The man said to his companion, "What are we doing here? We searched the entire pit but couldn't find anything valuable. We are all poor ordinary people."

A dark light flashed in the eyes of his companion Ah Si. He secretly took out a dagger from behind his waist, strode forward and stabbed the companion who was carrying the child.

His companion took two steps back, and the child he was carrying fell down due to exhaustion. He covered the injured area with both hands, and blood gushed out from there like a spring. He staggered back two steps, pressing the wound even harder, trying to slow down the blood flow out of his body.

There was a greedy light in his companion Ah Si's eyes. He put the bloody meat in the dagger in his hand to his mouth and tasted it, showing an enjoyable look.

Lin Rui felt physically uncomfortable: Wow, this is so perverted!

Seeing his pale-faced companion trying to resist, Ah Si couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't resist! I had this dagger modified by the blacksmith. It's triangular-edged. If I stab you, it'll leave a huge hole that won't heal. The flesh at the wound will be embedded in the groove of the dagger. Anyone hit by it will bleed to death."

His companions looked at Ah Si with hatred and confusion: "We are companions, why are you..."

Ah Si carefully wiped the dagger clean with his clothes and said nonchalantly, "If you want to blame someone, blame this cannibalistic world. We haven't caught any decent prey in the past few days. I'm fed up with hunger. I've eaten all the dried meat I have. If you keep me hungry, I'll kill people."

"Don't worry, you're not the first companion to die at my hands. I won't let your flesh go to waste. After you die, I'll dissect your flesh piece by piece. Your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys can all be sold for a good price. Even the rest will be bought to make wine. Nothing will go to waste."

Ah Si grinned as he spoke, and what he said made Lin Rui feel a chill down his spine.

Using that thing to make wine? How perverted!

He had only heard that soaking tiger penis, deer penis and other things in wine was very effective in strengthening men's virility. Now it was so perverted that it was used on humans. It was not just about replenishing the body with like, it was about replenishing the body with people.

Is he even doubting that he's still alive? Could he be in hell?

Ah Si approached his companion again, and his companion retreated in fear, but excessive blood loss made his vision blurred and his body gradually became cold.

Ah Si was still coaxing, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. This time I'm going to give you a quick death. I'll slit your throat with my dagger. You'll be dead in a split second at most. Believe me, others have been killed with a single blow like this from me."

"No, no, no!" The companions continued to retreat, but they could not resist Ah Si who suddenly flew over and pounced on them. The dagger in his hand left the original position to attack and stabbed into the companions' eyes instead.

My companion screamed in pain, shook twice and then fell silent.

"Ah, ah!" The child who was left behind by his companions screamed in fear. The fear of facing death made him move backwards like an earthworm.

Ah Si tied the rope that bound the child to the tree and said, "Behave yourself, or I'll make you the next one."

After saying that, he squatted behind his companion, gesturing with his dagger, as if considering where to start.

Lin Rui suddenly attacked from this moment and walked silently behind him. By the time Ah Si realized that there was someone behind him, it was too late. Lin Rui had pushed his body into the depression where skeletons were piled. Some of the skeletons were broken by erosion of wind and rain, revealing sharp edges.

Ah Si's abdomen was pierced straight by the protruding leg bone, and the injury location was exactly the same as when he attacked his companion for the first time.

Ah Si's body was nailed there firmly by his bones, unable to move. Blood kept gushing out of his mouth, and his eyes were squinting desperately, as if he wanted to know at whose hands he died.

But the end was in vain, as he died without seeing Lin Rui's face.

Lin Rui used his dagger to cut the hemp rope for the child. This time, the child did not run away when he saw him, but just cried.

Lin Rui hugged him and took off his outer robe to wrap him. The weather was still too cold. Even though Lin Rui was wearing thermal underwear, he could still feel the cold wind blowing through him everywhere. Now he saw that the child was only wearing a tattered coarse linen shirt, which was windy everywhere.

The child was also very thin, all bones and almost no fat, and had no ability to withstand the cold at all. He was wondering how the child survived this cold winter.

After finding a secluded and sheltered place, Lin Ruicai looked him in the eye: "Who are you? Where is this place?"

The child touched the silk clothes with some surprise. It was so soft and smooth that he didn't dare to touch it hard, for fear that the calluses on his hands would pierce such fine clothes. And wearing the windproof clothes was really warm.

Lin Rui didn't know what the child was thinking at the moment, otherwise he would definitely be able to keep warm without wearing thick and fleece warm clothes?

Unlike Lin Rui, the children of Yishuguan were raised in a modern environment. Lin Rui, however, had been starved of food and clothing since birth, and had already adapted to this harsh environment. In other words, those who hadn't adapted had all died. The child in his arms was one of the survivors of the group eliminated by the environment.

For a child who has never worn good clothes, wouldn’t it be warm to finally find clothes without holes and without leaks?

The child looked at Lin Rui with curiosity rather than wariness. His thin and unrecognizable face was incongruous with two big eyes.

"My name is Hanbao. This is a man-eating forest. I came here to find my mother." said the child.

Lin Rui asked: "Why did you come here to look for mother?"

Han Bao lowered his head sadly, tears as big as beans falling: "Dad sold Mom for meat. I missed Mom, so I secretly followed the people who took Mom away. I saw them kill Mom and eat her meat, and then dumped her skeleton here."

"So the skeleton you were holding just now was your mother's?" Lin Rui now remembered the bright red skeleton dripping with blood that he had seen before. No wonder he said it looked so fresh. It turned out that someone had really shaved off the flesh and blood on it with a knife and sold it.

Han Bao cried and nodded: "I miss my mother, I miss her so much, I won't eat meat anymore, I just want my mother to come back!"

"Eat meat?" Lin Rui was a little puzzled by Han Bao's sobbing. Meat was so cheap now, would Han Bao's father sell his wife to buy meat directly? It would be better to buy a few more bags of food to last a few days!

"It's meat, but I don't dare eat it. This meat might belong to Aunt Hongying or Sister Xiaoyue. I'm afraid they'll blame me if I eat their meat!"

Lin Rui had a terrible guess in his mind. Could it be that eating human flesh has become a popular trend in Yishu Pass?

He pried open the fool's eyes and felt a little relieved. Although he was a little thinner, he was no different from a normal person.