The man shrank back in terror toward the counter, but with both legs injured and paralyzed in the corner, he couldn’t move.

Bai Youwei asked him, “What’s really going on with the Snake Maze?”

“I really don’t know!” the man cried. “If I knew what this maze was about, I would have gotten out long ago! I didn’t mean to deceive you—I really don’t know!”

“Then tell me what you do know.” Bai Youwei looked at him coldly. “Don’t try any tricks with me!”

The man pleaded bitterly, “Please spare me! I really don’t know anything…”

“Xiaoxin.” Bai Youwei turned to Pan Xiaoxin. “Take your kitchen knife. Every time you hear the words ‘don’t know’ from his mouth, chop him once.”

Pan Xiaoxin: “…”

Cheng Weicai hesitated. “Weiwei, this… this isn’t good, is it?”

“Teacher Cheng, this guy isn’t being honest. If we don’t teach him a lesson, he won’t tell the truth.” Bai Youwei beckoned to Pan Xiaoxin. “Come here, stand next to me.”

Pan Xiaoxin looked at Cheng Weicai, then at Bai Youwei.

His feelings were very complicated.

He picked up the kitchen knife from the pool of bloody mud and silently walked over, asking quietly, “Where… should I chop?”

Bai Youwei was very casual. “Just chop wherever you see fit.”

Pan Xiaoxin: “…”

Cheng Weicai really felt this was inappropriate and asked, “How about… I do it instead?”

How could they have an 11-year-old child do such a thing?

“No need.” Bai Youwei said lightly. “Teacher Cheng, help us guard the doorway so more monsters don’t run in.”

A few words assigned Cheng Weicai a task that he couldn’t refuse.

Teacher Cheng looked at the man on the ground again, hesitating, and couldn’t help but advise, “We won’t harm you. Just tell us whatever the situation is with the maze. Why… sigh…”

Teacher Cheng sighed and took his cane to the door.

The man on the ground felt both sad and angry!

The knife was already at his body, yet they still said they wouldn’t harm him! What kind of people were these!

Bai Youwei: “I’m asking you one last time—what’s really going on with the Snake Maze?”

The man shrank back, truly afraid of her, and replied, “It’s… it’s a gluttonous snake maze… the snake eats monsters in the maze. When the number of monsters decreases to a certain point, they will, will replicate, one becomes two, two become four… then… then…”

—Rumble!

An intense tremor reached their feet!

Both Pan Xiaoxin and Cheng Weicai outside lost their balance and immediately fell to the ground!

Bai Youwei sat in her wheelchair, also badly jostled. But glancing at the man, she saw a trace of joy on his face! His gaze toward the door outside actually carried a hint of anticipation.

Why?

Why wasn’t he afraid?!

Before she could voice her question, the man seemed to notice her scrutiny. His expression changed again, leaving only a face full of terror.

The magnitude of tremors rumbled like a passing train. That giant snake seemed to be getting closer and closer! The sound of flesh grinding was clear to the ear, approaching closer and closer!

“Xiaoxin! Go chop up all those monsters outside!” Bai Youwei commanded decisively. “We can’t let the snake grow any larger!”

Pan Xiaoxin scrambled up hastily. “Okay, okay…”

Hearing Bai Youwei’s voice, Cheng Weicai also quickly took up his cane to stab them one by one!

Dozens of monsters were beaten and chopped by Cheng Weicai and Pan Xiaoxin, blood splattering everywhere! Just when there were still two or three whose heads hadn’t been smashed, the giant snake had already appeared outside!

“Forget those two!” Bai Youwei called urgently. “Get inside quickly! Close the door!”