See the Law of Deception

Chapter 43 The Long Street Slaughterhouse (4)

Inside the slaughterhouse, the stench of blood mingled with the animal odor and perhaps the smell of rotting carcasses, creating an indescribable, foul smell.

For an ordinary person, just breathing here would be torture, and those with weaker tolerance might even vomit.

Having experienced two platforms, Lu Jinzhao has become accustomed to the various stench that occasionally appears on the platforms.

The smell of rotting corpses and blood no longer had a strong impact on her.

She and Wei Ling took a brief walk around the fairly spacious slaughterhouse, without going deep into the buildings, just to get a general idea of ​​the terrain.

The main building of this slaughterhouse is a two-story building, where the slaughtering workshop is located. Surrounding the main building are various animal pens, including cattle pens, pig pens, sheep pens, and so on.

Many complex smells emanate from these places.

As they got closer, they could occasionally hear some noises. Looking in from the outside, they could see through the windows that there were clearly living animals inside, but for some reason, these animals were unusually quiet, which led them to mistakenly believe that there were no living creatures inside when they first came in.

"However, having animals makes things easier."

After all, the hygiene of this slaughterhouse looks really bad; where there are live animals, there's a high probability that there are rats.

After completing the tour and determining the layout of the various buildings within the slaughterhouse, the most urgent task left was to catch a rat.

The slaughterhouse also has a place to store meat, but the stench of decay is strongest there. Wei Ling plans to go there first to check out the situation.

"But, is the rat the butcher mentioned really just a rat?" Wei Ling was clearly worried.

"Most likely," Lu Jinzhao said.

Since the waiting information clearly states "transport the correct animal," and the butcher's requirement today is "rat," the waiting information is absolutely correct and cannot be falsified. Therefore, the rat they catch must meet the butcher's requirements.

However, Lu Jinzhao was worried about another issue.

The two went to the storage room, which was not very big. It seemed that the meat from the slaughterhouse was freshly killed and transported away on the same day, and the quantity was not large, probably just enough to supply the nearby towns.

The freezer system in the storage room had stopped working for some reason. The meat that had already been cut up was rotting, and the stench was so strong that it hurt people's eyes even before it entered the room.

As soon as the storage room door opened, a chaotic buzzing sound, along with a large number of flies, swarmed towards the two of them. Even though Lu Jinzhao was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but close his eyes.

“Damn it.” Wei Ling couldn’t help but swear, but quickly shut up the next moment.

The smell, along with the swarms of mosquitoes and flies, made her regret not wearing a mask before entering the platform.

But once the buzzing of the flies subsided, the two heard some other sounds.

"Huh?" Wei Ling looked puzzled.

"Is that the sound of a mouse squeaking?"

Lu Jinzhao wasn't entirely sure either. She hadn't seen many rats, but she had a vague feeling that they did look very similar.

"Go over and have a look."

Despite their discomfort, the two walked towards the storage room.

It's unclear what happened in this storage room, but a large amount of rotten flesh was piled up together, and the blood that flowed from the thawed frozen meat had congealed into a black, gelatinous substance that covered the floor. With every step, you could hear the sticky sound under your feet.

The two followed the sound to one side of the storage room, and found several mousetraps below the ventilation opening, with two mice caught in them!

"What's so special about this? It came to us without any effort?" Wei Ling looked at the two struggling mice, somewhat puzzled.

Lu Jinzhao couldn't help but frown, sensing something was wrong.

It's not that the current situation is bad, but rather that the rat came too easily, as if it were a freebie. But are there really freebies in platform missions?

"Let's take the rat out first."

“Okay.” Wei Ling nodded and took out a pair of gloves from her backpack. Although she hadn’t prepared any pockets, she almost always carried gloves because she had once had to rummage through the stomach of an extremely disgusting corpse.

Catching just two mice is no longer enough to alarm Wei Ling.

However, you still need to be careful. If you get bitten by one of these carrion-eating rats, who knows how much money you'll have to spend to get it treated.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first." This place feels rather ominous.

The two walked out of the stinking storage room and found that several people were already standing outside.

It seems they were people who, after coming in, heard what Lu Jinzhao and Wei Ling were doing and chose to observe for a while.

Seeing that the two men had caught the mouse, the group looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and asked, "How did you catch the mouse?"

Wei Ling rolled her eyes inwardly, thinking that the other party wanted to get something for nothing, but she didn't speak rashly and waited for Lu Jinzhao's answer.

Without hesitation, Lu Jinzhao answered directly, "There are rats inside, and there are mousetraps."

"Thanks." After expressing his gratitude, the man led his men into the storage room.

Watching them go inside, Wei Ling approached Lu Jinzhao and asked, "Why did you tell them?"

Lu Jinzhao replied to her, "Consider it a small experiment."

As she spoke, she looked at Wei Ling seriously: "Later, when we deliver the rats to the butcher, I need you to go in first, preferably the first one of everyone, is that alright?"

This is not a simple request; in fact, it can be described as extremely dangerous.

Wei Ling didn't agree immediately. She hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lu Jinzhao's eyes. In her mind, the choice between agreeing and refusing was almost even. After struggling with it for a while, she chose to ask directly, "Could I die?"

Lu Jinzhao didn't lie to her; he only said, "There's a 90% chance it won't happen."

If everything went as she imagined, Lu Jinzhao was certain that Wei Ling would not die from delivering the rats.

But just in case, nothing is absolute. If this instance is as bizarre as the last two, she wouldn't dare say for sure.

Therefore, Lu Jinzhao left himself a margin of error.

"Ninety percent is enough." Wei Ling pondered for a moment before making her decision.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

If all else fails, she still has supernatural items to save her life.

She can't be so unlucky that the ghosts in the station twice in a row are the type that her paranormal items can't work on, right?
Although it's dangerous to be the first to go in, being the first to go in also means getting more information.

She just didn't know why Lu Jinzhao let her go in first, instead of going in with everyone else.

Obviously, the safest option is for everyone to go together to deliver the rats.

"When should I go?" she asked.

"Wait a bit, let's wait until more people catch the rats," Lu Jinzhao replied.

She was certain that many passengers would choose to catch a mouse first, and once at least most of them had caught a mouse, it would be time for Wei Ling to take action.

(End of this chapter)