It was late in the afternoon, and the weather was good. The spring water tinkled and reflected the sunlight, and the surroundings were bright and refreshing.

A gust of wind blew by, wrapping the aroma of food and burrowing it into Bao Guangyuan’s nose. He swallowed uncontrollably and took a few more deep breaths, trying to inhale the aroma into his stomach.

Although he couldn’t eat the food, it was worth inhaling a few more breaths!

He was so hungry but he dared not ask Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia for some food.

By this time, Bao Guangyuan had seen everything thoroughly.

Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning looked like they were easy to bully on the surface, but the facts were different.

From the very beginning of their encounter, the four of them were in a tentative relationship of mutual distrust.

He and Meng Xingyi wanted to rely on Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia’s strength, while Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia wanted to use them to further understand the monster.

When they were plotting to take away Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia’s resources, Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia were likewise using them to attract the monster……

Then there was last night.

The supplies are usually placed in Yu Ning’s bag, but suddenly, those supplies were then replaced with trash instead.

They had already made preparations and were waiting for him and Meng Xinyi to take the bait.

Ji Mingxia’s surprise on discovering that the backpack had been stolen did not look fake, but Yu Ning, on the contrary, looked calm from start to finish.

Although Yu Ning had the same expression from the beginning to the end, Bao Guangyuan was sure that everything was within Yu Ning’s expectation.

Sure enough, he and Meng Xinyi lived up to his expectations; one stole the rubbish and ran away at night, while the other stayed and gave an account of the past.

If he and Meng Xinyi had stolen the bag and escaped together, what would Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia have done? They were also trapped in this forest and wanted to solve everything quickly.

And what if he and Meng Xingyi really realised their mistake and did nothing last night, what would Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia have come up with to make them confess their past?

Bao Guangyuan’s thoughts flew around haphazardly as he made multiple assumptions.

If they hadn’t stolen anything, the best solution was for Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia to tempt them with food to get them to confess, right?

Thinking of this, Bao Guangyuan gulped, mentally recalling the taste of the puffs.

It wasn’t so bad if he could eat while explaining everything. Unfortunately, he had missed the opportunity, and he could only watch Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia gorge themselves on food and drink in front of him.

Bao Guangyuan took another deep breath before deciding to turn his head and stop staring at them.

Suddenly, a packet of sandwiches was placed in front of him.

Bao Guangyuan froze for a moment, and when he raised his head, he saw Ji Mingxia walking back to his original position and whispering to Yu Ning.

The packet of sandwiches was obviously reserved for him.

The surprise came so suddenly that Bao Guangyuan reached out his hand somewhat hesitantly, but fearing that Yu Ning would get angry, he hurriedly withdrew his hand.

Ji Mingxia sat across from him, and seeing how apprehensive he looked, he urged, “It’s the seventh day today, we don’t know when that thing will return, so eat quickly and get ready.”

Bao Guangyuan nodded in a daze.  Seeing that both Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia had started to eat, he also reached out his hand, picked up the sandwich and gobbled it up.

Although Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia didn’t say it with their mouths, they were actually…… quite kind.

At least Ji Mingxia was kind. Yu Ning was ruthless, but he wouldn’tbe a bad guy in front of Ji Mingxia.

Bao Guangyuan suddenly thought of Meng Xinyi who had worked so hard to steal a bag of rubbish in the middle of the night, and he suddenly felt regretful.

If Meng Xinyi had not stolen anything and stayed with him, she would have had a sandwich to eat now.

This regret spread in Bao Guangyuan’s heart as he ate the sandwich l, and it lasted until he saw the monster again. All the regret, pity, sadness, happiness, etc., all turned into horror under the impact of the sight before him!

Compared to yesterday, the monster’s body had obviously swelled up again.

It had only three faces yesterday, but it had five today!

Three faces put together could still form a stable triangular head, but five faces put together was too much of a stretch.

The monster’s body was made up of pieces of flesh and limbs yesterday, and it writhed forward like a mountain of flesh. If not for Yu Ning dissecting the monster, no one would have noticed that Li Youzi was hiding here inside.

But today, the flesh and limbs of the monster hanging on in pieces. It wobbled as it walked, and there were gaping holes of blood and flesh everywhere.

The addition of two more bodies did not make the monster stronger, but more cumbersome.

Rather than looking like it came on its own accord, it was as if it had come to Bao Guangyuan again by mistake.

It was two o’clock in the afternoon and Bao Guangyuan was washing his feet at the water downstream. Because the monster would appear at any moment, he did not dare to stray too far from Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia. He maintained a distance of about 20 meters from them.

It was at that moment that the monster suddenly appeared, standing just between Bao Guangyuan and Yu Ning.

