Chapter Fifty
“Switch to the heat overlays,” Captain Phillips ordered. “Everyone maintain formation.”
The squad continued cruising along at a modest speed. They hovered spread out in an inverted V formation with the captain at the vertex. Erik and Jia formed the vanguard of the left flank, and Agent Koval took the lead on the right.
Emma had been right. Yaoguai had left trails of blood of different colors, skin, scales, mucous, limbs, teeth, and even a few tentacles. They hadn’t found any human or yaoguai bodies yet, but they were obviously on the correct albeit disgusting path. They’d followed the mutated monster road to make turns at two intersections.
The path’s specificity was interesting. It implied the yaoguai knew how to navigate the tunnels.
Dr. Karton had used pheromones. Som
