Dozens of living, unconscious bodies were originally thrown beside the pool of blood.

They are now all controlled by the blood threads gushing from Annie's body, suspended in mid-air.

It did not present an overly complex network structure; the ultimate goal was clearly Annie, with whom these people had only established single-line channels.

The scene before me was organized in a way that resembled a beehive.

The skinny man who had previously kidnapped Gu Xinghe and Mia, along with other "outside workers" scattered throughout the town, were like worker bees, continuously bringing back fresh food from the outside world.

They are useless pawns who can be discarded at any time, but also the people who search for and kidnap countless missing people in the town at night.

At this moment, Anne was like a queen, the only one being worshipped in the center.

Countless worker bees provided her with all the nutrients they could use.

At this moment, although Annie's body had already absorbed the blood of dozens of bodies, it did not swell in the slightest.

However, for those who use it, their bodies are undergoing rapid changes.

The bodies of these dozens of people were shrinking at an eerie speed.

Their entire faces were visibly sunken in.

Through that thin layer of skin, you could even see the protruding white bones beneath these people's skin.

Even compared to malnourished people, they are as thin as dry twigs, as if their bodies would turn to dust at the slightest touch.

Right now, the intensity of Annie's drug use is far greater than that of the vampire dagger that killed Qi Kangle.

Compared to simply consuming blood, the spirit of these "foods," and something more essential to humanity, seems to have been completely consumed, leaving only the final, indigestible "chewy jerky."

"Patta—Patta—"

Finally, after discovering that he could no longer extract any useful nutrients...

Anne released the dozens of completely dead bodies with a bored expression.

She also retracted all the blood threads that were originally wrapped around these people's bodies into her own.

After losing their only support, these already dead bodies fell to the ground one by one.

Humans should take the initiative to dispose of the food waste they produce after eating.

They can either dispose of the waste in designated areas or use their ingenuity to reuse these remnants.

This is the dining etiquette and sense of morality that most people possess.

Clearly, even though her diet is completely different from that of ordinary humans, Anne still possesses this dining etiquette.

After absorbing the blood of a batch of "food," Annie lay down again, immersing herself entirely in the pool of blood.

Just like ordinary humans would choose to take a bath to rest after eating.

At this moment, Annie, lying in the pool of blood, waved to the guard who had been silently watching her eat.

Subsequently, several guards, following instructions and orders, stepped forward at Anne's signal to begin dealing with the last remaining "food scraps" that had fallen to the ground.

The guards looked just like the two who had kidnapped Gu Xinghe and Mia; they were pale, thin, and malnourished.

It seems that if the "worker bees" that go out to search for the right missing person don't bring back enough "food," they will also be used as "food" to provide nutrition for Annie.

This is the information Gu Xinghe gleaned from the minds of the people in front of him.

But then he remembered how hard the two kidnappers had hit him.

Gu Xinghe knew that although these people looked thin, their physical strength was by no means to be underestimated.

At this moment, the guards, after lifting up the "food scraps" left after Annie had consumed them, walked towards a machine that emitted a peculiar metallic luster—

It was the engine that Gu Xinghe discovered after entering the cabin, constantly emitting a mechanical hum.

Compared to ordinary ships that use diesel fuel, the ship Gu Xinghe is currently on has clearly been modified.

As a special type of powered vessel, the fuel it uses also appears to be quite unique.

The guards then inserted the shriveled corpses directly into the engine.

Rather than refueling a ship, they looked more like they were using some kind of fruit juicing machine.

The "fruit juicer" engine clearly did not disappoint Gu Xinghe, who had been watching this scene closely.

It was like a food waste disposer, diligently digesting the leftover food scraps left by Annie.

"Buzz—buzz—buzz—"

The engine, which was already emitting a mechanical and annoying hum, became even noisier at this point.

As the lifeless body was "eaten" by the engine, debris kept falling into the air, like sawdust flying everywhere when a tree is sawn.

At this point, the once vibrant body had been squeezed dry of its last bit of value.

The organization in front of Gu Xinghe was responsible for everything from capturing food and eating to processing food scraps.

They all have a perfectly streamlined processing system, and not a single material is wasted in the process.

Even the no longer fresh flesh and blood bodies were transformed into fuel with usable value.

The scene in front of us is clearly a secondary use of the residue left after Annie ate it once.

To put it simply, the scene before us is somewhat like—

After the sugarcane was juiced by a juicing machine with a very high absorption rate, not a single drop was left, only a pile of dry pulp.

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