Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

He grabbed the middle-aged faceless monster's leg, but it felt like he was holding an empty skin, without even the touch of bone!

"not good……"

Qi Xie pulled hard, ripping the stiff, empty skin out of the ground. He saw that the head, which was stuck in the ground, had a hole on its top, as if the contents were emerging from the hole.

In the soil opposite the hole, there was a deep, dark opening about the size of a fist, leading nowhere, as if it had been made by some kind of burrowing animal.

"They still ran away..."

Qi Xie's expression was solemn.

He never imagined this thing could mimic animals.

Of course, it must be a mutated animal; ordinary animals couldn't dig burrows that fast.

All his previous actions had led him to believe that this faceless monster could only imitate people, but he never expected it to have this hidden trick, which allowed it to escape.

"Ughhhhh!!!"

On the other side, Chen Mu's legs were sticking out and he was thrashing about. Lin Tong quickly came over, grabbed his belt, and pulled him out of the ground.

"Ptooey!! Ptooey!!"

Chen Mu spat out the dirt in his mouth, never expecting that even though he had lost his "Evil Soul Druid", he would almost drown in the dirt.

"What a madman..."

He was both surprised and unsurprised that Qi Xie attacked his teammates without hesitation.

However, he immediately tried to make amends for Qi Xie in his mind:

"Well... you can't say that, after all, he chose the lowest damage skill, hard crowd control. If he really didn't care and used that sword that seals the demon to deliver a slash, or used the holy light of the thorn crown to perform a purification descent, I'd be lucky to escape with my life..."

Thinking about it this way, even a random passerby would still care about their teammates...

He was completely unaware that he had been almost completely manipulated by Qi Xie, and that he had even developed Stockholm Syndrome.

"So, did you catch it?"

After spitting out the dirt from his mouth, Chen Mu finally caught his breath and asked a question.

"Didn't catch it... I wasn't much help..."

Lin Tong seemed somewhat remorseful.

"It's not your fault. You can't fly, and no one would have thought that this guy could imitate non-human things, like shedding his skin and digging holes."

"But... what about Angkor? We didn't catch the culprit this time, so they'll definitely be more cautious from now on. It's questionable whether we can even find them..."

Chen Mu fell silent upon hearing this.

Qi Xie glanced at the two of them, rolled up the human skin with some strange energy in his hand and put it into the shadows, saying in a calm voice:

"It's okay."

The two people looked over upon hearing the sound.

Qi Xie pointed to the two old, faceless monsters he had stuck into the ground not far away:

"While parents are alive, one should not travel far."

Chen Mu and Lin Tong: ?

"Its parents are in my hands, it can't go far."

Qi Xie used a more colloquial explanation.

Lin Tong's expression became even more blank.

Chen Mu was somewhat used to it, and patted Lin Tong on the shoulder:

"It's okay, don't worry, he wasn't a good person to begin with."

"Oh, that's good... Hmm?"

"Alright, alright, stop wasting time arguing."

Qi Xie waved his hand, interrupting the two:

"Carry your people on your backs, and let's go."

Having said that, he walked over to the two unconscious, faceless old monsters, and used their soft, rubbery limbs and bodies to tie them up like dumplings and throw them into the shadow space.

The danger level has increased by 2.

Seeing this, Chen Mu nodded to Lin Tong, signaling him to carry Old Wu on his back, while he himself asked Qi Xie:

"Where are we going?"

"Looking for someone."

Qi Xie explained:

"Now that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, it is difficult for us to actively find that escaped faceless monster. We can only hope that it will come back to find us, but this is full of uncertainty."

After all, you can't completely trust someone's conscience...

As he said this, Chen Mu and Lin Tong, who had just carried Lao Wu over, both looked up at him.

"I said it's weird."

Qi Xie's face darkened.

"oh oh……"

Chen Mu and Lin Tong awkwardly looked away.

Qi Xie continued with a dark expression:

"If this strange creature truly has enough conscience and actually comes back to save its parents, then having already fought with us and witnessed our strength, it will definitely be well-prepared for its next appearance and confident that it can deal with us."

Therefore, we can't put all our eggs in one basket. It would be best to find someone with the means to heal souls. If that's not possible, we can gather people together so that if that thing really does appear, we can have others block it... get help from others.

Of course, Qi Xie had another main purpose that he didn't mention.

That means we can also find the person who stole one-third of the [Night Wanderer] fragment, so that he can take it back.

However, finding the right people is now a problem.

This city is quite large, and it's not just populated.

Various strange entities, both overt and covert, lurk within, from food to plants, waiting for their chance to strike.

The thick gray fog on the edge of the city was like a stark warning line, making people afraid to try to leave.

In addition, one also needs to be wary of one's own kind to some extent.

All these factors have transformed this dead steel city into a dangerous dark forest.

If anyone dares to make any big commotion, the strange creatures lurking nearby, acting as predators, will likely come over to see if they can get a share of the spoils.

Under these circumstances, even if a battle occurs, the traveler will try to keep quiet and resolve it quickly.

Therefore, Qi Xie didn't have any good ideas and could only search for people like looking for a needle in a haystack, taking it one step at a time.

With this in mind, the three set off again, wandering aimlessly through the city.

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