two spent casings lying nearby, told a grim tale.

Having partnered countless times, Wang Dong immediately recognized it as Little Brother’s handiwork.

After all, when villains fell into Xiao Yu’s hands,

few who dared resist remained unscathed.

Breaking limbs was Little Brother’s signature move.

After all, human resistance largely depends on the limbs.

Once those are broken, resisting is futile!

When confronting criminals, it wasn’t just Xiao Yu.

Mercy didn’t exist in Wang Dong’s vocabulary.

Without ruthless force, if you dare defy them, you’ll be the one who dies!

The missing three meters have been found.

Not only that—it revealed a… prison!

They stared at a space reminiscent of a basement.

Xiao Yu and Wang Dong were the first to step inside.

As they ventured in, an odd odor immediately assaulted their senses.

A foul stench intermixed with a pungent, acidic tang pervaded the area.

The vast space was divided into three sections.

One section consisted of four rooms.

Another section housed a large pool from which the acrid smell emanated.

The final section: a large… prison!

This prison was identical to what victim Shi Yanwan had described.

Outside, an iron railing surrounded the cell, which covered roughly 100 square meters.

But inside, it was empty—no prisoners in sight.

Frowning, Xiao Yu shifted his gaze from the cell.

It rested upon a pool roughly one meter high and three meters long.

As Xiao Yu approached and looked into the pool, he was stunned.

Wang Dong and the others hurried over.

They, too, were dumbfounded by the scene within.

What did they see?

The pool was dry, yet filled with a pungent, acidic liquid covering most of its volume.

The smell alone confirmed it was… strong acid!

And that wasn’t all.

Within the corrosive liquid, countless scattered bones lay about.

Human skeletons!

Judging by the sheer number of bloodless skulls,

there were exactly thirteen sets of remains!

“I told you so!”

After a pause, Wang Dong snapped back to reality, his expression tangled as he glared at Xiao Yu. “No need to deal with bodies—if you dissolve the flesh, there’ll be no decay or odor!”

Xiao Yu said nothing, his face icily expressionless.

He then turned away, proceeding toward a series of rooms.

Room doors were opened one after the other.

A surveillance room, a tool room, a break room, and a storage room.

In the storage room, Xiao Yu discovered a peculiar vial.

Ergotamine Diethylamide.

It was confirmed.

This was the very basement where the murderous game had taken place!