Chapter 37: A Dead Rat
Xiang Kun has never smelled this scent before. He was certain it wasn't a cat or a dog, and it definitely wasn't from any other animal he knew of. But he wasn't surprised, after all, his olfactory 'database' was rather limited, mainly collected in urban areas.
What animal was it?
Xiang Kun was suddenly intrigued and when he got a curiosity itch, he had to scratch it.
He turned around, switched his phone's flashlight back on, picked up a stick, and began to inspect the rat's corpse.
There were a lot of bugs on the rat's body that Xiang Kun was unfamiliar with. When he stirred them with the stick in the light of his phone, they scattered. Some burrowed into the grass, others into the soil, and many small maggots crawled on the rat's carcass.
If it were before, seeing this scene would make Xiang Kun nauseous and his scalp prickle. But now, he felt indifferent to it. He could even concentrate on identifying the smells and sounds of these insects.
