Zhang Shi kept an eye on the chat channel, but Sheng Mu didn't send any more messages. Everyone guessed that she had been taken into custody.

The tea boiled, and Zhang Shi sipped it slowly, his body gradually warming up as he drank it.

I glanced at the time; it was already past noon.

Zhang Shi dusted off his pants, stood up, and prepared to continue exploring along the glacier.

The entire glacier flows through the mines and dense forests, its source and destination unknown.

Sunlight filtered through the sparse clouds, scattering across the pristine snowfield, shimmering with dazzling light and adding a touch of mystery and grandeur to this cold wilderness.

Zhang Shi carefully stepped onto the ice, making sure each step was firm to avoid encountering thin ice.

As Zhang Shi ventured deeper, he discovered that the glacier did not extend in a straight line, but rather meandered and twisted, seemingly concealing secrets of nature.

Along the way, he would occasionally dig through the snow to observe the direction of the glacier. He would inadvertently discover the occasional fish swimming under the ice. Although separated by a thick layer of ice, the vitality of life still brought him joy.

After walking for a while, Zhang Shi suddenly stopped, his gaze drawn to a peculiar sight ahead. In the distance, a huge, oddly shaped rock rose up, resembling the entrance to an old-fashioned warehouse. A thought struck him, and he decided to go and investigate.

Upon closer inspection, Zhang Shi discovered that this was not a naturally formed stone, but rather bore traces of human carving. The surface of the boulder was engraved with intricate totems and symbols, and despite the erosion of time, the profound meaning behind them could still be felt.

He circled the boulder several times, trying to find a way in, but there was nothing but a vast expanse of white snow.

Just as Zhang Shi was about to give up, he noticed a tiny crack on one side of the rock, seemingly formed naturally due to seasonal changes or geological activity. He carefully inserted the old man's arm into the crack and gently pried it open. With a soft "click," as if triggering some kind of mechanism, the boulder slowly split open, revealing a deep, dark opening.

Zhang Shi took a deep breath, lit a torch, and seeing that the torch did not go out, stepped into this unknown underground space.

The cave was chilly but drier than the outside, clearly a specially treated refuge or storage room.

The torchlight illuminated the surroundings, and he was surprised to find the cave filled with all sorts of supplies—from food and clothing to tools and weapons, as if it were preparations for an impending disaster.

"Who left this here? And why hide it here?"

Zhang Shi was filled with doubts, but he quickly gathered his thoughts and walked closer to study the secrets of this mysterious cave in detail.

The cave appears to be a long-abandoned storage room, covered in dust.

The remaining supplies were corroded and weathered, and most of them were no longer usable.

Zhang Shi tried to use a crystallizer for identification, but to no avail. Zhang Shi recalled that he had once tried to make the stone himself, but he couldn't fit it into his backpack.

"Could it be that the system doesn't recognize it?"

After searching the cave again and finding nothing of value, Zhang Shi was somewhat disappointed.

He then left the underground storage room dejectedly. As usual, he marked the location before leaving.

The journey back was uneventful; Zhang Shi sped along, thoroughly enjoying his thrill of high-speed driving.

Everything at the shelter was normal. It seemed that the complete annihilation of the snow ape troop had deterred the wild beasts in the wilderness, and the area around the shelter was unusually quiet today.

Zhang Shi's curiosity was piqued again by Sheng Mu's matter, so he lay on the bed and opened the chat channel to check.

Upon opening the chat channel, I discovered I'd stumbled upon some big news. A person named Chen Hu had sent a video to the chat channel.

In the video, inside a stone house, a disheveled young woman is bound to a bed, her eyes lifeless, staring blankly at the ceiling. Her body is covered in bruises, clearly indicating that she has undergone torture.

Off-screen, a sharp male voice appeared, mockingly taunting.

"Oh dear, Holy Mother, please help me to the very end! I want the supplies, I want the house, and I want the person too, hahaha!"

After saying that, the camera zoomed in, and a rusty iron hammer appeared in the frame, smashing down on the woman's head.

The man's strength was immense; he struck the woman's skull so hard that it created a dent. Before she could even scream, her head lolled to the side, and she lost consciousness.

Dark red blood gushed from the wound, but the man did not stop, continuing to strike the woman's head as if the two had some deep-seated hatred.

What's even more chilling is that the man off-screen actually laughed as the hammer fell again and again.

The laughter, accompanied by the crisp sound of a skull cracking, sent chills down one's spine and was utterly terrifying.

The video ended abruptly there, but like a bomb, it ignited the silent chat channel.

Cheng Xiaobai: Holy crap, this guy is a psychopath! He tortured and killed someone and then laughed. You'll be going to jail for this.

Zhu Dachang: Hey, where would a prison come from in this wilderness? Without the constraints of law and morality, this world is a paradise for perverted criminals.

Ge Dalong: I just checked, and Sheng Mu's profile picture suddenly went black, which means she may have met with some misfortune. The woman in the video is most likely Sheng Mu herself.

Hou Kun: Sigh, it's really hard to judge. Sheng Mu's overflowing maternal instincts ultimately led to her own demise. But Chen Hu is a real beast; if I catch him, I'll definitely send him to meet the King of Hell.

Zhang Shi was also shocked by Chen Hu's cruelty. Although he had become accustomed to the law of the jungle in the wilderness, Zhang Shi was still furious at the killing of his own people. This inhuman act made Zhang Shi want to tear him to pieces immediately.

Clicking on Chen Hu's profile picture revealed a lean, middle-aged man with fierce eyes, who didn't look like someone easy to get along with.

Zhang Shi looked at the face before him and felt it looked somewhat familiar. After thinking carefully, he remembered. This person had made the news in the original world for murdering a family of four neighbors.

The incident caused a particularly negative reaction at the time, with major media outlets rushing to report on it, and even higher-ups were alarmed and issued a special notice.

Logically speaking, Chen Hu should have been executed. It's likely that the entire population's journey to the wilderness saved his life.

In the chat channel, more and more people saw the video and began to condemn Chen Hu's despicable behavior. Many hot-blooded young people even cursed him, claiming that if they met him in real life, they would definitely pull out his hair and slap him in the face.

Just as everyone was hotly debating, the person involved, Chen Hu, appeared.

Chen Hu: Do you all really want to see me? Okay, then I'll be more diligent and start looking for the next lucky one.

The entire chat channel, which was bombarding Chen Hu one second, fell completely silent the next.