A mountain of flesh made up of five human corpses suddenly appeared at Love Mountain Spring and it was difficult to ignore even if you wanted to.

Bao Guangyuan was caught off guard by the monster, and he almost fainted from shock.

With five faces, each corresponding to a direction, the visual blindspots had been reduced, and there was no possibility of escape since the monster was so close.

After the intitial shock, Bao Guangyuan was ready to be killed. Unexpectedly, the last thought in his mind was that he was glad he had not stolen Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia’s bag.

He didn’t know what had happened, but Song Yuelin and Meng Xinyi had both been killed within a day.

According to Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia, Song Yuelin had nothing to eat and had to live on Zhou Li’s corpse. Later on, he exposed Zhou Li’s body to the monster in order to save his life and ran away on his own.

That is to say, Song Yuelin had lost a steady source of food since then, and he must have been living on an empty stomach for the past few days. He was found by the monster while very hungry.

It goes without saying that Meng Xinyi, who stole a bag of rubbish and had been gone for less than twelve hours, must also have been killed on a empty stomach ……

At least he got to eat a sandwich before he died.

The sandwich was as big as half of his face. It had vegetables, ham, salted egg yolk and other delicacies, and was also covered with a thick layer of butter.

Seeing the monster’s gaze locked on him, the mountain of flesh shaking and moving in his direction, Bao Guangyuan rubbed his stomach and closed his eyes to wait for death.

However, he waited for a long time with his eyes closed, but there was no movement.

Bao Guangyuan opened his eyes and found Ji Mingxia standing beside him, looking nervously not far away.

Bao Guangyuan was stunned and he followed Ji Mingxia’s gaze. He found that Yu Ning had already started the battle with the monster at some point.

The red light was like a sharp blade moving inside the monster’s already tattered body, and not long after, Li Youzi, who was hiding inside, reappeared.

Compared to yesterday, today’s Li Youzi was even more wretched.

The triangular crest which was attached to the top of her head reflected a golden light on Li Youzi’s blueish white face.

 Yu Ning was able to gain the upper hand yesterday, and it was easier to deal with the monster now that it was it that state.

Bao Guangyuan was no longer in danger and he gradually came back to his senses, “I’m not dead …… Why am I not dead? :”

Seeing that Yu Ning was unharmed, Ji Mingxia was also slightly relieved and gave Bao Guangyuan a look, “Could it be that you want to accompany Meng Xinyi and the others?”

Bao Guangyuan shook his head frantically, but he still couldn’t help but say, “I saw it coming towards me, and Xinyi and Yuelin’s faces were facing me. Could it be that they still remembered our friendship after they died and they spared me?”

Ji Mingxia decided to tell him the truth: “The possibility would have been there if they were still alive, but there is no way they’d have good thoughts under the ring’s influence.”

“Why?”

If there were no good thoughts, why did they let him go when he was the last one of the seven?

Bao Guangyuan was puzzled, and Ji Mingxia couldn’t understand it either.

The monster had suddenly appeared between Yu Ning and Bao Guangyuan. It was reasonable that it would either go for the ring or Bao Guangyuan, or if not, there was Ji Mingxia not far away.

But the monster was like a headless fly today 

It was clearly targeting Bao Guangyuan, but when it came to him, it acted as if he was invisible and directly bypassed him.

It was only when Yu Ning took out the blood red ring that the monster ran towards the ring with a purpose, as if it had come to life.

Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia said, “Yu Ning must know so we’ll ask him after the monster dies.”

Just as Ji Mingxia’s words fell, the monster not far away was completely torn apart under Yu Ning’s attack.

The five torsos were completely stripped from the monster’s body, and pieces of flesh and limbs were scattered all over the ground. Even though he had already prepared himself mentally, Ji Mingxia still felt a little discomfort when he saw those pieces of flesh.

The only blessing was that the blood from these bodies seemed to have been drained, and although they were scattered all over the place, the scene wasn’t bloody.

Li Youzi was completely stripped from the monster’s body. She returned to her normal form and laid still on the ground.

Compared to the dismembered five, Li Youzi’s body was intact and it looked slender and petite.

If they hadn’t witnessed it with their own eyes, who would have thought that such a soft and beautiful woman was controlling that terrifying mountain of flesh.

However, Li Youzi’s appearance at the moment was not beautiful at all.

Her face was blue and grey, her eyes were wide, her body was dry and her skin and hair were like wood. She completely looked more ghost than human.

On top of her head, the golden triangular crest still shone brightly, and in addition to that was a blood-red ring that hung around her neck, faintly glowing scarlet.

This ring was identical to the ring in Yu Ning’s hand. It was the other ring that was supposed to make a pair.