The snake seemed to smell the fishy odor inside the room. Its head tried to squeeze in, but couldn’t. Then its body violently rammed the outer wall! Creating loud banging sounds!

The repeated shocks made it difficult for Pan Xiaoxin and Cheng Weicai to stand up!

The two almost rolled and crawled before finally running back to the back kitchen, then closing the door without taking a breath!

Even after closing the door, they didn’t dare relax. One old and one young continued pressing against the door with all their might, afraid the snake might break in!

Bai Youwei sat frowning, her gaze coldly glancing at the man on the ground—

So far, they still knew nothing about him—his name, age, identity… all unclear. He appeared to be frightened witless, but was actually quite cunning. He hadn’t revealed any important information.

Either he was truly confused and knew nothing.

Or he had some other purpose…

But given their current “shared misfortune,” she couldn’t think of what reason there might be to harm each other?

Bai Youwei pondered while slowly stroking the rabbit in her arms.

She’d just used “One-Tenth Me” for the first time—it went fairly smoothly. However, the battery really wasn’t economical. Just a few dozen small monsters used up more than half the charge. With that little bit remaining, she wasn’t sure if it could kill that giant beast outside.

If worst came to worst, she’d have to use the doll…

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but feel her current items were inadequate—too many defensive ones, too few offensive ones!

While she worried, the ramming sounds suddenly stopped.

Though it stopped, everyone remained tense, not speaking or moving, guarding against a snake that might burst in at any moment…

In the silence, sounds were clearer.

The writhing friction sounds were diminishing.

The tremors’ magnitude was also weakening.

It was moving away…

Everyone looked at each other and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

—They were temporarily safe.

“Weiwei?” Shen Mo’s voice came from outside the door. “Are you all alright?”

Hearing this, Cheng Weicai finally breathed a long sigh of relief—now he was truly, genuinely relieved.

He reached out to pull open the door and saw Shen Mo and Tan Xiao standing outside, both with blood on them. Tan Xiao especially looked like he’d been injured.

Seeing Bai Youwei with half her skirt dyed red, Shen Mo was also startled.

“Where are you hurt?” Shen Mo walked over and asked.

“I’m fine.” Bai Youwei shook her head lightly, frowning to ask him, “What about you two? That huge monster just came through—did it discover you?”

“No, we caught a little monster and used it to lure it away.” Shen Mo’s gaze moved past her to the man under the counter, pausing for two seconds. “…There’s too much bloody smell here. Let’s change locations to talk.”

Bai Youwei seemed to sense something, also casually glancing in that direction. “Mm… let’s change locations. This smell is making me nearly vomit.”

The group left the restaurant, not going far, directly turning into the shop next door—a very similar establishment.

Tan Xiao was injured and uncomfortable. Not caring that the tables and chairs in the shop were disgusting, he sat down carelessly, then lifted half his shirt to expose the wound.

From his lower back to his side, a large area of skin had been torn open. The wound wasn’t deep, but the affected area was large and bloody. Just rubbing against the T-shirt fabric made it burn painfully, so he lifted his shirt up to his chest.

Bai Youwei looked and raised her head to ask them, “How did this happen?”

“Got bitten while running.” Tan Xiao said with frustration. “Brother Mo and I were following that monster just fine, but it suddenly turned around! It discovered Brother Mo and me immediately. Fortunately we hid quickly! …But I still got grazed by that thing’s teeth. Sigh! Really unlucky!”

“What unlucky? Not being swallowed alive means you’re lucky!” Bai Youwei said irritably.

She asked Shen Mo again, “Why did it suddenly turn around? Do the monster’s movement patterns follow any rules?”

Shen Mo frowned slightly and replied, “It encountered another ‘snake,’ so that’s why it suddenly turned.”