Today's test was another major failure.

The best ingredients often require only the simplest cooking methods.

Put the pre-thawed meat into a pot and stew until tender, then...

Then You Yonghuai knew nothing more.

The woman cooking turned her back, blocking her hands from view.

When the fragrant stewed meat was brought out, even the well-traveled Ling Xiuqi couldn't help but swallow hard.

Not long ago, Ling Xiuqi found the owner of the phone number that Li Gui's parents had dialed. It was a rather old apartment building, and the person living there was a kind-looking middle-aged woman.

Before the two men in police uniforms could even speak, the little old lady happily invited them into the house.

She said that no one had come to her house in a long time, so she decided to treat the two of them to a meal and chat for a while.

After remaining sufficiently cautious, the two changed into slippers and entered the woman's house.

Si Xuanyin had already floated into several closed rooms and checked them out.

This looks like a very ordinary room for an elderly person living alone.

Even Ling Xiuqi began to doubt whether he had made a mistake.

Everyone has their own life; there's no reason why everything should be related to a case.

Unable to eat, Si Xuanyin naturally wouldn't just watch others eat. After looking around, she decided to take a closer look.

You're being a bit too forward... You Yonghuai glanced at Si Xuanyin, typed a message on his phone, and gestured for her to read it herself.

Si Xuanyin was displeased.

Si Xuanyin kicked You Yonghuai hard.

The effect was minimal.

Ling Xiuqi kept an eye on the woman, and seeing that she seemed oblivious to Si Xuanyin's playful antics, his wariness lessened somewhat.

"You guys are picking up your chopsticks! Why aren't you eating?"

The woman picked up a piece of meat, put it in her mouth with relish, and urged the two of them to start eating, saying, "I usually wouldn't even eat these things myself."

Upon hearing this, You Yonghuai experienced a bout of PTSD.

Whenever his grandmother said something like that, she would bring out some "good stuff" from at least six months ago, scrape off the mold on the surface, and then use it for cooking.

But under the other person's eager gaze, You Yonghuai reluctantly picked up a piece of meat.

Prion test: A value greater than 13 indicates a successful test.

"?"

The ten-sided die appeared before his eyes, but he did not roll it. He just looked eager to try, as if he would start the check as soon as You Yonghuai ate this piece of meat.

Wait, aren't prions supposed to pop out after eating human flesh?

and so……

He glanced at the stewed meat held in mid-air, then at Ling Xiuqi who was about to put the meat in his mouth, and subtly moved his elbow.

Ling Xiuqi, who was suddenly elbowed, paused in his movements and momentarily lost his grip on the piece of meat, which fell onto his rice.

"Sorry, I accidentally elbowed you."

You Yonghuai laughed heartily, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he typed out a sentence.

"?"

Ling Xiuqi picked up his phone and looked at it; a look of shock flashed across his eyes.

Si Xuanyin also floated over. She peeked at You Yonghuai's chat interface, which he hadn't closed, exchanged a glance with him, and then flew straight to the refrigerator.

On the fresh food shelf, there was a half-open black plastic bag.

Even without light, Si Xuanyin could clearly see the contents inside—

Those are human body parts.

After turning around to give the signal, Ling Xiuqi's lips twitched, and his hand holding the chopsticks began to tremble.

Damn it, I was just thinking I'd have a nice meal today, but I almost turned myself into Hannibal Lecter.

"Oh dear, thank goodness it didn't fall onto the table." The woman smiled kindly as she placed a piece of meat into each of their bowls.

"Auntie, what kind of meat is this?" Ling Xiuqi asked.

The more you talk, the less you eat.

"Auntie, this meat is so rare, most people can't get their hands on it." The woman smiled, her hands never stopping as she put pieces of human flesh into her mouth.

You Yonghuai had no intention of sitting there and making small talk. He stood up, walked straight to the refrigerator, and opened it.

"Auntie, please explain." You Yonghuai pulled out the remaining half bag of frozen meat, his face full of displeasure.

After a brief moment of surprise, the woman's expression returned to its kind smile, as if it were perfectly natural: "So, isn't this meat quite rare?"

"No, this is human flesh! Auntie, don't you feel guilty eating it?"

"Why is it that only humans cannot be killed and eaten?" The woman tilted her head, her face full of confusion.

And then there's the Darwin Incident... You Yonghuai's lips twitched, while Ling Xiuqi narrowed his eyes, revealing a sharp anger: "What do you take human life for?"

Hearing Ling Xiuqi's question, the woman smiled proudly and said, "I'm helping them!"

Ultimately, everyone will be united as one, becoming part of God. I am merely accelerating this process, helping those lost sheep return to the right path!

"I have nothing to say to you. Typical cult mentality." Ling Xiuqi shook his head, took out a pair of handcuffs, and said, "Come with us."

"Why? I only treated you to a meal." Now, the woman looked shocked. "You have no right to arrest me!"

"This isn't up to you to decide." Without further ado, Ling Xiuqi handcuffed the woman and decided to take her back to the station first.

The old woman kept making a scene along the way. When she was taken downstairs, she almost shouted, "The police are arresting people randomly!" But Ling Xiuqi was quick-witted and stopped her in the first place.

No matter what she was asked, the woman resolutely refused to answer. The same was true for Ma Yuanjian, who had just been captured. Ling Xiuqi had originally planned to go and deal with Li Gui's parents, but he hadn't found a good opportunity yet.

Moreover, every time they brought someone back, they couldn't get any information out of them, which gave Ling Xiuqi a huge headache.

Although he knew he could solve the problem himself, he decided to ask headquarters for another person.

He can't be the only one traveling on business.

You Yonghuai also hoped to get them to talk, since he still had three-quarters of his misfortune to deal with.

The simplest and most direct way to find the remaining doom nodes is for the people in the lab and the Infinite School to say so themselves.

Unfortunately, it's impossible.

He asked Si Xuanyin, who was floating beside him, for other methods, and the latter also fell into deep thought.

If it were simply related to the lab, then she really wouldn't have much of a way to deal with it. But since it's involved with the Wujian School, Si Xuanyin felt there might still be room for maneuver.

After all, his own mother was one of them, and even before he knew what she was doing, he had learned quite a bit of information.

"My mom took most of my previous alchemy creations... Some of them incorporated my own blood, so they should still be traceable, right?"