The man continued screaming.

The part torn by Tan Xiao was lacerated and bloody.

He supported himself with both hands on the ground, breathing heavily. The flesh masses shaped like legs also rose and fell with him, seamlessly integrated, trembling all over.

Shen Mo glanced lightly at Bai Youwei. Connecting this to her strong insistence on using clay on Tan Xiao earlier, he roughly understood.

“So… in this maze, you can’t get injured, or else you’ll grow together with the maze?”

“Most likely.” Bai Youwei stared coldly at the barely-alive man on the ground. “Otherwise there’s no explaining why he’s not afraid of that snake, and no explaining why when we first entered the restaurant, he didn’t actively call for help. If he hadn’t been unable to hold back a cough, we never would have noticed someone was in the back kitchen.”

When a person deep in despair hears the voices of their own kind, shouldn’t they cry out loudly for help?

Why hide instead?

Shen Mo thought for a moment, crouched down, and looked directly at the man. “The snake only eats foreign objects or invaders in the maze. The little monsters are foreign objects, we’re invaders, and you’ve already become one with the maze, so the snake won’t attack you. Am I right?”

The man nodded weakly, sweat flowing continuously down his face, as if in too much pain to speak.

Shen Mo looked at him, his gaze slowly moving to those “legs,” speaking lightly, “We were careless. You said you’d been trapped here for three or four days without water or food, yet you appeared completely unaffected, your complexion normally ruddy, so… your body’s nutritional intake method has gradually changed, hasn’t it?”

The man nodded again, his will to resist gone, breathing heavily, trembling like a dying fish.

“Deliberately leading us to follow the snake—did you want us to be eaten or injured, then become like you?” Shen Mo slowly stood up, looking down at him from above with an indifferent tone. “Sorry to disappoint you.”

The man raised his head, his face showing a strange smile. He opened his mouth weakly, “Don’t be so certain… you people… sooner or later will become like me…”

Bang!

Tan Xiao couldn’t hold back, kicking the man in the face!

“Bastard! So eager for me to die—I’ll send you on your way first!”

Tan Xiao kicked him several more times!

Thinking about how he’d just been injured and nearly grown together with the tables and chairs here, he was both angry and alarmed, wanting nothing more than to beat this mutated man to death!

Cheng Weicai hastily stopped him. “Stop hitting him! Killing him won’t help… let’s hear what else he has to say… just listen…”

Tan Xiao planted his foot on the man’s face, demanding fiercely, “Speak up! Why did you try to harm us?!”

The man’s half-face was pressed into the flesh, his eyes bloodshot. “Why… ha… you want to know why?”

Tan Xiao actually thought seriously, guessing, “Do we have some grudge?”

“Do we have a grudge…” The man’s mouth split wide open, drool and tears flowing together, his face a complete mess. “Of course… of course we do, hahahaha… you’re alive, that’s a grudge against me! I can’t get out, and you won’t get out either! None of you will get out!!!”

Tan Xiao stared at him dumbfounded, and after a long while looked around at his companions.

Unable to comprehend this logic no matter what, he said dejectedly, “This guy’s probably been here so long his mind’s gone wrong…”

The man on the ground sneered, looking up, his expression suddenly freezing.

“Ah… ahh…” His eyes widened, breathing desperately, straining with all his might! “Ahhhhhh!!!”

Everyone stood beside him, watching him in astonishment.

They saw his tears, his sweat, his drool, and the blood from his facial wounds! All mixed together, sticking to the chunks of flesh on the floor! He couldn’t tear free anymore!