"Can you understand human language?"

Lin Baici asked, slightly easing the pressure of his foot.

’Hua Yue Yu’ didn’t speak, just stared at Lin Baici with a deathly gaze.

Seeing this, Lin Baici landed a big kick on ’Hua Yue Yu’s’ face, causing her nose to bleed profusely and knocking her unconscious.

"Hongyao! Qingqiu!"

Lin Baici shouted while dragging two monsters back to find Kim Myungjin and the others.

He could now see the monsters, and since they were so weak, he wasn’t afraid of being besieged at all.

"Xiao Bai!"

Hua Yue Yu groped around with her hands.

"Oppa!"

Kim Myungjin listened to the footsteps but clearly couldn’t see anyone.

[You either wait a dozen or so hours for the negative effects of the dark fog to dissipate or kill a ’dead meat substitute’ to restore your vision!]

The Eater God commented.

’Is this what a dead meat substitute is?’

Lin Baici tossed the two unconscious monsters beside Kim Myungjin and the others.

[Yes, they are formed by the dark fog’s god consciousness fragments capturing human consciousness. They look exactly like the original. Just make contact, and they can invade the other’s mind and inherit everything!]

’That terrifying?’

Lin Baici frowned: ’What’s their fatal method?’

[Just be in contact with them for seven seconds, and a human’s consciousness will be devoured!]

This was somewhat too much to prevent.

These two monsters had poor combat skills, but they didn’t need it. All they needed was to get close to a human and stay for seven seconds to complete consciousness invasion.

"There are two monsters here, kill them!" Lin Baici quickly took out the bronze sword, handing it to Hua Yue Yu: "Here it is!"

Lin Baici grabbed Hua Yue Yu’s hand, helping her aim correctly, then handed the plumber’s wrench to Kim Myungjin.

Once Hua Yue Yu killed the dead meat substitute on the ground, her vision immediately restored.

"Xiao Bai!"

With eyes full of admiration, Hua Yue Yu looked at Lin Baici.

No matter when, he was always so reliable.

"Oppa!"

Kim Myungjin also smashed her dead meat substitute, which looked exactly like her.

"Let’s go, find Hongyao and the others!"

Lin Baici was worried before, but not anymore, for he smelled a faint earthy smell from the dead meat substitutes.

Xia Hongyao’s six senses were sharp, and with Gu Qingqiu, smelling this odor would definitely raise their suspicion and lead to probing.

That’s right, these dead meat substitutes crawled out from the nearby soil, carrying an earthy smell.

Wherever the dark fog covered, the terrain would change, so the surroundings of Lin Baici were no longer the previous camp.

Gurgle!

Lin Baici’s stomach began to growl, hunger appeared, and it was so strong that Lin Baici felt like eating Kim Myungjin and Hua Yue Yu on the spot.

Gulp!

Lin Baici swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

’Eater God, tell me where Hongyao and the others are?’

Lin Baici questioned in his heart.

The Eater God didn’t respond.

Lin Baici had no choice but to proceed in the direction of hunger; he had only walked a few steps when Kim Myungjin suddenly spoke.

"Oppa, there’s some movement over there!"

Kim Myungjin pointed at the ten o’clock direction, different from Lin Baici’s chosen path.

"Movement?"

Lin Baici looked over there, listening intently, but heard nothing: "I didn’t hear anything!"

"I heard it too!"

Hua Yue Yu testified.

"Really?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Lin Baici frowned deeply.

What’s the problem?

Could it be that their physical condition was too weak, their resistance to the divine contamination insufficient, leading to hallucinations?

Wait!

Why couldn’t it be my problem?

Lin Baici immediately thought of a key point: the one he killed was Xia Hongyao’s dead meat substitute while Kim Myungjin and Hua Yue Yu killed their originals.

"How far can you see?"

Lin Baici immediately verified.

"Um... the front is blocked by trees, if unobstructed, maybe over a hundred meters?"

Kim Myungjin looked at Hua Yue Yu, uncertainly.

"From here, I can see as far as that crooked-neck tree!"

Hua Yue Yu pointed out.

"Let’s go this way!"

Lin Baici signaled, taking the lead.

Confirmed!

It’s my problem!

No idea where my dead meat substitute went?

"Keep listening around for any abnormalities, inform me immediately!"

Lin Baici instructed.

Not just vision, but hearing too; Lin Baici could only search within a forty-meter range, beyond that he was isolated.

Even if someone fifty meters away shouted, Lin Baici couldn’t hear it.

Lin Baici quickly headed in the direction Kim Myungjin identified, then saw Wang Helin standing there, looking towards him.

Clearly, he had killed a dead meat substitute, restored his sight, and now heard Lin Baici’s movement.

"Elder He!"

Lin Baici greeted him.

"God Lin?"

Wang Helin’s eyes lit up.

Lucky!

Though Wang Helin was a veteran, early injuries left him with a handicap, diminishing his strength. Now with a super rookie like Lin Baici, survival rates significantly increased.

"Nearby appeared a kind of monster that invades a human’s brain!"

Lin Baici informed, not thinking Wang Helin would be replaced by a dead meat substitute.

"Oh?"

Wang Helin was surprised, not expecting Lin Baici to figure out the monster’s ability so quickly.

Truly renowned.

"I’m going to find Hongyao and the others!"

Lin Baici said succinctly.

"Joining your team is my honor, God Lin!"

Wang Helin straightforwardly agreed, his words also indicating he wouldn’t vie for power, leaving leadership to Lin Baici.

"You’re flattering me!"

Lin Baici didn’t have time for courtesies: "This way!"

Wang Helin watched Lin Baici take the lead, then glanced at the two girls following; though in the Qin Palace, they weren’t scared at all.

This Divine Ruins, no one survived until now.

The girls weren’t afraid for only one reason: Lin Baici was with them.

’How strong must this God Lin be, to earn such trust?’

Wang Helin pondered, curious.

This time, finally a chance to witness it.

The four of them walked through the forest for about five minutes when Kim Myungjin pointed: "Oppa, there’s the sound of fighting!"

Lin Baici immediately dashed out.

With Wang Helin, Lin Baici wasn’t worried about leaving Kim Myungjin and Hua Yue Yu too far, unable to return quickly if they encountered danger.

Lin Baici rushed approximately two hundred meters and saw Yi Jisheng.

It was fighting with a group of ’dead meat substitutes’!

There were more than ten people nearby, but having never killed a monster, they saw nothing, only helplessly confused.

These people carried assault rifles intended for beasts in the Qinling Mountains; now panicked, they fired indiscriminately.

Bang bang bang!

One man fired three shots, his rifle exploded, shrapnel embedded in his face, killing him instantly.

"Yi Jisheng, don’t kill them all, leave some alive!"

Lin Baici shouted, joining the fray.

He swung his sword, slicing the limbs of these monsters.

"Brother Lin!"

Yi Jisheng looked like it saw a savior, relaxing: "Finally, you’re here!"

Yi Jisheng was a Divine Ruins species, able to survive in the Qin Palace for centuries, but its wives, without care, would decay.

This it couldn’t accept.

"Stop firing randomly, stay calm, I’ll help you!"

Lin Baici shouted.

Everyone stopped panicking, although unable to see anything, still anxious.

"The speaker is Nine Provinces Dragon Wing Lin Baici; you’ve probably heard his feats!"

Wang Helin added; Lin Baici at this point should announce himself.

In the Divine Ruins, nothing inspired more security than a Dragon Wing’s reputation.

"Yi Jisheng, have them kill the monsters, one each, we’ll head ahead!"

Lin Baici, after crippling those monsters, moved directly.

He wanted to find Ponytail and the others quickly.

"Alright!"

Yi Jisheng obeyed promptly.

Lin Baici continued searching forward and soon heard movement, seeing the group of choir boys and girls upon arrival.